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Venture firm Nexus closes its second fund at $220 million (19 August 11:02) |
| In the months following the meltdown, VC firms had predicted that it would be easier for established global funds to raise capital, than for first-time domestic ones |
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New breed of VC firms focusing on bottom rung of start-ups (19 August 01:23) |
| When engineers Sumit Jain and Lalit Mangal left their software jobs last July to start their own social networking venture, they knew little about running a business |
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Nuances of starting a venture from scratch (19 August 01:19) |
| The first of a series of three workshops around entrepreneurship was held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, along with the launch of Ideaz ’08 |
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PE aspirants from corporate India defer fund-raising plans (19 August 01:02) |
| Experts say it is tough for investors interested in private equity to raise funds in the current market scenario |
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SVB begins venture lending (18 August 06:32) |
| SVB plans to partner with VC firms in India to lend to venture-backed local companies in the early and growth stages |
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In first solo India move, Draper Fisher to fund education co (14 August 10:20) |
| Venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, has invested an undisclosed amount in online education company Catura Systems Inc., its first solo investment since it set up an office in India... |
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Tuesday Post | Be careful while signing a term sheet (12 August 12:30) |
| Don’t sign anything that involves personal obligation, for example a clause that says the promoter has to buy back shares with his own money |
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VC firm sets up incubation centre in India to spot fundable start-ups (12 August 12:27) |
| As the size of the domestic market in sectors such as telecom grows larger, VCs are hopeful it will lead to more start-ups--with potential to scale up--catering to this market |
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PEs buy in as realtors face a cash crunch (12 August 12:26) |
| Experts predict realty firms will turn to debt as PE turns expensive and these players focus on specific projects |
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VCs continue their bargain hunt (10 August 06:47) |
| Even in times when companies are facing a credit crunch, and the markets remain sluggish there is no |
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Regulating the risk-takers (06 August 10:05) |
| Venture capitalists invested $928 million in 80 deals for entrepreneurial companies in India during 2007, according to the Quarterly India Venture Capital Report published by Dow Jones Ventu... |
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Mobile VAS still in vogue, just that VCs look beyond the vanilla (05 August 12:09) |
| By 2015, the VAS industry is expected to ring in revenues of Rs20,000 crore |
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Web content delivery: challenges and answers (05 August 12:07) |
| Specific content delivery networks, content caching, mirroring and optimizing routing are some of the methods to overcome the issue |
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With VC backing, spin-offs from large firms gain traction (05 August 12:05) |
| Increasingly, VC firms are joining hands with companies to carve out independent firms from successful divisions |
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Tuscan Ventures picks up 12.45% in LCL Logistix (04 August 03:55) |
| Deal value undisclosed. Tuscan says proceeds will be used to fund LCL’s expansion |
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Why Ajay Relan is on to $700 mn India fund (30 July 12:51) |
| CVCI had invested in a wide range of sectors commencing from tech firms such as Polaris and i-Flex, says Ajay Relan, for long the managing director and India head of Citi Venture Capital Int... |
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Genesis picks up 5% in Welspun Gujarat (29 July 06:19) |
| UK-based private equity firm shells out Rs300 crore in the secondary market to buy stake |
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PE-controlled firms beginning to look at India (28 July 11:42) |
| With the US economy slowing, firms backed by private equity are striking deals with local outsourcing companies |
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CDC to invest $250-300 mn in India-focused funds every year (28 July 11:37) |
| The fund of funds’ new investments will be on top of its current portfolio of about $1 billion in India |
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Motley bunch shines at India’s most watched start-up event (22 July 12:49) |
| E-commerce, consumer and recruitment Net cos dominated the event that connected investors, start-ups |
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During lean times, look at other revenue streams (22 July 12:20) |
| An alternative revenue stream could be a merger between companies in complementary sectors |
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PE investments in listed firms suffer loss of $850 mn (18 July 05:09) |
| IT and ITeS sector’s market value declined by around 41% in PIPE deals of 2007. Infrastructure declined by 52% while healthcare and manufacturing were down 44% and 34% respectively |
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Points for the pope to ponder over (15 July 09:55) |
| For all the attention on capitalism’s failings, it is important to remember the recent boom helped lift more than a billion people out of poverty |
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Walden Intl to infuse $100-150 mn into Indian market (15 July 04:58) |
| The company currently manages assets of over $1.9-billion. Of this, $1.6-billion have been invested across the US and Asia including India and China |
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Wilbur Ross invests Rs345 crore in SpiceJet (15 July 11:13) |
| This is WL Ross’ second investment in India. Last year, it had acquired apparel maker OCM India for $37 million |
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Microfinance firms seen heading into a phase of consolidation (14 July 11:27) |
| Some MFIs, which raised their first round of VC funds as early as March 2006, are moving into credit-related businesses |
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PE players all powered up to plug into energy businesses (14 July 11:26) |
| PE, VC firms have put in $890 mn in the sector this year; experts see extension into allied segments, clean energy |
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Start-ups must figure out their customers first (14 July 11:26) |
| Entrepreneurs should not define themselves in terms of technology but try to understand the pain-points of the target customers and offer solutions |
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Lloyd TSB’s private equity arm LDC plans office in India (14 July 06:20) |
| LDC is one of UK’s biggest PE investors in small-to-mid-sized companies and the wholly-owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB has more than three billion pounds of assets under management |
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Venture capital firms invest $340-M in India during first half of 2008 (14 July 03:21) |
| IT firms contribute to the majority of investments. Non IT investments up as well |
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Venture capital market in China grows by 70% (13 July 02:36) |
| During the April-June period, 159 enterprises secured venture capital, with a combined capital of $1.2 billion in 143 of the firms which have revealed the amount of investmet |
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IDG to float second India fund of $300 mn (08 July 11:24) |
| Since it began operations in 2006, IDG Ventures India has invested in eight Indian firms, including 3D Solid Compression, Kreeda, Aujas Networks and Manthan Systems |
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Venture capital needs less capital (08 July 01:44) |
| Returning capital to investors now will make VC firms better placed when the next boom comes |
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Deals take a dip, may pick up post-correction (07 July 09:53) |
| VC firms invested $80 mn in the quarter, about 31% less than the $116 mn invested in the preceding quarter |
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‘We will be aggressive in a down market’ (07 July 09:52) |
| Even if there is a slowdown, there are enough smart investors who will be patient |
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Online photo printing start-ups target pros (30 June 11:46) |
| In sharp contrast to developed markets, online photo firms are targetting professionals rather than consumers |
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Learning the art of risk-taking, up close (30 June 11:45) |
| About 200 such alumni attended the two-day meet to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship |
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Risk capital turns to defence suppliers (30 June 11:43) |
| The private sector defence manufacturing market in India is currently estimated to be $700 million |
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’PE investment in realty may go up by up to 20%’ (29 June 01:57) |
| Private equity players, mainly from Europe and the US, are grabbing the opportunity |
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Public sector banks to vet start-ups vying for ministry funds (26 June 12:39) |
| These banks will also play a part in identifying and evaluating these new companies |
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Internet firms take to venture investing (26 June 12:36) |
| The latest start-up to benefit from the trend is SMS blogging and sharing site, Vakow Technologies Pvt. Ltd, in which Rediff.com has made an undisclosed investment |
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SocGen eyes India private bank expansion (24 June 02:02) |
| Plans to double staff in three years, boost network to serve the rich in Asia’s third-largest economy |
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Tinsel town’s attraction snares VC, PE firms (23 June 11:26) |
| Experts say entry of VC and PE investors into the business will lead to a better film-making culture in the country |
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Tuesday Post | Towards applications for multiple platforms (23 June 11:25) |
| One grouse of OpenSocial developers was that the platform was in a constant state of flux and the APIs themselves were changing from version to version without backward compatibility |
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Not many women choosing to enter venture capital companies (23 June 11:24) |
| A job in a VC firm can be demanding, especially when a transaction is being sewn up and three days of continuous work without a break is not unusual |
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Deal makers carve their space in VC, PE business (16 June 10:03) |
| Investment banks emerge as an important link between companies seeking funds and those vying to invest |
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PE deals touch $6.39 bn so far this year: Grant Thornton (15 June 05:01) |
| The total number of PE deals during the first five months of 2008 stands at 170 |
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With $1 billion corpus, PremjiInvest plays VC, PE, stockmarket game (10 June 12:18) |
| The investment firm has funded around 40 publicly listed and private companies out of a corpus of $1 billion (Rs4,290 crore) |
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Education is far from crowded; to see more deals, say VCs (09 June 11:18) |
| In India, families spend up to 20% of disposable incomes on education |
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Hires at Chennai OCC (09 June 11:16) |
| This time, the meet-up focused on networking between the participants |
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