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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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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...
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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...
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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...
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  ‘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
  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
  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
  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
  ’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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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)
  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
  Hires at Chennai OCC (09 June 11:16)
This time, the meet-up focused on networking between the participants
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