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Overseas realty funds struggle shut shop or put plans on hold (08 March 10:13) |
| PE investments in the sector came down from 90 deals worth $6.64 bn in 2008 to 26 deals worth $950 mn in 2009 |
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PE funds need to be more realistic about returns (08 March 10:11) |
| Siguler Guff MD Praneet Singh says personality-driven funds might not find it difficult to raise funds owing to their past networks, but how long they can sustain a strong team is still doub... |
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Proposal in Budget may hit private equity venture capital deals (03 March 10:41) |
| According to the proposal in the Budget, a firm that buys shares at a price lower than the market value of such shares will have to pay tax on the difference between the two, which will be t... |
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Firms step in to help fledgling companies with micro-funding (22 February 08:47) |
| While the entrepreneurial ecosystem is developing rapidly in India, with incubators, mentors, angels and venture capitalists in place, there is a huge gap between the funding from FFF with w... |
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We will have to grow in size to have any significant impact (22 February 08:46) |
| Alok Gupta MD and CEO of Axis PE talks about the concerns of institutional investors or LPs, restructuring and plans for the year |
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CAs helping PE venture capital companies get midsize deals (19 February 12:11) |
| Venture capital and PE investors have started seeking out exclusive relationships with CA networks, which act as auditors and advisers to these companies, and are gaining importance as deal ... |
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We can help scale up embryonic businesses (15 February 10:01) |
| There is a complete Chinese wall between Airtel as a company and the innovation fund |
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Profitability becoming key to early-stage funding (15 February 10:00) |
| Some early-stage investors are beginning to put their money into profit-making start-ups to cut investment risk |
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Start-ups add a dash of 3D fun to classrooms and workplaces (08 February 08:24) |
| Learning management systems are increasingly using interactive content to attract the tech-savvy student |
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No portfolio company of ours will be a dud (08 February 08:24) |
| All portfolio firms, despite the downturn last year, have seen an increase in valuations |
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Ojas exits Mango Tech after Qualcomm buy (03 February 11:13) |
| Qualcomm, has bought Mango’s handset user interface software with a PC-based customization kit that allows developers to create mobile applications |
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Small-town entrepreneurs struggle for VC funding (01 February 11:05) |
| Investors say reaching out to such firms poses several challenges |
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Career Launcher to open 250 new centres focus on vocational training (01 February 10:50) |
| Around 450 million under the age of 35 are unskilled/semi-skilled; govt wants firms to partner in their training |
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Sequoia buys 10 in Equitas from Kalpathi (25 January 10:45) |
| This will be Sequoia’s third investment in India’s microfinance space in less than three years. In March 2007, it invested $11.5 million in the country’s largest microfinance firm, SKS... |
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Start-ups in fund trouble even as incubators hike early-stage funding (25 January 09:50) |
| Some incubators and VC firms say attracting more funds will be tough till investors see successful products |
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Some PE firms picked up plum deals as others held back (25 January 09:41) |
| The new funds focused on sectors driven by domestic demand and not too prone to global economic movements |
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Sequoia to invest in online travel agency (22 January 09:35) |
| Sequoia completed the investment in the Bangalore-based firm, formerly known as FlightRaja, in December |
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Murthys Catamaran may invest in SKS Microfinance (21 January 10:10) |
| The Catamaran investment is part of the pre-IPO sale process in SKS Microfinance |
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US-based VC fund to invest $375 million in Indian firms (17 January 08:38) |
| The India portion of the fund will be invested over a period of four years, with a deal size of $30-80 million |
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GTI to raise exposure in Novas surgical centres (11 January 11:41) |
| GTL will invest Rs1,000 crore spread equally across 100 centres in 10 cities in India, which will perform surgeries that allow patients to be discharged within 24 hours of the procedure |
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Limited exposure Bollywood flicks are a hit with VC firms (11 January 09:14) |
| Slowdown made the movie business more viable; VC funds set to double number of investments this year |
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Private equity investments on the rise 93 deals in Oct-Dec (11 January 09:13) |
| With the markets hitting bottom, differences between promoters and PE investors over valuations widened, leading to a decline in deal-making |
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IYogi raises $15 mn from US-based VC firm three others (06 January 10:16) |
| It has at least 100,000 annual subscribers and expects to end fiscal 2010 with revenue of $21 million |
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66 investors engaged with portfolio firms every week (04 January 09:42) |
| This heightened engagement with portfolio firms came in the backdrop of the economic downturn, and troubles at entities such as debt-laden supermarket chain Subhiksha |
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VCs give education high marks as preferred investment segment (04 January 09:25) |
| 71% of the respondents want to invest in education. Other sectors on top are health, clean tech and microfinance |
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PEVC players deal a good hand for 10 (04 January 09:20) |
| Nearly 62% of deal-makers who took part in a survey say they will do more deals this year, albeit with due caution |
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VC firms may have to wait longer for recovery (30 December 10:31) |
| Declining interest levels in the US and difficulty of generating revenues from early-stage projects among reasons |
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VCs find education a fail-safe option (28 December 08:37) |
| Investors see education as a recession-proof industry, especially in a country where an expanding middle-class puts great store by quality education |
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Top 10 trends in 2009 for VC and PE investments (28 December 08:35) |
| With limited partners emerging on top and realty QIPs on a high, the year was quite eventful |
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VC companies adopt the blended approach to funding (21 December 09:55) |
| Investors intend to have a single hybrid fund to invest in companies that could be in any stage or sector |
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Catamaran will have varied portfolio (21 December 09:55) |
| Narayana Murthy of Infosys has formed a Rs600 crore venture capital fund called Catamaran Investment to help incubate start-ups in the country |
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Private investment funds go slow on buying stakes in listed firms (21 December 09:55) |
| Private investment in public equity (PIPE) has dropped since then to nearly a quarter of its share in annual PE investments, according to VCCircle |
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Facilities management is the next big thing in real estate space (14 December 10:03) |
| This market is valued at an annual $3.3 billion and is expected to grow at a yearly rate of 25-30% over 3-4 years |
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All the families with us are potential limited partners (14 December 10:02) |
| Altamount is looking at expanding the assets under management to Rs1,000 crore by the end of the fiscal |
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Venture capital firms begin to take note of robotics business (07 December 11:38) |
| In developed markets, robots are used to carry out functions for which labour may be either scarce or expensive |
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Arvind Sodhani Innovation does not stop because there is a slowdown (07 December 11:37) |
| The keyword remains innovation and it is the most critical part of investment strategy, says Arvind Sodhani,president of Intel Capital |
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Firms smell business opportunity in an easy ride for commuters (23 November 09:36) |
| Home-order a chauffeur or call an auto. Some of these options are now on offer, but experts wonder about scalability |
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Companies are now moving to a single-fund structure (23 November 09:35) |
| Canaan Partners’ general partner Deepak Kamra and its India office head Alok Mittal speak about the trend towards a single-fund structure |
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Norwest raises $12 bn venture fund biggest of this year (18 November 10:56) |
| The fund, Norwest’s 11th since its founding almost 50 years ago, will give the firm more money to fund larger companies |
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PE firms exit for profits earn brownie points (16 November 10:43) |
| For the period January-October 2008, only four PE exits worth 164 million dollars took place compared with 28 exits worth $499 million between January and October this year |
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We look for cases where we can make things work (16 November 10:42) |
| Halcyon Resources and Management Pvt. Ltd chairman and CEO Narayan K. Seshadri speaks about his investment strategy and the opportunities in distressed assets funding |
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Start-ups look to cash in on a stream of 3G services for handsets (09 November 08:56) |
| Experts say the offers would need to be ‘snacking content’ of 3-4 minutes for the ventures to work well |
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Raja Kumar Exit early if the biz isnt working and stick on with the winners (09 November 08:56) |
| Limited partners are not comfortable with PEs focusing on public markets, says managing director and chief executive of UTI Ventures Management Co. Pvt. Ltd, Raja Kumar |
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VC firms new mantra preserve your capital (02 November 09:52) |
| Avoiding risk, investing in established firms is what venture capital companies are doing to balance their portfolio |
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Making a difference with patient capital in energy healthcare (02 November 09:51) |
| Acumen Fund has invested $35 million worldwide and has a mandate of committing Rs30-50 crore every year in India |
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Helion aims to be among the top three in India (01 November 08:37) |
| In India, Helion has taken the lead in VCs turning more flexible in their approach toinvestments and dabbling in new sectors |
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VC companies facing lower returns pressure for early exits (26 October 07:53) |
| Portfolio firms are now expected to take an additional 12-18 months to reach their revenue targets |
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Market rally opens exit doors for PE companies (26 October 07:53) |
| This year, most PE exits have been through stake sales in the open market, as opposed to M&As in 2008 |
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Narayana Murthy sells 8 lakh Infosys shares to set up VC fund (22 October 08:00) |
| The Venture Capital fund will encourage and support young entrepreneurs having brilliant business ideas |
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Doing more of the same is no longer an option (19 October 09:05) |
| Baring Private Equity’s Rahul Bhasin says what gave returns in the past was underlying growth in businesses. So, if you picked your companies well and added some value, you enjoyed phenome... |
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