| 'We've good track record in executing projects' | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Sajjan Jindal, 50, vice-chairman and managing director of JSW Group, part of the $10-billion O P Jindal Group, views the collaboration with JFE Steel Corporation — the world's sixth-biggest and the second-largest in steelmaking in Japan — as a marriage that will last many years and will have far-reaching consequences on the future direction of collaborative steel manufacturing in India and Japan. |
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| BeyondBasiks to raise Rs 100cr VC fund | 20-NOV-09 |
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| BeyondBasiks Infotech Private Limited, a Hyderabad-based company that provides IT solutions that enables cinema theatres to sell tickets online, is planning to raise a Rs 100-crore venture capital (VC) fund to fuel part of its Rs 400-crore expansion. The company currently sells 200,000 movie tickets a month for over 50 theatres in Hyderabad through its online platform and outlets. |
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| ISBians to evaluate biz plans for VCs | 19-NOV-09 |
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| Putting the case study model aside, the Indian School of Business (ISB) is asking its students to do due diligence of a few business ideas for venture capitalists. |
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| 'Valuations have turned attractive for VCs' | 18-NOV-09 |
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| IDG Ventures India is a $150-million technology-focused early-stage venture capital (VC) fund which has opted for the co-investment route. Having invested in 10 companies over the last two years, IDG intends to invest another $60 million before tapping the market for raising fund next year. IDG Ventures Chairman and Managing Director Sudhir Sethi tells Shilpy Sinha that he wants to rope in domestic investors for the proposed second fund. |
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| 'Valuations are a relative art... though manageable' | 11-NOV-09 |
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| Since moving to TVS Capital Funds three months earlier, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director D Sundaram has been busy going through fresh investment proposals. In less than a week, TVS Shriram Growth Fund-I (TVC Cap manages it) has announced two investments. Last Wednesday, it announced an investment of Rs 65 crore in retailer Landmark. Today, the Rs 600-crore fund announced its intent to invest up to Rs 35 crore in Dusters Hospitality, in the facility management business. |
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| Visva Bharati VC meets PM | 10-NOV-09 |
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| Visva Bharati University Vice Chancellor Rajat Kanta Roy, under a cloud following allegations of financial irregularities, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today. The meeting assumes significance as the prime minister had expressed concern over disruption of academic activities at the premier university and asked the striking employees to return to work, assuring them that an impartial probe would be conducted into allegations against the university authorities. |
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| VC-backed exits through M&A expected to rise | 29-OCT-09 |
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| The IT boom during the last few years has helped the valuations of IT companies. However, with the markets down, their valuations are expected to be lower, which has increased interest among investors to take the M&A route since they can now take advantage of acquiring companies at a lower cost. The forecast for VC backed exits through M&A’s is expected to increase this year. |
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| Murthy's VC fund to be named Catamaran Venture Fund | 24-OCT-09 |
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| N R Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of India’s second-largest IT services firm Infosys Technologies, has christened his to-be-launched venture capital (VC) fund the ‘Catamaran Venture Fund’. |
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| N Murthy sells Rs 177 cr Infy stock for VC fund | 23-OCT-09 |
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| Nearly three decades after he co-founded Infosys Technologies with six others, N R Narayana Murthy has initiated the first step towards starting a venture capital (VC) fund focused on India. The Infosys Chairman, during the past two days, has offloaded 800,000 shares from his personal holding, to raise about Rs 177 crore. |
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| Indian firms see $77 mn VC funding in July-Sept | 19-OCT-09 |
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| Venture capital investment in Indian companies rose by 20 per cent to $77 million (around Rs 360 crore) in July-September this year and is poised to grow in the coming months, a report has said. |
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| Interest in healthcare mounts among PE, VC players | 19-OCT-09 |
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| Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investment in hospitals may surpass that in clinical research and drug manufacturing sectors, as hospitals currently offer more assured returns with lesser risks, is the feeling of informed observers. |
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| PEs, VCs see big business in healthcare sector | 01-OCT-09 |
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| The Indian healthcare industry, growing at an exponential rate, now presents an attractive investment opportunity for private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) firms, says private equity experts. |
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