“...3...2...1...0...Do we have lift-off?”
That’s the billion-dollar question for foreign accelerators chasing Indian startups—despite cries of a bubble. Here’s a log of who’s thinking what.
That’s the billion-dollar question for foreign accelerators chasing Indian startups—despite cries of a bubble. Here’s a log of who’s thinking what.
Shivanand Shankar Mankekar is willing to part with a lot, except his privacy. Pictures of him are at a premium and he declines meetings with reporters unless assured that nobody will write about him. Yet, he is no enigma.
Nexus Venture Partners was built in 2006 on the premise of a common office for startups in India and the U.S. Co-founder Naren Gupta’s conservatism and his influence in the Valley have seen it grow to a billion-dollar funding engine.
For unlisted firms, raising debt can be a simpler way to get off the blocks than selling equity. But for debt funding to grow, banks need to loosen their purse strings.
Kris Gopalakrishnan has put his money where the mouth is—in speech-based solutions firm Uniphore.
Tata Communications is the latest good samaritan to support India’s ‘startup’ moon mission. It will need many more.
India’s internet population has grown 15-fold since 2004, creating a digital news opportunity impossible to ignore. both old and new media are rushing towards it. who’ll win?
The (almost) invisible hand of the most influential investor in both Flipkart and Myntra is pulling the strings of India’s biggest e-commerce merger. Or, how Tiger Global’s Lee Fixel is orchestrating the making of an e-retail giant.
With almost unlimited funds, and their government’s blessings, Chinese private equity firms are coming to India. Fosun has already set up shop here. Will this change the face of PE?
Season 7 of the hugely popular Kaun Banega Crorepati recently ended, with nobody taking home the jackpot of Rs 7 crore. We ask two fund managers for their advice to future winners about investing the moolah. Their take: Invest prudently.