Start-ups attract 20% of pvt equity funding

Private Equity investments in start-ups accounted for 20 per cent of the overall PE investments in the country, which stood at $7.46 billion in 2006 (over 299 deals). The percentage is expected to......

US VC majors pick up 33% in PayMate

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures, the US-based venture capital majors, are close to picking up about 33 per cent stake in Mumbai-based wireless transaction solutions company......

Cash register ringing for internet firms

For internet companies, it is party time again. After the dotcom bust in 1999-2000, internet firms have come a full circle and are once again cash rich. And this time around, they have the funds to......