A few gatecrashers into the Net space have created formidable revenue models for online businesses.
Nokia Growth Partners, a global mid to late-stage venture capital fund, has invested $3 million in Bangalore-based telecom research and development firm Sasken Communication Technologies to pick up an equity stake.
An early stage venture capital fund recently raised a Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) Mauritius-based fund to invest in Indian real estate and plans to raise a similar fund later this year.
The department of science and technology, government of India, is planning to introduce an incubation fund for budding entrepreneurs.
BlueRun Ventures and Nokia Growth Partners, two venture capital firms supported by Nokia Corporation, hope to invest in one or two Indian start-up companies every year, senior executives said on Tuesday.
New listing on the BSE will create more jobs, say experts.
Austria-based manufacturer of branded circuit boards, Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG (AT&S) has acquired ECAD Technologies, a Bangalore-based IT company, for a total consideration of Rs 7.5 crore (Rs 75 million), it was announced on Friday.
Venture capital funds and private equity investors disbursed an estimated $1.3 billion in India in 2004, a growth of 49 per cent over the previous year
ITeS company Mphasis chairman Jerry Rao has invested an undisclosed amount in Royal Orchid Group of Hotels after joining the group's board of directors.
Indraprastha Gas on Tuesday said it has obtained the approval of FIPB for transfer of equity shares to non-resident Indians, foreign institutional investors and foreign venture capital funds in its proposed initial public offer.
Former Bell Labs president Arun Netravali is setting up a $250 million venture capital fund which will invest in the United States-based start-up companies in telecom and technology areas, which would be outsourcing to India.
Infosys will be handing over a prize of Rs 5 lakh to 20 entrepreneurs every year.
In essence, follow the private-equity approach to personal investing and treat each investment decision as if it is a matter of life-or-death, because it is, suggests Avinash Luthria.
The Andhra Pradesh government plans to set up an animation and gaming city in Hyderabad to promote the industry.
Riding on a buoyant economy, bullish stock market and relatively stable political climate, India is poised to corner about $750 million of venture capital in 2003.
Bengaluru has emerged as the world's fastest-growing mature tech ecosystem in the world since 2016, followed by the European cities of London, Munich, Berlin and Paris, with India's financial centre of Mumbai in sixth place, according to new research released in London on Thursday.
Ecorithm's powerful suite of technologies can be applied to build systems and various other enterprise solutions to improve operations.
In order to make it hassle-free, various start-up support groups such as TiE (The Indus Entrepreneur) and India Angel Network (IAN) are partnering with the digital NBFCs to extend debt finance to their member companies.
The Tata Sons' chairman emeritus has been aggressively investing in start-ups, ranging from e-commerce firms to cab aggregators
Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in startup research platform Tracxn.
In terms of expansion, a little more than half of the family businesses are open to internationalisation, while 40 per cent are looking at diversification, a PWC survey said. Even Indian family businesses are increasingly looking at diversification and exploring newer markets, it added.
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