News for 'venture-capital'

3i to invest $45 in Nimbus

3i to invest $45 in Nimbus

Rediff.com8 Aug 2005

3i, a private equity and venture capital firm, will invest $45.50 million in sports and media company Nimbus Communications Ltd.

8 Indians among world's top VCs

8 Indians among world's top VCs

Rediff.com1 Feb 2007

Meet the world's top venture capitalists, the early investors behind some of the biggest IPOs on the planet.

May a thousand malls bloom

May a thousand malls bloom

Rediff.com14 Feb 2006

Citigroup VC may invest $15 mn in AnandRathi

Citigroup VC may invest $15 mn in AnandRathi

Rediff.com27 Jan 2007

Citigroup Venture Capital (CVC) is in talks to acquire 10-15 per cent stake in AnandRathi Securities, the Mumbai-based securities and wealth management firm, for nearly Rs 70 crore ($15 million).

Secret behind Swiggy's meteoric rise

Secret behind Swiggy's meteoric rise

Rediff.com6 Jun 2019

With razor-sharp focus on deliveries and customer experience, powered by strong in-house technology built ground-up, Swiggy is emerging as the food ordering platform of choice.

i-flex share: Oracle offers Rs 2,100

i-flex share: Oracle offers Rs 2,100

Rediff.com12 Dec 2006

Enterprise software leader Oracle, which last year acquired Indian banking software firm i-flex Solutions, has made a final offer of Rs 2,100 per share to shareholders as it seeks to increase its stake to 90 per cent.

'TCS, Infosys must fund start-ups'

'TCS, Infosys must fund start-ups'

Rediff.com7 Dec 2005

ICICI Venture buys Ranbaxy business

ICICI Venture buys Ranbaxy business

Rediff.com18 May 2005

Intel Capital eyes chip design, telecom firms

Intel Capital eyes chip design, telecom firms

Rediff.com24 May 2006

Intel Capital, the venture capital investment arm of world's largest chip maker Intel, is eyeing firms with chip design and telecom application capabilities in India to infuse capital over the next couple of years.

Sasken divests stake for $3 mn

Sasken divests stake for $3 mn

Rediff.com20 Apr 2005

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.

Infy ex-honcho to lead 3i's BPO drive

Infy ex-honcho to lead 3i's BPO drive

Rediff.com8 May 2006

Akshay Bhargava, former chief executive of Infosys's BPO arm Progeon, has joined 3i -- Europe's leading venture capital and private equity company -- and will head 3i's new focus on the global business process outsourcing market.

Sumer Juneja to head India arm of $100-billion Vision Fund

Sumer Juneja to head India arm of $100-billion Vision Fund

Rediff.com22 Nov 2018

Unlike many peers in the VC space, LSE grad Juneja doesn't have an entrepreneurial background but is said to be strong in finance skills

Ratan Tata to join Jungle Ventures as Special Advisor

Ratan Tata to join Jungle Ventures as Special Advisor

Rediff.com2 Jul 2015

Tata has invested in over 10 start-ups in personal capacity.

Let's stop making cash the villain

Let's stop making cash the villain

Rediff.com14 Jan 2020

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a New Year resolution for our policy-makers.

Panel to set norms for film financing

Panel to set norms for film financing

Rediff.com6 Nov 2003

The government has constituted a high-powered committee, headed by Planning Commission Member NK Singh, to set new guidelines for regulating film financing.

Incubation fund for hi-tech sector likely

Incubation fund for hi-tech sector likely

Rediff.com22 Jan 2005

The department of science and technology, government of India, is planning to introduce an incubation fund for budding entrepreneurs.

World's No. 1 venture capitalist speaks

World's No. 1 venture capitalist speaks

Rediff.com25 Jan 2006

Indian entrepreneurs have an excellent opportunity to start companies with anywhere between $1-10 million and create one of the top 10 companies.

Colin Powell joins Vinod Khosla's vencap firm

Colin Powell joins Vinod Khosla's vencap firm

Rediff.com13 Jul 2005

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Wednesday said Powell joined the firm earlier this month as a strategic limited partner, a new position created especially for him.

Sasha Mirchandani: A successful angel investor

Sasha Mirchandani: A successful angel investor

Rediff.com29 Oct 2015

Sasha Mirchandani's tryst with investing began when his own venture failed to seek funding in early 2000s.

WestBridge invests $4 mn in BPO firm

WestBridge invests $4 mn in BPO firm

Rediff.com28 Jul 2003

Caparo to ramp up India operations

Caparo to ramp up India operations

Rediff.com1 Dec 2005

IIM-B plans angel investors' hub

IIM-B plans angel investors' hub

Rediff.com19 Nov 2005

The kid who turned down $1 billion!

The kid who turned down $1 billion!

Rediff.com10 Apr 2007

Why Facebook's 22-year-old CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, spurned Yahoo and Viacom to go it alone.

Fund crunch hits ambitious plans of space start-ups

Fund crunch hits ambitious plans of space start-ups

Rediff.com10 Jan 2018

While Team Indus had backing from Nandan Nilekani, Ratan Tata and Flipkart founders Sachin and Binny Bansal, it could not even muster half of the Rs 4.5 billion it required for the mission to the moon.

Loek van den Boog joins Patni

Loek van den Boog joins Patni

Rediff.com5 Apr 2005

IT consulting and services provider Patni Computer Systems Ltd on Tuesday announced the appointment of Loek van den Boog as an independent director on its board.

IT sector bounces back on VC radar

IT sector bounces back on VC radar

Rediff.com1 Oct 2005

TiE to bring in VC team

TiE to bring in VC team

Rediff.com16 Dec 2003

Worst over, funding crunch eases for start-ups

Worst over, funding crunch eases for start-ups

Rediff.com22 Jun 2017

There were fewer Series-B deals this year versus last, but more money was raised

Budget 2020: Key demands of the IT sector

Budget 2020: Key demands of the IT sector

Rediff.com16 Dec 2019

A 15 per cent corporate tax rate for services companies in SEZs, setting up a fund for deep-tech startups and establishing clusters to demonstrate design-to-manufacturing capabilities of tech firms were some of the key demands made by the IT sector at the pre-Budget consultation on Monday. The participants shared their views and suggestions regarding Big Data, incentives for encouraging setting up of data centres, fiscal incentives for data localisation, incentives for pushing digital penetration in rural areas, and corporate guarantee to startups for competing with other nations.

Pantaloon buys into Indus League

Pantaloon buys into Indus League

Rediff.com5 Jan 2005

Startup mania: Are we looking at the next internet bubble?

Startup mania: Are we looking at the next internet bubble?

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

E-commerce is awash in money, raising concerns about whether this is just another unsustainable internet trend headed for a bust.