Meet the world's top venture capitalists, the early investors behind some of the biggest IPOs on the planet.
3i, a private equity and venture capital firm, will invest $45.50 million in sports and media company Nimbus Communications Ltd.
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).
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.
Tata has invested in over 10 start-ups in personal capacity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sasha Mirchandani's tryst with investing began when his own venture failed to seek funding in early 2000s.
The government has constituted a high-powered committee, headed by Planning Commission Member NK Singh, to set new guidelines for regulating film financing.
The department of science and technology, government of India, is planning to introduce an incubation fund for budding entrepreneurs.
'An entrepreneur should always remain under pressure or he will die,' Vineet Rai tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Indian entrepreneurs have an excellent opportunity to start companies with anywhere between $1-10 million and create one of the top 10 companies.
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.
There were fewer Series-B deals this year versus last, but more money was raised
The final policy may be out only after formation of the new government, according to sources
No major deals above the value of USD 300 million happened last month, causing the decline from January, which registered deals worth USD 3.5 billion, according to a report released by consultancy firm EY on Wednesday.
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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.
Coming from a family that has a 140-year history of growing coffee, Siddhartha, 59, initially dabbled in stock trading and wanted to work as an investment banker in Mumbai after completing his Master's in Economics from Mangalore University.
E-commerce is awash in money, raising concerns about whether this is just another unsustainable internet trend headed for a bust.
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