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Pearl Uppal and Gaurav Kachru launch 5ideas - Best Media Info
Pearl Uppal and Gaurav Kachru launch 5ideasBest Media InfoWhile our core focus is startups, we will also work collaboratively with startup accelerators on one hand and the institutional venture capital players on the other. 5ideas will activelyseekand further collaborative networks across the startup ...
Woolworths Sells Its Wholesale Biz To Infiniti Retail - DealCurry
Woolworths Sells Its Wholesale Biz To Infiniti RetailDealCurryDealCurry's Services. Temp Add. DealCurry · Merger & Acquisation (M&A) · Private Equity (PE) · Venture Capital (VC) · I.P.O/Offreings · DEBT · Regulatory · People · Opinion · home >> Mergers & Acquisitions >> Retail / Leisure/ Travel/ Textile ...and more »
Learning a lesson on Internet business - IBNLive.com
Learning a lesson on Internet businessIBNLive.comThe entrepreneurship Development Cell of DG Vaishnav college conducted an orientation programme on internet entrepreneurship today. B Shrinivas, a management consultant with two -decade experience and a successful internet entrepreneur shared his ...
Bank of America tests technology to pay with phones - Reuters India
Bank of America tests technology to pay with phonesReuters IndiaIt raised $7.6 million in venture capital funding in February 2011, followed by $12 million in July. The company makes money from a combination of small transaction fees, user fees or revenue from advertisements and offers, Gardner said. Its partners ...and more »
Angry Birds maker Rovio hopes Bad Piggies will help it fly again - NDTV
NDTVAngry Birds maker Rovio hopes Bad Piggies will help it fly againNDTVLast year, Rovio raised $42 million from venture capital firms including Accel Partners, which previously backed Facebook and Baidu, and Skype founder Niklas Zennstroem's venture capital firm, Atomico Ventures. Last year some 30 percent of turnover ...
Bollywood on demand; a 'Spuul' full of entertainment - Pitch (blog)
Bollywood on demand; a 'Spuul' full of entertainmentPitch (blog)This Singapore-based startup was founded by Sudesh Iyer (founder of Sony Entertainment Television in India) and S Mohan (Founder of Palo Alto-based Accellion and buUuk). It is an ad-supported subscription-based service that provides a concoction of ...
Four Indian startups win a boat trip for global mentoring - Economic Times
Four Indian startups win a boat trip for global mentoringEconomic TimesUnreasonable at Sea will spend about $100,000 (about Rs 54 lakh) on each startup, but will not initially charge them anything. If the startups are satisfied with the programme, they can pay back through equity of 1-6%, depending on the firm's valuation.
McDonald's to create promotional and sales opportunities with M Channel - Economic Times
McDonald's to create promotional and sales opportunities with M ChannelEconomic Times"It is a vision that is more than television," more than the "passive relationship" that viewers have with gas station or supermarket TV feeds, said Edmondson, who comes from a venture-capital background. The M channel is akin to a broadcast network ...
The pigs strike back: Angry Birds maker Rovio to launch Bad Piggies - IBNLive.com
IBNLive.comThe pigs strike back: Angry Birds maker Rovio to launch Bad PiggiesIBNLive.com
In downturn, fortunes of IIT-B firms look up - Indian Express
In downturn, fortunes of IIT-B firms look upIndian ExpressWhile the global downturn has hit most businesses, IIT Bombay entrepreneurs comprising former students and faculty, among others, have remained largely unaffected. The percentage of companies incubated at IIT Bombay Society for Innovation and ...and more »
mChek might have suspended operations: Sources - Business Standard
mChek might have suspended operations: SourcesBusiness StandardIt also had the backing of venture capital (VC) firms Nexus Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. And, had raised $10 mn from VC firms in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, mChek had entered a tie-up with Airtel and launched mChek on Airtel, on a voice ...
We must improve value addition - Business Standard
We must improve value additionBusiness StandardThe model present in Gujarat is entrepreneurship, which by its very nature is limiting. The bigger option for most kids in Gujarat is to take to education, find employment and thereby grow in equity. The government could perhaps encourage better ...and more »
Travelyaari plans to raise $10-mn VC fund - Business Standard
Travelyaari plans to raise $10-mn VC fundBusiness StandardBangalore-based online bus ticket booking service provider Travelyaari, part of Mantis Technologies, plans to raise $10 million (about Rs 55 crore) from venture capital (VC) funds. It is already in talks with leading VC funds that specialise in the e ...
Pioneering a greenhouse for entrepreneurs - Business Standard
Pioneering a greenhouse for entrepreneursBusiness Standard... co-promoters till we, along with the promoters, plan an exit. The difference between this model and the angels or early-stage VCs (venture capital funds) is while these are hands-on, very few bring operational expertise like we do to the business ...
Component makers help investors ride auto boom - Business Standard
Component makers help investors ride auto boomBusiness StandardWith India on its way to becoming the third-largest automotive market, the automobile components industry has seen a spurt in private equity (PE)/venture capital (VC) deals. And, global PE giants have accounted for quite a few of these. This year, PE ...
Where ideas take off - Hindu Business Line
Hindu Business LineWhere ideas take offHindu Business LineBusiness Line Sangita Reddy, Chairperson, FICCI Andhra Pradesh, Dr John D. Evans, Corporate Vice-President,Technology and Innovation, Lockheed Martin Corporation and H.K. Mittal, Secretary, National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship ...and more »
Global Partnership Summit shifted out of Kolkata to Agra - Newstrack India
Global Partnership Summit shifted out of Kolkata to AgraNewstrack India"This kind of a whimsical political statement (of Sharma) will not change the course of investment decisions of a serious entrepreneur. So, the overall investment climate in West Bengal will not change due to the shifting of venue of the global ...and more »
Global staples to drive growth in domestic packaged food market - Livemint
LivemintGlobal staples to drive growth in domestic packaged food marketLivemintSo far this year, the packaged food sector drew eight PE and venture capital deals worth $64.26 million, according to financial researcher VCCEdge. Earlier this month, IDFC Private Equity invested in Parag Milk Foods Pvt. Ltd, which has diversified ...
'We must improve value addition' - Business Standard
'We must improve value addition'Business StandardThe model present in Gujarat is entrepreneurship, which by its very nature is limiting. The bigger option for most kids in Gujarat is to take to education, find employment and thereby grow in equity. The government could perhaps encourage better ...
Tackling the skills deficit - Business Standard
Tackling the skills deficitBusiness StandardOn its part, the Gujarat government, through the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, has been empanelling 22 national-level training institutes for boosting employability in the state through skill development. CED is targeting 300 skill ...
