Red Herring just came up with its Global Top 100 list. 10 companies from India – not bad! Happy to report Consim and Cellcast from the Canaan portfolio made it to the list, http://www.redherring.com/Home/26281
What does 2010 hold for PE & VC Investing?
As you would be aware, after falling-off-a-cliff in late 2008, Private Equity & Venture Capital investments in India have displayed steady signs of recovery since mid-2009. The environment for exits too has clearly improved with sharp up-tick in IPO and M&A activity. However, the scenario for new fund raising still remains murky. In this context, […]
The Largest gathering of Cleantech companies in India
TiE Hyderabad organized the ‘Largest Gathering of Cleantech Companies in India’. The conference was held in partnership with Nexus, SONG and New Ventures India. The event was a focused “no-frills†networking event of investors and entrepreneurs. The day was divided into 4 sections: Smart Grid, Energy Efficiency, Recycling and Renewable Energy. Companies operating in each […]
Getting into minds of Angel investors
Canaan hosted a breakfast discussion with around 30 angel investors late december on sidelines of TiE Entrepreneurial Summit. It was a great discussion, and personally I learnt a fair bit from fellow investors. The interesting part were the linkages that are developing in biases that exist between venture and angel funding, and as a result […]
SmashUP : TiE and Sun Microsystems event, Jan 23, IIT Delhi
TiE and Sun Startup Essentials Programme present SmashUP on Jan 23, 2010 at IIT Delhi. * Hundreds of participating startups from across India * Showcase featuring Top 10 startups who get a unique opportunity to highlight their products/services and receive a bouquet of benefits* from TiE Delhi and SmashUP! partners * Speakers covering the entire […]
IIM Ahmedabad Finance Conclave 2010
The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), Beta –The Finance Club of IIM Ahmedabad and Leverage – The Private Equity andVenture Capital Club of IIM Ahmedabad bring to you the IIMA Finance Conclave2010 on the 8th – 9th January 2010.The central theme of this year’s conclave is “Challenging the New Normalâ€and it promises to […]
Why India needs more tech software companies?
We have seen lots and lots of startup companies coming up in our country since last few years. Companies ranging from matrimonial websites, job portals to even companies helping people sell their used online stuff. Now and then we keep getting portals which fall into larger categories of a specific list of online portals, some […]
B2B Internet Businesses
As we announced our investment in MotorExchange; I thought to bounce my views on broader B2B plays. In last couple of years, I have noticed two broad growth challenges in Indian internet start ups: 1.) Last mile penetration – This is function of internet penetration in the country and the growth is still incremental. We […]
MotorExchange raises Series A led by Canaan
I am happy to announce our latest investment in MotorExchange – a B2B auto exchange for Indian market. The B2B auto market in India is over $11Bn and expected to double over next five years. It is a very early stage investment for us, and the key driver in the decision has been the team […]
Angel Funding Framework – Structure
In my attempts to engage in angel financing, I have seen the typical concerns that potential angel investors have. Many of these have to do with the investment parameters, and figuring out how investors can get their money back (or returns) – especially given the inherent immaturity of these businesses in being able to outline […]
Building a startup in 30 mins (well 41ish) – Iqbal Gandham
Hi Guys During the Global Entrepreneur Week their were several great presentations made, where I was located. I thought they maybe helpful to some on this blog: 1. My video is about building a startup and can be found at http://www.iqbalgandham.com/ and the ppt deck can be found at http://www.slideshare.com/iqbalgandham 2. The rest of the […]
Solution for Angel drought in India?
Sarah has a good roundup of lack of angel investing activity in India. Lets get to the more interesting part – how to solve it? I ran into Vishal Gondal on a flight few weeks back and he had a model that is pretty interesting. And may be there are some other thoughts in the […]