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Shraddha Nair 08:24 PM | February 08,2010
Learning management systems are increasingly using interactive content to attract the tech-savvy student
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VCCircle 08:24 PM | February 08,2010
All portfolio firms, despite the downturn last year, have seen an increase in valuations
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Deepti Chaudhary 11:13 PM | February 03,2010
Qualcomm, has bought Mango’s handset user interface software with a PC-based customization kit that allows developers to create mobile applications
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Deepti Chaudhary 11:05 PM | February 01,2010
Investors say reaching out to such firms poses several challenges
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Poornima Mohandas 10:50 PM | February 01,2010
Around 450 million under the age of 35 are unskilled/semi-skilled; govt wants firms to partner in their training
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Boby Kurian / VCCircle 10:45 PM | January 25,2010
This will be Sequoia’s third investment in India’s microfinance space in less than three years. In March 2007, it invested $11.5 million in the country’s largest microfinance firm, SKS Microfinance, opening up a new deal pipeline for...
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Deepti Chaudhary 09:50 PM | January 25,2010
Some incubators and VC firms say attracting more funds will be tough till investors see successful products
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Deepti Chaudhary 09:41 PM | January 25,2010
The new funds focused on sectors driven by domestic demand and not too prone to global economic movements
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Madhav A. Chanchani and Boby Kurian / VCCIRCLE 12:30 AM | January 23,2010
Sequoia completed the investment in the Bangalore-based firm, formerly known as FlightRaja, in December
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Boby Kurian and J. Padmapriya 10:10 PM | January 21,2010
The Catamaran investment is part of the pre-IPO sale process in SKS Microfinance
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Shraddha Nair and Baiju Kalesh 08:38 PM | January 17,2010
The India portion of the fund will be invested over a period of four years, with a deal size of $30-80 million
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C.H. Unnikrishnan 11:41 PM | January 11,2010
GTL will invest Rs1,000 crore spread equally across 100 centres in 10 cities in India, which will perform surgeries that allow patients to be discharged within 24 hours of the procedure
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Deepti Chaudhary 10:07 PM | January 11,2010
Slowdown made the movie business more viable; VC funds set to double number of investments this year
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VC Circle 09:13 PM | January 11,2010
With the markets hitting bottom, differences between promoters and PE investors over valuations widened, leading to a decline in deal-making
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Deepti Chaudhary 10:16 PM | January 06,2010
It has at least 100,000 annual subscribers and expects to end fiscal 2010 with revenue of $21 million
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VCCIRCLE 09:42 PM | January 04,2010
This heightened engagement with portfolio firms came in the backdrop of the economic downturn, and troubles at entities such as debt-laden supermarket chain Subhiksha
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VCCIRCLE 09:25 PM | January 04,2010
71% of the respondents want to invest in education. Other sectors on top are health, clean tech and microfinance
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Madhav A. Chanchani 09:20 PM | January 04,2010
Nearly 62% of deal-makers who took part in a survey say they will do more deals this year, albeit with due caution
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Shraddha Nair and Deepti Chaudhary 10:31 PM | December 30,2009
Declining interest levels in the US and difficulty of generating revenues from early-stage projects among reasons
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Deepti Chaudhary 08:37 PM | December 28,2009
Investors see education as a recession-proof industry, especially in a country where an expanding middle-class puts great store by quality education
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