J Padmapriya
TMT
'Communities Are The Next Big Thing'
Jessie Paul—writer, coffee plantation owner, active blogger and regular user of Linkedin and Twitter—will be another entrepreneur walking out of ......
General
'Customers Want Quality Services Beyond Microcredit Loans'
Notwithstanding the blockbuster stock market debut of portfolio firm SKS Microfinance, Elevar Equity Advisors, which manages the $23.6-million Unitus Equity ......
General
MFI Valuations Plunge As Andhra Crisis Spoils The Equity Party
The short-lived euphoria of India’s first blockbuster microfinance IPO, SKS Microfinance, and the business environment uncertainty in Andhra Pradesh (following ......
Infrastructure
M&A-Savvy GMR To Go Slow On Big Deals; Focus On Greenfield Projects
In a move that mirrors trading activity, GMR Group has bought and sold its interest in Intergen NV, a global ......
Infrastructure
Bangalore Realty Player VDB Raising Up To $10M From Monsoon Capital
Private equity fund raising at the real estate project level is the flavour of the season. Value Designbuild Pvt Ltd ......
TMT
Kitven Fund 2 May Invest In Sloka Telecom
Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund (Kitven), managed by the Karnataka Asset Management Company Private Ltd, is close to making ......
Infrastructure
Jerry Rao's Housing Venture Raises 2nd Round From IFIF
Value and Budget Housing Corporation, the low-cost housing venture backed by Indian IT poster boy Jerry Rao (founder of Mphasis ......
General
We Are Looking At Turnaround Plays In Healthcare: Manipal Group CEO
The TMA Pai family-founded Manipal Education and Medical Group--which straddles the most coveted, recession-proof and non-cyclical businesses of education and ......
Healthcare
Manipal Group Sells Biomedical Arm To Italian Firm TBS For $8.5M
Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) has sold its in-house incubated bio-medical equipment service firm MNE Technologies to Italy’s Ital ......
General
VC-Backed Gridstone Research Shuts Shop; Sells Assets To 2 US Firms
Venture-funded Gridstone Research, a financial research platform company co-founded by former Infosys global sales head Basab Pradhan, has folded up ......
