Just last week our internal office discussion hovered around how PR heavy strategies don’t really work in India, because PR channels like live events, blogs, niche tv, industry publications are not well developed here. People also don’t seem to talk about new products without seeing some major advertising. To get a brand off the ground […]
ChrysCapital sets up $1.25 bln India fund
The amount of money being raised by VC/PE players for the India market continues to spiral upwards. Here’s a news item from the Economic Times on ChrysCapital’s latest fund – which tops $1billion. Mauritius-based private equity firm ChrysCapital has set up a new fund to invest $1.25 billion in Indian companies in the infrastructure, technology, […]
Event Notification : 4th Meetup of Mobile Monday Delhi
Mobile Monday Delhi Chapter is going to have its 4th meetup on 18th of August . I would like to invite the readers of VW to participate in our meeting .We encourage you to be a part of this Event and share your thoughts with fellow mobile enthusiasts. Details of Event is given Below Mobile […]
Man-made tornadoes for power generation
Very interesting piece on the inventor Louis Michaud, whose current brainwave is to use tornadoes to generate power. Michaud has spent the past 40 years studying tornados and hurricanes, and is convinced it’s possible to engineer and control powerful, full-scale whirlwinds and harness their energy to produce emission-free electricity. Forget wind farms and their intermittent […]
Intro to Intel Capital / Meet this evening?
I am a new user to VentureWoods and would like to introduce myself. I recently relocated from the Bay area to Mumbai as Director of Intel Capital’s $250M India-focused fund. (Intel Capital ) is the strategic investments arm of Intel Corporation. We invest in technology-related companies – stage agnostic (seed to PIPE) and $$ agnostic […]
Do Indians Lack A Flair For Entrepreneurship?
Do Indian lack a flair for entrepreneurship? When I first read that question on Trackin’s post I instinctively and vigorously did the Indian thing: shake my head in a strong no-no, that is not what I have uncovered. I think entrepreneurship is alive and kicking in India, but what is lacking is education, role models, access […]
Podcast Interview: Gopal Srinivasan of TVS on Entrepreneurship
Gopal Srinivasan of TVS on entrepreneurship