Alok just informed me that winners of the TiE-Canaan Entrepreneurship challenge have been announced. The winners are 6 Dee, Vegayan, and Infozech. Heartiest congratulations to all the winners and the other finalists as well! I hope they will take some time out to tell the Venturewoods community more about their ventures! Update: Redherring has a […]
TiECon Delhi underway
It was an interesting day at TiECon Delhi today. Some quick observations: 1. VCs are everywhere! I think there were more VC firms in presence than aspiring entrepreneurs! This is of course great news for the local startup scene. VCs were lamenting on lack of quality entrpreneurship. A few moderators and speakers took light hearted […]
Canaan Teams with Yahoo! Inc. in an $8.6 Million Investment in Bharat ...
Canaan Partners Makes Investment in New India Office Canaan Teams with Yahoo! Inc. in an $8.6 Million Investment in Bharat Matrimony, an Online Marriage Service Canaan Partners, a leading international venture capital firm, today announced the funding of Bharat Matrimony Group, the leading online matrimonial service in India. This is an exciting new investment by […]
Barcamp in Delhi
We are organizing the first ever Barcamp in this part of the world. BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. Barcamps have become pretty popular lately and many have taken place […]
Indian IT boom: B-O-R-I-N-G
It is educational to compare and contrast the two tech. booms that this world is witnessing right now. Silicon Valley is going thru a mini deja-vu of sorts, what with the spurt of so called web 2.0 companies mushrooming all over the place. The buzz word this time around is “build to flip” – build […]