I am happy to announce the summer edition of Proto.in to the Venturewoods community. This is slated for 21-22 July at Chennai and is in continuation of its first edition that took place in January earlier this year. For those who came in late, Proto is intended to be a springboard for upcoming startups in […]

I am happy to share that Canaan Partners and SVB have invested $3.1m in iYogi. iYogi provides multi-vendor desktop support to consumers and SMBs around the globe, using delivery capability in India. We have spoken in the past about the way Indian BPO industry is evolving (here and here), and one of the key aspects […]

Canaan and ContentSutra is hosting an informal event to meet people in the technology, media and VC industry. We have got good response and around 110 people have registered for the event. It should be a good platform to interact with young start ups and know more about them. It’s also a good opportunity for […]

I recall a conversation with Alok on this topic, on the day the budget was presented. The Economic Times has an article today that outlines the issue, but presents no clear resolution one way or another. Would some of the knowledgable folks here comment? The worst isn’t over for venture capital funds (VCFs). The million-dollar […]

Hi, some of us — mostly entrepreneurs — are getting together in bangalore tomorrow for a beer. Other folks who are interested are invited. No specific agenda, just some chat around beer. Time: 29th Mar (3.30 – 5.00 pm) Venue: Pecos — situated at Rest House Road, off Brigade Road, right hand side, Black board, […]

Hi folks The countdown for the Red Herring annual listing of 100 innovative companies from Asia has begun. Application form is in this link: http://www.herringevents.com/asia07/asiaherring100.doc Companies must be headquartered in Asia to qualify. Please pass on this information so we get a large bunch of startups to choose from. Kalpana 0

NirmaLabs, Ahmedabad (A Technology Business Incubator – www.nirmalabs.org) is organizing a 6-days workshop on Techno – Entrepreneurship during April 9 – April 14, 2007. This workshop will condense the NirmaLabs’ flagship: ‘6-months Grooming Program on Managing Technology Ventures’ into 6 days…. It will have sessions from everybody associated with NirmaLabs. In case you would like […]

Hi, My company, Venture Intelligence, is organizing a roundtable event focused on Venture Capital investments in the Internet-based Services and Mobile VAS sectors. We have landed quite a few leading VC investors and top executives from Online Services and Mobile VAS companies as speakers at the event, including: Murugavel Janakiraman, Bharatmatrimony.com Alok Mittal, Canaan Partners […]

Alwayson annual show is on in NY. The opening session was all about user generated content, blogging etc. And they had screens that were showing real time comments from users over the internet — well, the session itself outlined challenges of handling this medium. Bill Cleary of CKS went around SFO interviewing people, and in […]

I attended proto.in at Chennai. Here is my pick of Startups to watch in terms of their ‘Inspiration Value’: Their evolution and success will shape up the startup culture( in my opinion, of course!) DesiCrew( Taking technology mediated work to rural areas ) Spinaxys( Mpathy: User profiling based ‘Relevant’ SMS ads; Quickly build the user […]

Date: Friday January 26, 2007 3pm – 8pm Location: Harvard Business School, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163 USA For more info visit: http://www.hbsindiaconference.com/index.htm Panel Info: VENTURE CAPITAL/PRIVATE EQUITY – THE INDIAN CAPITAL MARKETS ENTREPRENEURSHIP – START-UP SUCCESSES IN EMERGING MARKETS INDIAN GIANTS – INDIAN FIRMS GOING GLOBAL SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IN INDIA – STORIES OF INSPIRATION […]

A very Happy New Year to the readers of VentureWoods .I am very excited to inform you that.After a long wait we are going to have next meeting of Mobile Monday Delhi Chapter. Everyone who is interested in Mobile Technologies can participate in it . We encourage you to be a part of this Event […]