Articles for "Acquisition"

1. Organizations in the News

   (44 articles) Microsoft

   (35 articles) Yahoo

   (34 articles) Google

   (28 articles) TiE

   (26 articles) Economic Times

   (25 articles) Reliance Industries Limited

   (24 articles) Business Standard

   (19 articles) Network18

   (19 articles) Airtel

   (18 articles) ICICI Bank

2. People in the News

   (73 articles) Nikhil Pahwa

   (14 articles) Shantanu Prakash

   (11 articles) Sandeep Singhal

   (7 articles) Raghav Bahl

   (6 articles) Ashish Sinha

   (6 articles) Ronnie Screwvala

   (5 articles) Sharad Sanghi

   (5 articles) George Soros

   (5 articles) Subhanker Sarker

   (5 articles) Jerry Yang

3. VC Funds in the News

   (44 articles) Sequoia Capital

   (22 articles) Draper Fisher Jurvetson

   (20 articles) Nexus India Capital

   (17 articles) Helion Venture Partners

   (12 articles) Matrix Partners

   (10 articles) IDG Ventures India

   (5 articles) Draper Richards

   (5 articles) Citigroup Venture Capital

   (4 articles) WestBridge Capital Partners

   (4 articles) Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

1. New fund takes Sequoia Cap AUM to $1.8 billion

   The Economic Times (23 hours, 18 min ago) Acquisition Explore Article

   MUMBAI: Sequoia Capital India announced on Wednesday the closure of its second $725-million growth fund. The new Sequoia Capital India Growth Fund II, ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Sumir Chadha   Edelweiss Capital   Sandeep Singhal

2. Sequoia Capital raises $725 mn growth fund, will manage total ...

   livemint.com (Aug 27 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

   Mumbai: After six successful exits in the past year, venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India has raised its second growth fund of $725 million (Rs3,168 ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Sumir Chadha   WestBridge Capital Partners   Satya Paul

3. Sequoia Capital Raises $725 Million for Indian Investment Fund

   Bloomberg.com (Aug 27 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

   Sequoia Capital India raised $400 million for its first fund in 2006. Its holdings include stakes in the Café Coffee Day chain, hydropower firm Coastal ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Edelweiss Capital   Sequoia Capital   Morgan Stanley

4. Nexus India Closes Second Fund

   Private Equity HUB (Aug 22 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

   Investments include Netmagic Solutions, India's leading carrier neutral managed services provider, Komli, India's leading online advertising network, ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   MapmyIndia   Komli   NetMagic

5. Venture Investment in India Rising Fast; Ad/Marketing Sector Biggest; Second Round Deals Increase

   contentSutra.com (Aug 21 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

   Indian venture capital scene is heating up, and total amount of deals has risen 120 percent in second quarter of 2008, compared to the year-ago quarter, according to data from Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) VentureSource. India attracted $238 million in venture investment with 17 deals closed in the second quarter, a 120 percent increase over the $108 million invested in 12 deals during the same period in 2007. Out of ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Blackberry

6. Venture Capital Investment in India More Than Doubled in Second ...

   blogs.wsj.com (Aug 21 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

   Draper Fisher Jurvetson topped investors in the second quarter with three deals, while Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Trident Capital ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Sequoia Capital   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

7. Idea Announces Mumbai Operations - Plans To Spend Rs. 800 crore

   WATBlog.com (Aug 21 2008) Telecom , Acquisition Explore Article

   Idea Cellular, one of the major telecom companies in India led by the Aditya Birla group have announced that they have begun their operations on Mumbai. The company so far has heavy presence in the Northern and Southen parts of the country.
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Department of Telecommunications   Business Standard   Aditya Birla

8. News Round Up: Bergrruen Holdings To Invest Rs 1000 Cr In India, Modern India In Talks With PE Investors

   VC Circle (Aug 21 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

   Mergers & Acquisitions Kirloskar Acquires Two Companies In Germany: Kirloskar Electric Co. has picked up stakes in two German firms. It will buy about 95 per cent in German manufacturing firm Lloyd Dynamowerke GmbH & Co and 100 per cent in Lloyd Beteiligungs GmbH from CMP Fonds I GmbH. The acquisitions will be done through its wholly [...]
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   ArcelorMittal   Fidelity International Limited   ONGC Videsh

9. Online DVD Rental Service Seventymm Raises $12 Million In Third Round

   contentSutra.com (Aug 21 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

   Bangalore-based online DVD rental company Seventymm has received $12.5 million (Rs 50 crore) from NEA Indo US Ventures. This will be the third round of funding for Seventymm, which now has a total capital of around $22 million. While DFJ with ePlanet Ventures had invested $2 million in 2005, the rest was raised from Matrix Partners in 2006. NEA Indo-US Ventures' MD Ms Vani Kola will be joining the Seventymm ...
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Showtime   SeventyMM   Matrix Partners

10. Seventymm Raises $12 Million In Third Round From NEA Indo US Ventures

    VC Circle (Aug 21 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    Bangalore-based online DVD rental company Seventymm Services Pvt Ltd has received $12.5 million (Rs 50 crore) from NEA Indo US Ventures. This will be the third round of funding for Seventymm, which now has a total capital of around $22 million. While DFJ with ePlanet Ventures had invested $2 million in 2005, the rest was [...]
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Showtime   SeventyMM   Matrix Partners

11. Seventymm raises Rs 500 mn for expansion

    Indian Television Dot Com (Aug 20 2008) Acquisition , Funding Explore Article

    Earlier the movie rental company had raised Rs 400 million from venture capital firms including Matrix Partners India, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and ePlanet ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   SeventyMM   Reliance ADAG

12. Nexus India Capital announces closure of $220 million fund

    Financial Express (Aug 20 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    Nexus India Capital, India’s leading early stage fund on Wednesday announced the closure of Nexus India Capital II, L.P., a $ 220 million fund which will invest in early stage companies with significant market opportunity or delivery presence in ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   MapmyIndia   Komli   CE Infosystems

13. Nexus India Capital announces closure of 220 dollar million fund

    newstrackindia.com (Aug 20 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    Mumbai, Aug 20 (ANI/Business Wire India): Nexus India Capital, India's leading early stage fund today announced the closure of Nexus India Capital II, L.P., a 220 million dollar fund which will invest in early stage companies with significant market ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   MapmyIndia   Komli   NetMagic

14. Reliance Launches Its Satellite TV Venture Big Tv; Wil Launch IPTV By Year End

    contentSutra.com (Aug 20 2008) Mobile , Acquisition Explore Article

    Reliance ADA Group has launched its DTH/satellite TV venture BIG TV, with 202 channels including 50 subscription VOD channels. The company says it is targeting 40 percent of the market within a year of launch, a very ambitious target, but will use all its muscle to promote it, including broadband Internet, mobile phones, home video, film production and the Adlabs cinema chain, reports Variety. Hindu: Reliance Big DTH would be ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance ADAG   Reliance Industries Limited   Microsoft

15. PEs stock up during crash, reduce cost of acquisitions

    The Economic Times (Aug 19 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    This is what has happened of late,” said Nexus India Capital CEO Sandeep Singhal. Among notable instances of such secondary market purchases, Apax Partners ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sandeep Singhal   Standard Chartered Private Equity   Apax Partners

16. UTV Acquires 80% Stake in Californian Gaming Company

    WATBlog.com (Aug 19 2008) Gaming , Acquisition Explore Article

    UTV Interactive, the gaming division of UTV software has acquired a 80% stake in True Games Interactive, a gaming company based in California. True Games Interactive is known to focus on the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) model, which is fast becoming popular these days.
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ignition Entertainment   Ronnie Screwvala   UTV Interactive

17. Our Newest Report: Online Advertising VC and M&A Deals In The Last Year

    contentSutra.com (Aug 19 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    Following our analysis of Social Media Deals, we've pleased to announce our first Online Advertising Deals Report, charting activity in venture capital and mergers & acquisitions from Q107 to Q208. This sector continues to drive online content, reaching annual revenues of $600-800 billion. The report breaks down these investments and acquisitions into major categories and contains industry analysis from: -- A future trends piece by Lauren Rich Fine, Practitioner-in-residence at ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Merrill Lynch   Blackberry   Draper Fisher Jurvetson

18. South Asian firms raise $1B in first half of year

    indianewengland.com (Aug 18 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    South Asian firms raise $1B in first half of yearIndia New England, MA - 19 hours agoThe company’s investors include General Electric, CMEA Ventures, FA Technology Ventures, Sequoia Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners and Proctor & Gamble ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   News Corp   Sequoia Capital   CMEA Ventures

19. UTV Software Acquires US-Based Online Gaming Startup True Games

    contentSutra.com (Aug 18 2008) Gaming , Acquisition Explore Article

    UTV Software Communications, the media and entertainment company, has picked up an 80 per cent stake in California-based gaming company True Games Interactive. The acquisition has been done through its UK-based subsidiary IG Intercative Entertainment, said the company informing the BSE today. True Games is a multi-player online game publisher involved in developing, licensing, aggregating, publishing and distributing of online games. True Games is working with publishers to license existing ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   UTV Software   Indiagames Ltd.

20. UTV Software Acquires US-Based Online Gaming Startup True Games

    VC Circle (Aug 18 2008) Gaming , Acquisition Explore Article

    UTV Software Communications Ltd., the media and entertainment company, has picked up an 80 per cent stake in California-based gaming company True Games Interactive. The acquisition has been done through its UK-based subsidiary IG Intercative Entertainment, said the company informing the BSE today. True Games is an multi-player online game publisher involved in developing, licencing, [...]
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Indiagames Ltd.

21. Social Books Site Site Ugenie Bought By U.S. Company Lulu

    contentSutra.com (Aug 18 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    Indians-founded Ugenie, a books-focused social-shopping site using Web 2.0 tools and features, and primarily-based in Bangalore, has been bought by U.S.-based self-publishing site Lulu, reports Venturebeat, confirming rumors that came out earlier in the month. UGenie received $5 million from venture capital firms Blue Run Ventures and Sierra Ventures in 2006. The company was founded in May 2006 by two ex-Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) engineers—Krishna Motukuri and Harish Abbot. The company ...
    

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22. KKR Eyes Indian Infrastructure Sector; Current Equity Value $463M

    VC Circle (Aug 16 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    Global buyout fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), which recently decided to list on the NYSE, has said it is considering investing in infrastructure sector in India and China. The leveraged-buyout firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts said in an SEC filing that as a part of its growth initiative, it [...]
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   ICICI Bank   Credit Suisse   Securities and Exchange Commission

23. In first solo India move, Draper Fisher to fund education co

    livemint.com (Aug 14 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    Nexus India Capital, Helion Venture Partners and Matrix Partners India have already done several syndicated deals. But as new entrants such as DFJ grow ...
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Fisher Jurvetson   Sateesh Andra   Nexus India Capital

24. Asian Major iProperty.com Acquires RealAcres.com as Part of the Rs.18 Crore Asian Expansion Strategy

    WATBlog.com (Aug 14 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    IPGA Limited which runs the iProperty.com group of property websites acquired Indian property major RealAcres (Horizon Infoventures) for a reported AUD 5 million (around 18.8 crores in Indian Rupees). The acquisition of RealAcres.com sees iProperty.com adds to its market-leading online property operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines, and represents its latest in a string of acquisitions since its listing on 11 September 2007.
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Horizon Infoventures

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