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Big-ticket PE deals back in vogue

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Feb 15 2010) Acquisition

Big-ticket PE deals back in vogueDaily News & AnalysisIn mid-January 2010, a consortium of private equity firms, including Baring, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity and Deutsche Bank, acquired a 16% stake in ...and more » (Read Full Article)

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What's the good word this year?

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Dec 30 2009)

What's the good word this year?Daily News & AnalysisMidway through 2009, a US internet-monitoring company announced that 'Web 2.0' had become the millionth word in the English language. ... (Read Full Article)

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SKS Microfinance lining up for IPO

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Oct 9 2009)

SKS Microfinance lining up for IPODaily News & AnalysisWhen asked whether Sequoia Capital, which has done rounds of investing in SKS, would look for an exit during the IPO, Rajiv Sabharwal, executive director, ...and more » (Read Full Article)

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VC activity shows revival signs

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VC activity shows revival signsDaily News & Analysis"Many funds have not announced deals, so public data may not be entirely accurate," said Suvir Sujan, MD, Nexus India Capital Advisors. (Read Full Article)

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Travelocity Global buys Travelguru

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Aug 18 2009) Travel , Acquisition

Travelocity Global buys TravelguruDaily News & AnalysisIt raised $25 million in 2006 -- $10 million from Sequoia Capital India, which the latter followed up with a $15 million co-investment with Battery Venture. ...and more » (Read Full Article)

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Twitter-bitten Talisma plans Social CRM suite

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Aug 6 2009) Social Networking

Twitter-bitten Talisma plans Social CRM suiteDaily News & AnalysisBut the latest buzz in enterprise in the CRM space is Social CRM, riding on the Web 2.0 wave. While it has been talked about for some time now, ... (Read Full Article)

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Games people play

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Aug 3 2009) Gaming

Games people playDaily News & AnalysisSays Noarman Kazi, producer-project manager, Mauj Telecom, "Mauj's most popular games proved to be based on the Mahabharata. ... (Read Full Article)

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Bangalore kids dominate Web 2.0

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Jul 31 2009) Social Networking

Bangalore kids dominate Web 2.0Daily News & AnalysisA gadgetphile will aspire for the latest iPods while the nation builder will have a rosy tinted view of Indian MNCs and their future performances. ... (Read Full Article)

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OnMobile rejigging products to check operator moves

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Jul 13 2009) Mobile , Social Networking

OnMobile rejigging products to check operator movesDaily News & AnalysisBernard said after the initial focus on India and emerging markets, the company has added a suite of data products to its overseas portfolio bringing the ... (Read Full Article)

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Web 2.0 bests jai ho and slumdog as 1 millionth word

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Jun 10 2009)

World NewsWeb 2.0 bests jai ho and slumdog as 1 millionth wordDaily News & Analysis, IndiaSlumdog' refers to those residing in the slums of India while 'cuddies' used to refer to ladies' underwear or panties. The Indian terms -- Jai ho and Slumdog -- finished no. 2 and no.4 respectively. The Global Language Monitor, which uses a math ...Web 2.0, sexting, or... a millionth word question! CIOLWeb 2.0 crowned one millionth English word Reuters Indiaall 73 news articles (Read Full Article)

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Metro savvy VCs struggle to look past comfort zone

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Apr 29 2009)

This affects future scalability across India," said Sachin Maheshwari, principal at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Lack of management bandwidth and professionalism are other reasons, he feels. However, VCs are now devising ways to address these ... (Read Full Article)

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BPO profits likely to drop as much as 55%

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Apr 15 2009) Outsourcing , Acquisition

Many BPO industries in India had been growing at scorching rates of 25-40% for many years now. Kanwaljeet Singh, a partner with the India-based venture capitalist firm Helion Ventures, believes there are still some islands of very high growth in the ... (Read Full Article)

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Venture funds top up to stay atop

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Mar 2 2009) Acquisition

For instance, existing VC investors in digital maps and navigation services provider MapMyIndia including Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Sherpalo Ventures and Nexus India Capital re-invested in the company when Qualcomm Ventures invested in the ... (Read Full Article)

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Topline boost with value adds

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Feb 19 2009) Mobile

Mumbai: India currently has 340 million mobile phone users and is adding 10 million subscribers every month. However, only a fraction -- i.e. around 34 million customers -- use value added services (VAS). It is in this fast-growing and fairly ... (Read Full Article)

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PE firms scour tier II, III towns

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Feb 12 2009)

A bunch of PE firms admitted they were exploring smaller markets for deals. Among these is Mumbai-based BTS India Private Equity Fund Ltd, which in September 2008 tied up an agreement to invest Rs 32 crore in Saisudhir Infrastructures Ltd, a ... (Read Full Article)

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VC investment will slow down

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Feb 7 2009)

Mohanjit Jolly, executive director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) India, a venture capital firm, stunned the audience at a conference on venture capital at IIM-A by terming venture capital as the most expensive, and saying that it should be the ... (Read Full Article)

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Need startup funding? Head to IIT Bombay

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Jan 4 2009)

The panel of venture capitalist firms will include Seedfund, Nexus India Capital, Ojas Ventures, Waygate Capital, Milagrow Ventures, Indian Angel Network, ... (Read Full Article)

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VCs get choosy as fund taps dry

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Dec 15 2008)

Despite this, most VCs in India are far from cash-strapped. Three months ago, Sequoia Capital announced it had raised $725 million for a late-stage, ... (Read Full Article)

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Seeing Mumbai attacks through the lens of social media

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Dec 12 2008) Social Networking

Seeing Mumbai attacks through the lens of social mediaDaily News & Analysis, India - 1 hour agoThe potential for social conversations drove the creation of Web 2.0 tools, and these tools in turn are driving social conversations where they exist, ... (Read Full Article)

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Now, measure online traffic from India

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MUMBAI: In what may be India’s answer to online audience measurement firm comScore, Komli Media, the digital technology company funded by Helion, ... (Read Full Article)

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VC interest in start-ups set to surge

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Nov 24 2008)

Going by industry experts, venture capital firms such as Accel India Venture Fund, NEA-IndoUS Ventures, IDG Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), ... (Read Full Article)

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Hp, Ibm lock horns over storage market

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Nov 3 2008) Video

HP, IBM lock horns over storage marketDaily News & Analysis, India - 23 minutes agoGoing forward, Web 2.0, compliance and government, and animation and video streaming will be the big demand generators for storage products across markets, ... (Read Full Article)

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Diwali magazines in Marathi celebrate sparkling centenary

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Oct 19 2008)

Majestic Publication will reprint the first issue of the Manoranjan as well as the first issues of some of the oldest magazines like Mauj and Awaaz. ... (Read Full Article)

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‘We are ready with the m-VAS model’

Explore Article dnaindia.com (Oct 6 2008)

... consolidated with the technology players. Either a player like Hungama or Mauj will take charge, or people will come together to exploit the business. (Read Full Article)