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1. Buy, buy to bye bye, daily-deal sites get a reality check
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Apr 29 2012 Acquisition
  
  Mohit Bhatnagar, managing director of Sequoia Capital India, said his company is “overfunded” in the e-commerce segment. “Leaders have been established in every category and they are likely to grow. These companies have set the bar high for all other ...
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  Mentions: Sequoia Capital India Mohit Bhatnagar Taggle
2. Cycling 250 km in 14 hrs to fight cancer
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Apr 2 2012 Social Networking
  
  “Remaining fit has always been our passion. We set ourselves a target of 100 to 160 km and thought of attaching a social cause to it,” said Mehta, CEO of Komli.com. The funds, according to them, were raised by letting people know through mails and ...
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  Mentions: Mumbai University Barclays Komli
3. Foreign investors may play Santa for beleaguered SKS
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Dec 21 2011
  
  The company’s existing institutional investors include Catamaran Management Services, WestBridge, Sequoia Capital India, Sandstone Investment Partners and Kismet Microfinance, in addition to Vinod Khosla, the founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, formerly a ...
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  Mentions: Vinod Khosla Sequoia Capital India Sun Microsystems
4. Confluence of expert speakers, students at Confluence-2011
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Nov 24 2011
  
  Speakers on the first day include GV Ravi Shankar, MD of Sequoia capital, N Thiruambalam, MD of Heinz India, Kaushik Chatterjee, CFO of Tata Steel, Renny Thomas, partner of McKinsey and Vishal Mehta, founder of Infibeam. Managing director of Google India ...
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  Mentions: Tata Steel Indian Institute of Management Ravi Shankar
5. Despite write-offs, AP a problem area for SKS
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Nov 18 2011
  
  The company has several pre-IPO investors, including Catamaran Management Services, WestBridge, Sequoia Capital India, Sandstone Investment Partners, Kismet Microfinance and Vinod Khosla, founding CEO of Sun Microsystems. “They have not sold a single sha ...
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  Mentions: Vinod Khosla Sequoia Capital India Sun Microsystems
6. Facebook hit with unsolicited porn, violent videos - Daily News & Analysis
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Nov 16 2011 Social Networking
  
  Facebook hit with unsolicited porn, violent videosDaily News & AnalysisFacebook and other "Web 2.0" sites are easy targets for such attacks because they pull in a lot of content from outside sources, according to Paul Ferguson, senior threat researcher at Trend Micro Inc. "It seems every other day there is some new ...and more »
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  Mentions: Agency Trend Micro URL
7. 'Recycling e-waste is a paying proposition, but there are rules'
  
  Explore dnaindia.com May 11 2011
  
  'Recycling e-waste is a paying proposition, but there are rules'Daily News & AnalysisSubsequently, we raised first round of capital from two leading venture capital funds—-NEA-IndoUS Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson—-in the same year. We raised around $6.3 million totally on power point presentation as we did not have a registered ...
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  Mentions: Wipro Infosys Draper Fisher Jurvetson
8. Tata Communications completes acquisition of US-based content delivery network provider
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Feb 16 2011 Acquisition
  
  In 2008, Tata Communications had entered into a strategic tie-up with the company by investing $11.5- million which helped it bag clients like NDTV, Web18, Quick Heal Technologies and Nimbus Communications, the release said. However, details of the ...
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  Mentions: Agency Web18 Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
9. Four of Sequoia Capital's top management quit to pursue own venture
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Feb 15 2011 Acquisition
  
  In one of the biggest management shake-ups in the private investing space in India, four members forming the top management at a venture capital firm Sequoia Capital have quit to set up their own enterprise. "Sumir Chadha, KP Balaraj, SK Jain and Sandeep ...
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  Mentions: Sandeep Singhal Idea Cellular Sequoia Capital India
10. BTS India PE Fund buys minority stake in Carzonrent for Rs36 crore
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Jan 30 2011 Acquisition
  
  Carzonrent also has SIDBI Venture and Sequoia Capital as investors and they together hold a 25 per cent stake, while BTS and the investor to be roped-in will hold another 20% together, Vij said. This is BTS India PE Fund's eighth investment.
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  Mentions: Sequoia Capital India Agency SIDBI Venture
11. Pearson takes control of TutorVista for Rs577 crore
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Jan 18 2011 Acquisition
  
  Pearson takes control of TutorVista for Rs577 croreDaily News & AnalysisOther investors such as Manipal University and the US venture firms Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital — famous for funding all of Google, Yahoo and Apple ...and more »
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  Mentions: ICICI Bank Lightspeed Ventures Apple Inc.
12. Sequoia-funded SatNav gets personal
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Dec 29 2010
  
  We currently have maps of about 858 cities in India and by March-end we will have about 1,000 cities with us. Waze has certain applications that are hitherto not available to us. The arrangement is more towards increasing our focus towards personal ...
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13. More venture capital or private equity-backed firms looking to float overseas
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Dec 16 2010
  
  And since the listing criterion in India is a minimum ... SAP Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) since its inception in 2007. And in a recent Series D funding, it raised $30 million, adding Sequoia Capital to its list of investors.
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  Mentions: Draper Fisher Jurvetson Nasdaq London Stock Exchange
14. Pune teens most tech savvy: Survey - Daily News & Analysis
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Dec 13 2010 Social Networking
  
  Pune teens most tech savvy: SurveyDaily News & Analysis... higher than the all-India average. Besides, 81% use Facebook, more than in Mumbai, Bangalore The second annual 'Web 2.0 generation survey' conducted by ...
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  Mentions: Apple Inc. Agency Rahul Gandhi
15. Reckitt Benckiser scoops Paras Pharma for Rs3,260 crore
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Dec 13 2010 Acquisition
  
  Others, including Paras founder Girish Patel and his family who hold about 30% stake and Sequoia Capital, will also sell their shares ... Reckitt is hell-bent on driving growth in emerging markets like India,” said an analyst. The company was believed to ...
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  Mentions: Ebitda Actis Paras Pharmaceuticals
16. Over 70% of school kids in Ahmedabad are logged in - Daily News & Analysis
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Nov 23 2010 Social Networking
  
  Over 70% of school kids in Ahmedabad are logged inDaily News & AnalysisThe second annual Web 2.0 Generation survey conducted by Tata Consultancy Services has found that more than 70% of average Amdavadi youth spend over 30 ...
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  Mentions: Tata Consultancy Services Google Ajoy Mukherjee
17. Farmville helped Facebook beat Orkut
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Nov 15 2010 Social Networking
  
  Farmville helped Facebook beat OrkutDaily News & AnalysisMumbai-based agency Komli Media's Vizisense, which tracks web audience measurement in India, has now come out with some answers to how Zuckerberg's creation ...and more »
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  Mentions: Orkut Komli Media Komli
18. Sequoia says some portfolio firms are in strategic sale talks
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Aug 27 2010 Acquisition
  
  Sequoia Capital, the global venture capital fund, has invested in more than fifty companies in India during the past decade. The company says it will keep exploring more such opportunities in the years to come. Sumir ...
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  Mentions: Sequoia India Sequoia Capital India SKS Microfinance
19. IT product makers catch the fancy of VCs, PEs
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Aug 17 2010 Funding
  
  IT product makers catch the fancy of VCs, PEsDaily News & AnalysisSumir Chadha, managing director, Sequoia Capital India sees more such investments in the time to come. “What we see today are early signs of this trend ...and more »
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  Mentions: Indian Angel Network IDG Ventures India Sequoia Capital India
20. Microloan lenders can serve both investors and the poor: Mary Ellen
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Aug 9 2010
  
  Microloan lenders can serve both investors and the poor: Mary EllenDaily News & AnalysisThere are changes underfoot in India's microfinance sector which has grown at an average annual rate of ...and more »
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  Mentions: Reserve Bank of India Sequoia Capital India SKS Microfinance
21. Put option favoured exit route for private equity
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Aug 4 2010 Acquisition
  
  In May this year, P R S Oberoi promoted East India Hotels (EIH) acquired 45.85% stake held by its joint venture partner Amex Investment in EIH Holdings for $45 million (about Rs 200 crore). The same month, Reva Electric ...
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  Mentions: Blackstone Draper Fisher Jurvetson Mahindra
22. What's On India? Helping TV viewers cut through the clutter
  
  Explore dnaindia.com Jun 21 2010
  
  What's On India? Helping TV viewers cut through the clutterDaily News & AnalysisIn the fag end of 2008, Sequoia Capital and Nexus India Capital invested in the company, which helped it launch the channel a few months back. ...
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  Mentions: Atul Phadnis Sushma Swaraj Lalu Prasad
23. Mahindra & Mahindra likely to buy Reva, have Maini at helm
  
  Explore dnaindia.com May 25 2010
  
  Mahindra & Mahindra likely to buy Reva, have Maini at helmDaily News & AnalysisIt is also funded by Global Environment Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. It is possible that the two foreign investors would exit in favour of M&M. ...and more »
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  Mentions: Draper Fisher Jurvetson Reva Electric Car Company Mahindra
24. Sequoia bid to buy stake in CARE runs into a wall
  
  Explore dnaindia.com May 12 2010 Acquisition
  
  Sequoia bid to buy stake in CARE runs into a wallDaily News & AnalysisMumbai: Regulatory requirements are learnt to have stymied the efforts of Sequoia Capital, a private equity fund, to pick up a stake in rating agency Care. ...
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  Mentions: Reserve Bank of India Foreign Investment Promotion Board Sequoia Capital India
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