Articles from VentureWoods

1. That’s when you know a startup has made it!

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Mar 10 2010)

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2. IIT Kanpur Golden Jubilee Initiative: The Next50 Global Innovation Challenge

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Mar 5 2010)

   The Next50 Global Innovation Challenge is an IIT Kanpur Golden Jubilee Alumni Initiative to identify 50 early stage innovators in Agriculture, Cleantech, Financial Inclusion, Education and Technology, who can change the way we work and live. Innovators stand to win awesome cash awards, named prizes and access an exclusive ecosystem of mentoring, business support and funding [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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3. Rs. 18000 crore broadband push - is this in the right direction?

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Mar 5 2010)

   ToI reports a 18000 crore broadband push by government to improve broadband access to every gram panchayat. While the initiative is welcome, it raises several questions: Investing versus creating an environment to invest: Government spending at such massive scale has been shown to be inefficient over and over again. What are the incentives that the government [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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4. UnPluGGd – The Event for Entrepreneurs

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Feb 25 2010)

   Ah well, before you ask me, why another startup event?, here is the core philosophy behind the event: Focus on Business – Over the last three years, we all have seen great products not going anywhere. Some of the companies who became the next hype, are now figuring out the survival route. Ofcourse, [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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5. DreamCatchers! Call to Action

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Feb 23 2010)

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   I am very grateful to you all for the response to my previous article: Funding for Real Innovation in India ! Unavailable. Many of you wrote to me as well as extended action/offers to the DCE AUV team. What was however in my opinion the best outcome, happened right in the beginning: Bharat (Delhi/VIN Industries) [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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6. GrowVC - community angel investing

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Feb 15 2010)

   Interesting concept here - www.growvc.com - entrepreneurs can now raise money from the community, kiva style. And they can invest their money into other startups to diversify their risk. With some strong on-ground facilitation (and an incentive model for the same) this can work… Thoughts? (Read Full Article)
   

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7. Koovs.com - Buy in Group and Get Best Deals

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Feb 9 2010) Acquisition

   Koovs.com is an online platform to find and buy all kind of products at discounted prices. This service aims to bring people with similar interest together at one place and facilitate them getting the best price from the service provider using the power of group buying. Each day, koovs features a deal on the best stuff to [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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8. Building the Green Entrepreneurial Eco system city by Indian city

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Feb 3 2010)

   “The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. “ This is what President Obama said in his recent State of the Union address. Building the clean energy economy is not easy. Entrepreneurs have to start building businesses, investors will have to understanding them and professionals will [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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9. IBF Media event on Cloud Computing

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Jan 27 2010)

   IBF Media, through Capital Connection, is organising an event around Cloud Computing on February 25, 2010 at Ista Hotel, Bangalore The Latest Trends in Cloud Computing: An Operators and Investors Perspective This event showcases some of the latest trends in cloud computing and looks at some of the successful business models and companies in this emerging technology [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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10. Sneak Preview: Proto.in Mumbai - January 30th, IIT Bombay

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jan 26 2010)

    Like any Start-up before it’s big release, we at the Team Proto have been extremely busy with the big event which is coming to town. As some of you should be aware, Proto.in is taking place on the 30th of Jan in IIT Bombay. For Start-ups, Investors and the Audience alike, we have an action [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Shantanu Surpure   Airtel   Sanjeev Bikhchandani

11. ZumoDrive expanding team in Asia

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jan 25 2010)

    One of our startups - Zumodrive is expanding its operations to Singapore. It is still a very small team and this is a fun opportunity for a couple of people who could move to Singapore to join the team. Kevin West their CTO will be relocating and will build a small team in [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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12. Red Herring Global 100

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jan 21 2010)

    Red Herring just came up with its Global Top 100 list. 10 companies from India - not bad! Happy to report Consim and Cellcast from the Canaan portfolio made it to the list, http://www.redherring.com/Home/26281 (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Cellcast   Star   Canaan Partners

13. What does 2010 hold for Pe & Vc Investing?

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jan 19 2010)

    As you would be aware, after falling-off-a-cliff in late 2008, Private Equity & Venture Capital investments in India have displayed steady signs of recovery since mid-2009. The environment for exits too has clearly improved with sharp up-tick in IPO and M&A activity. However, the scenario for new fund raising still remains murky. In this context, [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Tree House   Arun Natarajan   Varun Sood

14. The Largest gathering of Cleantech companies in India

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jan 8 2010)

    TiE Hyderabad organized the ‘Largest Gathering of Cleantech Companies in India’. The conference was held in partnership with Nexus, SONG and New Ventures India. The event was a focused “no-frills” networking event of investors and entrepreneurs. The day was divided into 4 sections: Smart Grid, Energy Efficiency, Recycling and Renewable Energy. Companies operating in each [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   New Ventures India   Renewable Energy   Mumbai Angels

15. Getting into minds of Angel investors

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jan 6 2010)

    Canaan hosted a breakfast discussion with around 30 angel investors late december on sidelines of TiE Entrepreneurial Summit. It was a great discussion, and personally I learnt a fair bit from fellow investors. The interesting part were the linkages that are developing in biases that exist between venture and angel funding, and as a result [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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16. SmashUP : TiE and Sun Microsystems event, Jan 23, IIT Delhi

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jan 3 2010)

    TiE and Sun Startup Essentials  Programme present SmashUP on Jan 23, 2010 at IIT Delhi. * Hundreds of participating startups from across India * Showcase featuring Top 10 startups who get a unique opportunity to highlight their products/services and receive a bouquet of benefits* from TiE Delhi and SmashUP! partners * Speakers covering the entire gamut of early [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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17. IIM Ahmedabad Finance Conclave 2010

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Dec 28 2009)

    The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), Beta – The Finance Club of IIM Ahmedabad and Leverage – The Private Equity and Venture Capital Club of IIM Ahmedabad bring to you the IIMA Finance Conclave 2010 on the 8th – 9th January 2010. The central theme of this year’s conclave is “Challenging the New Normal” and it promises to [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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18. Why India needs more tech software companies?

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Dec 17 2009)

    We have seen lots and lots of startup companies coming up in our country since last few years. Companies ranging from matrimonial websites, job portals to even companies helping people sell their used online stuff. Now and then we keep getting portals which fall into larger categories of a specific list of online [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple Inc.   Symantec   Google

19. B2B Internet Businesses

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Dec 17 2009)

    As we announced our investment in MotorExchange; I thought to bounce my views on broader B2B plays. In last couple of years, I have noticed two broad growth challenges in Indian internet start ups: 1.) Last mile penetration – This is function of internet penetration in the country and the growth is still incremental. We have seen [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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20. MotorExchange raises Series A led by Canaan

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Dec 16 2009) Funding

    I am happy to announce our latest investment in MotorExchange - a B2B auto exchange for Indian market. The B2B auto market in India is over $11Bn and expected to double over next five years. It is a very early stage investment for us, and the key driver in the decision has been the [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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21. Angel Funding Framework - Structure

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Dec 15 2009)

    In my attempts to engage in angel financing, I have seen the typical concerns that potential angel investors have. Many of these have to do with the investment parameters, and figuring out how investors can get their money back (or returns) - especially given the inherent immaturity of these businesses in being able to outline [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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22. Building a startup in 30 mins (well 41ish) - Iqbal Gandham

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Dec 2 2009)

    Hi Guys During the Global Entrepreneur Week their were several great presentations made, where I was located. I thought they maybe helpful to some on this blog: 1. My video is about building a startup and can be found at http://www.iqbalgandham.com/ and the ppt deck can be found at http://www.slideshare.com/iqbalgandham 2. The rest of the morning session [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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23. Solution for Angel drought in India?

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Nov 30 2009)

    Sarah has a good roundup of lack of angel investing activity in India. Lets get to the more interesting part - how to solve it? I ran into Vishal Gondal on a flight few weeks back and he had a model that is pretty interesting. And may be there are some other thoughts in the community. [...] (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Alok Mittal   Vishal Gondal   Star

24. What are you investing in Today?

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Nov 30 2009)

    Media has followed the boom and tone-down in venture capital over past 4 years. As much as last 12 months saw a dip in venture capital, I have a feeling that some of the enthusiasm from journalists declined as well. Only the most dedicated journalists have survived the theme fatigue! And as many of us [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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