J Padmapriya

TMT

18 May, 2012

'Communities Are The Next Big Thing'

Jessie Paul—writer, coffee plantation owner, active blogger and regular user of Linkedin and Twitter—will be another entrepreneur walking out of ......

General

16 May, 2012

'Customers Want Quality Services Beyond Microcredit Loans'

Notwithstanding the blockbuster stock market debut of portfolio firm SKS Microfinance, Elevar Equity Advisors, which manages the $23.6-million Unitus Equity ......

General

30 November, 2010

MFI Valuations Plunge As Andhra Crisis Spoils The Equity Party

The short-lived euphoria of India’s first blockbuster microfinance IPO, SKS Microfinance, and the business environment uncertainty in Andhra Pradesh (following ......

Infrastructure

30 November, 2010

M&A-Savvy GMR To Go Slow On Big Deals; Focus On Greenfield Projects

In a move that mirrors trading activity, GMR Group has bought and sold its interest in Intergen NV, a global ......

Infrastructure

13 October, 2010

Bangalore Realty Player VDB Raising Up To $10M From Monsoon Capital

Private equity fund raising at the real estate project level is the flavour of the season. Value Designbuild Pvt Ltd ......

TMT

30 September, 2010

Kitven Fund 2 May Invest In Sloka Telecom

Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund (Kitven), managed by the Karnataka Asset Management Company Private Ltd, is close to making ......

Infrastructure

14 September, 2010

Jerry Rao's Housing Venture Raises 2nd Round From IFIF

Value and Budget Housing Corporation, the low-cost housing venture backed by Indian IT poster boy Jerry Rao (founder of Mphasis ......

General

02 July, 2010

We Are Looking At Turnaround Plays In Healthcare: Manipal Group CEO

The TMA Pai family-founded Manipal Education and Medical Group--which straddles the most coveted, recession-proof and non-cyclical businesses of education and ......

Healthcare

17 June, 2010

Manipal Group Sells Biomedical Arm To Italian Firm TBS For $8.5M

Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) has sold its in-house incubated bio-medical equipment service firm MNE Technologies to Italy’s Ital ......

General

18 May, 2010

VC-Backed Gridstone Research Shuts Shop; Sells Assets To 2 US Firms

Venture-funded Gridstone Research, a financial research platform company co-founded by former Infosys global sales head Basab Pradhan, has folded up ......