Sep 26, 2013 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
Economic Times Sept 26 Vinod Khosla, Global Indian of the year The award seeks to honour Indians who have set standards in excellence on a global platform and emerged as role models for people of Indian origin. Vinod Khosla is as much an environmental activist as he...
Sep 26, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Economic Times Sept 24 BANGALORE: The Karnataka government will launch two new venture funds to back young companies and set up a network of incubators in smaller cities as part of an ambitious plan to boost startup activity in the state. The venture fund will have a...
Sep 26, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Economic Times Sept 24 BANGALORE: Seedfund, an early-stage investor, has invested in Axis Rooms Travel Distribution Solutions, whose room management software allows hotels to update and share their inventory status with agents and portals in real time. Currently,...
Sep 17, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Economic Times Sept 17 MUMBAI: Tata Group-owned private equity fund Tata Capital has begun talks with deGustibus Hospitality, the company which owns Indigo chain of restaurants, to acquire a significant minority stake by investing Rs 50 crore to help open new...
Sep 17, 2013 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) TPG Growth, a unit of U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital has invested 1.45 billion rupees ($22.9 million) in Sutures India Pvt Ltd, a privately held medical consumables firm, it said on Monday. Bangalore-based Sutures manufactures and...
Sep 13, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Reuters SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 5 Technology hedge fund Coatue Management has led a $45 million funding round into accommodation service HotelTonight, the latest example of the burgeoning interest among hedge funds in Silicon Valley start-ups. HotelTonight, which allows...