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    Posted on July 9th, 2009

    Posted by Snigdha Sengupta

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    “Now I Can Be an Angel Investor in (Indian) Startups” Vineet Buch

    “Now I Can Be an Angel Investor in (Indian) Startups” Vineet Buch

    Early this week I chatted with California-based Vineet Buch over the ‘phone about his departure from BlueRun Ventures, the venture capital firm where he worked for about four years. Buch returns to his entrepreneurial roots at Like.com, a visual search engine focused on fashion developed by Riya Inc. As usual, he had some candid views [...]

  • Guest Column

    Posted on July 7th, 2009

    Posted by Snigdha Sengupta

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    What Indian Entrepreneurs Need. Really.

    Few in the Indian startup eco-system understand young entrepreneurs and their travails as well as Laura Parkin, currently executive director of the Wadhwani Foundation. She is also a co-founder of NEN (National Entrepreneur Network), which is promoted by the foundation. Her earlier career has seen her play diverse roles, ranging from serial entrepreneur to venture [...]

  • News & Views

    Posted on July 6th, 2009

    Posted by Snigdha Sengupta

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    Inventus Strikes Third Deal With redBus

    Inventus Strikes Third Deal With redBus

    Kanwal Rekhi’s Inventus Capital has picked up an undisclosed stake, for an undisclosed investment, in Bangalore-based Pilani Soft Labs , makers of online bus ticketing service redBus (see press release here). This is redBus’ second round of funding since its inception in 2005. The company had raised about $1 million in seed money from Seedfund [...]

  • Off The Record

    Posted on July 3rd, 2009

    Posted by Snigdha Sengupta

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    Why Venture Capitalists Turn Entrepreneurs

    On Wednesday, Venture Capital Dispatch reported that Vineet Buch, a partner with BlueRun Ventures (former Nokia Venture Partners), is returning to entrepreneurship — see the post here. Buch is headed to Like.com, a visual search engine created by Riya Inc, which he co-founded in 2004 before becoming a venture capitalist with BlueRun in 2005.
    It isn’t [...]

  • News & Views

    Posted on July 2nd, 2009

    Posted by Snigdha Sengupta

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    Q2 US Venture Capital Exits Revive Marginally

    A bunch of independent research reports are out on worldwide venture capital and private equity activity during the second quarter (April to June) of 2009. Overall, fundraising and investment levels continue to be depressed, compared to the same period in 2008. But, the second quarter numbers mark some improvement over the first quarter (January to [...]

  • Connect, Hello Startup

    Posted on June 29th, 2009

    Posted by Snigdha Sengupta

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    Innoz, Husk Power Systems at DFJ-Cisco Biz Plan Contest Finals

    Innoz, Husk Power Systems at DFJ-Cisco Biz Plan Contest Finals

    Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 30) are the global finals of the 2009 DFJ-Cisco Global Business Plan competition. One out of 16 finalists — list here — will take home $250,000 in seed funding as well as mentorship from DFJ and Cisco. You can view the proceedings online. Two Indian companies are among the 16 finalists — [...]

  • Connect

    Posted on June 27th, 2009

    Posted by Snigdha Sengupta

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    IPR and Policy at Proto.in Edition 6

    The sixth edition of Proto.in will see, among other things, ‘curator’ Vijay Anand stepping back and others, notably Ravi Shankar and Sudhir Syal, taking charge of the startup showcase. Anand is on to something very exciting related to the startup eco-system but more on that later at the appropriate time, from the man himself. Meanwhile, some [...]

  • Connect, Hello Startup

    Posted on June 18th, 2009

    Posted by Snigdha Sengupta

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    HeadStart Summer 2009: Demo Pit Startups

    HeadStart Summer 2009 has shortlisted 20 startups for the Demo Pit (an exhibition where startups get to showcase their products or ideas) last week. This bunch is different from the nine startups who get to pitch their businesses to investors (venture capitalists). Aditya Mishra, one of the HeadStart organizers, says there is no pitch to [...]

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    “India is ready for more VC-backed EIR Programs” Alok Mittal

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      What Indian Entrepreneurs Need. Really.
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