What sobering ecommerce valuations mean for entrepreneurs

It seems that the past 6-9 months have played out a full boom-and-bust cycle as far as ecommerce in India is concerned. Whereas in the July-August time frame, $10 million fund-raises were being inflated to $40 million, and investors seemed to be willing to pay 5-8 times the gross merchandize value as pre-money valuations, suddenly the world seems to have…

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Making Angel Investing Work

Canaan Partners hosted a breakfast roundtable with over 30 angel investors on December 22 in Mumbai. The objective was to brainstorm on constructive ways in which the potentially large angel community in India can engage better with young entrepreneurs. Alok Mittal, general partner, Canaan Partners, sums up the roundtable. Also check out his thoughts on a potential investment structure for…

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Canaan Partners’ Angel Initiative

How much does an average Indian startup need to get started up? Mukul Singhal, associate at Canaan Partners, reckons anywhere between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 50 lakh. Small change for most venture capitalists, except that most venture capitalists don’t invest such small change. This is angel investor territory. And there is a big untapped base of angel investors in…

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