Indian clean technology continues to attract venture and private equity funding
Shalivahana Green Energy raised $15 million in equity financing from International Finance Corp, to set up new plants across a clutch of Indian states.
View ArticlePune-based ElectraCard Services finds takers from across the globe for card...
Pune-based ElectraCard started out with a software for all devices where consumers would physically swipe their card, like at an ATM or in a retail store.
View ArticleIndian Organic firms expect to beat slowdown
The Indian organic industry expects its total turnover, including exports, to go up from 675 crore in 2010 to 4,000 crore by 2012.
View ArticleAfter Motilal Oswal, Azim Premji, Narayana Murthy and Shah Rukh Khan Indian...
He might be ringing the closing bell at Nasdaq, but his start-up journey has in many ways just begun.
View Article'Technology first, market next' is Kalkitech Communication Technologies' new...
On returning to India he pitched his idea for a technology firm to his friends who pooled in the seed capital as well as their expertise.
View ArticleInfotech Enterprises' BVR Mohan Reddy: An aero-businessman with a musical bent
An entrepreneur for nearly two decades, Reddy now takes time off to learn music and nurture his $261-million company.
View ArticleKirana shops going online to take on biggies like Walmart, Tesco
Online grocers are mushrooming across the country, but they are realising why the retail segment that is the biggest offline is the toughest to crack online.
View ArticleArvind Rao, along with Mouli Raman, a technology professional at Infosys quit...
Arvind Rao quit a lucrative private equity job to become an entrepreneur and founded a Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS)company, OnMobile, in the US way back in 2000.
View ArticleHow a tech start-up by farmer's son is developing software for top...
The 28-year-old Ashvin Gami is negotiating with some top builders in Mumbai, and in other cities, and is hoping to expand into UK & New York.
View ArticleStraight from the gut: The fourth innings
At age 68, IT veteran Ashok Soota is preparing to launch a start-up, Happiest Minds. He explains why he believes this will be his most successful outing.
View ArticleDeal numbers up in Aug, lack of big-ticket transactions led to volume low
Exit activity continues to be strong in August 2011 with seven non-IPO and two PE-backed IPO exits
View ArticleBy invitation: Alternative investment funds, hits & misses
SEBI is proposing a new set of regulations for AIF. The new framework will be useful if it enables AIFs to compete with global peers
View ArticleRail safety to managing hotels: How Indian businessmen are creating unique...
Apna Technologies, has installed sensors on the side of railway tracks to detect any defective wheels. It is aiming to clock Rs 100 crore topline.
View ArticlePutting together the best team is critical for any start-up
ET elaborates on the hurdles faced by upcoming firms hiring and retaining senior management .
View ArticleThe ecosystem today is more supportive of entrepreneurship: Jaithirth "Jerry"...
Jaithirth "Jerry" Rao, ex-Citibanker and serial entrepreneur is equally well known for his collection of published poetry.
View ArticleQuestion time: Kanwaljit Singh ,Co-founder Helion Venture Partners
Typically a private equity investor will look for market size, competitive activity, scalability of the business and most importantly the team.
View ArticleA disaster recovery management product from Bangalore finds customers across...
Many Indian start-ups have been bogged down by the time-consuming, high-investment and slow return on investment model of the technology product industry.
View ArticleFinancial web start-ups face challenge of scale
Online finance aggregators need to open offline channels to expand customer base.
View ArticleMistakes to avoid when taking on PE funding
Investment bankers are your allies. Choose them based on their track record of having closed similar transactions. Ask for references and speak with them.
View ArticleBig-ticket jewellery sales go online
Fuelled by the retail boom and growing internet use, a host of e-commerce companies have been launched across the country.
View ArticleSuccessful business is gender-blind: Chanda Kochhar, CEO ICICI Bank
The scope for women to become entrepreneurs is huge in India today as there is demand and aspiration for new services.
View ArticleNextgen women entrepreneurs establishing start-ups with potential to go global
New generation of highly qualified women entrepreneurs are establishing high-risk, high-reward businesses with the potential to go global.
View ArticleStart-up hires the differently-abled
The brain behind this unusual workforce that specialises in cloud computing, open source and finding software bugs is Anuradha Biswas.
View ArticleQuestion Time: Vani Kola, Managing Director IndoUS Venture Partners
You will need to find a way to market your service and also educate customers on the importance of making Wills
View ArticleWe rewrote the rules by doing creative advertising: Ajit Balakrishnan,...
Ajit Balakrishnan, Rediff.com founder and CEO, has no regrets for not using Silicon Valley as a launch pad for his venture.
View ArticleFundraising reflected weak global sentiments last month
Fundraising reflected weak global sentiments last month, with only two announcing fund closures
View ArticleSME sector attracts interest, caution: Mritunjay Kapur ,Country MD Protiviti...
Protiviti Consulting, Indian arm of Protiviti Inc, offers consulting services to startups on risk and enterprise management, due diligence and internal audit.
View ArticleIndian innovators get helping hand from Chile
Indian entrepreneurs looking westward are now finding new destinations, like Chile, to train their sights on, find Radhika P Nair and Biswarup Gooptu.
View ArticleIndian biotech cos Aizant Drug Research, Mitra Biotech, Richcore Life...
Billions of dollars worth pharma products will go off-patent from 2013, opening new markets for domestic biotechnology entrepreneurs.
View ArticleStarship enterprise: Data Patterns is harnessing opportunities created by...
Data Patterns has developed an indigenous launch computer that help missiles to automatically carry out a sequence of logical mission operations.
View ArticleStraight from the gut: How Micromax changed avatars before finding its sweet...
In a conversation with ET, Rahul Sharma, co-founder and executive director of the venture, recounts Micromax's mobile journey.
View ArticleQuestion time: Bharati Jacob, Seedfund
Ambulances do not reach on time as the traffic is congested in Indian cities and hence often ambulances take a while to reach the patient.
View ArticleWhen a bureaucrat;Karnataka government IT Secretary Vivek Kulkarni turned a...
Life outsourcing is a niche areas in the outsourcing saga that is throwing up new opportunities for people like Kulkarni.
View ArticleStart-up firms are building a business catering to start-ups
A slew of new technology entrepreneurs are looking to fill by creating solutions specifically for Small and Medium Businesses.
View ArticleMeet the man behind InMobi, one of the largest mobile ad network: Naveen Tewari
'We are not looking to sell even at the right price since all of us are really enjoying what we do here.'
View ArticleInvestor-Promoter dispute will go on: Archana Hingorani CEO, IL&FS...
The preferred route of investment for us is to do it ourselves rather than through an intermediary.
View ArticleStraight from the gut: Pioneering legal process outsourcing
Sanjay Kamlani along with his partner and classmate, David Perla, set up India’s first LPO firm, Pangea3, which they later sold to Thomson Reuters in 2010.
View ArticleHind High Vacuum Company's robotic solutions help fighter jets take off
This is the first of its kind facility built in India by Bangalore-based Hind High Vacuum Company (HHV) for defence major Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).
View ArticleThe promoters' handbook to raising private equity capital
As risk capital investors bet big on the entrepreneurial upsurge across the country they are finding that opportunity also comes with the risk of disputes with investee companies.
View ArticleCreative businesses take centre stage
India's creative industries, seen more as a symbolic representation of the country's cultural identity and diversity, are fast emerging as potent contributors to business growth.
View ArticleOptions that change investment status
Considering that DIPP has given a green signal to use of 'Options', one can only hope that a similar approach would be adopted by the other Regulators as well.
View ArticleFDI dips in October
October 2011 was ranked second in terms of lowest investment value during calendar year 2011 after February 2011.
View ArticleAdaptability matters most
Pradeep Kar has seen through three iterations at his IT services company Microland, including a spell in the late nineties when it played the role of an internet incubator.
View ArticleEthical hacker conference in Bangalore delivered ten unique product prototypes
To start with, coders used APIs from Indian start-ups and had to finally deliver product prototypes at the conclusion of the two-day-long event.
View ArticleHow Sridhar Vembu's Zoho Corporation changed avatars since its inception in...
The company entered the Software as a Service space and in one stroke became the competitor-to-beat for giant like Microsoft.
View ArticleIndian entrepreneurs showcase their technology products start-ups on global...
ET gives a snapshot of a new breed of Indian entrepreneurs who are building technology products, catering to a wide variety of sectors.
View ArticlePrivate equity investments shoot up as stock markets waver
The resurgence of PiPE deals has been catalysed by shaky equity markets, with the Sensex slumping over 13% in the past 12 months.
View ArticleWe don't celebrate our successes: Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice-Chairman, Cognizant...
One entrepreneur can appreciate the difficulties in creating an enterprise and can sympathise with another failing entrepreneur.
View Article'NIIT pioneered IT education in India'
Set up in 1981 with investment from Shiv Nadar, NIIT has since trained legions of graduates, creating a pipeline of skilled workforce for the IT industry.
View ArticleBangalore-based mid-tier firm, Kavveri Telecom Products, helps US air...
A series technologies & low-cost indigenous products has helped Kavveri to bag customers such as Ericsson, Reliance, Motorola, Airtel, ISRO and DRDO.
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