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Sahad PV is the Founder and Editor of VCCircle.com.

The UPA government has suggested a measure in the Union Budget 2012 which will kill angel investing and give birth to still-born startups in India. The Budget has introduced a new clause which will treat all individual investments (which will … Continue reading →
Mar 20, 2012 At 7:36 am
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in: Startups

All this is now causing some heartburn at Vodafone Plc. HQ in London. Except for that, it can only wait and watch and not roll back its investments.
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Apr 27, 2011 At 1:56 pm
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in: Communications / Tech

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How and why Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave did not get another term as the chairman of market regulator Securities Exchange Board of India is now being revealed. Indian Express on Saturday reported that Bhave did not get an extension despite having … Continue reading →
Apr 25, 2011 At 8:41 pm
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in: Capital Markets

The Economic Times on February 1 front-paged a news item on the salaries of microfinance owners and professionals. The headline item was the remuneration of Udaia Kumar, Managing Director and owner of Share Microfin, who drew Rs 7.4 crore ($1.65 million) as compensation in financial year 2009-2010. Continue reading →
Feb 5, 2011 At 2:39 am
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in: Social businesses

Ron Conway of SV Angel in Silicon Valley is one of the hottest VCs in the US startup ecosystem. Most recently Conway hit the headlines when he and Yuri Milner, the rock star CEO of Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies, announced that the duo will invest $150,000 in each of the 43 startups coming out of Y Combinator’s three-month bootcamp for startups. Continue reading →
Feb 4, 2011 At 12:39 pm
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in: Startups

AV Birla group made another big deal on Monday. The Mumbai based business group acquired US-based Columbian Chemicals Company for about $800 million. AV Birla group is one of the most active groups in M&A. It has made 17 deals worth $8.1 billion over the last five years. Continue reading →
Feb 2, 2011 At 5:04 am
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in: M&A

When every entrepreneur dreams of listing his company, it’s strange one of India’s most famous entrepreneurs is taking his company private. India’s leading value-for-money detergent maker Nirma Ltd has moved a step further in delisting from Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. Continue reading →
Jan 31, 2011 At 9:40 am
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in: Capital Markets

Chinese companies have learnt the art of launching IPOs in the US. While India boasts of only one MakeMyTrip (which debuted in Nasdaq three months ago) this year, China has several companies who successfully listed in the US markets. In the third quarter alone, 16 Chinese companies have filed in the US, which is compared with eight in the second quarter and 14 in the first three quarters of last year Continue reading →
Nov 1, 2010 At 7:43 pm
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in: General