Venture cap firms use deal syndication -- a VC jargon for joint investment -- as a risk mitigation strategy while investing in early stage startups. Getting another VC firm to invest in early stage idea provides a strong second validation.
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Is Joint investment in iYogi by Canaan Partners & SVB Financial ($3.1M) an early sign of similar trend in Indian space?
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Deal Syndication and Indian Venture Capital Industry
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Isn’t that the toughest part: giving up a cushy job, the security that comes with it to plunge into uncharted waters. As Indians aren’t we doubly conditioned to aim for security above all else? Or … is that mindset about to change?
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Professor V Chandrasekar says entrepreneurs are the same all over the world. He was speaking at the backdrop of TiE-ISB Connect 2007 in an interview wtih Contributing Editor Shobha Warrier.
Chandrasekar has taught at the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, Indian Institute of Science, University of Colorado, University of Denver, the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Queen Margaret College, Scotland, and ESSEC Business School at Cergy, France. He is the executive director of the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development at the Indian School of Business.
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