Thursday, July 5, 2007

India New Venture Ecosystem Update - 05-July-2007

Vinod Dham on India Plans

Vinod Dham, who is working through NEA IndoUS Ventures fund for India plans, on investing in India. The article also mentions he has $189 million fund for his India plans. Checkout...

VCs on funding ventures targeting lower Income segments

Indian Venture Capital Known Names talk about investing in social entreprises working targeting lower income segments that CK Pralhad refers as bottom of the pyramid. You may find some of it (if not the most of it) interesting.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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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Anonymous said...

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?
Read more Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Taking the Plunge