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How Not To Write A Joint Venture Agreement
2012-01-11 04:28:00 Many moons ago, a company contacted us wanting to sue its Chinese joint venture partner for having "clearly" violated their joint venture agreement. We looked at their case and advised them not to bother pursuing it. It had nearly every hallmark of the China deal gone bad, due almost entirely to the fault of the American company. Here were just some of its shortcomings: The contracts between the Chinese and the American company were drafted by one lawyer. A local lawyer in the small town in which the joint venture is located? Who do you think this lawyer favored. The joint venture was supposed to fulfill all sorts of obligations to the American company. In fact, it was these obligations that made the joint venture so tempting to the American company. But, the contracts were written so that these obligations were attached to the Chinese company that was entering into the joint venture, not to the joint venture itself. The Chinese company that had these obligations was (unlike the...
By: China Law Blog
Microsoft Founder's Space Venture
2011-12-14 15:03:00 From BBC News - Technology: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announces plans to develop a commercial spaceship to launch rockets and carry cargo into space. Read the whole article
Sabeer Bhatia’s Brand New Venture JaxtrSMS: Will It Be Revolutionary Like
2011-11-23 12:13:00 We SMS more than we talk; this is a known fact now. Social networking sites, mobile apps and free SMS services are all vying for your (the consumers) attention. JaxtrSMS is the newest entrant in this space. Hotmail co-founder, Sabeer Bhatia, who is serial entrepreneur, is also part of Jaxtr Inc, the company responsible for developing this new application. JaxtrSMS will enable users to send text messages to any mobile phone in the world and the best part is that it is free. What makes JaxtrSMS an even more interesting proposition is the fact that it is not necessary that the recipient of the text message should have the JaxtrSMS application installed on their phone. The text message is behaves like a normal SMS and is received in the mobile phone’s inbox. This application is compatible with all platforms (read iOS, Blackberry OS, Symbian, Android and Java) and can be used in any phone that supports data plans. You can use this application irrespective of the service-provider you s...
By: WATblog
Baby Care Products Portal Hoopos.com Gets Funded From Helion Venture Partne
2011-11-01 07:53:00 With the rapid e-commerce growth in the country and number of private equity firm investing in the Indian market, consumers are connecting with the virtual world actively. And the proof of that is right in-front of our eyes as after investing $6 million into redBus.com and LetsBuy.com, it is now announced that Helion Venture Partners have invested an undisclosed amount into retailing start-up Hoopos.com. The funding will be used to upgrade their technology, developing infrastructure including warehouse and logistics, marketing and building customer support infrastructure. Hoopos.com was established September this year, and it is interesting to note that a two-month start -up raised a funding by Helion. Helion have also supported Internet companies like Komli Mehta, Jivox and have also funded mobile space in companies like Ngpay, voice messaging company Kirusa and SMSGupshup. It offers products across 12 categories with experience across baby products retail, e-commerce and ...
By: WATblog
US Venture Partner to invest more in Israel
2011-10-31 20:29:00 US Venture Partner to invest more in Israel: US Ventures has been active in Israel for 20 years? (I didn?t know that!) Anyways make sure you read the interview US Ventures had with Globes.
By: IsraGood
Is Groupon A Failed Venture?
2011-10-28 07:59:00 Well, some are definitely saying so and their current situation is not at all comforting. A few months ago, Groupon was the prime example of a ‘start-up done right’. It grew at a breakneck speed and had investors all excited. They had to delay its IPO earlier this summer because regulators openly questioned their $25 billion valuation. Groupon has now re-assesed its valuation and has arrived at a figure of $11 billion which is less than half of their earlier valuation. This must have been an utter disappointment for the company and investors in general. After that, the stock market took a dive resulting panic concerning Groupon and the way it does business. There are many who feel that Groupon’s business model is fundamentally flawed. It seems that the novelty of discount coupons is wearing off many people and businesses are not profiting with their association with the deals giant. Groupon was started by Andrew Mason in 2008 and by 2010 it had expanded in 100 cities and 25 c...
By: WATblog
Groupon India Founders Quit To Form New E-Commerce Venture
2011-10-11 14:49:00 Acquisitions can be very strange indeed! Just last year, Groupon had acquired Sosasta.com and re-branded it to Groupon India. Now, Ananya and Udayan Bubna who started Sosasta.com and were CEO and COO respectively of its re-branded avatar have quit to start another e-commerce venture. The Bubna brothers started a digital media start-up called Friday Media in 2009 which owned Sosasta.com. Groupon, the Chicago based daily deals site acquired them last year. The brothers left Groupon in August and have been busy planning their new venture for quite some time. Ananya Bubna said, “Our venture is not going to be similar to what Groupon does. But yes, it’s an Internet company and has commerce involved. We have seen a lot of investor interest and we are very excited,” Groupon’s journey in India has been marked with some rough patches. They faced a lot of hurdles withing six months of the acquisition. The c...
By: WATblog
Puma’s E-Commerce Venture To Contribute 10% Of Revenues By 2015
2011-09-06 12:45:00 From large multi-brand E-stores to “standalone” online outlets, e-Commerce is fast becoming a byword in India’s advertising space. This is after Puma has launched PumaShop.in, an online store which will sell everything the brand has to offer. The company will use this portal to further enhance their different positioning to other sports brands. They expect this E-Commerce arm to contribute 10% of the company’s overall revenues by 2015. Their website is at par or even better than other online retailers, with an Indian touch added to it. The prices are mentioned in Rupees, and they also have some ‘discounts’, which should attract more users. Besides the standard assembly line clothing, they also have a lot of fresh fashion, which we believe is very important. Prices are slightly cheaper to what you would find in a retail store. Shipping is also free anywhere in India. Targeting India’s E-Commerce Potential Rajiv Mehta, Managing Director, said, “E-commerce is an integr...
By: WATblog
DRUVA Raises $12 Million In Series B Funding By Nexus Venture Partners
2011-08-24 14:53:00 Druva today announced that it has received $12 million in a Series B round of funding led by Nexus Venture Partners. The funding will be used to expand support for smartphones and tablets which offers and sales and marketing in North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Druva, founded in 2007 has catered more than 750 customers and protects more than 300,000 endpoints worldwide. While Nexus Venture Partners has $320m under management and over 30 companies across technology, internet, media, consumer, business services and rural sectors. According to one of the source of Nexus Venture Partners, “With wide adoption of on-premise and cloud-based solutions, the fast-growing company is racking up an impressive list of reference customers.” Durva’s InSync product offers unobtrusive backups over any network – LAN, WAN or VPN – and is WAN-optimized for the mobile. Recently, a funding of 40 crore was received by Bigshoebazzar.com from Nexus Venture Partners along with Ca...
By: WATblog
Bigshoebazaar Raises Funding From Catamaran Ventures And Nexus Venture Part
2011-07-25 11:05:00 India based Bigshoebazaar, an apparel and shoe retailer have announced that it has raised funding of Rs. 40 crore from Catamaran Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners by reducing 20% of its assets. The funds raised will be used to increase its supply chain of infrastructure in tier- II cities. This online portal was started in the year 2009 and it is also online licensor of of E- commerce site like www.yebhi.com. The online portal is making use of its online presence in a smarter way by enabling it’s service via SMS. According to the report, Bigshoebazaar caters to 3,000 retailers and 100 brands. Bigshoebazaar supplies footwear from wholesalers to small retailers through this procedure the brand reach to newer and unexplored markets. It markets brand like Bata and Puma through its online platform www.bigshoebazaar.net. To build a robust E-commerce company Catamaran ventures and Nexus venture partners are working closely with the online portal. In past, Snapdeal.com, another dai...
By: WATblog
NaaptolClub – Naaptol’s Latest Venture
2011-06-24 12:12:00 Naaptol.com, India’s leading comparison based social shopping portal has launched Naaptol Club, an exclusive online shopping club for its regular consumers. The new Naaptol platform facilitates unique private sales model of luxury and fashion brands at up to 80% discounts. Naaptol Club is all set to carve its niche by facilitating the faster delivery to the end consumer. The new platform boasts of a wide range of fashion apparels, accessories & home décor products from major brands displayed on a private sale. Besides offering wide array of handpicked products, its focus is to deliver the highly versatile online shopping experience to its end consumers while promising convenience, affordability & multiple payment modes including Cash on Delivery of shopping. Manu Agarwal, Founder & CEO, Naaptol.com said, “We are glad to extend yet another wing to our online home shopping platform. With evolving online shopping culture in the country, the development of this ver...
By: WATblog
RedBus Raises $6 Million In Funding From Helion Venture Partner, Inventus C
2011-05-16 13:33:00 RedBus.in which is run by Pilani Soft Labs. Pvt Ltd have raised $6 million Helion Venture Partner, Inventus Capital Partners, Seedfund. From Seedfund redBus.in has raised $1 million earlier and it was also reported that Inventus Capital was planning to invest in redBus.com. This is a third round funding received by redBus.in after reaching the milestone of selling 3 million tickets. In the past, redBus.in have also made use of m- commerce tool to make sure tickets are booked via mobile devices. Helion is also investor in Nasdaq-listed online travel company MakeMyTrip which owns ticketing site Ticketvala.in. Helion have also supported Internet companies like LetsBuy.com, Komli Mehta, Jivox. Helion have also funded mobile space in companies like Ngpay, voice messaging company called Kirusa and SMSGupshup. Ecommerce and ticketing seems to be the hot space for funding when it comes to Indian startups. Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social ...
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iProf Tablet Raises Rs. 22Cr In Funding From Norwest Venture Partners And I
2011-05-03 12:43:00 Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and IDG Venture India (IDGVI) has invested Rs. 22 Cr in e-learning marketplace company iProf Learning Solution India Pvt.Ltd. The company offers personal education tablet and chain of wi-fi enabled centers across India. iProf will use the fund to increase iProf learning centers (iProf iZone Zones) in metro cities along with a tier 2/3 cities in India and abroad. It was reported last year that India was taking a step forward in launching it’s own version of tablet product, iProf (inspired by iPad). This device was assumed to play a very important role in lives student, especially the students who were appearing for examination like IIT-JEE, CAT, etc. iProf is a e-learning company which offers educational courses to number of students worldwide. Students can download study materials and educational content from retail hotspot called iZones. Study materials offered by iProf is in different forms such as audio-video lectures, animations, struct...
By: WATblog
SnapDeal Raises $12 Million From IndoUS And Nexus Venture Partners
2011-01-27 06:25:00 With Groupon’s entry and eBay’s foray into group buying it was only a matter of time before we saw some activity from SnapDeal. The group buying site which recently disclosed that it has saved its customers over Rs.5 Crores since its inception has closed a Series B round of funding in which it raised $12 Million from Nexus Venture Partners and IndoUS Venture Partners. In mid-2010 the company acquired Grabbon and has hinted that some more acquisitions could be on the way. It has reportedly set aside $2 Million for domestic acquisitions. It is also looking to expand from its current footprint of 5 countries and considering acquiring its way into Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. It is also looking at expanding its present operations and according to VCCircle, is aggressively hiring to fill top management positions. In an interview with TCTV, Jasper CEO Kunal Bahl said SnapDeal had about 70% of the Indian group buying market. A recent article in afaqs! pegge...
By: WATblog
Nexus Venture Partners To ‘Connect’ With Entrepreneurs
2011-01-25 07:30:00 Nexus Venture Partners has just announced that the first Nexus Connect will be held in Mumbai on February 18th. The idea behind Nexus Connect is to give entrepreneurs an opportunity to interact with the team at Nexus Venture Partners. In December 2010, Nexus announced Nexus Seed – a program in which it is looking to invest between Rs.20 lakhs – 2 crores (i.e. $50k – $500k) each in upto 50 companies over the next 5 years. Entrepreneurs present at Nexus Connect will also have an opportunity to be funded under the program if they satisfy the necessary criteria. Some of their portfolio companies were in the news recently. DimDim was acquired by Salesforce and Komli Media just raised $15 million USD. And Altruist Technologies partnered with Reliance to bring Use Generated Ringtones to customers. Apart from these, the $320 million fund has a porftolio over 25 companies across a variety of sectors like technology, internet, media, consumer, business services and agribusiness. Th...
By: WATblog
Airtel And SBI Announce Joint Venture To Serve The Unbanked
2011-01-12 09:45:00 Airtel and State Bank of India have announced a Joint Venture with the aim of provided banking services to the millions of unbanked people in the country. The move in which India’s largest bank and largest telecommunications company are coming together seems to have plenty of potential. With a tele density of around 60% and the lack of infrastructure to establish inclusive banking facilities throughout the country, mobile banking is but obvious. But to give you a better idea, some figures, that the companies have shared, are in order. Airtel covers over 5000 towns and 500,000 villages. SBI serves 210 million accounts and has peak transactions of about 43 million per day. Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti airtel said, “This historic collaboration between SBI and airtel brings together two sectors that have made the most impact in addressing inclusive growth. The services offered by the JV will enable financial inclusion and economic empowermen...
By: WATblog
Nexus Venture Partners Launches Seed Program – Nexus Seed
2010-12-09 06:50:00 Nexus Venture Partners has just announced that it will be launching a seed stage program called “Nexus Seed”. The purpose of this program is to boost the already budding entrepreneur ecosystem in India. The focus of the Nexus Seed program will be on high potential technology and Internet companies. Nexus will invest between Rs.20 lakhs – 2 crores (i.e. $50k – $500k) each in upto 50 companies over the next 5 years. Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital fund in India and Silicon Valley with a total fund size of $320 million. It presently has an active portfolio of 25 companies across technology, internet, media, consumer, business services and agribusiness sectors. Some companies that Nexus has invested in include Komli (Internet advertisement network), Suminter (Organic farming), Dlight (Solar Lighting), DimDim (Open Source Web Conferencing), Mapmyindia (Digital Navigation), Deccan Pharma (Neutraceuticals), Gluster (Open source storage), Cloud.com (Cl...
By: WATblog
Microsoft Brings Venture Funds To College Campus
2010-10-13 06:24:00 I studied in an engineering college which has churned out some amazing geeks in the last few years. From the inside, I see absence of an official structured support system for software developers. If that is the case in my college, it is certainly gloomier over at many others. This kills dormant talent completely which, ironically, universities are supposed to nurture. Microsoft Innovation Alliance has, probably, been initiated keeping this scene in mind. The programme aims to equip students and teachers with knowledge and tools to develop a sustainable bridge between the industry and academic world. This will entail bringing local industry, institutions and universities on a common platform to solve industrial problems. This will go a decent way in plugging the woeful employability of students passing out of a massive number of colleges in India. Jaipur Engineering College & Research Centre, Jaipur was the first inductee of the alliance this past month. During the induction, a...
By: WATblog
Ultimate Online Joint Venture Tutorial Exposed ? It?s Free!
2010-10-05 00:26:00 Michael Rasmussen recently launched his Joint Venture Exposed Video Course absolutely FREE for you. It?s a comprehensive step-by-step proven system that reveals every single tip, tactic and secret for making big money with joint ventures! In my opinion it?s an Ultimate Online Joint Venture Tutorial.
Etisalat’s Indian Mobile Venture Lands Into Trouble
2010-08-17 09:50:00 It’s such a regular happening these days; M&As often land up in trouble with government bodies. Tell it to be failure of the due dilligence team of the company, or the strict bureaucratic laws of the government; at the end of the tunnel, the trade suffers. And that’s what makes Me, the Technology Enthusiast, a little dejected. This time the story is about Etisalat. Etisalat is a UAE based telecommunications major prociding services of Telephone, TV & Internet. They are trying to explore new business opportunities and so are on the lookout for more acquisitions. Etisalat already has an Indian presence in Bangalore which provides telecommunication services. Business Line earlier reported of the same – “Etisalat has set up a software solutions centre in Bangalore under the brand name ‘Technologia’, for developing software solutions for the telecommunications domain“. Post the above mentioned event, Etisalat presently has landed into ‘Fre...
By: WATblog
ACORN Whistleblower Anita MonCrief's New Venture: EmergingCorruption.c
2010-07-29 19:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief, the brave young woman whose conscience wouldn't allow her to cover to ACORN's criminal activity while she was in its employ, has started a new venture. A website dedicated to rooting out government corruption called www.EmergingCorruption.com was launched last weekend headed by Anita and a cadre of writers and researchers (myself being one of them). Emerging Corruption is a political news website that provides to the public information and investigations into ACORN and other center-left enterprises. The news website will investigate and expose historically corrupt special interest organizations and will feature information and investigations into organizational tactics, programs, campaigns, staff & initiatives including fund raising and finances....
Is Google Planning To Venture Into Social Gaming?
2010-07-02 07:54:00 Google is definitely feeling the “Social Heat” from Zuch’s baby (read Facebook) and other social web players. We have seen Google launching various tools to counter the already available social services such as the Google Buzz and Google Wave. But these two have not done any good either. Add to this the woes of Orkut which has already been overtaken by Facebook in terms of traffic and number of registered users. And now the web is talking about a possible new competitor to Facebook – Google Me. Recently Google launched a game in YouTube to show off Chrome browser. The game basically involves a complex Mechatronics video which shows a ball traversing through complex paths and you need to answer few questions on various platforms such as Twitter and Last.fm (integrated inside the game) to get through next levels and at the end you are presented with your score and of other users who have topped a particular level. Similarly, A few days back Google had replaced...
By: WATblog
Morpheus Venture Partners Morphs Into The Morpheus – To Invest 5 Lac
2010-02-19 13:54:00 Morpheus Venture Partners (MVP) an incubation firm which we have tracked since inception (earlier coverage here, here and here) has evolved into a complete Y Combinator Clone. MVP has rechristened itself as The Morpheus (www.themorpheus.com) and shall now be investing 5 lakhs or 10000$ in their new batch of incubated startups. Morpheus would be making these investments form its next batch which will be the 4th batch of startups. The 10,000$ is exactly the same amount that Y Combinator too invests in its startups so Morpheus now is truly an Indian version of Y Combinator in the model atleast. The release thay have put out states that their LP’s i.e. Limited Partners are folks who understand the startup space but there is no mention of who these investors are. Last date for applications to be part of Morpheus batch 4 is March 10, 2010. One can check out their FAQ’s to know more about them. As they say themselves they are not the folks you should approach if you are ONLY l...
By: WATblog
P2P Joint Venture – mTouche and VASSoft.net Form mBit Infotech &ndash
2009-12-10 08:41:00 Mobile VAS has been on a crusade in the recent past, and so be it. Mobile operators are loving it. Moreover various entities are set up with the idea to comprehend the growth in the mobile subscriptions in India. Lately in news, mTouche Technology found their peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile content platform, mBit Infotech Pvt. Ltd. This will be launched with various Indian service providers in the form of mBit Infotech. Basically, mBit Infotech is a joint venture between mTouche and another technology firm, VASSoft.net. Himenviro Environmental Technologies owns the latter. While their joint venture partnership will witness an investment of upto US$1 million in the initial phase in order to roll out the mBit P2P mobile content pan India. “VASSoft.net and mTouche joining hands and forming mBit Infotech combines the financial strength and VAS expertise and a fresh outlook to serve Indian market with unique P2P cum file share application and many more to come later on. The JV is stra...
By: WATblog
Vdopia Raises $4 Million From Nexus Venture Partners, Appoints New CEO
2009-10-29 11:16:00 Its raining on Indian deal street as VC investments have started to see uptick. In a latest move Vdopia has secured $4 million in series-A funding from Nexus Venture Partners. Last year there were rumors about nexus chipping in the money but it was never confirmed. The funding is amid different monetization tie-ups garnered by Vdopia in recent past. It has tied-up with many portal from Web 18 fold & NDTV Profit for video montization. The company has been banking on online video advertising coupled with mobile videos. It also launched iVdopia to exploit the thriving iPhone apps segment for video advertising opportunities. The funding comes at a time when many Online streaming sites are finding it tough to monetize video contents but specialized video ad networks like Vdopia are enjoying success. Specialized Ad Networks are procuring access to premium inventory than just user generated content which is what tilting ad revenues in their favor. The funding is also ...
By: WATblog
White Sox launch new tech venture
2009-10-22 20:05:00 Ed Sherman at Crain's has learned that on Monday, the White Sox will officially announce the launch of a new business operation that has nothing to do with baseball. The team has created Silver Chalice Ventures, a subsidiary that will focus initially on developing digital platforms for clients but ultimately could branch out into almost anything, according to Brooks Boyer, Sox chief marketing officer. The company already helped develop a mobile application for the Southeastern Conference, among other ventures. That application lets fans of the University of Florida, Louisiana State University and other football powers get live score updates, news and game highlights on their iPhones....
Experienced Entrepreneurs do not rely on Venture capital
2009-09-20 22:13:00 "VCs at best have little to no impact on startups and at worst have a negative impact."Benefit from the Indian startup community. Join us at the Indian startup portal Experienced Entrepreneurs do not rely on Venture capital is a post from: News, Views, Reviews & Interviews of Indian startups Related Posts Why are the Skilled Immigrants Leaving the U.S. Seed capital for startups has not come of age in India Realities of VC Funding
Is Shariah Possible (II): Origins of a Cosmopolitan Venture
2009-09-08 11:16:00 A moral philosophy characteristically presupposes a sociology. For every moral philosophy offers explicitly or implicitly at least a partial conceptual analysis of the relationship of an agent to his or her reasons, motives, intentions and actions, and in so doing generally presupposes some claim that these concepts are embodied or at least can be in ...
Jesse Ventura's New Venture on The Ventura Highway of Life....... A TV Show
2009-08-26 16:51:00 Jesse "The Body Politic" Ventura has a new venture. It is a Program on TruTV titled Conspiracy Theory. It will debut in the late fall.We'll all be on the edge of our seats waiting to see what Jesse uncovers, discovers, and recovers.When you couple Jesse's TruTV Program with the Book: Cults, Conspiracies and Secret Societies you get a bunch of tin foil hat wearing people who believe their tin foil hats were made by Alcoa. How much should we be laughing at these people? How much is true, half true, or has a kernal of truth to it?An indispensable guide, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies connects the dots and sets the record straight on a host of greedy gurus and murderous messiahs, crepuscular cabals AND suspicious coincidences. Divided into three sections, its hundreds of entries separate facts from myths. Some topics are familiar--the Kennedy assassinations, the Bilderberg Group, the Illuminati, Area 51, the People's Temple and Heaven's Gate--and some surprising, like ...
Think Like a Venture Capitalist
2009-08-24 12:24:00 The most innovative companies have an approach to trials that is like the philosophy of a venture capitalist. The VC is a prime example of an arsonist and fire fighter. He will invest in a portfolio of different start-up companies, fully knowing that most will fail. A few might break even and one or two ...
Morpheus Venture Partners Announce 10 New Portfolio Companies
2009-08-17 12:43:00 A dissimilar batch from the original YCombinator program has been announced by Morphues Venture Partners (MVP). The YCombinator program focused largely on web-technology startups. WATBlog has stressed before how a YCombinator type of venture firm was a necessity in India given the low startup costs and high need for guidance and adding value. “India has a lot of unsolved problems that lead to large markets opportunities,” said Sameer Guglani, Founding Partner – MVP. “That’s the reason our portfolio is focused on domains like education, health, automotive, apparel, retail, advertising and financial services.” It will work closely with select startups as a ‘limited co-founder’ announced names of 10 progressive startups participating in Batch 3 of its four month Business Acceleration Program (BAP). The diversity of the startups in Batch 3 lies in the wide range from apparel, financial services, automotive, advertising, robotics to education domains. Adscoot: They wil...
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Venture Capital Beliefs & Views On Indian Internet Space - (Must Read F
2009-06-10 14:49:00 We had the good fortune of listening to a presentation by Ritesh Banglani from IDG Ventures India at the recently held Startup City event in Bangalore. He pointed out the assumptions and beliefs that their VC firm had on the Indian Internet space. We quite enjoyed the presentation and are sharing his points here. A must read for any internet entrepreneur looking to pitch to a VC. 1) Average monetization per user is 1$ - As a VC they believe that the average per user monetization per year is 1$. Hence they look for companies which can prove that they earn substantially higher per user revenues for them to be interested in investing in the startup. 2) Ad only models dont work - VC’s (IDG ventures in this case) firmly believe that business models online which are supported by purely advertising don’t work. Their assumption is based on the above point of 1$ per user which they feel is too low to support the scaling costs of an online startup with millions of users. 3) E- Co...
By: WATblog
Amplified Journeys: New Venture Creates Custom Playlists For Roadtrip Sound
2009-04-07 12:00:00 Want a soundtrack to your life, or at least a soundtrack for that big cross-country roadtrip you've been planning for the summer? Amplified Journeys by Harmon Kandon will create a playlist fit for any roadtrip theme and direct you towards sources to obtain the music from.
Adrian Galysh: venture blvd
2009-04-04 02:00:00 News: 04-04-2009: Adrian Galysh live at the Last Day Saloon in Santa Rosa, CA. July 2008. Adrian Galysh on guitar, Maureen Baker on keyboards, Charlie Waymire on drums, Chuck Wright on bass. Adrian Galysh "Ventura Blvd." This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
The Future of Venture Capital Funding in High Tech
2009-03-03 01:44:00 Like almost every aspect of the current economy, Venture Capital Fundings of High Tech and Software startups are way down.There is pressure on virtually every segment of our economy, and the worldwide financial system is in by far the greatest disarray of our lifetime. The preferred exit strategy for Venture Capitalists, the IPO, pretty much shut down quite a while back. Financial returns at Venture funds have taken a hit like everything else financial, and VCs are definitely not in good position to attract new capital in the near term--given the current frantic flight to quality by investors. Things look dire in the VC business. There are even suggestions by many people, including some prominent VCs, that the long running and revered Venture Capital business model is "broken", and that it will cease to exist as we now know it.So what really is going to happen? Is the end of the world near? (well?maybe, based on the news headlines every day). Will a software or technology entreprene...
The Venture Capital Fund Structure
2009-02-19 23:55:00 Private Equity funds (including Venture Capital funds) are largely structured under a “2 and 20″ business model. This will run through a quick example about how it works from the Limited Parter and General Partner perspective. Limited Partner (LP): Invest money in the fund and include: pensions, investment managers, high-net worth individuals, etc. General Parter (GP): Select companies for investment and manage the portfolio until exit is realized (IPO, strategic sale, recapitalization) The 2/20 model says that the GPs receive a 2% management fee on committed capital (in this case, $100m) and 20% of any realized capital gains. The LPs, on the other hand, invest $100m into the fund and receive their initial investment plus 80% of the gains. These percentages can change, but they are fairly standard in the industry. The management fee is used to keep the lights on and pay salaries (supposedly) and the “carry” or 20% gains is the profit share. Now, in our exa...
Suzanne Somers Being Sued By Investor for Failed Business Venture
2008-12-21 16:27:00 Suzanne Somers- best known for infomercials and her infamous Thighmaster- is being sued over a business venture that failed to ever get off the ground. The concept was called Suzanne’s Kitchen, and the premise was to offer a place where consumers could create their own meals using recipes that Somers developed. These dishes could then ...
Venture Bank Introduces Wise-Choice Checking Account with 3.50% APY
2008-12-19 04:55:00 Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Venture Bank Introduces Wise-Choice Checking Account with 3.50% APY Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Venture Bank Introduces Wise-Choice Checking Account with 3.50% APY Venture Bank keeps impressing me with their products. Last month, I highlighted their Wise-Choice Savings Account (currently 3.60% APY) along with a couple of other banks. When I was creating my Savings Deals page last week, I noticed on their website that ...
Last Chance: Astronauts Venture on Final Spacewalk
2008-11-24 15:46:00 From USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories: Three spacewalks down. One to go. Astronauts Stephen Bowen and Robert "Shane" Kimbrough venture outside the international space station Monday for the fourth and final spacewalk of space shuttle Endeavour's nearly two-week visit to the orbitin
Recent Bank Findings: OnBank, ShoreBank Direct and Venture Bank
2008-11-16 14:44:00 Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Recent Bank Findings: OnBank, ShoreBank Direct and Venture Bank I have added a few more banks to the interest rates table the other day when I updated the list. There are three of them that I think worth mentioning because they all offer very attractive rates: 3.50% APY or more ... Related posts:New Bank Findings: WT Direct and Salem Five DirectDollar Savings Direct 4.00% APY and GMAC Bank 3.75% APYFNBO Direct Review: An Online Bank Offers High-Yield Savings and Checking AccountProtect Yourself and Your Money Against Bank FailuresEverBank Reviews 2008: An Interview with EverBank Direct PresidentEverBank Direct President
QnA with Morpheus Venture Partners
2008-11-03 09:29:00 Morpheus Venture Partners aims to provide mentorship and advice to early stage startups. We recently got a chance to speak with the founders Sameer Guglani and Nandini Hirianniah. Here is the transcript: How are you different from a typical seed/angel investor? MVP is a currently only a Business Advisory Firm. We have plans of raising a fund ...
QnA with Morpheus Venture Partners
2008-11-03 09:29:00 Morpheus Venture Partners aims to provide mentorship and advice to early stage startups. We recently got a chance to speak with the founders Sameer Guglani and Nandini Hirianniah. Here is the transcript: How are you different from a typical seed/angel investor? MVP is a currently only a Business Advisory Firm. We have plans of raising a fund ...
Why Venture Capitalists don't call back (sometimes)
2008-10-03 12:10:00 Why Venture Capitalists don't call back and what you should do about it.How many times have you had the "we like your" offering, pitch or business from a VC and you never hear back? I have heard of Founders who have waited for 6 weeks or more for a call back, and are still waiting, now this is not a bash the VC post, just some tips on how to deal with the situation.Lesson 1: Do not wait, after your pitch you ask when will I hear from you, if you don't hear move on, do not wait longer the two weeks.Lesson 2: Do not stop pitching until you have the money, deals are not deals to you see the money. Lesson 3: Ask "what are the next steps, and what is the timescale" Lesson 4: As a more mature ,wise and rich CEO, said to me "the squeaky wheel gets the oil" Keep pushing, take every opportunity that you can to pitch your company. Lesson 5: Not all VC companies are the same, so treat each one with respect and understand they know more than you.I have worked with many VC'S the only thing th...
MySpace To Venture Into The World Of Shared Logins
2008-07-29 10:00:00 Instead of using "duck" as a password for every account you have, there's now a new alternative that's being pushed by a group of popular websites. Entertainment News Security Technology Array
LIC Housing to enter Venture funding
2008-07-22 08:02:00 LIC Housing Finance, the mortgage arm of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), is set to foray into the venture capital arena and intends to start a Rs 500 crore real estate fund by the end of this financial year. LIC Housing Finance is reportedly scouting for a banking partner for raising capital and will soon ...
What's On Tonight: Password, Army Wives, Venture Brothers
2008-06-08 12:02:00 Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, CBS has a new Million Dollar Password. ABC has the second Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals Game at 8. TCM has 20 Million Miles To Earth at 8, then First Men in the...
ICICI Venture, CVCI Take Haircut In Perlecan? Can Piramal Buck The Trend?
2008-06-06 08:38:00 Mumbai based Piramal Life Sciences Ltd, a newly formed company for drug research, is planning to divest 9-10 per cent of its stake to private equity players. Some of the funds in the2 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
PVR Pictures Gets Rs 120 Crore From ICICI Venture, JPMorgan
2008-06-05 10:02:00 This just in. PVR Pictures Ltd, the film production and distribution subsidiary of publicly listed PVR Ltd, has secured Rs 120 crore funding from ICICI 5 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
Motilal Oswal Venture Capital Invests Rs 60 Crore In Parag Milk
2008-06-04 16:02:00 Motilal Oswal Venture Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd (MOVCAPL), the private equity arm of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd, has invested Rs 60 crore in Pun7 Vote(s)
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