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Bootstrapping or Fund Raising

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17 Aug 2008

Startups rarely die in mid keystroke. So keep typing!
I have always loved this quote. Many a times, it has helped me overcome fears about the coming months by making sure that I keep churning out code. If you haven’t already, you should go ahead and read the whole list of essays by Paul Graham, the [...]

The Desi (Martini) Deal

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20 Dec 2007

Getting funding is easy.
Recently, I had read Sujai Karampuri, founder of Sloka Telecom (henceforth, the Sloka guy) ranting about the fact that VCs were shying away from funding his company. I felt bad for for about half a second because it looks like a great idea, but then I moved on hoping that somebody on [...]

Google joins Band of Angels

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26 Jul 2007

Following the news of Infosys co-founder NS Raghavan announcing a $35 million fund for early stage companies, Google, the Internet Giant, has announced that it has also joined Band of Angels here in India. They are already a part of Seed Fund, Erasmic Fund and VentureEast TeNet Fund (where they invested about 15 crore($3.75 million [...]

Get funded for Google Gadgets

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2 Jul 2007

In case you still haven’t heard about it, Google has started a funding program for companies who are creating products related to Google Gadgets.
The idea is simple, if you’re already built a Gadget which is included in the Google Gadget Directory and gets over 250,000 weekly page views, they are willing to hand over $5000 [...]

VentureHacks : How to beat the right to first refusal

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14 May 2007

It’s time to link again.
VentureHacks, a blog run by Nivi and Naval Ravikant, brings out a descriptive post about how to save yourself from VC’s when raising convertible debt. This is what inspired the post
[Our existing investors] had put in a right of first refusal. Since I was a young entrepreneur at the time, I [...]

Latest VC on the block : Indian Government launching fund for startups

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2 May 2007

The Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to launch a Fund for Accelerating Start-ups (FAST) along with the Indian Venture Capital Association.
This could be the first public-private initiative to help entrepreneurs who are looking to take their business to the next stage, and would not be limited to the software industry only. Currently the [...]

Proto.in SE : Better companies, better VC’s, Best Launches

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1 May 2007

Proto.in, the launchpad for upcoming startup companies, is back again in July for a second edition. The event is scheduled to be held from July 21-22. The first edition was organized in January this year.
The time the event is expected to be bigger and better. The event would be open for other Asian countries, plus [...]

Investments : Cannan Partners invested in Delhi based iYogi

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26 Apr 2007

Cannan partners, who had earlier invested $8.5 million in BharatMatrimony.com has made a new announcement. They will be investing $3.1 million in iYogi, along with SVB Financial Group.
iYogi is a Delhi based computer support startup started by Uday Challu (formerly with NewGen Software) and Vishal Dhar (former CEO of Friday Corporation).
The company provides 24×7 live [...]

MapMyIndia Receives Funding From Kleiner Perkins And Sherpalo Ventures

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19 Apr 2007

Content Sutra has just broken the story that CE Infosystems, the company which runs online map site MapMyIndia has received an undisclosed amount of investment from venture capitalist firms Sherpalo Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
Sandep Murthy, Partner, Sherpalo Ventures said that CE Infosystems has been in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) business for [...]

CSS gets $25 million

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19 Apr 2007

Tech support and solutions provider company CSS (Cybernet Slash Support) has recently got $25 million in funding from Goldman Sachs and an unnamed investor in the US. The company said that it would finalize the deal soon.
Goldman Sachs has come up with a major part of the investment (almost $20 million). With the backing of [...]


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