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1.That’s when you know a startup has made it! (www.venturewoods.org)
Hilarious!
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2.IIT Kanpur Golden Jubilee Initiative: The Next50 Global Innovation Challenge (www.venturewoods.org)
The Next50 Global Innovation Challenge is an IIT Kanpur Golden Jubilee Alumni Initiative to identify 50 early stage innovators in Agriculture, Cleantech, Financial Inclusion, Education and Technology, who can change the way we work and live.
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3.Rs. 18000 crore broadband push - is this in the right direction? (www.venturewoods.org)
ToI reports a 18000 crore broadband push by government to improve broadband access to every gram panchayat. While the initiative is welcome, it raises several questions:
Investing versus creating an environment to invest: Government spending at such ...
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4.UnPluGGd – The Event for Entrepreneurs (www.venturewoods.org)
Ah well, before you ask me, why another startup event?, here is the core philosophy behind the event:
Focus on Business – Over the last three years, we all have seen great products not going anywhere. Some of the companies who became the next hype,...
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5.Morpheus announces dates for next batch. To invest 5 L per startup (www.venturewoods.org)
Its really good to see a bunch of active initiatives and discussions around providing support to the young entrepreneurs who are just getting started.
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6.DreamCatchers! Call to Action (www.venturewoods.org)
I am very grateful to you all for the response to my previous article: Funding for Real Innovation in India ! Unavailable. Many of you wrote to me as well as extended action/offers to the DCE AUV team. What was however in my opinion the best outcome, h...
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7.GrowVC - community angel investing (www.venturewoods.org)
Interesting concept here - www.growvc.com - entrepreneurs can now raise money from the community, kiva style. And they can invest their money into other startups to diversify their risk. With some strong on-ground facilitation (and an incentive model f...
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8.Koovs.com - Buy in Group and Get Best Deals (www.venturewoods.org)
Koovs.com is an online platform to find and buy all kind of products at discounted prices.
This service aims to bring people with similar interest together at one place and facilitate them getting the best price from the service provider using the pow...
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9.Building the Green Entrepreneurial Ecosystem city by Indian city (www.venturewoods.org)
“The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. “ This is what President Obama said in his recent State of the Union address. Building the clean energy economy is not easy. Entrepreneurs have to start b...
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10.IBF Media event on Cloud Computing (www.venturewoods.org)
IBF Media, through Capital Connection, is organising an event around Cloud Computing on February 25, 2010 at Ista Hotel, Bangalore
The Latest Trends in Cloud Computing: An Operators and Investors Perspective
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11.Sneak Preview: Proto.in Mumbai - January 30th, IIT Bombay (www.venturewoods.org)
Like any Start-up before it’s big release, we at the Team Proto have been extremely busy with the big event which is coming to town. As some of you should be aware, Proto.in is taking place on the 30th of Jan in IIT Bombay. For Start-ups, Investo...
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12.ZumoDrive expanding team in Asia (www.venturewoods.org)
One of our startups - Zumodrive is expanding its operations to Singapore. It is still a very small team and this is a fun opportunity for a couple of people who could move to Singapore to join the team. Kevin West their CTO will be relocating and wil...
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13.Red Herring Global 100 (www.venturewoods.org)
Red Herring just came up with its Global Top 100 list. 10 companies from India - not bad!
Happy to report Consim and Cellcast from the Canaan portfolio made it to the list,
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14.What does 2010 hold for PE & VC Investing? (www.venturewoods.org)
As you would be aware, after falling-off-a-cliff in late 2008, Private Equity & Venture Capital investments in India have displayed steady signs of recovery since mid-2009. The environment for exits too has clearly improved with sharp up-tick in IP...
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15.The Largest gathering of Cleantech companies in India (www.venturewoods.org)
TiE Hyderabad organized the ‘Largest Gathering of Cleantech Companies in India’. The conference was held in partnership with Nexus, SONG and New Ventures India. The event was a focused “no-frills” networking event of investors and entrepreneurs. The da...
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16.Getting into minds of Angel investors (www.venturewoods.org)
Canaan hosted a breakfast discussion with around 30 angel investors late december on sidelines of TiE Entrepreneurial Summit. It was a great discussion, and personally I learnt a fair bit from fellow investors. The interesting part were the linkages th...
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17.SmashUP : TiE and Sun Microsystems event, Jan 23, IIT Delhi (www.venturewoods.org)
TiE and Sun Startup Essentials Programme present SmashUP on Jan 23, 2010 at IIT Delhi.
* Hundreds of participating startups from across India
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18.IIM Ahmedabad Finance Conclave 2010 (www.venturewoods.org)
The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), Beta –
The Finance Club of IIM Ahmedabad and Leverage – The Private Equity and
Venture Capital Club of IIM Ahmedabad bring to you the IIMA Finance Conclave
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19.Android applications (www.innovativepeople.com)
Interworld Commnet gives mobile application development, iphone application development, android application development services in India
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20.Why India needs more tech software companies? (www.venturewoods.org)
We have seen lots and lots of startup companies coming up in our country since last few years. Companies ranging from matrimonial websites, job portals to even companies helping people sell their used online stuff. Now and then we keep getting portals ...
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21.B2B Internet Businesses (www.venturewoods.org)
As we announced our investment in MotorExchange; I thought to bounce my views on broader B2B plays. In last couple of years, I have noticed two broad growth challenges in Indian internet start ups:
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22.MotorExchange raises Series A led by Canaan (www.venturewoods.org)
I am happy to announce our latest investment in MotorExchange - a B2B auto exchange for Indian market. The B2B auto market in India is over $11Bn and expected to double over next five years. It is a very early stage investment for us, and the key driv...
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Get Over Jet Lag: Avoid & Overcome Jet Lag. Experience flying with No jet lag. Call Q-Link Today
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24.ladbrokes games (fur.ly)
Playing skill games up against other users for cash has become very popular lately. The uniqueness of a skill game is that the game’s outcome is predominantly determined by players
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25.Angel Funding Framework - Structure (www.venturewoods.org)
In my attempts to engage in angel financing, I have seen the typical concerns that potential angel investors have. Many of these have to do with the investment parameters, and figuring out how investors can get their money back (or returns) - especiall...
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