What are the advantages of doing business in India? What is the legal framework to do business in India? What about intellectual property rights in India? These are some of the basic and obvious questions that come to mind when you are planning to do business in India. I turned ...

The suspense about Hutchison Essar is finally over. Vodafone acquired 67 percent of the stake from Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecom Ltd. Vodafone paid $11.1 billion for the stake while the remaining 33 percent is held by Ruias of Essar Group.

Vodafone is in talks with the Essar Group ...

The IPO season is underway in India. Media company Global Broadcast News, which operates CNN and other news channels, went IPO earlier this week. It listed on both the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.

Bangalore-based MindTree Consulting is going IPO on the Indian stock exchange. ...

Tata has finally acquired Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus to become the the world’s fifth-largest steel company. In another M&A news, the Hutch Essar deal is now pegged in the neighborhood of $20 billion by the media. Hutch Essar is India’s fourth-largest mobile operator.

Last week, NEA IndoUS Fund was

Mayfield Funds has made investments in Tejas Networks and Seed Fund, but terms of both the investments were not revealed.

Navin Chaddha joined the board of Bangalore-based Tejas Networks, an optical networking company. Navin is a serial investor and entrepreneur who founded VXtreme, which was later acquired ...

Media- and entertainment-related funding appears to be the trend with angel investors. Recently, MadHouse Media, a movie rental start-up, received their first round of investment from angel investors. The investors included the Band of Angels, Mumbai Angels and some private investors.

Dr. Kumar Shiralagi joined NEA IndoUS Fund which ...

Who will bid and acquire Hutch Essar? That’s the big question in the telecom and mobile service sector in India. Hutch Essar is a joint venture partnership between Hong Kong’s Whampoa Hutchison and the Essar Group of India. Whampoa Hutchison owns 67 percent of the stake and the Essar Group ...