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Mayfield Fund's Navin Chaddha, Part 1

14:15 | Kamla Bhatt | Sep 7th, 2007 12:17pm |

Mayfield Fund’s Navin Chaddha is a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. Recently, Navin’s name was included in the prestigious Forbes Midas List top 100 dealmakers in 2007.

I caught up with Navin at the Pan IIT Global Conference to find out how he transitioned from being a successful serial entrepreneur to a venture capitalist. Navin was the founder and CTO of VXtreme, which was acquired by Microsoft and eventually became Windows Media. He then went on to co-found iBeam Corporation and was the CEO of Rivio.

Navin has been actively involved in investing in India for the past 10 years. As managing director at Mayfield, Navin is leading their India strategy. Earlier this year Mayfield invested in India-based Tejas Network, and Navin joined the board of the company. Besides Tejas Networks, his other Mayfield investments include Mimosa Systems, Seedfund and WinChorus.

Tech News Roundup from India

05:05 | Kamla Bhatt | Feb 1st, 2007 |

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

Pravin Gandhi of SEED Fund on Early Stage Investing

09:57 | Kiruba Shankar | Jan 31st, 2007 |

Pravin Gandhi is currently the managing partner of SEED Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Mumbai. Google and Sierra Ventures recently invested an undisclosed amount in Seedfund.

In 1972, Pravin co-founded the Hinditron group of companies (India’s first IT Company) which subsequently merged with Digital Equipment ...
Weekly Tech News Round-Up from India

05:40 | Kamla Bhatt | Dec 1st, 2006 |

The venture investment scene in India appears to show no signs of slowing down. In the past few days, a number of investment deals were inked and signed.

Leading the pack is Travel Guru, a travel portal, received $15 million from Sequoia Capital and Battery Ventures. Next in the ...