Tag: Investment

  • Anatomy of an Investment

    Investors determine their investments in various companies based on a variety of criteria. Ultimately, the investor wants to see the startups scale and grow to be a large enterprise. In order to be able to do this, the company must have certain fundamentals right. Having sat through several hundred pitch sessions, these are some of…

  • Investing in the past

    An investment of a couple of Million was made in a startup that plans to deliver fuel directly to the cars in London. Zebra Fuel, a London-based startup that wants to eliminate the inner city gas station by delivering fuel directly to your vehicle, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. What do you suppose…

  • Zoomo – The beauty of PR

    Have you ever heard how the PR folks are excellent spin doctors, this is precisely the story of Zoomo. The PR guys made martyrs out of a suicidal group. In India, they wanted to create a platform for used car sales. Selling used cars is probably a staple business in most countries. You have to…

  • Online Retail – The Revolution?

    In a commerce class in school, I was taught that the point of a business is to earn a profit. Online retail startups have certainly caused me to question this notion.   Money, money everywhere; not a cent to be earned!   VS  I find it quite amazing that there is immense investor confidence in…

  • Investing in a Startup

    I have always thought that investors had the easier end of the bargain. They had people coming to them to present their proposals, which they would evaluate based on their knowledge and accept or reject. All that changed since we put in place a Student Project Grant at VIT University, Vellore. The premise was that…