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Over 14 years in journalism, I cover corporate sectors and write on M&A, private equity, venture capital and healthcare. I also play the role of an editorial lead for proprietary events like BW Healthcare Awards and BW Young Entrepreneur Awards. I am also a guest faculty at The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (Dhenkenal). Prior to BW Businessworld, I have had stints with Forbes India, The Economic Times, India Today and The Indian Express. When not working, I love travelling and discovering new places - soaking in new culture, food and people. I also like to spend time with my fawn Labrador.
It is to be seen if the recent FDI norms and the much awaited GST will be a game changer going forward and will further accelerate the deal activity from inbound investment, domestic M&A and private equity transactions
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Agri-logistics management is much easier with technology. The Sohan Lal Commodity Management’s business model could play a crucial role in resolving India’s food grain storage problems. The country incurs losses to the tune of Rs 80,000 crores each year due to storage problems alone.
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The Rs 40,000-crore private security services industry is expected to become a Rs 80,000-crore industry by 2020 and create millions of jobs
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All that glitters is not gold. This age-old proverb seems to be an apt description of the startup ecosystem in India, where a host of early-stage ventures is increasingly feeling the heat.
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So far, as many as 12 startups have raised over $100 million this year, putting certain mid-sized firms behind in terms of raising a large corpus
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Currently, there is a 'problem of plenty' in the startup ecosystem, with a lot of ventures actually chasing money-making opportunities and leading the so-called boom
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The spurt in exits seems to have eased the worry for many private equity and venture capital firms who were earlier not being able to cash out profitably due to a slowdown in the economy and weakness in secondary markets
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With the first signs of the shakeout already visible especially across certain sectors such as food tech which has been the worst impacted so far, investors may just want to adopt the ‘wait and watch’ policy
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Mass layoffs may become a common phenomenon in the startup ecosystem where ventures are currently doling out huge remuneration and roping in executives from the corporate world
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Paramita Chatterjee The contours of funding in India have changed over the past few years with the investor focus shifting largely to the startup community. The rise in innovative ideas and entrepreneurship in the country is not only garnering the attention of risk capital funds and domestic HNIs, but is also attracting eyeballs of overseas investors.
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