Late in Dec ‘06, I shared some slides with students at the Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s Instt of Management at Thane (near Mumbai) on how India was at an inflection point.
And yet, in many ways, the emergence of India is not “new” but a re-distribution of global economic wealth and power. In the presentation, I also highlighted some of ancient India’s scientific and technological achievements and argued why the massive growth that India is witnessing will be sustained in the long run.
Here is a copy of the slides.
January 11th, 2007
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We managed to pull it off!
Phenomenal event yesterday. 100+ attendees and some great insights and experiences that were shared by the speakers. I am in the process of putting up the slides on the server (hopefully before end of tomorrow).
We had Richard Laing, Chief Executive of the CDC Group speaking from an LP perspective on opportunities and challenges in PE/VC in India. Harpal Singh Randhawa, CEO of GEM reflected on his experience of investing in India over the last 15 years and Jonathan Blake, Senior Partner at SJ Berwin addressed some of the structural issues around setting up an India fund.
Earlier, I set the backdrop to the evening with a few slides (here:India – At Inflection Point) on how the country is at an inflection point.
All in all, a fitting start to the formal launch of the India Venture Capital Interest Group (India VCIG) and hopefully we will be able to maintain the high standard of the event and build on the momentum that has been generated.
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P.S. My pick of the quotes:
“The only antidote to poverty is the generation of wealth”.
November 7th, 2006
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Louis Turner of Asia Pacific Technology Network co-hosted a seminar with Chatham House last week on ““The Venture Capital scene in India and China“.
I was on the panel with Matt Rothman, Managing Partner of Hemisphere Capital, Sumit K Majumdar, Professor of Technology Strategy, University of Texas at Dallas and William Gillespie, Director and International Counsel, Tiger Capital Partners.
I shared some slides (here: APTN India China slides) at the beginning of the session focusing on Investments in India and highlighting the key differences between India and China.
Some of the points that came up during the discussion were:
- A direct comparison between India and China does not make much sense as India is probably a decade behind China (see e.g. this chart from IBEF )
- In China, there are now signs of IP-based investments happening (see e.g. Verisilicon)
- In India, this is yet to happen and most of the money is still going into private equity deals and PIPEs
- Exit environment and clarity on regulatory issues are two of India’s strong points
- However, in both these economies, seed-stage funding is almost non-existent
The funding gap at seed-stage is something I worry about a lot. It is not just a matter of financial resources either – there is a dire need for mentoring skills, advice and experienced managers who know how to scale businesses and expand across geographies. In India, an effort has been made in this direction by the Band of Angels. This is welcome but probably not enough.
We are yet to see experienced managers from large enterprises or those who have worked in start-ups/tech companies abroad making the transition to start-ups in India. Hopefully the situation will change before long.
I am not personally aware of any angel network in China but I am almost certain that it exists – at least at an informal level. In the next few months, I will try and find out more about this.
September 26th, 2006
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My take on “Life as a VC” circa early ’00s: Life as a VC.
Originally prepared for a class at London Business School in 2002.
Have a look to get a sense of what it was like “back then, in the good ol’ days” – some of the points still resonate…and while at it, you may find this list of 10 pointers to an investment bubble entertaining.
September 6th, 2006
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Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to discuss some new ideas in “payments” with a small, bright team from Amex.
Here are the slides I used as a backdrop to the discussion:
August 11th, 2006
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Many years ago (in Nov ‘02 to be precise), Prof Susanna Khavul at LBS asked me to come one evening and speak to her students about trends in technology and how we see the future.
These slides on Tech Trends were prepared for the session that we did on this on 18th Nov ‘02 .
I re-discovered them while cleaning my hard disk today…There is some interesting data (and two nice cartoon strips)…and at least two of the trends that I mentioned then seem to have taken off..
August 2nd, 2006
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