Yahoo will co-invest with Canaan Partners in an Indian Matrimonial site, Bharatmatrimony.com. This is, likely, indicative of a trend that Yahoo will take a stake in each promising segment of the Indian Consumer Internet industry (Travel, Jobs), as well as in the emerging web and mobile content industry. For an overview of the deals done
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) has become both essential, as well as extremely complex these days. What keywords should you buy? How should you distribute your budget against keywords? What frequency? What messages? Blah blah blah …Needless to say, in the midst of difficulty, entrepreneurs tend to smell opportunities. The market has also become crowded with
Yet another India fund was announced today. Matrix Partners has set up a $150 million fund to invest in consumer-focused industries mainly in the Internet, telecoms and media space. The fund will be co-managed by Avnish Bajaj, former founder/CEO of Bazee.com and after it sold to eBay, its chairman of Indian operations. (via Rafat Ali).
India’s opportunity in niche matrimonials and online dating ventures.
Journalists have found a wealth creation vehicle. More should follow. A new Media Empire made of Micro Media is viable with a roll-up strategy.
Entrepreneurs in India need to learn the venture capital game.