Canaan Partners India: Early-Stage Investing in India (RWS Interview)
April 28th, 2009
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For the sixth in our investor interview series, we went east to India to chat with Alok Mittal, a partner at Canaan Partners, in the company's office in Gurgaon, India. We got his perspective on early-stage investing and specifically the challenges and opportunities for a venture starting out in India.
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This will help you choose the questions that most interest you and get you to those points in the MP3 audio:
- 0:22 -- How is early-stage financing doing during this downturn compared to the last one in 2001/2002?
- 1:20 -- How is the VC model changing, if at all, and how does the global financial crisis impact this change?
- 3:30 -- What percentage of your investments targets a local or regional market versus a global market?
- 9:10 -- What advantages or disadvantages does a venture starting from India Read More...
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