Incubators play an instrumental role in nurturing startups and creating a vibrant ecosystem. But as the ecosystem evolves, incubators also need to reinvent themselves to stay relevant. Against a burgeoning startup ecosystem in India, this roundtable deliberates on the future of incubation. The...

Purpose Developing countries are increasingly looking to private sector investment for infrastructure development. Successful development of private infrastructure projects, however, depends on adequate availability of long-term debt to complement private sector equity. As domestic bond markets...

This article is based on a roundtable discussion of how venture capital and private equity investments create value for their portfolio companies. Value creation happens in all three stages of investment process - identification, investment, and monitoring. In the Indian context, high levels of...

The purpose of this paper is to understand the risk-return profile of merchant power plants (MPPs) as compared to power plants with off-take agreements in the Indian context. Information from the literature was analyzed to identify major risks associated with MPPs. Literature pertaining to risk...

With Indian economy growing at an average rate of more than 8 percent over the last five years and other macroeconomic factors and policies favorable complementing the growth, India has emerged as an attractive investment destination. Global investors looking for investment opportunities in...