Archive for the ‘Innovation’ Category
The NetIP Conference in Boston
I had the opportunity to speak about India in the year 2020 at the Net IP Conference in Boston held from 28th August to 31st August.
I was joined on the panel by Ravi Mantha of Fidelity, Joel Anand Samy of The Heritage Foundation. The Panel was moderated by Vikram Mahidar of Deloitte. Here is a brief description of the Panel.
You can learn more about the speakers here
VCs flocking to Thin Solar
The New York Times Reports:
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Thin Film Solar Companies Raise Hundreds of Millions in Funding
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UPDATED 4:44 p.m. with attribution of SoloPower news to VentureWire.
Companies that make thin film solar cells continue to raise huge amounts of money from venture capitalists.
The latest thin film company to announce a large venture round is SoloPower, which raised close to $200 million, according to VentureWire.
In August, Nanosolar announced a $300 million fundraising round and AVA Solar raised an undisclosed, nine-figure sum, according to VentureBeat. In July, Miasole raised around $200 million, according to VentureWire.
For a while the world was flat. Now it’s upside down.
Roger Cohen introduces “The world is Upside Down” and new ideas like the NAN (Newly Acquisitive Nations) as he tracks the growth and ambitions of the “developing” world – Brazil, India, et al
