Philadelphia-based life science venture capital firm Quaker BioVentures has promoted Geeta Vemuri to Partner. Vemuri was earlier a Principal at the firm. Geeta Vemuri Before joining Quaker in 2003, Vemuri was an associate at Toucan Capital, responsible for investments in seed and start-up biotech companies. She’s also worked as an associate analyst at Salomon Smith […]
Like most Indians, there are two things we’re passionate about – Bollywood and food (no, cricket is not that hot on our list). In a long life, we’ve watched several hundred Bollywood movies (Hindi and Tamil) and dined at scores of Indian restaurants in Asia, Europe and North America. North Indian or South Indian, Gujarati or […]
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Globalcom (a division of Reliance Communications) intends to provide content delivery network (CDN) services in India and has partnered with a U.S. company Internap Network Services for the underlying technology. The CDN services will let Indian businesses add graphics, audio, streaming video and live events to their Web sites and Internet applications. […]
The Visitor Actors: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira and Hiam Abbass Written & Directed by: Thomas McCarthy Language: English Running at: Cinema Village, E.12th St, New York City (as of July 26, 2008) There is drama in every human life. Not high drama in all cases, but every life has some interesting moments. […]
Remote technical support services provider for consumers and small businesses iYogi has raised $9.5 million in a Series B round led by SAP Ventures. Canaan Partners and SVB India Capital Partners also participated in the latest round. For an annual subscription fee of $199.99 per desktop, iYogi provides support for different technologies including PC hardware, […]
Multiple bomb blasts rocked the South Indian city of Bangalore today. Early reports suggest that at least two people were killed and several others injured. Seven low intensity bombs exploded in crowded areas across the city. The blasts occurred in the areas of Madiwala, Nayanadhalli, Adugudi, Rajaram Circle, Anepallya and Ashok Nagar. Capital of the South Indian state of […]