Many foreign investors and private equity funds putting money in Indian firms will soon realize that pulling out of the country can be a lot tougher than they imagined. For years, offshore financial and strategic investors have struck deals with their Indian partners to put in place an easy exit arrangement. It gave the abroad … Read more
If your business is one of the many businesses that needs additional equity capital, then you have a basic choice: do you seek the expertise and capital of a financial or strategic investor? The two have very different implications. Financial investors, broadly defined, include venture capital funds (for start-ups or companies early into their life … Read more
In the not so distant past, there was little difference between financial and strategic investors. Investors of all colors sought to safeguard their investment by taking over as many management functions as they could. Additionally, investments were small and shareholders few. A firm resembled a household and the number of people involved – in ownership … Read more