Tech Trek to India: On to Bangalore, ‘The Silicon Valley of India’

Updated February 20, 2009

Tech Trek to India: On to Bangalore, ‘The Silicon Valley of India’

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By JOHN YATES, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Editor’s note: John Yates, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP partner and an internationally recognized technology attorney, is in India this week on a “tech trek” looking to generate business opportunities for the Atlanta and southeast technology sector. He is posting blog and video entries at TechDrawl. The law firm has offices in Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Savannah and Washington, D.C. Local Tech Wire will be following Yates’ trip and posting Yates’ observations and news.

BANGALORE, India - We’ve now met with most of the major venture funds in India and have been plugged into the business community at very high levels in Mumbai and Bangalore.

The ecosystem for Indian technology companies continues to grow and includes some of the same types of players as in the States — venture firms, angels, PR firms, executive searchers, accountants, lawyers, consultants, etc.

One of those Indian ‘players’ is Emploi Globale, an executive search firm for technology companies. Shalini Sethi is the Chair person and Managing Director. I think you’ll enjoy her insights on India entrepreneurial activity and her firm’s role in the Indian technology ecosystem.

I was also fortunate to meet with Prashanth Prakash, Partner with Accel India. Prakash is one of the few angel investors and active early stage venture funds in India. He provides some interesting insights on investment opportunities in this country in this video

Just arrived in Delhi tonight to speak at a major technology law conference. India is hopping !

P.S. — Experienced first Indian power outage right now - - note that 30 percent of India’s power is syphoned off illegally by energy bandits.

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