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Mahindra Satyam launches seed fund for its own staff

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US$50mil seed fund to inspire subsequent Bill Gates to emerge from within its five,000 people Hopes to both retain and entice expertise with the initiative “WE need to undertaking our friends, as we name our staff, to begin the following Facebook or Skype,” says Ram Ramachandran (percent) , vice chairman and head of Sales (Asean) for Mahindra Satyam. And, on the equal time, boost up the quest to apply revolutionary and creative thinking to its verticals.   These had been the motives why Mahindra Satyam launched a US$50-million fund that will provide its human beings with seed capital and mentoring to assist them release their subsequent large concept. Their accomplice in that is Softbank of Japan, with whom Mahindra Satyam has an existing business dating. The money will come from SBI Ventures.   According to Ram, the idea got here while both CEOs of Softbank and Mahindra Satyam, Masayoshi Son and CP Gurnani, had been bouncing off thoughts approximately a way to keep and get the m...

Cradle and Golden Gate in 1:1 matching fund pact

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Duo to fund as much as 5 corporations a yr with annual general allocation of RM2.5mil Cradle plans to forge comparable partnerships with local VCs and angel syndicates CRADLE Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), a non-earnings under Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance, has joined forces with Singapore-primarily based seed fund provider Golden Gate Ventures Pte Ltd (GGV) to co-spend money on Malaysian early-level technology corporations.   The two organisations have agreed to a one-to-one healthy in funding quantities -- with any sum GGV affords in investment, Cradle will fund an same quantity into the chosen technology startup however will now not take any fairness within the invested organisation.   Under the agreement, Cradle and GGV will fund up to five businesses a yr with an annual general allocation of RM2.five million (US$776,690), Cradle stated in a assertion.   Selected generation startups will each get hold of a most of RM500,000 (US$a hundred and fifty five,340) or the equivalent quantit...