In this Issue

Editorial

	Feature Special
	Entrepreneur of the Month

	Deal Makers
	News Roundup

	New Funds
	Opportunities
	Readworthy
	Useful Tips
	Company of the Month
	Feedback

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News Roundup

Mumbai based ‘Avendus Advisor’s has announced to start Institutional broking business from January 2008. It proposes to cover untracked sectors like internet, wireless, environment technologies and solar energy. Mr. Girish Nadkarni from IL&FS Investsmart has been brought in to manage the equity and capital markets portfolio at Avendus. This investment bank boutique was founded in 1999 by 3 investment bankers Ranu Vohra (pictured), Gaurav Deepak and Kaushal Kumar. Source: VCcircle.com.

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The Startups team

Madhulika is a Masters in Business Administration and a Graduate in Science. She has enjoyed a versatile career with start-ups, management consultancies and a venture capital firm. She believes in the philosophy of "work hard and enjoy harder".

Meera is a business analyst based in Bangalore. She describes herself as being on the fringes of the software industry. She is a keen observer of the business scene in India.

"Special thanks to Startups.in"

Editorial

This October, we focus on the e-learning industry in India. The boom in the e-learning industry has been inevitable with wide usage of e-content gaining prominence and high rate of internet penetration. e-Learning is fast becoming an imperative tool for skill up-gradation and renewal of the corporate workforce. It enables them to compete on the global landscape. Our feature special takes a look at the e-learning wave. Further, focusing on the same segment, we profile ‘24x7 learning solutions,’ provider of customized e-learning solutions to corporates and institutions, as start-up of this month.

The start-up ‘Citipals.com’ joins the likes of Burrp, AskLaila.com. Ashish Baldua, shares his vision and future plans of his company - Citipals.com - and more…, in the section ‘Entrepreneur of the month’. Earlier, we have profiled ‘Anand Jain’ of ‘Burrp’ in the same segment.

In addition to our other regular sections, we have the usual news about new funds, acquisitions, buyouts, new start-ups, new global entrants…To sum it up India Inc. is maintaining its buoyant growth rate and favorable investment climate. On this happy note, we wish all our readers a festive Dusshera!!

The Chillibreeze Startups Team

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Opportunities

It has been announced by the Railway Ministry that the Indian Railways proposes to set up integrated logistics parks on the unused land along the major stations in the country. These parks will be offered to private sector for setting up facilities like warehouses, cold storages, banks and repair facilities. There are twenty such sites across the country which have been identified but not yet finalized. The railways will provide land and facilities like water and electricity to the proposed parks. Source: Business Standard. Click to read more...

	Useful Tips
	Why should start-ups have internal control systems and procedures? Click to read more...