Venkatesh Hariharan wrote, [on 12/1/2009 10:57 PM]: > In 98-99, I spent a year in Boston and found that most Indians were > constantly caught in the "should I, shouldn't I go back?" kind of > vacillation. I did not find the idea of building a life in one place, > winding it up and then trying to build another life in another place > appealing. There were also enough straws in the wind that indicated > things may be changing back home. One such straw was that Unimobile > (later Graycell) a.k.a Udhay's former employer, got VC funding from > Draper and Walden.
Speaking of Draper, this is the same guy who raised a $50m "India" fund in 1995 and reported back to his investors claiming that he couldn't find anything to invest in. He did come back in 1998-99, though I'm not sure if it was the same fund. Nitpick: it needs to be "Graycell (later Unimobile)". Which, incidentally, just went through its third time being acquired this decade. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
