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Redbuzz and the Future of Indian Venture Capital

While June began with the IPO of  JustDial, the second "pure play" Internet company to list publicly in India, mid-month has been all about Naspers/ibibo acquiring redBus . Some interesting takes: A VC-loving, Uber Entrepreneur's (read: Mr.Rodinhood, Alok Kejriwal) view of why the deal is super news Former Seedfund (redBus investor) member Anand Lunia's take on why the deal is not as much of a "super news" (at least for VCs with large-sized funds)   Seedfund Partner Mahesh Murthy's - typically flair-filled - Quora post on redBus My 2-bit: Huge or not for Indian Venture Capital  the success of redBus is a hugely well deserved one for Founder-CEO Phanindra Sama , an entrepreneur who probably defines " disarmingly winning smile ".  (Other keywords I would use: Down-to-Earth; Razor-Sharp and Truly Caring about Entrepreneurship in India.) Go Phani! Goibibo!! Update: Sumanth Raghavendra, founder of Q-Prize winner Deck App Technolog...