| The Times of India, New Delhi Friday, February 2, 2001 and The Economic Times, New Delhi Tuesday, 30 January, 2001 Khosla Makes Rare Home Investment New Delhi: California based millionaire Vinod Khosla, who has founded or funded some of the biggest names in the world of network computing and the Internet, has invested in an Indian e-marketplace firm founded by his brother. The investment of Rs.8 crore ($ 1.7 million) in Infocom Network Ltd. is small, but a rare investment in his country of origin for Indian born Khosla, one of Silicon Valley's best known investors. It is Khosla's second publicized Internet investment in India. He is also one of the early financiers of consumer based portal Indya.com, which belongs to the Bangalore-based Microland group. Khosla's investment in Infocom, made in the name of his wife Neeru, was approved last week by FIPB, Infocom CEO Bikky Khosla said on Monday. " Infocom said in a statement that is planned to revamp the portal with value added services in collaboration with Bangalore based Microland's Planetasia.com which would provide the technological support. Vinod Khosla is a partner in Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and a co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc. Since Sun, Khosla has been associated as an investor in several cutting edge firms, including Excite Home Corp and Cerent, which was acquired by Cisco Systems Inc for nearly $7 billion two years ago. Yahoo! India News: Technology Monday, January 29, 2001 New Delhi (Reuters): California based billionaire Vinod Khosla, who has founded or funded some of the biggest names in the world of network computing and the Internet, has invested in an Indian e-marketplace firm founded by his brother. The investment of 80 million rupees ($ 1.7 million) in Infocom Network LTD is small but a rare investment in his country of origin for Indian born Khosla, one of Silicon Valley's best known investors. It is Khosla's second publicized Internet investment in India. He is also one of the early financiers of consumer portal Indya.com, which belongs to the Bangalore based Microland Group. Khosla's investment in Infocom, in the name of his wife Neeru, was approved last week by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, Infocom Chief Executive Officer, Bikky Khosla, told Reuters on Monday. "Infocom Network is currently undertaking a business requirement specification plan ... to understand the feasibility of creating an efficient virtual marketplace for the export and import community in India, "Bikky Khosla said. Infocom said in a statement it planned to revamp the portal with value added services in collaboration with Bangalore based Microland's Planetasia.com, which would provide technological support. Vinod Khosla is a partner in Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc. The Asian Age, New Delhi 22 July 2000 B2B portals in India at takeoff stage: NASSCOM New Delhi, July 21: The business-to-business market in India is finally taking off with more and more Internet companies moving towards online trade exchange models. Industries are expected to reach online penetrations of 2% by 2003 and 8% by 2008, a National Association of Software and Services Companies report says. B2B commerce growth in India, according to it, is driven by lower purchasing costs, reduction in inventories, lower cycle time, more efficient and effective customer service, lower marketing costs and new sales opportunities. Businesses that use the Internet to buy, sell, distribute and maintain products and services are realizing significant cost savings and increased sales opportunities. Revenue streams would increasingly be aligned with the emerging global model. This consists of the majority coming from transactions and the rest from advertisement revenues, the report says. "We are planning to build India's largest online trade exchange and concentrate on a transaction-based model," chief executive officer of Delhi-based Indiatradezone.com, Vivek Joshi said. The Website features around 3,493 products and gets around 300 inquiries per day. According to him, it gets 120,000 page views a month and has a total of 7843 members. Promoted by Wyzen Systems Pvt. Ltd., Indiatradezone.Com was launched in 1999 and claims to distinguish itself from other portals in that its registered members can all be contacted via email, an important necessity for online trade. Trade-india.com, another Delhi-based B2B portal, claims to be the first Indian website consisting of a database of exporters and importers found in the yellow pages, and concentrates on small and medium enterprises and was set up in 1996. After the runaway success of trade-india.com, Infocom Network Ltd., has now hosted transportersindia.com to cater to the needs of the cargo and freight professionals. "We get about 1,50,000 pages a month," CEO Bikky Khosla said. "The revenue model of the portal is till date advertisement driven but in the future we would like is to be transaction driven". Indiatradezone.com updates itself everyday by including fresh trade leads sent in by its userrs. Thus, any user from any corner of the world can directly send in his buying or selling requirements by merely logging onto the site, without any costs, whatsoever. The site thus provides a direct link between traders, absolutely free of costs. A unique feature called "mail template" which is a platform of interface between the potential buyers and sellers, is also offered by indiatradezone.com. It thus supports "live" data, or online interchange of information through e-mails, wherein, buyers can send in their requirement enquiries to multiple sellers simultaneously. It also provides user customizable content, he said. Financial Express, Mumbai 6 April 2000 Trade-india.com, all set to boost India's exports The trade-india.com, trade portal set up by Infocom Network Ltd., in 1996 is the first Indian website to provide business and trade information on the Indian industry globally. It has drawn plans to further boost India's exports in various sectors. The trade portal, trade-india.com is totally focussed on providing the Indian business a truly global outlook with unique software where foreign enquiries registered are matched with Indian importers and exporters database and transmitted to their e-mail accounts directly. To further help the Indian exporters and foreign buyers looking for Indian goods several value added services are being added. B&P Observer, New Delhi 19 April 2000 Mumbai: Trade-india.com, promoted by Vinod Khosla, a member of the New Telecom Committee, and one of the leading VC in the world is offering easy access to information on Indian business has reached a 50, 000 membership and succeeded in registering half a million hits on Tuesday. The first three contents of the site are leading trade directories which besides being on trade-india.com can also be accessed in print version and CD-Roms. Exporter's Yellow Pages, offers overseas buyers a plethora of information about Indian exporters. The current edition is crammed with authentic information on 50, 000 Indian exporters/manufacturers classified under diverse business categories. Trade-india is registered with approximately 1,600 search engines, major being Yahoo, Altavista, Infoseek, Lycos, Excite, Hotbot and Webcrawler. Deccan Herald Sunday, March 5, 2000 Directory of Exporters Bangalore: Buoyed by the positive response from Indian exporters and overseas buyers, Infocom Network Limited has come out with the ninth edition of the Exporter's Yellow Pages. This edition of the directory offers overseas buyers information on Indian exporters, manufacturers and service providers. It covers about 50, 000 exporters and service providers, classified under diverse range if products and categories. News Today March 18, 2000 Trade-india.com registers half a million hits Chennai, Mar 18: Trade-india.com conceived by Bikky Khosla, managing director of Infocom Network Ltd., was the first one of its kind to appear on the net, providing business and trade information on the Indian industry globally, as early as 1996. Vinod Khosla, a member of the PM's New Telecom Committee, an Indian Billionaire from California, is one of the leading venture capitalists in the world and has helped promote trade-india.com. Trade-india.com registering ½ million hits is a one stop website where it offers easy access to information on Indian business. Trade-india is registered with approximately 1600 search engines, major being Yahoo, Altavista, Lycos, Excite, Hotbot, Webcrawler, to mention a few. Trade-india has been recognized as one of the best business website by Garrage, Linkstar, Cybetmart, etc.,unbiased rating websites on the world wide web. Trade-india is also linked to some of the most popular export import related websites. The growth in the member subscriptions on trade-india has grown phenomenally over the last few years, starting with a modest 5000, today the membership stands at over 50, 000. The Indian Importers' Directory launched 3 years ago is a thoroughly researched database on Indian Importers. It contains exhaustive information on the profile of Indian Importers and their annual turnover, year of establishment, bankers, branches, countries importing from. The information on Indian importers is updated on a day to day basis and the database can be accessed easily on trade-india.com. The users can navigate their search for Indian Importers by company name, product, countries importing from. The credibility of trade-india can easily be ascertained by browsing through the top 1000 Indian companies under the section Corporates of India. These top notch valuable companies of India are listed with their complete business profile. Trinity Times March 18, 2000 Chennai, Mar 18: Vinod Khosla, a member of the PM's New Telecom Committee, an Indian Billionaire in California, is one of the leading venture capitalists in the world and has helped to promote trade-india.com, his brother's brainchild which is registering ½ a million hits today. Trade-india.com was conceived by Bikky Khosla, Managing Director of Infocom Network Ltd., was the first one of its kind to appear on the net, providing business and trade information on the Indian industry, globally, as early as 1996. Trade-india is a one stop website where it offers easy access to information on Indian business. Trade-india being the first Indian business website on the net has much more to its achievements. Trade-india is registered with approximately 1600 search engines, major ones being yahoo, Altavista, Infoseek, lycos, Excite, Hotbot, Webcrawler, to mention a few. Trade-india has been recognized as one of the best business websites by Website Garrage, Linkstar, Cybermart etc.,-unbiased rating websites in the world wide web. Trade-india is also linked to some of the most popular export import related websites. The growth in the member subscriptions on trade-india has grown phenomenally over the last few years starting with a modest 5000, a company release said. Trade-india is busting from the seams with authentic and comprehensive information on trade and business.. This highly valuable information has been segregated into various sections on the site which includes - Exporter's Yellow Pages, Indian Importers' Directory, International Pages, Corporates of India, Bulletin Board Service, Our Partners, Gateway to India. The first three contents on the site are leading trade directories which besides being on trade-india can also be accessed in print version and on CD-Rom. Exporter's Yellow Pages, offers overseas buyers a plethora of information about Indian exporters. The current edition is crammed with authentic information on 50,000 Indian Exporters/Manufacturers classified under diverse categories. Since its inception in 1990 the Exporter's Yellow Pages has directly linked the Indian exporting community with overseas buyers. The directory is distributed to potential overseas buyers directly and through trade promotion bodies. The Indian Importers' Directory launched 3 years ago is a thoroughly researched database on India importers. It contains exhaustive information on the profile of Indian importers and their annual turnover, year of establishment , bankers, branches, countries imported from. The information on Indian Importers is updated on a day to day basis and the database can be easily accessed easily on trade-india.com. The users can navigate their search for Indian importers by company name, product, countries importing from. To compliment the Indian Importers' database trade-india also contains a database of International business called the International Pages. The section is replete with solid stock of information on international exporters and importers. The credibilityThe credibility of trade-india can easily be ascertained by browsing through the top 1000 Indian companies under the section Corporates of India. These top notch valuable companies of India are listed with their complete business profile. The product information available at the site is complemented by a service section, this section is helpful to the service providers of international trade. In order to increase eyeballs on trade-india.com we have a free Bulletin Board Service. Offers to Buy and Sell can be hosted independently by anyone browsing the site. The moment a message is posted on the BBS it is converted to HTML Pages and submitted to all the top search engines by an automated software. An official of the company said "our partners section on trade-india is a fine starting point for those looking for business partners around the world. It contains a bonanza of links to different trade sites around the world." "This is not all that we have - Gateway to India for those who wish to discover the vast dimensions of India from mouth water recipes to business, it encompasses all. Today, registering over half a million hits every month, our site offers a host of facilities to its members." The Hindu 23 March, 2000 Trade-india.com's new search facility Chennai: Trade-india.com, a leading business website has created a "keyword search" facility for a wider access to information on the products available to exports. The website, which registered half a million hits, has also made available a free business bulletin board service where offers to buy and sell can be hosted independently by anyone browsing the site. The website, conceived by Mr. Bikky Khosla, Managing Director of Infocom Network Ltd., provides business and trade information on the Indian industry globally since 1996. |
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