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Venture Capital (VCs) Funded Taxis/Vans To Flood NCR Roads By 2010 : ASSOCHAM


By Dr arvind, Section Local Transportation
Posted on Sat Apr 26, 2008 at 05:39:22 AM EST

The reason as to why Venture Capital Funds (VCs) would come forward to fund radio taxis and vans is because these involve virtually no risks and more revenue returns, particularly at times when NCR is witnessing major economic expansion

Venture Capitalists would soon emerge as the major source for funding radio taxis and 6 to 8 seater vans that would start plying on NCR roads in next 2 years as nearly 20,000 taxis and approx. 10,000 vans would be phased out from NCR before commencement of Commonwealth Games, according to The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

The reason as to why Venture Capital Funds (VCs) would come forward to fund radio taxis and vans is because these involve virtually no risks and more revenue returns, particularly at times when NCR is witnessing major economic expansion.

This is providing opportunities for growth to small and growing companies and fuel demand for radio taxis/vans to fetch and drop working populace from to and fro to save time and money, says D S Rawat, Secretary General ASSOCHAM.

In its assessment on why VCs would come forward to invest in this new emerging area of business, the ASSOCHAM holds that venture capitalists like India Value Fund - a premium India Centric Equity Fund  has already launched over 250 taxis in Delhi in March 2008 and plans to add 600 more taxis by 2009.

In another two years, the same fund would manage a fleet of 10,000 cabs across major metros of the country and particularly in NCR in view of forthcoming Commonwealth Games in which hotels, railways stations and even inter-state bus terminals would have demand for radio taxis and other vans, adds Rawat.

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The other fund namely Sequoia Capital India which is another leading venture capital has plans to expand their investments on launching fleet of radio taxis and vans not only in NCR but in other cities of metro nature in which expansion and economic activities are picking up.

Many more venture capitalists would also come forward to launch their expansion on vehicles that would run on Delhi and NCR roads as many growing companies in the region are expanding their capacities and smaller companies are wanting to grow bigger.

These enterprises would need manpower from the entire NCR region, mainly comprising Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad etc. and would need transport facilities to fetch and drop them at bare minimum costs and radio taxis and vans prove ideal facilities, says the Secretary General ASSOCHAM.

He adds that the demand of radio taxis and 6 to 8 seater vans would multiply during Commonwealth Games also and that is why, the venture capitalisats would come forward and launch this business as it is not only profitable but also involves virtually no risks and would give much more returns to VCs than anticipated.

The process of launching this business is also virtually non-cumbersome and young entrepreneurs would like to take maximum advantages of this facility as it would be equally profitable to them and it is because of this reason that the venture capital are finding this sector as a new opportunity to earn a high return on their investments.

The Chamber has also found out based on the feedback from many VCs that services oriented companies in India both in the technology fields and the non-technology areas of hotels, taxis and similar services will continue to attract investments from them as this is likely due to their low capital requirements as well as rapidly emerging nature of broader Indian economy.

Secondly, this business takes relatively little money and little time for these kinds of companies to begin generating revenues and because of this, web related and consumer and business services companies accounted for more than half of all the venture capital deals done in India in 2007.

From: www.Indiainfoline.com

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