The collection of articles in this Journal is designed to be a pragmatic and functional resource for a wide audience including academia and press; limited partners of investment funds; supply-side practitioners; and demand-side stakeholders. Comprising an assortment of pertinent and timely articles that our readers can gain from, every issue of the Journal is a class apart. As a snapshot of the marketplace, the Market Watch segment of this issue is slated to acquaint the readers with the latest happenings in the Indian VC/PE arena.

Through the Conference Talk segment, the publication brings forth an interesting debate about creating the right health care delivery model for India, which took place at IVCJ's 2 nd Healthcare Investment Forum 2008. Further, under the VC Stories section, IVCJ Research has carried out a detailed analysis of certain chosen deals in the marketplace, with special quotes from those directly involved in the deals.

Our readers can particularly familiarise themselves with the current Hedge Funds milieu in the country, with opinions of experts such as, Mr. Rajeev Baddepudi, Senior Analyst, Eureka Hedge; Mr. Kalpesh Kapadia, CIO, Indusino Capital; Mr. Siddharth Shah, Nishith Desai Associates; Mr. Krish Krishnan, CEO, Green Venture Capital, Mr. Janak Jethmalani, Founder & MD, Avatar Investment Managers and Mr. Pashupati Advani, Investment Advisor, Avatar Investment Managers , in the Hedge Funds in India: The Experts Speak section. An overview of the tax and regulatory aspect of Hedge Funds is presented in the Hedge Funds: An Indian Perspective segment of the Journal, authored by Mr. Siddharth Shah and Mr. Divaspati Singh of Nishith Desai Associates.

IVCJ Research has further captured the success journey of Helion Venture Partners in an exclusive interview with Mr. Kanwaljit Singh, Co-founder, Helion Venture Partners, in the In Good Company segment. The paper on Innovation: The Growing Importance of Venture Capital, by Dr. Martin Haemming and Mr. Gil Forer provides a global perspective on the role of venture capitalists in bringing about innovation.