Google Capital is apparently in talks to pick up a stake in the broadband service provider Tikona Digital Networks, reports The Economic Times, citing two persons with direct knowledge on the development. The report also mentions that Google Capital is competing with Yahoo and Microsoft for this deal. It notes that Tikona Digital Networks's Founder CEO & MD Prakash Bajpai has declined to comment on this deal to the publication while Google India has not responded to their queries yet. Update: Google India has sent in a boilerplate response: "As a company policy, we do not comment on rumors or speculations". For the uninitiated, Google Capital is a (yet-to-be-launched) fund operated by Google which focuses on late stage investments. While the mandate of this fund is not quite clear yet, a PCWorld report suggests that Google Capital will invest in areas which is adjacent to Google's business like Internet infrastructure. Its not clear if the fund has any plans to invest in Internet service providers (ISPs) through this fund or it will stick to Internet based companies only. The early indications seems to however lean on the latter - an AllThingsD report suggests that it has invested in at least two companies including SurveyMonkey and Lending Club, which are both Internet ventures and not ISPs. Bizarre What's more bizarre is the mention of Yahoo and Microsoft also looking at this deal. While Microsoft has not responded to the publication, Yahoo India spokesperson has given a boilerplate response to the publication that they do not comment on rumors and speculations. We think it is highly unlikely that…
