Page 12 - Latest Updates on Venture Capital
Private equity and venture capital investment may hit record $70 bn in 2021
Apart from value, volumes or the number of deals have also gone up
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PM Narendra Modi meets leading CEOs for FY23 Budget inputs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met with chief executives of leading companies across sectors ranging from banking to telecom, to health and electronics, for inputs for the next year's Budget.
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PM meets venture capital, private equity funds ahead of Union Budget
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hosted a roundtable interaction with representatives of venture capital and private equity funds.
How India's family offices are striking out on their own in start-up land
Not only that, 83 per cent family offices have an allocation to private markets that is more than 10 per cent of their overall asset distribution
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PE/VC investments see monthly decline of 52% in November to $6.8 billion
With a month to go, PE/VC investments in 2021 at $72.6 billion have surpassed the all-time high seen in 2020 by 53 per cent, driven by mega investments in start-ups and large buyouts.
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Norwest Venture Partners announces closure of $3 bn fund NVP XVI
Total capital under management at $12.5 bn; last fund NVP XV was raised in 2019 with a corpus of $2 bn
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Betting early on multi-baggers: How Unicorn Ventures profit off start-ups
According to a PwC report, the Indian start-up ecosystem saw investments of over $10 billion in the third quarter of calendar 2021 from VCs
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SaaS platform Zvolv raises $1.5 mn, will use fund to expand business
The funding round was led by JSW Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital fund.
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Despite farm laws' repeal, agritech investments may rise to $700 mn in FY22
Indian agritech start-ups had attracted $528.4 mn in funding in FY21, according to VC firm Omnivore
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Will invest in India's metaverse, crypto startups: Antler's Rajiv Srivatsa
The real foundational businesses still take 10 years to build. You can't fast forward it beyond a point, says VC fund's India head
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India's PE/VC funding leads widening over peers, developed markets
More capital flowing to Indian entrepreneurs relative to GDP than in other countries
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VC firm Antler raises over $300 mn, expands focus to invest up to Series C
VC firm Antler fund raising: Primary focus to remain pre-seed stage funding as it seeks to invest in the world's "most exceptional people"
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PE-VC investments surge to record $49 bn in first nine months of CY2021
Investments worth $20 bn in unicorns account for nearly 41% of the value pie so far in CY2021, which has seen the addition of 29 billion-dollar companies
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InnoVen Capital announces first close of new fund at Rs 740 crore
The first close was done with anchor investor Innoven Capital Pte Ltd, a joint venture between Seviora (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek) and United Overseas Bank
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Artha Venture Fund launches programme to invest in Indian startups
Venture capital firm Artha Venture Fund on Thursday announced the Artha Access programme to make early-stage investments in Indian startups from its recently closed fund of Rs 225 crore.
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B2B SaaS-focused VC firm Pentathlon announces final close of first fund
Pentathlon plans to invest in over 20 B2B SaaS startups in a year and make investments of between Rs 75 lakh and Rs 3 crore on an averag
Vahan raises $8 million in funding round led by Khosla Ventures
Blue-collar jobs platform Vahan on Wednesday said it has raised USD 8 million (around Rs 59 crore) in a funding round led by existing investor Khosla Ventures
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2am VC plans to invest $10 mn in over 50 Indian startups by 2022-end
US-based venture capital firm 2am VC on Wednesday announced plans to invest USD 10 million in more than 50 Indian startups by the end of next year.
VC firm Prime announces 4th fund of $100 mn with first close of $75 mn
The firm also expects to focus on new areas such as decentralised finance (DeFi)/crypto, electric vehicle and gaming infrastructure platforms
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Indian startups raise $16.9 bn VC funding in 2021, next only to China
Indian startups got USD 16.9 billion of venture capital funding in 2021, next only to Chinese counterparts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries, GlobalData said Friday.
