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New funds ride on change in sentiment

Edelweiss' announces first close at US$ 205mn for its second fund

ESOF-II received good backing from a group of new and existing institutional investors, including public pensions, insurance companies

ICICI Venture mulling $500-mn platform for power assets

Investors ride on start-up M&As, make easy exits

A disturbing part of the M&As is that it is like a race, driven by capital

Travel start-ups ride the fund-raising wave

Investors are backing businesses in travel planning and research, local guides

On-demand grocery delivery catches investors' fancy

IDFC Alternatives to raise $600 mn

Plans to raise $400 mn for its fourth PE fund and a $200-mn realty fund

An alternate platform for angel investing

LetsVenture allows entrepreneurs to pick their investors, while the latter can log in whenever they are free

Lightbox invests Rs 43 crore in furniture rental firm Furlenco

Company targets large pool of recruits in IT companies who move from colleges to large cities of Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi

How ICICI Venture delivered exits worth $975 mn

With $2.5 billion in assets, it uses a diversified exit strategy to pick up the desired mode of exit best suited for each investment

News Corp gets aggressive in India

Murdoch firm's digital investment strategy here is in line with global parent

News Corp announces acquisition of VCCircle Network

VCCircle Network is India's leading digital data, information, training and conferences network for private equity, venture capital and start-ups

Japan's SBI Group scouts for fintech bets

SBI Ven Capital is closing on its 10th deal in India and might also invest in a brokerage firm

Betting on quality care, better patient experience

After setting up 51 clinics, most of those in the National Capital Region, Clove Dental is eyeing new regions

FreeCharge raises $80 million in Series-C funding

FreeCharge is a mobile commerce platform where users can pay their mobile, DTH and utility payments

VCs' new mantra: Catch 'em young

Venture Capital firms are trying to invest very early in start-ups as competition increases to get in at the seed-stage

CDC & Lok Capital lead $21 mn Series D investment in Utkarsh Micro Finance

Existing investors IFC, NMI and Aavishkaar participate in this round of funding

A pub? A bar? A beer cafe

The Beer Cafe has identified a new niche and scaled rapidly

Health care companies lining up a series of IPOs

Higher valuations in public market, need to give exits to investors and raising the next round of funding driving promoters to tap the market

Lok Capital looks to raise its third fund