Lot of global investor interest in India right now: Arkam Ventures MD

We expect more foreign limited partners to put money into India, says Bala Srinivasa, MD, Arkam Ventures

Amid the current funding slowdown in the Indian start-up world, Arkam Ventures, an early-stage investment platform has announced its second fund with a target corpus of $180 million. In an interview with Aryaman Gupta, Bala Srinivasa, Managing Director, Arkam Ventures – a former Partner at Kalaari Capital, talks about the current trends at play in the Indian start-up ecosystem, from foreign investor sentiment, prevailing challenges and concerns, to the current state of private equity and venture capital in the country. Edited excerpts:

Please give an overview of your Fund I as well as the recently launched Fund II.

We launched our $106