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CoinSwitch launches $10 mn fund to support start-ups, blockchain tech

Web3 Discovery will give entrepreneurs access to investors like Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital, Coinbase Ventures

How a celebrity CEO's rule of fear helped bring down hot startup Zilingo

The story of how globetrotting tech star Ankiti Bose built and lost one of Asia's most vaunted startups

Porter completes divestment of Modern Trade business to COGOS Technologies

This move aims at ensuring continuity of the business vertical with COGOS, an enterprise-led business model and strengthening Porter's focus on its core business solutions

Sequoia Capital bullish on India, has stake in 39 startups: Report

Venture Capital firm Sequoia is bullish on India and has invested in several startups that are expected to become unicorns in the coming years, a report said. Recently, Sequoia Capital raised USD 2.85 billion to fund Indian and Southeast Asian startups despite the markets cooling after a very long bull run. The fundraising is Sequoia's largest so far for India at USD 2 billion with the rest committed to Southeast Asian startups. The fund house has stakes in 39 startups that could turn unicorns in 2-4 years, according to ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022. In its 16th year of operation in India, Sequoia has some blockbusters in its kitty like Turtlemint, SaaS Labs, Classplus, DeHaat, Porter, Progcap, and CityMall, the report said, adding these have the potential to become unicorns in the next two years. Unicorns are startups with a turnover of USD 1 billion or about Rs 8,000 crore. Sequoia Capital in its recent communication said there is a strong sense in the

Sequoia, Tiger Global lead startup funding in Apr-Jun in India: Report

Venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global led funding in Indian startups during April-June, with the fintech sector attracting most of the USD 6 bn (about Rs 47,870 crore) investments

OneCard is India's 104th unicorn, raises $100 mn in Series D led by Temasek

The latest round by OneCard, owned by Pune-based FPL Technologies, also saw investment from existing investors such as QED, Sequoia Capital, and Hummigbird Ventures

Sequoia China raises $9 bn as investors flock to big funds

The firm raised the money from pensions, endowment funds and family offices from the US, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia

ClimateTech firm Climes raises $1.2 mn seed capital from Sequoia, others

The company's tech allows consumer-facing brands to turn climate-positive in a matter of hours. Its tech-stack integrates seamlessly with the checkout pages of everyday consumer brands

US based Sequoia Capital aims to raise $2.25 bn amid funding winter: Report

US-based investment firm Sequoia Capital is reportedly raising new funds worth $2.25 billion from potential VCs in the funding winter

Ant-backed Zomato loses $1.1-billion market value in just two days

Zomato - among the first-generation of internet unicorns to tap into India's capital market - tumbled 8.4 per cent in Mumbai trading on Tuesday on top of a 6.6 per cent drop on Monday

Sequoia India's Surge programme extends seed fund range up to $3 million

Surge startups have collectively raised over $1.5 billion in follow-on rounds

Pine Labs acquiring fintech infrastructure start-up Setu for $70-75 mn

Pine Labs, backed by investors such as Sequoia Capital, PayPal, and Mastercard, competes with fintech companies such as BharatPe, Mswipe, Paytm, and Razorpay

Foreign study co Leap raises $75 mn in Series D, total funding tops $150 mn

Round led by Owl Ventures with participation from Steadview Capital and Paramark Ventures, and existing investors Jungle Ventures and Sequoia

Corp governance focus must for building world-class cos: Sequoia's Anandan

Speaks of potential to create 100 million jobs, generated by both big tech and startups in areas such as food delivery, ride-hailing, energy storage and agritech

Sequoia Capital leads $37 mn funding in UAE-based proptech startup Huspy

Sequoia Capital India on Tuesday led the $37 million funding into the UAE-based proptech startup Huspy to accelerate Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) expansion.

Sequoia Capital asks court to dismiss lawsuit by its former counsel

Sequoia has been locked in a legal battle with Sandeep Kapoor, after he included the company in a defamation lawsuit against media companies that reported on a leaked Sequoia email of June 2

Sequoia India asks court to dismiss lawsuit by its former counsel

Sequoia has been locked in a legal battle with Sandeep Kapoor, after he included the company in a defamation lawsuit against media companies that reported on a leaked Sequoia email of June 2

Good times are over, not sure when they'll return: Sequoia warns firms

Sequoia took a shot at hedge funds that have been targeting private investments, who are now "tending to wounds in their public portfolios which have been hit hard"

Sequoia asks founder ecosystem to tighten belt, focus on profitability

Cash burn and growth at all cost no longer being rewarded as capital turns expensive

Awfis Space Solutions eyes IPO by next year; plans to raise Rs 500-600 cr

After surviving the pandemic, Awfis is on an expansion mode. From 50 centres with 30,000 seats in 2015, it has more than doubled its capacity to 131 centres and 75,500 seats