Vc Firms

VC funding rises 44% to $9.2 billion in the first 10 months of 2024

Country continues to rank among top five markets globally for VC funding activity: Report

AI deals lift US venture capital funding to highest level in two years

Some are expecting the M&A market for AI startups to pick up in the second half, as tech companies with capital or sought-after stock, from Nvidia to Databricks, have been acquisitive

Artha Venture announces second exit at 19-fold return from mobility firm

Company says Fund 1 drawing to a close after investing in 31 firms

Gaming-focused VC firm Lumikai launches second fund worth $50 mn

Fund will take bets in pre-seed to series A start-ups with an average ticket size ranging between $200,000 and $1.2 mn

Venture capital investments down 70% across globe in Q1CY23: KPMG study

Despite the current slowdown, macro factors in India remained stronger than elsewhere, driving optimism that the country will see a bounce back in VC investment in H2 of 2023

VCs focusing more on due diligence amid startup funding slowdown: Report

According to data by Venture Intelligence, the aggregate venture funding fell from $11.34 billion between January and March 2022 to $2.19 billion in the same period this year

M&M buys out VC firm Omnivore's stake to acquire agri-tech firm MITRA

Deal size not disclosed, will make MITRA a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&M; is in sync with Mahindra's plan to grow revenues from farm machinery 10 fold in next five years

Suhail Sameer to start VC fund with two former co-founders: Report

On Tuesday, BharatPe announced that Sameer was stepping away from his post and will serve as the Strategic Advisor effective January 7

Variable capital firms to boost India's fund management space, says Sahoo

Such entities have a variable capital base as they issues and redeems shares on an on-going basis. With every issue or redemption, the capital base of the VCC changes

We back companies where tech is an enabler, not the hero: C4D Partners CEO

Our crucial thesis is that the business model is woven around a societal problem, said CEO Agarwal

Multiply Ventures raises Rs 260 cr via maiden fund focused on consumer tech

The Bengaluru-based VC fund said it exceeded its target of Rs 250 crore

VC investments jump 4 times to hit record $28.8 billion in 2021

In comparison, VC and start-up investments were hit hard in 2020, declining 38 per cent YoY

Bengaluru outstrips Chinese cities in tech VC funding in 2021: Report

Global tech VC investment into startups hit a record level of $675 billion in 2021, doubling the previous all-time high of $340.6 billion in 2020

We have enough risk capital, says InfoEdge's Sanjeev Bikhchandani

That's InfoEdge founder's response to critics saying it should reduce stake in Zomato to invest in new start-ups

India sees venture capital investments surge to $8 billion in Q2: KPMG

The Asia Pacific region saw solid VC investment in H1 2021 despite a dip from 42.8 billion dollars across 2,066 deals in Q1 2021 to 38 billion dollars across 1,998 deals in Q2 2021.

Elevation Capital leads seed round in women's activewear brand BlissClub

India is the world's fastest growing activewear market with women's segment contributing to most of the growth

Former Reliance Infrastructure CEO Lalit Jalan to head VC firm in India

Jalan has a career spanning over four decades in diverse sectors like finance, infrastructure, power, telecom, healthcare, defence and entertainment

Elevation Capital to invest in a dozen startups from $400-mn new fund

The firm, earlier known as SAIF partners, will be deploying the full fund in the next 2-3 years

VC firm Bertelsmann India to invest in up to four startups in next 12 mths

Average ticket size of these investments is expected to be $10 mn

IPL 2020: Dream11 in talks with several PE, VC firms to raise $50 million

Upcoming funding round may dilute Tencent's stake