India’s venture capital firms are finding that leaner might be better
3 weeks, 3 days ago

India’s venture capital firms are finding that leaner might be better

Live Mint  

On Thursday, early-stage venture capital firm Stellaris Venture Partners launched its largest-ever investment vehicle—a $300 million fund. Similarly, Blume Ventures, which has invested in prominent Indian startups including Battery Smart, Purplle and Unacademy, doesn’t plan to increase the corpus for its next two funds, maintaining them at about $290 million, the venture capital firm told Mint in October. “Several venture capital funds are considering rightsizing their corpus as investors are asking tougher questions like how much capital general partners have returned from their previous funds and the translation of paper gains to hard cash," Pai said. “Over the past 4-5 years, the capacity for early-stage funds to deploy capital has increased—from around $40-45 million back then to $75-100 million today," BlueGreen's Suri said.

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‘Kalaari Capital has seen more than $100 million in exits this year’
1 week ago

‘Kalaari Capital has seen more than $100 million in exits this year’

Live Mint  

Vani Kola-led Kalaari Capital has returned more than $100 million in exits in the current calendar year. This comes at a time when the backer of unicorn companies like Elastic Run, Dream11 and Upstox, among others, has pumped in around $25 million in more than 10 companies this calendar year, Kola said in an interview with Mint. The firm has …

SOE venture capital helps fund innovative development
1 week, 6 days ago

SOE venture capital helps fund innovative development

China Daily  

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued joint policy measures to promote the high-quality development of venture capital funds and support State-owned enterprises in establishing such funds. The latest move points out the direction for the further development of central enterprise venture capital funds. It also aims …

Policy easing SOE funds for start-ups a welcome move
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Policy easing SOE funds for start-ups a welcome move

China Daily  

By ZHANG ZHOUXIANG | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-04 07:33 A cashier at a bank in Taiyuan, Shanxi province counts renminbi notes. Reports say that the latest move allows State-owned enterprises to establish venture capital funds to invest in start-ups that feature four characteristics, namely early-stage, small-scale, long-term investments and hard technology. Central enterprise venture capital funds could be extended …

Public procurements may come with startup quotas
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Public procurements may come with startup quotas

Live Mint  

Top central ministries are discussing a proposal that may mandate public sector units to purchase 10% of their requirements from startups, two people aware of the development said. Some of India's ongoing efforts to encourage startups sector include the Startup India seed fund initiative and Atal Innovation Mission. This initiative not only provides a platform for startups to showcase innovative …

Stellaris Venture launches its largest ever $300 million fund
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Stellaris Venture launches its largest ever $300 million fund

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Stellaris Venture Partners, which has backed companies such as personal care brand Mamaearth and SaaS startup Whatfix, announced the launch of its largest ever fund with a corpus of $300 million on Thursday. “With this new fund, we’re excited to back founders using technology to solve deep problems in large markets," said Rahul Chowdhri, partner at Stellaris. With this …

AI investments are booming, but venture-firm profits are at a historic low
1 month ago

AI investments are booming, but venture-firm profits are at a historic low

Live Mint  

Silicon Valley’s venture-capital firms are having an easy time finding promising startups to back. Last year, U.S. venture firms returned $26 billion worth of shares back to their investors, the lowest amount since 2011, according to the data provider PitchBook. “We’ve raised a lot of money, and we’ve given very little back," Thomas Laffont, co-founder of investment firm Coatue Management, …

AI startup funding hit a record in the L.A. area last quarter. Here’s who got the most money
1 month, 2 weeks ago

AI startup funding hit a record in the L.A. area last quarter. Here’s who got the most money

LA Times  

Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey is shown at the company’s Costa Mesa office last year. The region broke a record in the third quarter, capturing $1.8 billion in venture capital investment for AI startups with a total of 31 deals, according to a new report by research firm CB Insights. Anduril, which manufactures autonomous weapons systems, including submarine drones, has …

Early-stage investor Venture Catalysts looks at investing in chip, space-tech, AI start-ups
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Early-stage investor Venture Catalysts looks at investing in chip, space-tech, AI start-ups

The Hindu  

Start-ups working in the areas of semiconductor, defence, space technology, manufacturing automation, AI are expected to generate interest among private equity investors as their future area of investment. Then AI and there are other green sectors now,” said Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, co-founder and MD, Venture Catalysts, an early-stage investor in start-ups. Answering a question on how loss-making starts-ups are still …

Budget 2024: ₹1,000 crore venture capital fund for space economy
5 months ago

Budget 2024: ₹1,000 crore venture capital fund for space economy

Hindustan Times  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a set of forward-looking initiatives as part of the budget proposals on Tuesday, operationalising a ₹1 lakh crore research fund that experts said will help work in next generation technologies and announce a new fund for innovation in the space sector. “With our continued emphasis on expanding the space economy by 5 times in the …

Budget 2024: Centre allocates ₹1000 cr venture fund to boost space economy ‘five-fold in next decade’
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Centre allocates ₹1000 cr venture fund to boost space economy ‘five-fold in next decade’

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced the creation of a ₹1,000 crore venture capital fund in the Budget 2024 aimed at expanding the space economy “fivefold over the next decade”. The new venture capital fund is expected to stimulate private sector involvement in space activities, supporting startups and established firms in advancing innovative space technologies. News agency PTI …

Indian Tech Startups Raise $4.1 Billion In First Half Of 2024, Secure 4th Place Globally: Study
6 months ago

Indian Tech Startups Raise $4.1 Billion In First Half Of 2024, Secure 4th Place Globally: Study

ABP News  

Indian tech start-ups secured $4.1 billion in funding in the first half of 2024, a 4 per cent increase from $3.96 billion in the second half of 2023. According to Tracxn, a market intelligence platform, India ranks as the fourth-highest funded country globally in the tech startup landscape, with the US, UK, and China leading in overall funding volumes. Seed-stage …

India’s investors turn to familiar risks amid economic uncertainties
8 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s investors turn to familiar risks amid economic uncertainties

Live Mint  

Indian investors will likely gravitate towards familiar sectors with lower risks, as looming macroeconomic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions have curbed funding appetite, senior industry experts said in a panel discussion at the Mint India Investment Summit in Mumbai. "We will focus on familiar risks this year and remain disciplined on valuation and risk rewards," private equity firm Kedaara Capital's managing …

Trust Fintech Files Draft Papers with NSE Emerge to Mop Up Funds Via IPO
10 months, 1 week ago

Trust Fintech Files Draft Papers with NSE Emerge to Mop Up Funds Via IPO

News 18  

Trust Fintech, a SaaS product-focused fintech software solutions provider, on Monday said it has filed draft papers with NSE Emerge to raise funds through an initial public offering. It plans to utilise proceeds from the IPO to establish a new development facility at Mihan SEZ in Nagpur to procure hardware and upgrade IT infrastructure; to enhance, maintain, upgrade existing products; …

IPO-bound SK Finance garners ₹1,328 cr in fresh equity from existing investors
11 months ago

IPO-bound SK Finance garners ₹1,328 cr in fresh equity from existing investors

Live Mint  

SK Finance, an NBFC specializing in financing for both used and new vehicles as well as secured business loans, secured ₹1,328 crore in funding. The investment was led by existing investors, including notable names such as Norwest Venture Partners, TPG Growth, and Baring Private Equity India, alongside contributions from select new investors. SK Finance boasts a diverse product portfolio, encompassing …

Indian space industry's meteoric rise in 2023 sets stage for stellar 2024
11 months, 1 week ago

Indian space industry's meteoric rise in 2023 sets stage for stellar 2024

India Today  

2023 was a marvelous year for the Indian Space Industry with the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3 and the Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission. Indian space startups have become a strong pillar for the private space industry in the last decade, especially after the landmark decision to open the Indian space sector to private companies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in …

Arkam Ventures bullish on manufacturing, EV startups
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Arkam Ventures bullish on manufacturing, EV startups

Live Mint  

Digital tech-focused Arkam Ventures has included electric vehicles and manufacturing as areas of focus for its second venture capital fund, in addition to fintech, skilling, software-as-a-service, logistics, and food agriculture, a top executive said. We have added manufacturing and EVs as we just think there are more urgent themes that need to be justified.” Arkam Ventures–which has invested in companies …

Indian startups witness 65.8% drop in funding between Jan-Nov 2023: GlobalData
1 year ago

Indian startups witness 65.8% drop in funding between Jan-Nov 2023: GlobalData

Live Mint  

Indian startups witnessed a 65.8% drop in funding in terms of value between January and November 2023, according to a report by Times of India. Citing data from GlobalData, Indian startups raised $6.9 billion across 1,013 venture capital funding deals in the past 11 months this year. Among the top VC funding deals in Indian startups this year were- $250 …

Venture Capital funding in India plunges over by 67% during Jan-Oct this year
1 year ago

Venture Capital funding in India plunges over by 67% during Jan-Oct this year

Live Mint  

India witnessed a decrease in venture capital funding deals, with a total of 920 deals announced during January-October 2023. India holds a significant position in the Asia-Pacific market and is closely ranked after China in terms of both volume and value of venture capital funding deals. According to GlobalData's Financial Deals Database, India witnessed several venture capital funding rounds exceeding …

How Indian startups are contributing to India’s $5 trillion economy goal?
1 year, 2 months ago

How Indian startups are contributing to India’s $5 trillion economy goal?

Live Mint  

Indian startups have witnessed remarkable growth in recent years, with the country emerging as the third-largest ecosystem for ventures globally. In 2022, Indian startups attracted a whopping $42 billion in funding, a substantial leap from the previous year's $16 billion which underscores their pivotal role in India's aspiration to achieve a $5 trillion economy goal. India will soon become a …

Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds become the world's ATM
1 year, 3 months ago

Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds become the world's ATM

Live Mint  

Five years ago, Saudi officials watched a wave of American finance executives pull out of a free investment confab in Riyadh after the murder of a dissident journalist made the kingdom a toxic place to do business. The region’s sovereign-wealth funds have become the en vogue ATM for private equity, venture capital and real-estate funds struggling to raise money elsewhere. …

T.N. startup Frigate raises USD 1.5 million in seed round
1 year, 5 months ago

T.N. startup Frigate raises USD 1.5 million in seed round

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu-based manufacturing startup Frigate, has raised a seed round of USD 1.5 million led by Arali Ventures, with participation from Capital-A, Java Capital, and other angel investors. Founded in 2021 by Tamizhinian Vasanthan, Karthikeyan Prakash, Chandrasekar C, and Iniyavan Vasanthan, Frigate is a B2B cloud manufacturing platform that offers a comprehensive suite of manufacturing services to medium and large-scale …

Avaana Capital hits first close for latest climatetech fund
1 year, 6 months ago

Avaana Capital hits first close for latest climatetech fund

Live Mint  

Homegrown venture capital firm Avaana Capital has hit the first close of its second climatetech fund with commitments of $70 million. With a focus on domestic startups, the VC company’s Avaana Climate and Sustainability Fund will earmark an initial average cheque size of $1-2 million and will reserve around three times of it for follow-on investments in portfolio companies, founding …

Indian startups set for more pain as funding crunch worsens
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian startups set for more pain as funding crunch worsens

Live Mint  

A funding squeeze at Indian startups that has already led to layoffs and delayed stock listings is set to worsen as investors reckon with stretched valuations and faltering consumption growth, likely laying the ground for industry consolidation. The prospect of fast rising consumption both offline and in India's digital space helped many startups clock multi-billion-dollar valuations in recent years, with …

Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: How India Can Save Its Fledgling Startup Ecosystem
1 year, 9 months ago

Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: How India Can Save Its Fledgling Startup Ecosystem

The Quint  

With more than 5,000 funded start-ups having raised over USD 135 billion in capital investment, India boasts of the third largest startup ecosystem in the world, which has also spawned more than 100 unicorns. While e-commerce and fintech have received more than half of the total investment, enterprise tech, Edutech, health-tech, and other sectors have seen many startups growing into …

No funding winter, funding always waiting to see more innovative startups: Nirmala Sitharaman to Network18
1 year, 10 months ago

No funding winter, funding always waiting to see more innovative startups: Nirmala Sitharaman to Network18

Firstpost  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, ‘The major push for startups happened in 2016 when the honourable Prime Minister announced a policy. And subsequently year after year giving concessions’ New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that funds are waiting to see more innovative startups from India and assured that there is no scarcity of funding. In an …

US venture capitalists hope Budget 2023 supports growth, startup ecosystem
1 year, 10 months ago

US venture capitalists hope Budget 2023 supports growth, startup ecosystem

Business Standard  

US venture capital firms investing in India are expecting the Union Budget 2023 to support the growth and development of the startup ecosystem in the country, according to a top investor. As a US-based venture capital firm investing in India, we are keenly interested in policies and initiatives that will support the growth and development of the startup ecosystem in …

Nexus Venture eyes $700 million fund to bet on India, US tech startups: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Nexus Venture eyes $700 million fund to bet on India, US tech startups: Report

Live Mint  

India's Nexus Venture Partners is in advanced talks to raise a $700 million fund, the second-biggest such pool to be garnered in the country in the past year, to invest in domestic and US-based technology firms, two sources with direct knowledge said. The planned fund raising, which one of the sources said will close within two months, is an indication …

Success rate of startups in India higher than in other countries: Piyush Goyal
2 years ago

Success rate of startups in India higher than in other countries: Piyush Goyal

The Hindu  

The government on Wednesday said that the success rate of startups in India was much higher than in other countries of the world, and the number of startups in the country had increased from 452 in 2016 to 84,012 till November 2022. Though I must say, the success rate of startups in India is relatively higher than the rest of …

Startup Funding Declines 33% Quarterly To $6.9 billion During April-June 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Startup Funding Declines 33% Quarterly To $6.9 billion During April-June 2022

News 18  

Indian startups raised $6.9 billion in 409 funding rounds during April-June 2022, which was down by 33 per cent as compared with $10.3 billion mopped up in the previous quarter. Through this report, we aim to give industry stakeholders key insights into the ecosystem that would help in business decision making backed by extensive market intelligence and thorough research and …

Startup Layoffs: Overall Funding Is No Less This Year, But Why Firms are Firing Employees
2 years, 6 months ago

Startup Layoffs: Overall Funding Is No Less This Year, But Why Firms are Firing Employees

News 18  

Although start-ups are resorting to lay-off of employees as they cite cost-cutting as the primary reason, data show that the overall funding for these new-generation enterprises during January-April this year is almost the same as last year and even the number of companies raising over USD 100 million is also higher than last year. Interestingly, the data showed that the …

Private equity, venture capitals investment drops 27% in startup during April
2 years, 7 months ago

Private equity, venture capitals investment drops 27% in startup during April

Live Mint  

A latest report said decline in bets on startups has led to drop of 27% year-on-year in the investment of PE/VE to $5.5 billion in April this year. According to a report by industry grouping IVCA and EY, investments into startup by venture capital funds have halved to $1.6 billion across 82 deals in the month under review - which …

Indian startups raised record USD 24.1 billion in 2021, reports Nasscom
2 years, 11 months ago

Indian startups raised record USD 24.1 billion in 2021, reports Nasscom

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Indian startups raised a record $24.1 billion in 2021, a two-fold increase over pre-Covid levels, while $6 billion were raised via public markets with 11 startup IPOs, a new Nasscom report said on Friday.The Indian tech startup base continues to witness steady growth, adding over 2250 startups in 2021, which is 600 more than 2020. India, accounting for …

Global venture capital funds flock to India as China's appeal dims: Report
3 years, 1 month ago

Global venture capital funds flock to India as China's appeal dims: Report

Hindustan Times  

India is receiving investment from venture capital firms from around the world, suggesting a breakout moment for the country's startups, Nikkei Asia reported on Sunday. Citing the overall data from Tracxn, Nikkei Asia said that 597 venture capital firms have made 2,284 deals so far this year. Talking about the situation in China, the report said that Beijing's regulatory crackdown …

Navigating the venture capital product matrix
3 years, 4 months ago

Navigating the venture capital product matrix

Live Mint  

Markets are flush with liquidity and are piling in cash into both early-stage and growth-stage companies. They also have the capability to conduct proper deal/fund assessment and hence are best suited to have a combination of direct startup equity investing in select sectors and a portfolio of both early-stage and growth-stage AIFs. They are best suited to have a combination …

Entrepreneur First announces pre-seed investment in 8 Indian tech start-ups
3 years, 9 months ago

Entrepreneur First announces pre-seed investment in 8 Indian tech start-ups

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Entrepreneur First, a UK-based global talent investor has announced a total pre-seed investment of $440,000 in eight cutting-edge tech startups from its fourth cohort in India. And the fourth cohort is no different - from smart recruitment for SMEs to AI-driven automated apparel cataloguing to revolutionizing antibody discovery and immersive experiences, these startups show are well poised to …

Eximius Ventures closes $10 million fund for early-stage startups
3 years, 9 months ago

Eximius Ventures closes $10 million fund for early-stage startups

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Eximius Ventures, a micro venture capital firm, announced the first close of its maiden fund of $10 million, which it aims to invest in early-stage startups with about $300,000 equity cheque per startup. “As a fund investing in the pre-seed stage, we would primarily focus on addressing funding and accessibility gaps faced by startups and extend our support …

Udaan and Vedantu backer GGV Capital raises $2.5 billion across four latest funds
3 years, 10 months ago

Udaan and Vedantu backer GGV Capital raises $2.5 billion across four latest funds

Firstpost  

The four funds are Fund VIII, Fund VIII Plus, Discovery III and Entrepreneurs VIII. The funds are named Fund VIII, Fund VIII Plus, Discovery III and Entrepreneurs VIII, it announced via TechCrunch. It also closed on $366 million for an opportunity fund to double down on breakout acquisitions ; $80 million for a fund that encourages the entrepreneurs in its …

Venture debt funds gear up to raise larger funds for startups
3 years, 10 months ago

Venture debt funds gear up to raise larger funds for startups

Live Mint  

Venture debt funds are gearing up to raise new, larger funds on the back of higher demand from startups, which aim to extend the cash runway and fund working capital requirements. Debt providers, such as Alteria Capital, Innoven Capital, and Trifecta Capital are raising new funds, with many of them witnessing their highest momentum in transactions in December. This has …

Indian startups attracted $10.14 billion in funding in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Indian startups attracted $10.14 billion in funding in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic

Firstpost  

Indian startups are estimated to have received $10.14 billion in funding across more than 1,200 deals in 2020 despite the COVID crisis, a report by consulting firm HexGn said. “Weathering negative sentiment, seed stage investment deals grew by 50 percent from $353 million over 420 deals in 2019 to $372 million over 672 deals in 2020. The report said Bengaluru, …

Indian Startups Received $10.14 Billion in Funding in 2020; E-Commerce, Edtech Biggest Gainers: Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Indian Startups Received $10.14 Billion in Funding in 2020; E-Commerce, Edtech Biggest Gainers: Report

News 18  

Indian startups are estimated to have received USD 10.14 billion in funding across more than 1,200 deals in 2020 despite the Covid-19 crisis, a report by consulting firm HexGn said. Even though the total investment received in 2020 is lower than that of 2019, the number of deals were higher by 20 per cent, the report said. “Weathering negative sentiment, …

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