Venture Capitalists

High-profile investors have voiced their support for Silicon Valley Bank. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, investor Vinod Khosla said he was encouraging companies to keep funds with the bank

It is expected to be introduced in Parliament's monsoon session

The global economic downturn has made investors reconsider their commitments towards the deployment of capital into new-age firms

Though many of them expect limited near-term impact, lack of SVB-like support system may pinch them later

Murthy believes that ChatGTP provides one with a certain knowledge and they can show their creativity and smartness…but cannot replace the human mind

For investors, making a loss is part of business strategy, but for venture debt players, default is a risky proposition, yet, players in venture debt segment are unperturbed so far

The funding of late and growth-stage startups slowed down as private market investors became more cautious amid rising interest rates and fears of recession

But does this mean that 2023 could be different, given the unutilised capital?

Argues that taxes on unlisted securities are nearly 2.4x those of listed ones, even as investments into unlisted firms and startups were leading asset and job creation

Inflation woes, recession fears, the rising cost of capital, and elevated levels of uncertainty driven by geopolitical tensions have weighed down the PE/VC activity in 2022

World's first climate pledge for startups is backed by India's leading VC funds and supported by entrepreneurs including Nithin Kamath, Deepinder Goyal and Bhavish Aggarwal

The second fund was launched in March 2021 with a base target corpus of $75 million and including a green shoe target of $100 million

Early-stage venture capital company says fintech 'single largest opportunity in India'

145 new companies were set up in India in the past two years - 123 in 2021 and 22 in 2022: Tracxn data

In a Q&A, Bala Srinivasa and Rahul Chandra, explain why it is essential for any company today to service the Middle India market in the country's smaller towns in order to thrive

The country's post-Covid resurgence has been backed by better roads and infrastructure, and a manufacturing turnaround

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

Post the fund's initial investment, Fundamentum's portfolio companies have collectively raised over $1 billion in follow-on rounds

The major PE-backed IPO so far this calendar has been that of logistics major Delhivery. It saw Carlyle, China Momentum Fund, Softbank sell stakes worth $131 mn

First Cheque aims to be the earliest institutional capital available for founders and seeks to achieve this by investing at the pre-seed stage