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Best of BS Opinion: Rise of risk capital, Covid-19 vaccination, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Softbank Group to invest $450 million in Swiggy at $5.5 billion value

Second funding for food delivery startup in as many weeks

Rise of risk capital

Private funding is bridging a crucial gap

The myth and magic of unicorns

According to US-based analytics platform CB Insights' database, out of a total of 642 unicorns around the world, India has 29 as of April 2021

6 start-ups join unicorn club this week; 150 likely by 2025, say experts

The pandemic is expected to accelerate big-ticket venture capital, private equity as well as consolidation related deals in unicorns and soonicorns in the country

EV start-ups feel the spark of recovery, kick-start post-pandemic biz plans

Overall, the past year has forced the EV industry to think differently in terms of so­u­rcing components

Swiggy is closing $800-mn fundraising round, CEO informs employees

Falcon Edge Capital, Think Investments, Goldman Sachs are among the new investors in the food delivery platform whose valuation is nearing $5 bn

India's changing corporate landscape

We are in the early stages of an extraordinary episode of rapid scaling up of new companies

Govt sanctions over Rs 25,000 cr to 114,000 accounts under 'Stand-Up India'

Centre has sanctioned an amount of Rs 25,586 crore under the 'Stand-Up India' scheme to over 114,000 accounts up to March 23 since the inception of the scheme

GramCover plans to be one-stop shop for rural insurance needs: CEO Bhatt

The company was founded in 2017-18 by a clutch of private equity firms

A start-up survival guide

Book review of The Fail-Safe Start Up

Innovation at warp speed

Book review of The Ventilator Project

BS 1000: From listed to unlisted companies, here're the key numbers

A snapshot of the key data on Indian companies

Startup of the year: Freshworks aims to become a $1-bn company in 5 years

Freshworks has set its sights on increasing revenue to over $1bn inthe next five years as it prepares to take advantage of the vast untapped SaaS market

Fintech start-up Khatabook acquires Biz Analyst for $10 million

Khatabook will offer its customer base of over 10 million monthly active merchants an opportunity to scale up businesses

India home to 100 unicorns with a combined m-cap of $240bn: Credit Suisse

Start-ups, the note said, account for a reasonably high 6-7 per cent of new firms in India, and the ratio has risen over the past decade. India is a home to the third-largest set of unicorns globally.

Urban Company, partner create open-source ESOP framework for startups

Framework aims to guide startups and other companies on structuring terms and conditions

India's share of IPOs continues to fall relative to rest of the world

This year is set to be the third consecutive year when India's share of initial public offers (IPOs) has fallen relative to the rest of the world

Startup A-listers buy out Chinese investor Shunwei's stake in Koo

Koo has so far raised $4.1 mn in Series A funding from existing investors Accel, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures and 3one4 Capital.

Urban Company to onboard over 20,000 service professionals this year

marketplace Urban Company on Sunday said it aims to onboard over 20,000 professionals on its platform this year to meet the strong growth in demand for various services post the lockdown