Venture Capitalists

Venture capitalists ask startups to keep money with new SVB amid crisis

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

Govt evaluating measures to bring down tax burden on PE/VCs in India

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

As cost of capital rises, VC funding for new-age firms drops to $26 bn

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

SVB fallout: Present imperfect, future tense for Indian start-ups

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

VC model of investment looks like ponzi scheme: N R Narayana Murthy

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

Venture debt unperturbed by GoMechanic issues; 2023 a vital growth year

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

VC funding in India down 30 per cent in 2022: Venture Intelligence

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

India-focused funds sitting on highest-ever unallocated corpus of $12.9 bn

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

IVCA's Budget wish: Equal tax treatment for listed and unlisted investments

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

PE/VC investments drop 75% in October over last year: IVCA-EY report

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

Top Indian unicorn founders, venture capitalists back Green Startup Pledge

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

pi Ventures raises $8 mn for 2nd fund from British International Investment

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

8i Ventures announces first close of second investment fund worth $50 mn

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

Made-in-India VCs continue to grow in numbers despite economic headwinds

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

We bet on startups catering to the middle of the pyramid: Arkam co-founders

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

India is where climate tech meets global venture capital

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

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

Nandan Nilekani and Sanjeev Aggarwal's VC firm Fundamentum raises $227 mn

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

Number of PE-backed IPOs drop by 50% YoY in first half of calendar 2022

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 closes second fund at Rs 38 cr, plans to invest in 50 startups

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