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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

Sachin Bansal's Navi Finserv's Rs 300-cr debt bond subscribed 1.4 times

The fintech firm's secured, rated, listed and redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) have a total value of Rs 600 crore after including the greenshoe option of Rs 300 crore.

Good times are over, not sure when they'll return: Sequoia warns firms

Sequoia took a shot at hedge funds that have been targeting private investments, who are now "tending to wounds in their public portfolios which have been hit hard"

PE/VC investment for April 2022 declines 27% YoY to $5.5 bn: IVCA-EY report

Fundraises, however, continued to show a healthy trend, with April 2022 recording a total fundraise of $1.5 billion across 16 funds compared to $569 million raised in April 2021 by 8 funds.

Speciale Invest announces its second funds closure at Rs 286 crore

In April 2021, the company had announced their second fund to be a corpus of around Rs 100 crore, but this got oversubscribed to over Rs 140 crore.

What Nykaa CEO says about VCs without women in key positions

Nykaa CEO at a FICCI event said that the founders of her company approached several investors but were rejected because of the absence of women in key positions in venture capitalist firms

'Make money for people': China Communist officials turn venture capitalists

It might look like the kind of power grab some observers see as characteristic of President Xi Jinping's China

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

Focus on start-ups from small cities: Piyush Goyal to venture funds

The minister invited venture capitalists (VCs) to explore new sectors for investing, promoting, and protecting young Indian entrepreneurs' intellectual property

Communication fitness firm vani.coach to skill corp execs, eyes $15 mn ARR

Pune-based firm counts Lupin, L&T, Asian Paints, Reckitt and Cipla among clients; has raised a pre-seed round of $150,000, and is now in talks with some venture capitalists for a seed round

Sir Ronald Cohen: Saving humanity in his autumn years

A peek into the life and times of Sir Ronald Cohen, author of bestselling book 'Impact'

India ranked 9th in VC funding for climate tech globally: Report

India ranks at the ninth spot globally for climate tech investment, with the country's climate tech firms receiving USD 1 billion in venture capital funding between 2016 and 2021, according to a report released on Tuesday. Venture capital (VC) investment in climate technology companies has gone up globally since 2016, as per the report jointly prepared by international trade promotion agency London & Partners and Amsterdam-based database management company Dealroom.co. Global climate tech venture capital investment soared from USD 6.6 billion in 2016 to USD 32.3 billion in 2021, an increase in funding by almost five times, the research revealed. "2021 investment levels have already exceeded the whole of 2020 for global climate tech investment, demonstrating the importance of the global tech industry in the fight against climate change," said the report, which analyses technology companies working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or addressing the impacts of climate change. The ..

Edtech firm Creative Galileo gets $2.5 mn in funding led by Kalaari Capital

Kalaari Capital's investment came from CXXO, an initiative to promote female founders in India's start-up ecosystem.

$17.2 bn infused in Indian startups by VC firms during Jan-July: Report

Venture capital firms infused a total of $17.2 billion investment into the Indian startup ecosystem during January-July 2021

Written down: Accounting drill keeps bitcoins from getting wider acceptance

Accountants are fitting crypto into existing categories. As an intangible asset, Bitcoin's book value can go only one way: down.

VC funds pile into crypto companies in 2021, make a record $17-bn bet

Venture capital funds have already poured $17 billion this year into companies that operate in the space

Start-up 'monomyths'

Book review of The Unicorn's Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths That Hold Back Start-Ups, Founders And Investors

Chamath Palihapitiya files four more SPACs with partner Suvretta

Chamath Palihapitiya plans to raise four more special purpose acquisition companies which add to the six blank-check companies he has already raised.

VC investors anticipate a flurry of IPOs by Indian start-ups: Survey

The 'India Sentiment Outlook Survey' said 19 per cent of them also held the opposing view while 16 per cent were unsure

Excess liquidity in US pushing PE and VC investment in India: Report

The report suggests that looking ahead the deal pipeline remains robust and investment teams of most large and medium-sized PE funds are working flat out negotiating multiple deals