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Startup Street | Web3 investments: Taking stock post onset of Crypto winter
In spite of the walloping the crypto space has faced in recent times, investment continues to flow in
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Startup Street | Are we seeing the beginning of a funding boom in green ventures?
Even as the overall VC funding environment remains volatile, climate tech and EV ventures are getting more attention from investors, drawing funds from domestic family offices and international bigwigs
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Start-up Street: 2022 funding - Halfway reflections
While the data for the first six months of 2022 indicate a clear deceleration in PE-VC funding from 2021, a deeper analysis shows why things are not so bleak after all
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Start-up Street: Early stage funding resilient amid slowdown in PE-VC flows
The latest quarterly PE-VC investments numbers establish that the funding slowdown is for real. A finer analysis of the data, however, shows that the impact of the slowdown is different for different stages
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Start-up Street: After a blip, fintech is back to pole position for VC funds
After slowing down the pace of funding in the last few months, venture capital (VC) investors are clearly back to supporting Fintech start-ups
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Start-up Street: What an uncertain IPO environment means for PE-VC funding
While the carnage in recently listed new-age companies is a dampener, public market sales are not the only exit options for VCs and private equity investors
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Start-up Street | VC action hots up in blockchain gaming
Even as the tax on cryptocurrencies introduced in the latest Union Budget is grabbing a lot of attention, venture capitalists are choosing to double down on blockchain-based gaming companies
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Start-up Street | Surprise Topper: Tech services dominate PE deals in 2021
PE firms – both global and home grown - can be expected to double down on investments in tech services in 2022 and beyond
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Start-up Street: In spite of risks, venture capital stakes high in cryptocurrency in India
An avalanche of money from private equity and venture capital firms has made its way into the cryptocurrency sector in India this year. The government must tread lightly while regulating the sector
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Start-up Street: Will the funding tsunami for fintech companies sustain?
In the first 10 months of 2021, the fintech sector in India has attracted almost $6.5 Billion in private equity-venture capital (PE-VC) investments
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Start-up Street: PE-VC firms exit with bumper returns via 2021's IPOs
In the case of Zomato - which raised $1.3 billion through its IPO - its early backer, Info Edge, got a whopping 65.5x return as part of its partial sale in the issue
