Startup Valuation

Analysts believe the investors are no longer paying for hyper-growth, instead, they are rewarding sustainable business models, improving profitability and long-term visibility in India’s consumption cycle.

Fidelity ups Lenskart valuation to $6.1 billion ahead of planned IPO

This marks a 22 percent increase from its June 2024 investment, as the eyewear brand prepares for billion-dollar public issue

Fidelity marks up SoftBank-backed Meesho's fair value by 14% after markdown in April

Fidelity Investments, which invested close to $42 million in Meesho in September 2021, has marked up the fair value of its investment in the e-commerce platform to $43.24 million as of July 31, the filings showed.

Impact of valuation markdown will only be clear in next funding round: Eruditus’ Ashwin Damera

The edtech unicorn said that the valuation mark down came from a limited partner of one of its investors, and not the investing firm itself.

Startups to be valued on profit multiples over revenue multiples, say investors

Investors are now asking founders to turn in profits, rather than pursuing growth at all costs.

India’s unicorn drought lasts for nearly 6 months as tech valuations plunge globally

This is the longest drought since August 2016, when it lasted 17 months

Funding in SaaS startups up 5 times YoY, to $500 million, in November 2022

SaaS startups have raised $5 billion to date in funding since the beginning of 2022, according to data research and analysis firm Venture Intelligence.

Valuation of startup ecosystem in India nearly Rs 3 lakh crore: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said there are over 80,000 startups in the country registered with the Industry Ministry.

IPO window opens up if you build a robust business: Nikesh Arora of Palo Alto Networks

Sharing his thoughts on the depth of entrepreneurship, Arora emphasised the ‘robustness’ of business models in the Indian startup ecosystem.

Sebi asks PE, VC funds to share details on startup valuation practices: Report

The capital market regulator has asked a large number of funds to disclose their valuation practices, any significant change in the valuation methodology in the past three years among other things

Start-up Street: As VC funding ebbs, start-ups must focus on value, not valuation

Investor sentiment in Silicon Valley is the most negative since the dot-com crash

Start-up India 2.0 — Success hinges on policy relook

Taxation and regulatory framework should be dynamic enough to encourage flow of domestic capital into start-ups 

Startup Street | Do women entrepreneurs get the short shrift in funding?

Of the $49.23 billion raised during 2018-21, start-ups with women co-founders accounted for only 5.7 per cent, while solo women founders received just 0.90 per cent 

Start-up Street | Trying to make sense of start-up valuations

Start-up investors who come in last ensure that the company’s valuation continues to sustain at the level at which the last round of investments was made. The onus is then on the entrepreneurs and employees who have to jump through hoops to support those absurdly high valuations with performance.