The survey also highlighted that there are over 1,000 agritech startups in India that assist farmers in improving farming techniques.
The Co-Founder and Managing Partner of B Capital will be betting big on cross-border SaaS, financial inclusion, and the India consumer story with its $2.1-billion growth fund.
The fund will be used to invest in start-ups between Series B to Pre-IPO rounds, co-founder and managing partner Raj Ganguly said.
The proposed deal is likely to boost IIFL AMC’s private market platform, which extends from mid-stage to late-stage venture capital to growth equity to pre-IPO investments.
TWT, which was founded in 2019 by Shashank Mehta, an ex-Unilever marketeer, makes educational content that helps consumers understand and decode their food choices. Its offerings include chocolates, protein bars, peanut butters, and muesli.
To date, the startup ecosystem, as per the report, has produced more than 100 companies of greater than $100 million in revenue.
A working group is to be formed between CFO association of PE/VC funds and GIFT City
The report further revealed that Indian startups raised about $3 billion in July-September this year, against $11 billion in October-December 2021.
The fund has achieved its first close at Rs 30 crore and expects to do a final close in the next 6 months, the company said in a statement.
In terms of value, Tiger Global has slowed in India this year, as it has globally, shows data. Tiger Global invested $807 million in the first eleven months of 2022, a 70 percent decrease from the previous year's total of $2.75 billion.
The wishlist ranges from making the deferment of ESOP tax payment available to employees of more startups to a reduction in MAT for eligible startups
At present, the LTCG tax on unlisted stock held for more than 24 months is double that of listed equity shares held for a year. The LTCG tax on private stock investments is 20 percent, while the tax on public stock investments is 10 percent.
YAN will be investing in about 8-10 fintech startups annually across pre-seed, seed, and pre-series A rounds
Through the fund, Kae Capital will be investing in about 25 companies at pre-Seed to pre-Series rounds and its initial cheque sizes would range between $1 million and $3 million
White Venture’s ‘Call to Adventure’ programme will fund executives to build startups and pay salaries to entrepreneurs while they are at it
8i Ventures Fund-II will have a portfolio of 15-20 companies that 'we will invest in over the next three years', founding partner Vikram Chachra has said
There is light at the end of the tunnel for those start-ups who will withstand the funding winter
Investors gauge private firms on their businesses, growth abilities, and macro environment to identify their ‘true’ value
According to the IVCA-EY monthly PE/VC roundup, exits worth $4.4 billion were recorded across 61 deals in 3Q22, including open market exits worth $2.3 billion.
The latest quarterly Private Equity-Venture Capital data continues to compare poorly with 2021
Only two startups in India attained the unicorn status in the July-September period of 2022, mirroring a global trend in decline in the number of new unicorns this last quarter, said the report titled 'Startup Deals Tracker - Q3 CY22'.
So far, through this maiden Fund, Kettleborough has deployed capital in five companies including Zippmat with Matrix and Zephyr Peacock, Zocket with Kalaari, and Bytelearn with Leo and Chiratae, and is closing two more transactions with Infoedge and Kae in the coming month, the company said in a media statement.
Fireside Ventures is the latest VC firm to raise a large India-dedicated fund, joining the likes of Sequoia Capital, Accel, Elevation Capital and Matrix Partners
With the pandemic receding and inflation rising, central banks have been rolling back excess liquidity from the banking system and are raising rates to tame inflation, resulting in money becoming expensive. Investors (both private and public market) have thus cut back on their investments this year