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What is Venture Capital (VC)?

Venture Capital

About Venture Capital

What is Venture Capital (VC)?

Venture Capital is a financing tool for companies and an investment vehicle for wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Wealthy investors like to invest their capital in startups with a long-term growth perspective. This capital is called venture capital and the investors are called venture capitalists, in other words, it is a way for companies to receive money in the short term and for investors to grow wealth in the long term.
 
Venture Capitals tend to focus on emerging companies and such investments are risky as they are illiquid, but also have the potential to provide impressive returns if invested in the
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Latest Updates on Venture Capital

Venture capital firm Octopus Ventures leads $38 million investment in Braid

Octopus Ventures, along with KPN Ventures, has invested $38 million in Netherlands-based enterprise connectivity platform Braid in a Series A funding round

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2026 | 4:29 PM IST

BFSI Summit 2026: PEs shift strategy from 'spray and pray' to focused bets

At the BFSI Insight Summit 2026, PE leaders Renuka Ramnath and Amit Chandra stressed selective investments, active ownership, AI-led value creation and the need for domestic capital

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Updated On : 27 Oct 2026 | 11:05 PM IST

Simplismart raises $14 million in Series B to expand AI inference platform

Led by Dallas Venture Capital, the Series B round will help Simplismart expand its AI inference platform, strengthen cloud partnerships and grow across North America and global markets

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Updated On : 27 Oct 2026 | 7:47 PM IST

Chasing US capital, Indian AI startups weigh cost of moving amid challenges

VC firms such as Antler India and All In Capital have launched programmes to help homegrown AI startups establish a foothold in the US

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Updated On : 27 Oct 2026 | 12:18 AM IST

India's VC funding for startups stays flat at $10.9 billion in 2026 so far

Venture capital funding for Indian startups reached $10.9 billion across 1,253 rounds in 2026 so far, with investors concentrating funds in fewer companies and deeptech ventures.

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Updated On : 18 Oct 2026 | 11:49 PM IST

NuSynth Technologies raises ₹36.5 crore in seed funding led by two VCs

Avaana Capital and Shastra VC co-led the funding round, which will help NuSynth expand R&D, develop proprietary chemical processes and build AI-enabled scale-up capabilities

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Updated On : 13 Oct 2026 | 8:40 PM IST

The missing half of India's tech policy

As the government deploys public capital into frontier technologies, its expert investment committees need two improvements to deliver the intended outcomes

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Updated On : 06 Oct 2026 | 10:18 PM IST

India becomes TDK Ventures' second-largest investment hub globally after US

The venture-capital fund invests in early stage of a startup and believes in patient capital, holding investments for 10-12 years

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Updated On : 06 Oct 2026 | 7:26 PM IST

India must take design skills advantage: Endiya Partners' Sateesh Andra

India must leverage its growing design capabilities to build globally competitive products and strengthen its position in innovation, says Endiya Partners managing director Sateesh Andra

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Updated On : 20 Sep 2026 | 11:30 PM IST

Peak XV Partners sells 1.46$ stake in Groww for ₹1,756 cr in block deal

Peak XV Partners Investments VI-1, an affiliate of the venture capital firm, offloaded 9,17,14,208 shares, representing a 1.46 per cent stake in the Bengaluru-based trading platform

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Updated On : 17 Sep 2026 | 2:14 PM IST

July records $4.1 billion in PE/VC investments; exit value falls 83%

PE/VC investments rose 3 per cent YoY and 52 per cent sequentially to $4.1 billion in July, while exits fell 83 per cent YoY to $1.6 billion, IVCA-EY data shows

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Updated On : 31 Aug 2026 | 6:45 PM IST

Homegrown direct-to-consumer companies raise $6 billion in five years

India's homegrown D2C startups raised nearly $6 billion across 2,000 equity funding rounds between 2021 and 2026 YTD, but funding has slowed sharply this year

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Updated On : 27 Aug 2026 | 12:12 AM IST

Bluehill.VC announces final close of maiden deep-tech fund at ₹400 crore

The fund received participation from SIDBI, the Kerala and Uttar Pradesh governments, family offices, entrepreneurs and UHNIs from India and the West Asia

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Updated On : 13 Aug 2026 | 12:16 PM IST

Accel bets $550 million on India's next wave of founders for AI era

Venture capital firm behind Flipkart and Swiggy closes ninth India fund as part of a record $3.5 billion global raise, betting AI lets homegrown startups build for the world from day one

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Updated On : 12 Aug 2026 | 1:22 PM IST

VC firm Piper Serica marks first close of Rs 800 crore Bharat Tech fund

The venture capital firm has secured Rs 300 crore in commitments and plans to back 21-22 engineering-led fintech and deep-tech companies at the Series A and select Series B stages

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Updated On : 05 Aug 2026 | 5:52 PM IST

PE/VC investments decline 36% to $20.45 bn in first half of CY2026

Private equity and venture capital investments fell 36 per cent in the first half of 2026, while exits declined 29 per cent amid weaker deal activity, EY-IVCA report showed

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Updated On : 31 Jul 2026 | 11:10 PM IST

VCs may warm up to high-tech startups later this year, shows data

VC funding in Indian chip and space startups is gaining momentum in 2026, aided by government support despite cautious investor sentiment

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Updated On : 26 Jul 2026 | 11:43 PM IST

Modest venture capital funding for high-tech startups; 2026 shows hope

VC funding in India's chip and space startups is picking up in 2026 as the government's Semicon 2.0 push boosts investor confidence

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Updated On : 23 Jul 2026 | 6:58 AM IST

Transition VC launches ₹1,500 cr Fund II to bet on energy-focused companies

The venture capital firm plans to invest $2-5 million in about 20 engineering-led startups over four years, expanding its focus to advanced manufacturing and industrial technologies

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Updated On : 21 Jul 2026 | 6:00 AM IST

Risks a must for growth of semicon design: Meity Secretary S Krishnan

The government will white-list venture capital firms to co-invest in semiconductor design startups under ISM 2.0, aiming to de-risk funding and deepen India's chip ecosystem

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Updated On : 19 Jul 2026 | 11:00 PM IST