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Startups to gain as investment rules ease for pvt domestic pension funds

Indian capital has yet played a small role in the growth of domestic startups, but that could change after the ministry freed alternative investment funds

Private equity and venture capital investments in H12019 were 27% higher at $23.4 billion compared to  the same period last year, EY says
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Foreign pension funds invested capital in startups through AIFs or direct investments | Representative image

Samreen Ahmad Bengaluru
Indian startups will have a new source to raise capital after the finance ministry allowed private retirement funds to invest up to 5 per cent of their investible surplus in venture capital (VC) funds and other areas, said experts.

Indian capital has yet played a small role in the growth of domestic startups, but that could change after the ministry freed alternative investment funds (AIFs)

“In a low yield environment, global institutional investors are chasing growth in order to meet their internal return benchmarks and India startups have emerged as a strong engine of growth. With these changes, Indian institutional investors finally

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