NSE asks startups to list on exchange, offer exit to investors

India has over 1,400 PE and VC backed companies with majority of recent exits by venture firms having been mergers and acquisitions to derive value to investors

The National Stock Exchange has begun tapping startups to list on its platform, offering them the opportunity to allow private equity and venture capital firms to exit and raise funds from local investors.

The exchange also wants to replicate the success of over 100 small and medium enterprises that have raised funds since its launch. In the last year, over companies have raised over Rs  67,000 crore from primary markets, 70 per cent of them offering exits to private equity firms in new age sectors such as e-commerce, food technology, energy exchanges and security, said Vikram Limaye, MD & CEO,