Playing for consolidation & disruptions

PEs will do bigger deals and more buyouts while VCs will only back viable & disruptive start-ups

PEs will do bigger deals and more buyouts while VCs will only back start-ups that look viable and disruptive, fund managers tell Ranju Sarkar.


Return of discipline

The venture capital sector in India has been around for a decade-and-a-half, and VC firms offering risk capital have been the dominant sources of funding and impetus to the rapid growth of start-up ecosystem. A staggering $11 billion-plus has been invested in the Indian start-up ecosystem. Over the years, venture capital as an industry (like all capital markets) is subject to funding ebb and flow. In the US, the years 2000 and