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Opinion divided on SPAC-tacular route for foreign listing of start-ups

The country's first big-ticket SPAC listing of ReNew Power is already underway, with investors being brought in, and is expected to be listed sometime in the early third quarter of this year

Covid-19 impact: Many startups, MSMEs stare at closure, says survey

Startups and MSMEs have been in the race for survival, especially since the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020

IIM-A, BITS grads launch $1 mn fund to support & invest in student startups

Abhishek Sethi and Prateek Behera, graduates from IIM-A and BITS Pilani, respectively, have launched $1 million fund to support and invest in startups founded by college students

Rules to judge leaders by

Book review of The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders

Best of BS Opinion: Going viral on vaccines, another data breach & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

The unicorn boom: Shareholder issues

Entrepreneurs must think through their choices on their listing venue, shareholder base, and valuations

PE funds ready cash, scout for bulk-buying social e-commerce start-ups

Customers get large discounts and the platform enjoys the benefits of scale and lower costs

Rationalising regulation

Sebi's proposals are in line with changing investor landscape

Start-ups listing: Sebi reduces holding period for pre-issue capital

With an aim to boost listing of start-ups, markets regulator Sebi has notified a slew of relaxations to norms

Of dubious products & cautionary warnings

Are "dubious" new categories and "shady" new brands, financed and funded by avaricious investors trying to change the contours of the Indian marketplace forever?

Best of BS Opinion: Rise of risk capital, Covid-19 vaccination, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Softbank Group to invest $450 million in Swiggy at $5.5 billion value

Second funding for food delivery startup in as many weeks

Rise of risk capital

Private funding is bridging a crucial gap

The myth and magic of unicorns

According to US-based analytics platform CB Insights' database, out of a total of 642 unicorns around the world, India has 29 as of April 2021

6 start-ups join unicorn club this week; 150 likely by 2025, say experts

The pandemic is expected to accelerate big-ticket venture capital, private equity as well as consolidation related deals in unicorns and soonicorns in the country

EV start-ups feel the spark of recovery, kick-start post-pandemic biz plans

Overall, the past year has forced the EV industry to think differently in terms of so­u­rcing components

Swiggy is closing $800-mn fundraising round, CEO informs employees

Falcon Edge Capital, Think Investments, Goldman Sachs are among the new investors in the food delivery platform whose valuation is nearing $5 bn

India's changing corporate landscape

We are in the early stages of an extraordinary episode of rapid scaling up of new companies

Govt sanctions over Rs 25,000 cr to 114,000 accounts under 'Stand-Up India'

Centre has sanctioned an amount of Rs 25,586 crore under the 'Stand-Up India' scheme to over 114,000 accounts up to March 23 since the inception of the scheme

GramCover plans to be one-stop shop for rural insurance needs: CEO Bhatt

The company was founded in 2017-18 by a clutch of private equity firms