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TMS Ep333: 2022 startup funding, toy manufacturing, markets, IPEF

What does the 2022 funding winter indicate for start-ups? Does India need PLI to become a toy manufacturing powerhouse? Will the markets see a time-wise correction in 2023? What is IPEF? Answers here

What does the 2022 funding winter indicate for start-ups in 2023?

2022 was a year of reckoning for Indian startups. New unicorns halved compared to last year, and mass layoffs followed. So, how did this year change Indian start-ups? How are they prepared for 2023?

India's startup ecosystem may be staring at an extended funding winter

Thousands lost jobs amid deepening funding winter in 2022 as massive layoffs by the tech companies this year alone surpassed the levels from the Great Recession

Indian startups witness 38% decline in total funding in 2022: Reports

India added fewer unicorns this year, as the number of companies that gained billion-dollar valuations fell by half from a year earlier

Legal tech start-ups have raised $57 mn in funding since 2013: Report

Indian sector has more than 650 firms and is valued at $1.3 bn to be second biggest in the world

Foodtech firm SaveEat raises $500,000 in funding to expand business

Start-up's app helps eateries sell their surplus food and gives customers discounts

Waiting for a thaw: Four charts give a peek into the funding winter

The other trend was acquisitions. Many acquired to expand rather than invest to grow organically. Of course, this period did not see a single unicorn

Startup funding dips by 35% to $24.7 bn in 2022 YTD: Tracxn report

Late-stage funding fell by 45 per cent from $29.3 billion between January to November 2021 to $16.1 billion for the same period in 2022

PhysicsWallah, the unassuming underdog among edtech firms in India

While its rivals battled to stay afloat, PhysicsWallah has recorded consistent growth since the pandemic

Flipkart veteran building unified shopper identity across stores

Flash is creating a digital identity that power shoppers can use across retail sites

Start-ups to take up nearly 30% of gross office leasing in 2022: Study

Bengaluru leads in terms of space leased by such companies, says JLL report

Start-up Odisha growth fund gets Rs 1,000 cr commitment, disbursal in 5 yrs

Flags off Hall of Fame 2.0 with TiE Bhubaneswar

After Ratan Tata, now Niranjan Hiranandani invests in Goodfellows

Founder and CEO of the Hiranandani Group Niranjan Hiranandani has made an investment in Goodfellows, a start-up offering senior citizens companionship

Healthtech start-up BeatO raises $33 mn in Series B from Lightrock

Firm provides affordable diabetes care with a focus on people who don't have access to specialists

Content management platform Contentstack raises $80 mn in Series C funding

Georgian's Lead Investor Emily Walsh will join the Contentstack board along with Contentstack CFO David Overmyer

Mumbai's venture debt marketplace plans early-stage funding for startups

A Mumbai-based venture debt marketplace is in the midst of setting up an Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) in India and raise USD 90 million for funding 100 startups in 10 countries as well as opening a Singapore office. The AIF, a private equity fund in India, will raise money from Indian investors for the Indian companies, Mumbai-based 8vdx founder Ravi Chachra said on the sidelines of Singapore Fintech Festival. We have money from Indian investors and we are setting up an Indian AIF, an equity fund, said Chachra, a serial entrepreneur and veteran financial investor with a specialisation in credit. The Mumbai team of 15 will be expanded to 40 next year while 10 more funding experts will be placed in offices in Singapore, to be opened next year, as well as Delaware and California. The company has already raised USD 10 million, some of which have come from small investors such as people keen on investing as little as US$10,000 in startups, he explained. Chachra, and 8vdx co-founder

Cashback and coupons firm CashKaro raises Rs 130 crore in funding

Company will use funding for expansion, new technology and product development

Shardeum raises $18 mn in seed round from a clutch of 60 investors

WazirX founder Nischal Shetty, also co-founder Shardeum, says crypto world needs to work with regulatory bodies

Start-ups tap venture debt to stay afloat amid funding winter, say experts

The venture debt market is becoming popular within the start-up ecosystem with a lot of new funds coming up and limited partners also showing their interest in financing such investments

Alteria announces first close of third venture debt fund at Rs 1,000 cr

The firm now has an AUM of Rs 3,800 crore across its three debt funds, raised from domestic investors