Page 11 - Venture Capital

VC firm Quona Capital announces close of its third fund at $332 mn

Company has invested in more than 17 start-ups in India, has almost 30% of its global team in country

8i Ventures announces first close of second investment fund worth $50 mn

Early-stage venture capital company says fintech 'single largest opportunity in India'

Shivalik SFB raises Rs 111 crore from venture capital firms, Bharti AXA

Shivalik Small Finance Bank on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 111 crore from two global venture capital firms and Bharti AXA Life Insurance. The two global venture capital firms that participated in the funding round are Accel and Quona Capital. The bank plans to use the funds to enhance its tech stack, strengthen team, and deepen partnerships as it moves to become the go-to bank for Indian MSMEs, it said. The Noida-based bank is the first to have transitioned from an urban cooperative bank with 23 years of experience in offering retail banking products and services. The bank has over 5.6 lakh customers and operates through 46 branches and 21 exclusive Business Correspondent branches across northern India. We are on a promising track of growth-focused tech-driven innovations and strategic partnerships in the financial services space. This investment will help us accelerate our growth as we look to leverage digital banking adoption by small business and retail customers, Anshul Sw

Bharti Axa Life, Accel infuse over Rs 111 cr as equity in Shivalik SFB

The SFB, an urban coop bank earlier, has a large presence in UP and MP; It has over 560,000 unique customers and runs 46 branches and 21 exclusive Business Correspondent Branches across northern India

Made-in-India VCs continue to grow in numbers despite economic headwinds

145 new companies were set up in India in the past two years - 123 in 2021 and 22 in 2022: Tracxn data

We bet on startups catering to the middle of the pyramid: Arkam co-founders

In a Q&A, Bala Srinivasa and Rahul Chandra, explain why it is essential for any company today to service the Middle India market in the country's smaller towns in order to thrive

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

Why are Indian start-ups facing such a severe funding winter?

Venture funding data indicates that Indian start-ups are in the middle of a harsh funding winter. While the global situation is not good, the slowdown is more pronounced in India. Let us find out why

India's share in venture capital funding falls sharply; China surges ahead

The decline in Q3 CY2022 is even sharper on a year-on-year basis

Reimagining venture capital

… keeping an eye on democratising finance in India

Finance ministry panel mulls 'broad-based' regulations for PE/VCs

FinMin panel has sought inputs from the Big Four audit firms

Enhance coverage of scheduled castes in all schemes: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The FM was chairing the performance review of PSBs on credit and other welfare schemes for scheduled castes

IVCA forms new VC Council, Sequoia India MD Rajan Anandan named chairman

The council was formed to strengthen governance practices for VCs and start-ups and continue working with govt and its agencies to improve the environment for venture capital in India

Former Sebi chief Damodaran to head committee to boost PE/VC investments

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her FY23 budget had proposed to set up the committee

FinMin sets up panel to address issues faced by venture capital, PE firms

The Finance Ministry has set up a high-level panel headed by former Sebi chairman M Damodaran to look into issues being faced by venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investors. The six-member committee will suggest steps for scaling up investment by VC and PE funds, a government notification said on Tuesday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget 2022-23 had announced setting up of an expert committee to examine and suggest appropriate measures related to venture capital and private equity. "Venture Capital and Private Equity invested more than Rs 5.5 lakh crore last year facilitating one of the largest start-up and growth ecosystem. Scaling up this investment requires a holistic examination of regulatory and other frictions," she had said. As per the terms of reference, it said, the panel would comprehensively study, using a systems approach, the end-to-end frictions and potential accelerants from regulatory policy and taxation to facilitate ease of investing as wel

PE/VC investments fall 80% to a 19-month low in August, says report

The month recorded the highest ever exits at USD 3.1 billion, making it the best month from sell-offs perspective, according to the report by industry lobby IVCA and the consultancy firm EY.

SoftBank, others in talks to lead $75-million funding in GoMechanic

"The conversations between the investors and GoMechanic are still going on and one of the investors has also shared the term sheet with the firm," said a person familiar with the development

Start-ups binge on private money as markets around the world dry up

European venture capital transactions raised nearly $57 billion, down just 4 per cent from the same period last year, according to the data provided by analytics firm PitchBook

Nandan Nilekani's Fundamentum raises $227 million in second fund

Fundamentum plans to fund enterprises that have attained product-market fit and developed momentum in their scale-up journey

Sebi tightens overseas norms for alternative investment and VC funds

Going ahead, all AIFs and VCFs will have to file an application before the market regulator for allocation of overseas investment limit in a format specified by Sebi