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Sequoia raises record $2.85 bn to fund Indian startups, others ventures

Venture capital firm Sequoia India and Southeast Asia has raised $2.85 billion - the highest ever in one tranche by any venture capital fund - to fund startups and other ventures in the region

Angel platform IPV offers retail investors a play in startup funding space

Today Angel platform IPV has close to 7,000 investors, over 4,000 of whom actively invest in the Indian startup ecosystem. These investors, largely Indian diaspora, come from 48 countries

Physis Capital hopes to start investing in promising startups by Oct

The fund, which aims to build a portfolio of 15-20 startups with minimum ticket size of USD 2 million, has recently received approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India

Why VCs are still backing Indian startups despite growth stocks crashing

Singapore, June 6 (ANI): The last few months have not been good for startups and their venture capital (VC) backers.Growth stocks like Southeast Asia's largest ride-hailing and food delivery company Grab, ecommerce giant Sea Limited, Indian companies Paytm, Zomato and Freshworks are some example of unicorns that went public recently but have performed poorly against the rest of the market.Grab and Sea Limited, both listed in the US, are down 65 per cent year-to-date. India listed delivery firm Zomato is down 49 per cent whereas fintech company Paytm is down 53 per cent.Both are listed in India while Nasdaq listed software house Freshworks is down 40 per cent for the year. This is in comparison to the SENSEX which is down just six per cent and S & P 500 index's decline of 14 per cent since the start of 2022.These growth stocks have been impacted by rising interest rates and inflation which is seen by the market as bad for newer firms which typically require loans to expand quickly.

Venture capitals reroute funding to Web3.0, gaming startups amid dry spell

A group of former executives from one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance has also reportedly created a $100 million venture fund

Fintech regulation must be calibrated

Fintechs have leveraged the gaps in traditional financial institutions and processes to provide increased efficiency and productivity. They have been a vehicle of financial inclusion

Unicorns staring at fund woes, drop in valuation amid Covid-19 outbreak

Curbs on investment by Chinese investors a major roadblock

Narcissus in the boardroom

Media encomiums and the feeling of self-importance are shimmering mirages in the desert of self-delusion

Keen to invest more in Indian software, fintech: Insight Partners top brass

Nikhil Sachdev (MD) and Nikki Parker (SVP) travelled to India from the US for face-to-face meetings aimed at building strong ties with Indian startup founders

Sequoia to harden compliance amid trouble in India, SE Asian portfolio cos

The VC fund will undertake governance trainings for founders and senior management, implementation of whistleblower policies, more independent board representation

SoftBank CEO pays price for tech bets with $20 billion loss at Vision Fund

The Vision Fund swung to a loss of 2.64 trillion yen ($20.5 billion) for the year ended Mar. 31, compared with a 4.03 trillion yen profit in the previous year

E-commerce enablement platform GoKwik raises $35 mn for expansion

E-commerce enablement platform GoKwik said it has raised $35 million led by Think Investments and RTP Global, and will use the funds to work on tech solutions for large marketplaces

We don't keep nominees on boards of firms we nurture: 100X.VC's Ninad Karpe

In a Q&A, the partner of the early-stage venture capital fund talks about the unique investment philosophy of 100X.VC, iSAFE Note and the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem

VC investments fall 25% sequentially in Q1CY22: KPMG's Venture Pulse report

Rising commodity prices, geopolitical uncertainty weigh on sentiment: KPMG report

Companies are useless in decentralised world of Web3: Harsh Rajat of EPNS

In a Q&A, company's co-founder talks about starting the company amid the pandemic, the financial machinations of Web3 organisations and his vision for the future of his firm

PE/VC investments decline 22% in March to $4.6 billion, says report

The deal activity showed an increase of 54 per cent by value at USD 15.5 billion across 360 deals, largely on the back of heightened activity in the startup space

Online D2C brands grapple with moment of truth in the valuation game

Valuation demands of around 10x of revenue had become way too common despite the fact that consumer brands are fundamentally different from tech businesses.

After a sprint, a pause for breath

2021 not only saw record funding creating a third of the country's unicorns, but also the first major listings, providing new valuation anchors

Agritech venture capital firm Omnivore to set up Rs 1,000 crore fund

The new fund will continue to invest in early-stage startups developing breakthrough technologies for agriculture, food, climate, and the rural economy

After 2021 boom, how 2022 could be a year of reckoning for Indian startups

After the boom of 2021, when 44 Indian startups became unicorns, the markets are more selective and investors less enthusiastic in participating at unrealistic valuations