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Artha Venture Fund launches programme to invest in Indian startups

Venture capital firm Artha Venture Fund on Thursday announced the Artha Access programme to make early-stage investments in Indian startups from its recently closed fund of Rs 225 crore.

B2B SaaS-focused VC firm Pentathlon announces final close of first fund

Pentathlon plans to invest in over 20 B2B SaaS startups in a year and make investments of between Rs 75 lakh and Rs 3 crore on an averag

Vahan raises $8 million in funding round led by Khosla Ventures

Blue-collar jobs platform Vahan on Wednesday said it has raised USD 8 million (around Rs 59 crore) in a funding round led by existing investor Khosla Ventures

2am VC plans to invest $10 mn in over 50 Indian startups by 2022-end

US-based venture capital firm 2am VC on Wednesday announced plans to invest USD 10 million in more than 50 Indian startups by the end of next year. 2am VC has already made 10 investments in the first four months of this financial year. It has also made commitments to complete five more investments by the end of this quarter. "Our family has been backing young Indian entrepreneurs for over 10 years, we are and always will be unreasonably long in India. "We aspire to be our US VC investor base's boots on the ground and eyes and ears for decoding the Indian startup ecosystem. We aim to win, and win big with Indian entrepreneurs," 2am VC co-founder and partner Hershel Mehta said in a statement. The VC's portfolio includes Bimaplan, Karbon Card and BurnCal. In addition, it has co-invested with Titan Capital, 3one4 Ventures, Inflexor VC, 100X.VC, LSIP, Y-Combinator, India Quotient, Orios Ventures and iSeed.

VC firm Prime announces 4th fund of $100 mn with first close of $75 mn

The firm also expects to focus on new areas such as decentralised finance (DeFi)/crypto, electric vehicle and gaming infrastructure platforms

Indian startups raise $16.9 bn VC funding in 2021, next only to China

Indian startups got USD 16.9 billion of venture capital funding in 2021, next only to Chinese counterparts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries, GlobalData said Friday. "Despite the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic looming large and slow economic recovery, venture capital (VC) investors seem to be reposing faith in the Indian startup ecosystem. In fact, Indian startups stood next only to Chinese counterparts in terms of VC funding value among the APAC countries during January to July 2021," the leading data and analytics company said. An analysis of GlobalData's financial deals database reveals that a total of 828 VC funding deals were announced in India during January-July 2021 while the total disclosed funding value of these deals stood at USD 16.9 billion. Some of the notable VC funding deals announced in India during January-July 2021 include USD 3.6 billion raised by Flipkart, USD 502 million raised by Mohalla Tech (ShareChat), Zomato's capital raising of around USD 500 million,

Dream Sports' VC arm announces $250 mn corpus to invest in startups

As the corporate venture capital and M&A arm of Dream Sports, DreamCap will follow a multi-stage investment strategy ranging from $1 million to $100 million ticket sizes.

Private equity firms revise China strategy as regulatory crackdown widens

Private equity and venture capital funds are pivoting away from data-heavy, consumer-facing internet companies to sectors including semiconductors and renewable energy, industry executives said

India sees venture capital investments surge to $8 billion in Q2: KPMG

The Asia Pacific region saw solid VC investment in H1 2021 despite a dip from 42.8 billion dollars across 2,066 deals in Q1 2021 to 38 billion dollars across 1,998 deals in Q2 2021.

Trifecta Capital announces first close of late-stage venture capital fund

Existing investors of Trifecta Capital's venture debt funds have also made significant investments in this fund

Honasa secures $50 mn in funding led by Sofina Ventures SA

Honasa Consumer Pvt Ltd (HCPL), which runs personal care brand Mamaearth, on Monday said it has raised USD 50 million (372.4 crore) in funding led by Sofina Ventures SA

3one4 Capital to fully tie up commitment for over $100 mn fund this quarter

3one4 Capital, an early stage venture capital firm that primarily invests in tech companies -- expects to fully tie up commitments for its latest fund of over $100 mn corpus during current quarter.

Is the pandemic a silver-lining for startup accelerators and incubators?

Latest data from EY show PE and venture investment in startups doubled in H12021 to $6 bn. With more activity in the market, ancillary businesses like accelerators and incubators also thrived

Speciale Invest: A VC fund that bets on disruptive tech at the seed stage

Among its investments are aerospace manufacturer Agnikul, space tech startup AstrogateLabs, The eplane Company, which aims to build all-electric flying taxis

Private equity, venture capital investments fall in May to $3.6 bn: Report

This compares to April's $7.5 billion and the year-ago period's $5.4 billion

Artha Venture Fund announces final close of Rs 220 crore debut fund

A surge of interest in Indian start-ups and the robust performance of the seed fund's early investment made AVF overshoot its target

Yalo raises $50 mn funding led by existing venture investor B Capital Group

Yalo will use the financing to deepen its presence in Latin America and Southeast Asia

Myelin Foundry raises pre-series A funding of $1 million from Japanese VC

The new round will be used to consolidate Myelin's products in the India video streaming market, and to expand into international markets

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

Amazon launches $250 mn venture fund for Indian startups, entrepreneurs

The fund will specifically focus on encouraging the best ideas to digitise SMBs