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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

Rise of risk capital

Private funding is bridging a crucial gap

Private equity, VC investments rise 64% to $8.3 bln in March qtr: Report

266 deals took place in the period

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

India's Trifecta Capital files for Rs 1,500 crore late-stage VC fund

Trifecta Capital is planning a Rs 1,500 crore-late stage venture capital fund that will invest in new economy companies that are likely to pursue an initial public offering in the medium term

PE/VC firms' investments increase by 85% to $11.9 bn during Q1FY21

The value of investments in Q1FY21 was also over 58% higher compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $7.5 billion being invested across 231 deals)

The start-up enemies of Wall Street are booming

Times are flush for young tech companies like Stripe and Coinbase, which are having a moment as they upend the financial establishment

IPV and the science, art and psychology of early stage investments

The angel network plans to increase its investor base beyond 5,000; double the number of investee firms and corpus for 2021

Dream11 parent touches $5-bn valuation after $400-mn secondary fund raise

This is the largest investment in the Indian sports tech ecosystem to date

IPV leads seed round in FMCG startup Happy Jars

The startup currently has a turnover of Rs 2 cr in the Rs 250-crore market

PE, VC partners in journey of new India towards new horizon: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal said new India is moving with a new energy towards a bright future, and Private Equity and Venture Capitalists are our partners in this new Journey towards a new Horizon

India got VC investments worth $10 bn last year, 7,000 new startups: report

Consumer tech and SaaS saw 'continued momentum' despite lockdowns to contain Covid-19, says report.

Venture debt player Trifecta Capital to set up Rs 1,500-crore fund 3

The venture debt fund launched in 2014 has so far invested in 72 companies, including nine unicorns, such as BigBasket, Rivigo, Cars24, and Urban Company

Sharp rise in Micro VC investments as 566 startups get $341 mn in 3 years

With the startup ecosystem blooming in India, the number of such funds rose from 29 in 2014 to 88 funds last year