Page 18 - Venture Capital

PE/VC investments drop by 35% in January to $1.6 bn: EY-IVCA data

January 2021 recorded three large deals worth $680 mn compared to five large deals worth $1.4 bn in January 2019 and 12 large deals worth $6 bn in December 2020

Small venture capital funds making a beeline for startups: Report

Investments into the startup ecosystem by micro venture capital funds (investments under 30 million) have jumped manifold to USD 341 million in the past three years

Tips on raising funds from govt agencies and PE firms for your startup

Apart from central and state govt schemes that fund new ideas, you have PE/VC firms, angel investors and incubators to help your business see the light of day; just get your business model right

India Quotient raises fourth fund worth $80mn for 'game-changing' startups

Venture capital fund has funded close to 70 startups over the last eight years.

Venture capital starts 2021 with a bang after record Q4: Goldman

The 130% surge in year-to-date funding was led by Robinhood, Cruise Automation, Lalamove, Didi Cargo and Databricks, which cumulatively have raised over $9.4 billion

Alphabet's VC arm backs OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's 'Nothing' company

The funding would help 'Nothing' to release its first smart devices in the coming months.

Alphabet's VC arm backs OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's 'Nothing' Company

The Nothing founder left OnePlus last year to focus on his new company

PE/VC investments in 2020 at par with 2019 at $47.6 billion, says EY-IVCA

Investments in Reliance Group entities worth S$17.3 billion accounted for 36% of all PE/VC investments in 2020

Inflows into RIL arms take 2020 PE, VC investments close to 2019 level

Private equity and venture capital fund investments in India stood at $47.6 billion in 2020

Venture capital funding in India hits $3.1 billion in fourth quarte: KPMG

This compares to $3.6 billion in the previous quarter, said a KPMG report

Kerala plans to set up dedicated VC fund, open govt market for startups

Fund to be set up with backing of public sector banks and Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation

London resilient at top of European tech investment table despite Covid-19

LONDON (Reuters) - London retained its position as the top European destination for tech venture capital in 2020, with levels near the record amount of the year before despite the impact of COVID-19, according to research by Dealroom.co and London & Partners.

Lalit Jalan, ex-CEO of Reliance Infra, joins as 3Lines India Chairman

The four-year-old firm based out of Denver, Colorado, invests in AI-enabled and disruptive software technology-based startup companies

Mittal Jr ups his reputation as VC investor as firm invests $500 mn so far

Mittal Junior will not divulge how much the company has invested so far, but he admits that the investments range from $10 million, which is the minimum threshold, to $50 million

Zoom's Eric Yuan, top Silicon Valley VC invest in retail-tech firm Arzooo

Funding amount not known; Arzooo is Yuan's first India investment. Bill Tai has 22 IPOs to his credit, was among first investors in Twitter, Zoom Video, Wish.com, Canva, and ColorGenomics

PE/VCs pumped in $8.4 billion in Oct 2020, growth of 163% over Oct 19

Significant jump in PE/VC investments was primarily on account of investments worth $3.3 billion made in Reliance Retail Ventures

Real estate sector propels PE/VC deal activity in October, says report

Private equity exits have witnessed a slowdown

Early-stage VC firm Inflexor aims to close Rs 500-crore fund by March

The proceeds will be invested in about 25 companies over the next few years

The Big Four, VCs and start-ups

If the Big Tech companies get broken up and their powers to acquire get significantly curbed therefore, the whole ecosystem will need to change

Software Technology Parks of India to launch a VC fund to support start-ups

This scheme will support around 300 start-ups for the next three years by offering Rs 25 lakh risk capital and Rs 10,000 internship per startup