Page 18 - Venture Capital

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

Jan to Sep VC investments down nearly 17 per cent YoY to $6.5 billion

Education topped the table with nearly $1.755 billion as against $379 million last year, followed by real estate which received $754 million

PE-VC firms invest $26.3 billion in Jan-Sep 2020; down 2 per cent YoY

Investments in RIL subsidiaries deals have managed to arrest the overall decline in PE-VC investment figures in 2020

US continues to be biggest source of VC investment in India as China shrugs

Experts say, the dominance of the US investors will probably grow in the coming decade, including in filling the gap created by the withdrawal of Chinese investors

VC investments from China down by 66% in 2020, startups to feel the heat

China, which was ranked third on the PE/VC investments by country of investors, in 2019 fell to the sixth position in 2020

GCV Powerlist 2020: 5 Indians among top 25 venture capitalists in the world

GCV compiles its annual Powerlist of the top 100 heads of corporate venturing units out of more than 2,000 venturing companies globally

Chiratae Ventures lines up 10-14 investments from Fund IV this year

Eyes edtech and e-gaming segments apart from core focus areas

Fintech deals double to $1.17 bn during Jan-Jun despite slowdown: Report

The first quarter of 2020 saw fund inflows jumping fivefold and the same in the second quarter added 50 per cent more