Page 19 - Venture Capital

3one4 Capital launches $100 million fund to back early-stage start-ups

Fund will be invested in about 30 start-ups in areas such as health, machine-driven intelligent services, edtech, agritech, and logistics with an average ticket size between $500,000 and $4 million

Tech-sharing deals put Indian start-ups in fix with China's new controls

Beijing has added 23 technologies to its list of regulated exports; move could affect start-ups that have IP co-creation as part of investment deal with Chinese VC investors, say experts

9Unicorns makes first close of Rs 100 cr for its new fund for start-ups

The fund intends to offer $100,000 for 5-7% equity per start-up

Lumikai launches VC fund for gaming, interactive media start-ups

Lumikai, a venture capital firm focused on gaming and interactive media, on Monday announced a new early stage VC fund that will support up to 20 early-stage investments

Silicon Valley-based VC Rocketship raises $100 mn for its second fund

The launch of Fund II will enable the VC to continue investing globally across sectors and company stages and increase the firm's number of follow-on investments, said the Silicon Valley-based VC

World Bank arm invests $10 mn in venture capital firm Endiya Partners

Funding helps Endiya portfolio companies with financial and strategic support

Edtech 2020's most funded sector, witnesses massive jump in VC investments

Investors say most of the edtech companies are seeing 3-5X rise in free audiences and anywhere 50-100% growth in monthly revenues due to Covid

Next 10 yrs to be India's golden moment: Silicon Valley venture capitalist

India has received foreign direct investment of over $20 billion in the last few months during the coronavirus pandemic

PE/VC investments decline 10% y-o-y in first half of 2020: Report

Deals worth $9.6 billion in Jio Platforms accounted for 52 per cent of all PE/VC investments in this period

VC fund HealthQuad gets Rs 514 crore from investors for second fund

HealthQuad has positioned itself as an Indian healthcare transformation fund, says company

PE-VC investors see decline in fundraising activity, says Crisil Survey

The survey was conducted between May and June this year and the credit rating firm received responses from 26 independent funds and respondents

Jio Platforms deals help PE investments climb 12% to $18.8 bn this year yet

Investments better the $16.8 billion (across 503 transactions) in the same period in 2019, according to Venture Intelligence.

Mobility firm Yulu raises $3.9 mn in equity funding round led by Rocketship

So far, the Bengaluru-based start-up has raised more than $20 million in funding from investors like Bajaj Auto, Blume Ventures, 3one4 Capital, Wavemaker, and now US-based Rocketship, among others

Bank of Mauritius approaches RBI to clear the air on NBFC impasse

Bank of Mauritius has written to its Indian counterpart, explaining the mechanism by which investments are greenlighted via the country, and highlighted importance of Mauritius as an investment hub

Coronavirus impact: Sebi extends regulatory filing deadline for AIF, VC

The regulator said a need has been felt to further extend the timelines for regulatory filings for such entities

VC firm Antler launches in India; Urban Ladder co-founder joins as partner

Antler said India is expected to be the third-largest market and grow into a 5 trillion dollar economy, fueling a much higher growth for the digital economy

Start-ups looking to tap into venture debt, avoid large funding rounds

Most start-ups are also not expecting to get the right valuation at this time, as the lockdown imposed to curb the virus' spread has severely disrupted business

RBI refuses a dozen licences to NBFCs with investments from Mauritius

PE, VC funds domiciled in the island nation on the radar

Technology investor Iron Pillar adds $45 million top-up to its Fund-I

The top-up Fund will provide Iron Pillar additional capital to back specific Fund I portfolio companies

At $45 bn, India's PE/VC investment in 2019 highest in over 10 yrs: Report

India's share in the Asia-Pacific deal market increased to nearly 25 per cent in 2019 and the investment value was about 70 per cent higher than in 2018