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Elev8 Venture Partners closes ₹1,400 cr fund despite global VC slowdown

India-focused fund attracts investors from Korea to Hong Kong as venture funding hits multi-year lows

Artha Ventures to mark highest-ever exits in 2025: Anirudh Damani

Among the recent exits are cloud telephony provider Exotel, where Artha clocked a 114x return, and investment platform Lightyear, which yielded 20x returns

VG Angels shifts to sustainable investing model, targets 30% success rate

Signalling a change in its investing philosophy, the venture firm is looking for depth in companies and aiming for investor exits with returns of up to 10x

Atomic Capital closes ₹400 cr maiden fund, to invest in startups over 3 yrs

Venture Capital firm Atomic Capital on Tuesday announced the final closure of its Rs 400 crore maiden fund, which it plans to invest in early-stage consumer startups over the next 2-3 years. With an average first cheque size of Rs 10 to 30 crore, the fund aims to build a curated portfolio of 10-12 companies, with a portion of the corpus reserved for follow-on investments, a company statement said. "Early growth investment fund Atomic Capital has announced the final close of its maiden fund with a corpus of over Rs 400 crore, focused on early growth-stage Indian consumer, consumer-tech, and consumer-enabler startups. "This is one of the largest debut funds dedicated to fuelling India's next wave of consumer growth," the statement said. The fund would be investing in early growth stage Indian consumer, consumer-tech, and consumer-enabler startups in sectors spanning food and beverages, nutraceuticals, personal care and beauty, jewellery, apparel and footwear, pet care, travel and ...

Speciale Invest raises ₹600 crore fund to back Indian deep-tech start-ups

Fund targets space, defence, and AI companies as firm bets on India's 'sovereign tech' capabilities amid global supply chain shifts

Agentic AI startups raise $2.8 billion in 2025, says Prosus report

Customer service and healthcare platforms lead agentic AI investments as firms adopt autonomous digital colleagues for 24/7 automation and data-driven workplace transformation

Mitigata raises $5.9 million to scale cyber resilience platform in India

Mitigata, a cyber resilience startup, has secured $5.9 million in Series A funding to expand its integrated platform that combines cybersecurity, compliance, and insurance for India's digital economy

India's VC funding hits $3.5 bn led by fintech amid global slowdown: KPMG

Global venture capital (VC) investment declined to $101.05 billion across 7,356 deals in the second quarter of 2025, compared to Q1's $128.4 billion: KPMG's latest Venture Pulse report

Nexus Venture sells 4.63% stake in India Shelter Finance for ₹425 crore

The shares were disposed of in the price range of ₹850.85-850.88 apiece, taking the combined deal value to ₹425.45 crore

IIT Madras to launch Rs 200 crore VC Fund, target next-gen unicorns

IIT Madras announces the launch of a Rs 200 crore VC fund to nurture startups and target next-gen unicorns. The fund will focus on Series-A and pre-Series A investments in IITM-incubated companies

AI is reshaping India's VC landscape as firms automate deal sourcing

Machine learning tools help investors identify promising startups from rural areas and smaller cities, challenging traditional network-based investment approaches across the country

SaaS vs AI: The true story behind investments 'drying up' in India

While AI is the buzz word, data on the startup ecosystem shows that funding there is down as well

VC funds get relief; MCX gets approval for electricity derivatives

The market regulator had barred five officials from IndusInd Bank in the alleged insider trading matter

Sebi extends timeline of addl liquidation period for VCFs migrating

Markets regulator Sebi on Friday extended the additional liquidation timeline by one year till July 2026 for venture capital funds (VCFs) transitioning to alternative investment funds rules. Sebi, in August 2024, issued modalities and conditions for VCFs to migrate to the Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) rules. This also allowed VCFs, with at least one scheme not yet wound up after the end of their liquidation period, an additional liquidation period until July 19, 2025, if they migrate to AIF Regulations. Based on industry feedback and to facilitate migration, Sebi has now extended this additional liquidation period to July 19, 2026, according to a circular issued on Friday. A 'Migrated VCF' is a VCF that transitions to become a sub-category of VCF under Category I - Alternative Investment Fund as per the AIF norms. The market watchdog reiterated that VCFs' transition to AIF regulations are given an additional liquidation period till July 19, 2025. On application requirements,

Omnivore India, others settles with Sebi over delay in winding up VCF

Omnivore India Capital Trust and Omnivore Capital Management Advisors have settled a case pertaining to alleged delay in winding up the venture capital fund on payment of Rs 14.62 lakh. This came after the two entities filed an application with Sebi proposing to settle the enforcement proceedings that may be initiated against them for the violation of regulatory norms. In its settlement order passed on Wednesday, Sebi noted that the entities shelled out Rs 14.62 lakh and settled the matter. Accordingly, the regulator said it would not "initiate any enforcement action against the applicants for the said violations". The case relates to an alleged delay in winding up the venture capital fund, Omnivore India Capital Trust. The fund was registered with Sebi on June 1, 2011, as a Venture Capital Fund. The initial close and final close of the fund happened on April 2, 2012 and January 16, 2014, respectively. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), which conducted a thematic .

India doubles down on AI with Rs 10,000 crore fund, 50,000 GPU ambition

With another round of bidding closing in early June, Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary at the MeitY anticipates an additional 15,000 to 16,000 GPUs will be secured

VC firm Seafund eyes up to 25 deep-tech investments, aims for follow-up too

The investments will be made over the next two to three years as part of the firm's second fund, a Category-II AIF (alternate investment fund)

India VC deals rise 19%, funding up 20% in early 2025: GlobalData

India's VC ecosystem grew strongly in early 2025 with deal volumes up 19% and funding up 20%, bucking the global trend of slowdown in markets like China and the UK

Auxano Capital eyes final close of two funds, 3-4 exits by year-end

VC firm Auxano Capital aims to close two funds worth ₹200 crore each by end-2025 and plans 3-4 startup exits, with investments nearing ₹200 crore across 34 startups

360 ONE Asset launches Rs 500 cr VC fund to tap early-stage startups

360 ONE Asset's Rs 500 crore VC fund will invest in seed and Series A startups across sectors including AI, fintech, spacetech, defence, and precision manufacturing