Page 21 - Venture Capital

Social commerce player DealShare raises $11 mn from Matrix Partners, others

The start-up, focused on middle- and lower-income clientele in grocery and home categories segments, in Tier-II and -III cities, currently has over 300,000 customers and services 15,000 orders per day

Groww raises $21.4 mn in Series B funding from Ribbit Capital, Sequoia

Groww, an investing platform offering direct mutual funds on its platform, has more than 2.5 million registered users

JLL's VC arm Spark invests undisclosed sum in co-working platform Qdesq

Deal will help investor provide a more comprehensive solution to its clients in 35 Indian cities

August PE/VC flows up 13% YoY to $4.4 bn; infra, realty grab 35% share

16 large deals with value over $100 mn each were recorded, aggregating to $3.3 bn, compared to six such deals worth $3.3 bn a year ago

UP to create Rs 200 crore venture capital fund for MSME start-ups

SIDBI will manage the venture capital corpus

Venture Catalysts launches Rs 300-cr fund for early stage startups

Started with a dedicated fund allocation of Rs 300 crore, the accelerator VC 9Unicorns Fund plans to invest in 100 start-ups in three years

Private equity, venture capital exits drop 86% in Q2

41 profitable exits compared to 77 a year ago

We want to bridge gap between angels and $100 mn funds: Artha Venture Fund

Artha Venture Fund was originally known as Artha India Ventures

Lightspeed Ventures looks to cash in on cloud-based businesses

Lightspeed doesn't disclose its investments but officials say that as an early stage fund, it makes seed and series A investments that are in the range of $1-$3 million and $3 million-upwards

VC investments in auto-tech companies up 250%, trucking platforms lead race

Nearly half of the money was received by trucking platforms including BlackBuck and Rivigo. This segment alone attracted $265 million across 10 deals

VC investment in India is expected to be buoyant throughout the year: KPMG

Automotive service companies were a big hit with investors, led by the Ola funding of $300 million from Kia and Hyundai (both of Korea) as part of a plan to develop electric vehicles

Global VC funding in digital health firms up 32% at $9.5 bn in 2018: Study

Global venture capital funding in digital health sector, including private equity and corporate venture capital, touched a record high of USD 9.5 billion in 2018, up 32 per cent from the year-ago period, says a report. According to global communications and research firm Mercom Capital Group, global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health sector touched USD 9.5 billion raised in 698 deals, higher than the previous record set in 2017 of USD 7.2 billion in 778 deals. The total corporate funding for digital health companies including debt and public market financing reached USD 13 billion in 2018, a 58 per cent increase from the USD 8.2 billion raised in 2017. "Venture capitalists' love of digital health companies is evident, but Wall Street is not yet convinced as more than 60 per cent of publicly-traded digital health stocks traded below the S&P 500 in 2018," commented Raj Prabhu, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercom Capital Group. He further noted that though funding deals every .

Bigger VCs in India have shifted focus to later-stage investments: Report

VC industry in India has evolved to a more "mature" phase in the last couple of years, says a recent report by Bain & Co and IVCA

Venture capital deal value grew 5 times in the last 10 years: Report

Overall since 2014, the figure has been pegged at $10 billion

From Oyo to Udaan, India's VC mkt records over $2 bn investment in Q3: KPMG

India saw several $ 100 million-plus mega deals this quarter, including $ 120 million by CureFit and $ 100 million by BookMyShow

Funding by VC firms in Southeast Asian start-ups rises to a record: Data

Education, technology and healthcare sectors have been attracting huge investment from VC and private equity funds

Venture Capital firms looking at agriculture start-ups for rich harvest

Funding in such companies sees steady rise every year; in FY18 alone, around Rs 2 billion worth of investment has gone to five firms

Nilekani, VC Aggarwal float $100-mn tech fund to back mid-stage startups

'The Fundamentum Partnership' will look to lead investment rounds of $10 million to $25 million

Need funds for your start-up? Here's how to get the perfect intro with a VC

Best intros come from people who have a personal relationship with the VC, reports Tech in Asia

New funds ride fourth wave of venture capital

Maiden funds, like Blume Ventures' $22 million fund, are invariably backed by local investors