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Venture capital deal value grew 5 times in the last 10 years: Report
Overall since 2014, the figure has been pegged at $10 billion
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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
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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
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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
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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
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New funds ride fourth wave of venture capital
Maiden funds, like Blume Ventures' $22 million fund, are invariably backed by local investors
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VCs could be bad for your start-up. Here's an alternate model of funding
Professor Saras Sarasvathy says have someone pay you to build the product, reports Tech in Asia
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Investors hang up boots to don entrepreneurship mantle
Venture capitalists are leveraging their experience to build something new
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Amazon vs Flipkart and Uber vs Ola: It's all about good and bad investments
It's not about capital dumping at all
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VCs share deals to improve success rate
''By sharing deals, we are sharing the outcome," says Shekhar Kirani, partner, Accel
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Venture capital shift from growth to early-stage funding
It is moving from growth stage to early-stage; from consumer to enterprise (b2b), to those offering SAAS
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Start-up funding eases, but crunch is not over
Winter is here but the freeze in funding could be easing for start-ups
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Kalaari bets on founders to ride e-commerce wave
For founders Vani Kola and Rajesh Raju, it's not so much the idea, but the people they are betting on
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Number of VC deals falls for fourth consecutive quarter: report
Caution continues to dominate VC market as investors focus on proven companies amid global macroeconomic upheaval, says a joint report by KPMG and CB Insights
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VC investments decline 34% to $324 million in April-June 2016: Report
Information technology and IT-enabled services companies, at 73 deals worth $223 million, attracted 78% of VC investments
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Tiger Global slows down but VC funding remains vibrant
Saif Partners, Tracxn Labs and Accel Partners emerge as the largest deal makers this year so far
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