Page 24 - Venture Capital
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
 "VC investment in India is expected to be buoyant throughout the year: KPMG")
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 .
 "Global VC funding in digital health firms up 32% at $9.5 bn in 2018: Study")
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
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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
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
 "VC investments decline 34% to $324 million in April-June 2016: Report")
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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