Venture Capitalists

Sequoia took a shot at hedge funds that have been targeting private investments, who are now "tending to wounds in their public portfolios which have been hit hard"

Fundraises, however, continued to show a healthy trend, with April 2022 recording a total fundraise of $1.5 billion across 16 funds compared to $569 million raised in April 2021 by 8 funds.

In April 2021, the company had announced their second fund to be a corpus of around Rs 100 crore, but this got oversubscribed to over Rs 140 crore.

Nykaa CEO at a FICCI event said that the founders of her company approached several investors but were rejected because of the absence of women in key positions in venture capitalist firms

It might look like the kind of power grab some observers see as characteristic of President Xi Jinping's China

In comparison, VC and start-up investments were hit hard in 2020, declining 38 per cent YoY

The minister invited venture capitalists (VCs) to explore new sectors for investing, promoting, and protecting young Indian entrepreneurs' intellectual property

Pune-based firm counts Lupin, L&T, Asian Paints, Reckitt and Cipla among clients; has raised a pre-seed round of $150,000, and is now in talks with some venture capitalists for a seed round

A peek into the life and times of Sir Ronald Cohen, author of bestselling book 'Impact'

India ranks at the ninth spot globally for climate tech investment, with the country's climate tech firms receiving $1 billion in venture capital funding between 2016 and 2021, according to a report

Kalaari Capital's investment came from CXXO, an initiative to promote female founders in India's start-up ecosystem.

Venture capital firms infused a total of $17.2 billion investment into the Indian startup ecosystem during January-July 2021

Accountants are fitting crypto into existing categories. As an intangible asset, Bitcoin's book value can go only one way: down.

Venture capital funds have already poured $17 billion this year into companies that operate in the space

Book review of The Unicorn's Shadow: Combating the Dangerous Myths That Hold Back Start-Ups, Founders And Investors

Chamath Palihapitiya plans to raise four more special purpose acquisition companies which add to the six blank-check companies he has already raised.

The 'India Sentiment Outlook Survey' said 19 per cent of them also held the opposing view while 16 per cent were unsure

The report suggests that looking ahead the deal pipeline remains robust and investment teams of most large and medium-sized PE funds are working flat out negotiating multiple deals

The value of investments in Q1FY21 was also over 58% higher compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $7.5 billion being invested across 231 deals)

This is Mela Ventures' third investment since its first close of the fund in August 2020