Deepti Chaudhary
Startups
Startups see M&A wave in their sector this year: VCCircle survey
Startups in India see a flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals this year as both raising funds and staying ......
Finance
IFC commits $3 mn to pi Ventures' maiden VC fund
International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to invest $3 million (about Rs 20 crore) in Bengaluru-based early-stage venture fund pi Ventures, ......
TMT
Social startup Haqdarshak secures angel funding, $2 mn commitment
Bangalore-headquartered Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a tech-enabled social enterprise, has raised close to Rs 1.25 crore ($191,000) in angel ......
General
IvyCap raises bulk of second fund, to start returning from debut fund
IvyCap Ventures Advisors Pvt. Ltd aims to start returning capital to investors in its debut fund this year and is ......
General
59% of our portfolio firms from Fund I have raised follow-on VC funding: Orios' Khan
For Rehan Yar Khan, managing partner of Mumbai-based venture capital firm Orios Venture Partners, the next big investment opportunity lies ......
General
India's PE, VC industry needs to fix gender imbalance fast, say women trailblazers
When early-stage investor Unicorn Ventures was looking for a partner for its newly-launched investment firm last year, it was inundated ......
TMT
Why high-paying Indian startups are cutting no ice with job-seekers
For 31-year-old Puneet Parthasarthy (name changed), it was a dream job. His employer, a B2B tech startup, had deep-pocketed investors, ......
General
Blume Ventures is VC fundraiser of the year: VCCircle Awards
Mumbai-based tech-focussed early-stage investment firm Blume Ventures, which closed its second fund of $60 million last year, has won the ......
TMT
What's firing up Infibeam
India's e-commerce story is a familiar one—cash burn, negative unit economics and a pipe dream called profitability, all in the ......
TMT
Swedish investor Kinnevik to sell half its stake in Rocket Internet
Swedish investment firm Kinnevik AB is selling nearly half of its 13% stake in German Internet conglomerate and incubator Rocket ......