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Flashback 2018: Usual suspects, surprise packages among India's most active VCs

Finance

28 December, 2018

Flashback 2018: Usual suspects, surprise packages among India's most active VCs

Sequoia Capital India and the local arm of US-headquartered Accel have retained their status as the most active venture capital...

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Healthcare

26 December, 2018

Flashback 2018: Ayushman Bharat, big-ticket deals recharge Indian healthcare

The launch of Ayushman Bharat—touted as the world’s largest state-sponsored health insurance scheme—and a billion-dollar...

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Finance

26 December, 2018

Flashback 2018: How venture capital dealmaking across stages fared in India

Record billion-dollar funding deals for budget hospitality chain Oyo and food delivery company Swiggy were the showstoppers this...

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Healthcare

21 December, 2018

GSK Velu on valuations in diagnostics and why localisation is key for services biz

GSK Velu continues to juggle multiple roles. A year ago, he re-entered the diagnostics business by setting up Neuberg Diagnostics ......

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Finance

19 December, 2018

Matrix Partners tops up third India-dedicated fund

Multi-stage investment firm Matrix Partners has raised additional capital for its third India-dedicated fund. The firm mopped...

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Healthcare

14 December, 2018

How GSK Velu's Trivitron Healthcare has inspired patience among its PE investors

Five years after first betting on a company, private equity investors typically get fidgety and seek an exit. But this ......

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Finance

12 December, 2018

IPE Global-backed investment firm to launch debut impact fund

An investment firm sponsored by Indian development consultancy group IPE Global Ltd is looking to launch its first impact fund,...

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Finance

11 December, 2018

GSK Velu-backed Stakeboat resizes debut PE fund, to mark final close by March

Stakeboat Capital, a mid-market private equity firm backed and launched by serial healthcare entrepreneur GSK Velu, is reducing...

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Consumer

06 December, 2018

True North strikes big-ticket acquisition finance PE deal

Private equity firm True North is striking its sixth and biggest deal of 2018 to help a listed consumer healthcare ......

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Finance

06 December, 2018

Fund Scan: Can Lightspeed retain knack for trendspotting as it doubles down on India?

Global venture capital firms started testing the waters of India’s startup ecosystem in the early years of the new millennium....