Malvika Maloo

Malvika is a senior correspondent at VCCircle. She writes about India's bustling startup ecosystem and the investors fueling it.

VC firm Elevation Capital enters late-stage investing with $400-mn fund

Finance

29 August, 2025

VC firm Elevation Capital enters late-stage investing with $400-mn fund

Homegrown venture capital firm Elevation Capital, which typically makes early-stage bets, has forayed into late-stage ......

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Finance

27 August, 2025

Defence-focused VC firm Indusbridge sets timeline for first close of maiden fund

​Indusbridge Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on the defence and aerospace sector set up by former investment ......

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Finance

26 August, 2025

Bottomline: Bessemer-backed Lentra AI nears break-even in FY25

Cloud-based lending platform Lentra AI Pvt Ltd, which counts marquee names such as HDFC Bank, Bessemer India, MUFG Bank ......

TMT

25 August, 2025

Fintech startups Kiwi, CredRight raise Series B funding

Fintech startup Kiwi, which facilitates credit via UPI for its customers, has pocketed $24mn (Rs 209 crore) in its ......

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Finance

25 August, 2025

Good Capital's Malhotra on AI thesis and why startups should go public sooner

Early-stage venture capital firm Good Capital is currently deploying its second fund that marked the final close ......

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Finance

22 August, 2025

Meesho, Orange Health backer Good Capital closes second VC fund

Early-stage venture capital firm Good Capital, which has backed startups such as Meesho, Orange Health and LEAD School, ......

Finance

22 August, 2025

Aavishkaar Capital ropes in Japanese LP for its credit fund

Impact investor Aavishkaar Capital, which manages assets of around half a billion dollars, has roped in a Japanese ......

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Manufacturing

21 August, 2025

Iron Pillar exits manufacturing portfolio firm as new investors join cap table

Venture capital firm Iron Pillar has sold its stake in a technology-driven manufacturing company that it first backed ......

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Finance

20 August, 2025

Iron Pillar gets key LP, marks final close of second fund

Mid-stage venture capital firm Iron Pillar, an investor in startups such as Uniphore, CureFoods, and FreshtoHome, has ......

People

19 August, 2025

Lightrock strengthens its India team, adds four execs

Lightrock, a London-headquartered private equity player and impact investor that  counts WayCool, DeHaat, Shiprocket ......