Malvika Maloo

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

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Secondaries deals key for evolution of PE/VC ecosystem: Panellists at VCCircle LP Summit

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16 February, 2024

Secondaries deals key for evolution of PE/VC ecosystem: Panellists at VCCircle LP Summit

Activity in the secondary market would be an important aspect for the evolution of the private ecosystem in the country......

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Finance

16 February, 2024

Rising exits by PE/VC firms major shift in DNA: Panellists at VCCircle LP Summit

An improvement in exits and in the ability of private equity and venture capital firms to return money over the ......

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Finance

12 February, 2024

Anicut Capital looks to finish fundraising for debt, equity funds

Homegrown private credit and venture capital asset manager Anicut Capital is looking to wrap up fundraising for two of ......

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Finance

09 February, 2024

Green Frontier Capital's Sandiip Bhammer on challenges in climate investment and more

Climate-focussed venture capital firm Green Frontier Capital, which has backed companies such as BluSmart, Battery Smart......

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Finance

08 February, 2024

Why Avendus is expanding its investment focus on manufacturing sector

Avendus Future Leaders Fund, the late-stage investment arm of financial services firm Avendus, is expanding the list of ......

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General

02 February, 2024

Deals Digest: Funding activity back below $100 mn this week

Investment activity by private equity and venture capital-backed lowered significantly this week, with the total value ......

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TMT

02 February, 2024

Bottomline: Lightrock-backed axio's FY23 revenue doubles but losses widen too

Non-banking lender axio, which counts Lightrock, Amazon, Elevation Capital, Sequoia Capital and Ribbit Capital amongst ......

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Healthcare

30 January, 2024

Kedaara Capital hires former Lakme exec to build consumer healthcare platform

Mumbai-based private equity major Kedaara Capital has hired a former Lakme executive to build its consumer healthcare ......

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Infrastructure

29 January, 2024

I Squared-controlled Polaris lands $625 mn smart metering contract

Polaris Smart Metering, a company controlled by global private equity firm I Squared Capital, has secured two smart ......

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Finance

29 January, 2024

Pidilite Ventures' Sanket Parekh on focus areas and why it won't raise external capital

Pidilite Industries set up its corporate VC arm Pidilite Ventures in 2021. Since then, Pidilite Ventures has invested in......