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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Manufacturing

26 February, 2026

India SME Investments backs bootstrapped transformer maker

Private equity firm India SME Investments, which is focused on backing small and medium enterprises in the country and ......

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Finance

26 February, 2026

GCC-based investor Razor Capital rolls out India-focused fund; marks first close

Razor Capital, a Gulf Cooperation Council-based cross-border alternative investment platform providing growth-stage ......

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People

23 February, 2026

Saudi Arabia's SIDF Investment promotes exec to lead indirect investments

SIDF Investment Company (SIC), a sovereign-backed investment platform owned by the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (......

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Infrastructure

23 February, 2026

African PE firm AIIM set to add new LP for energy transition fund

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), an infrastructure-focused private equity firm with a pan-African ......

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Consumer

17 February, 2026

Early-stage VC firm AUM Ventures set to roll out second fund, to take larger bets

Abu Dhabi-headquartered AUM Ventures, which makes early and pre-growth stage bets on Indian entrepreneurs, has initiated......

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Finance

16 February, 2026

Suhail Sameer's OTP Ventures closes maiden fund

OTP Ventures, a venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs Suhail Sameer, Kunal Suri and Saurabh Vashishtha in 2024, ......

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Finance

12 February, 2026

Chiratae Ventures onboards Japanese LP for fifth fund

Chiratae Ventures, a domestic technology-focused venture capital firm currently raising its fifth flagship fund, has ......

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Manufacturing

09 February, 2026

Africa-focused PE firm Phatisa marks first close of Food Fund III

Mauritius-headquartered private equity firm Phatisa, which focuses on food and affordable housing investments across sub......

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Finance

06 February, 2026

Deals Digest: PE-VC deal value warms up; M&A subdued

Private equity and venture capital dealmaking showed a marginal improvement in the first week of February, ......

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Healthcare

06 February, 2026

Amethis strikes a secondary buyout with Ethos PE portfolio firm

​Private equity firm Amethis, which invests in mid-sized businesses across Africa, the Middle East and Europe, has ......