Private Equity

Rockstud Capital Launches $36.4 Million Angel Fund To Back Indian Start-ups

14/03/2023

The fund will focus on companies operating in the digitalisation, sustainability, financial inclusion, consumption and health sectors

Grayscale Ventures Raises $10 Million For Micro-Fund Targeting Pre-Seed AI, SaaS Start-ups

27/02/2023

The investment company has already backed SaaS start-up Olvy and pharmaceutical billing software provider Localwell

Lexygen Advises Basil Technology Partners As Lead Counsel On $700 Million Technology Fund

25/02/2023

In a likely first-of-its-kind transaction in Asia, Lexygen advised Basil Technology Partners on the close of a bespoke $700 million fund which will be co-managed with Capital Square Partners

SIDBI Forays Into The Venture Debt Market, Chairman S. Ramann Addresses PE-VC Industry

23/02/2023

SIDBI is working towards facilitating credit supply to the MSME sector in line with the government's vision of making India a $5 trillion economy. The organisation aims to grow its balance sheet to Rs 5 trillion in the next two years

ChrysCapital in Talks to Invest $100 Million in Lenskart: Report

23/02/2023

Existing investors are expected to partially exit through a secondary share sale, and the investment is taking place at a valuation of $4 billion. Lenskart aims to continue expanding with 400 new stores and expects to turn profitable in the financial year...

SBI Opens Third Specialised Start-Up Branch In Gurugram

10/02/2023

The primary aim of this branch is to provide end-to-end support to start-ups at every stage of their journey, says Dinesh Khara, chairman of SBI

Merger and Acquisitions and Other Corporate Deals Surpass Pre-Covid Levels In 2022: PwC India

30/01/2023

It is to be noted that deal activity witnessed a steady decline quarter-on-quarter after a strong start in the initial months of 2022, the report said, and 70 per cent of deal activity in terms of value and volumes was witnessed in the first half of 2022,...

Private Equity Inflows Plunge 42 Per Cent To $23.3 Billion In 2022: Report

10/01/2023

The numbers reflect the overall funding winter that the start-up space in particular, and the overall foreign investments in general have been witnessing since the Ukraine war began last February

How Do IRDAI’s Latest Reforms Benefit PE Funds And VCs?

27/12/2022

The regulator’s decision to allow private equity funds to directly invest in insurance companies through Special Purpose Vehicles gives insurers an option to make their own choices with greater ease

VCs and PEs Invest $33.3 Billion In Indian Start-Ups Amid Funding Winter: Report

03/12/2022

India is currently the home of the third largest ecosystem of start-ups after the US and China