VC Fund Investments
Mumbai-based Generic Aadhaar has raised seed funding in return for a 10% stake from Japanese venture capital firm Beyond Next Ventures, at a valuation of INR 500 crore. Generic Aadhaar, founded by 19-year old Arjun…
PE Fund Investments
Publicly-listed Yes Bank is to raise USD 1.1 Billion (about INR 8,900 crore) from global private equity investors Carlyle and Advent International, with each investor acquiring a 10% stake. Of the investment, USD 640…
Other Private Equity/Strategic Investments
A clutch of global private equity funds – Warburg Pincus, Goldman Sachs, Carlyle and Baring PE Asia – are in talks to invest USD 250-300 million for a significant minority stake in Quantiphi Analytics, a US- and…
Fund News
Capital market regulator SEBI wants alternative investment fund (AIF) schemes of private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) firms to be ring-fenced from each other so that any stress and liabilities in one pool of…
Fund News
Bengaluru-based Artpark Foundation has launched a USD 100 million venture fund to invest in 10-15 early and growth-stage artificial intelligence and robotics startups. The fund will make its first closure by December…
Angel Investments
Bengaluru-based contextual e-commerce platform The Nestery has raised over INR 6 crore in a pre-Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV). The Nestery is marketplace that helps parents discover what to buy…
VC Fund Investments
Lucro Plastecycle Pvt Ltd has raised additional capital from Circulate Capital, a Singapore-based investment firm that focuses on backing climate-tech firms. Based in Mumbai, Lucro specialises in recycling…
VC Fund Investments
Bengaluru-based GetSupp has raised INR 9.5 crore in a seed round from General Catalyst and Better Capital. The round also saw participation from angel investors including NoBroker's Saurabh Garg, Curefoods…
VC Fund Investments
ChattyBao, a Delhi-based ecommerce startup built on WhatsApp, has raised over USD 5 million in a seed funding round co-led by Vertex and Info Edge Ventures. It also saw participation from 7Square Ventures and…
VC Fund Investments
Mumbai-based rural fintech startup Jai Kisan has raised INR 142 crore (USD 18 million) in a Series B round of funding. Existing backer Blume Ventures spearheaded this round with INR 31.20 crore while Mirae Asset…
