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India Venture Capital market ended on a high note in 2019

Business Line 29 Jan 2020

During Q4’19, Silicon Valley-based Accel closed a $550-million fund, its sixth India-focused VC fund ... Despite a small decline in VC funding year-over-year, the US continued to dominate the VC market globally, accounting for more than half of the VC investment seen during 2019, the study said....

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‘India’s VC market ends 2019 on a high note securing mega deals’

Business Line 29 Jan 2020

The mega-deals included a $1-billion funding round by PayTM and a $500-million round by business productivity company Udaan ... During Q4’19, Silicon Valley-based Accel closed a $550-million fund, its sixth India-focussed VC fund. India has also seen an increase in VC investments by Japan’s trading houses....

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Silicon Valley VC 7BC Capital expands in Europe, recruits first venture partner

Crunch 29 Jan 2020

7BC VC focuses primarily on AI, FinTech, blockchain and related startups ... “Part of the success of a startup with or without VC funding is their ability to generate positive PR for the company and be noticed by multiple relevant audiences, but also tell a story, do something novel, and innovate.”....

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Kenyan logistics startup Sendy raises $20M round backed by Toyota

Crunch 29 Jan 2020

The company plans to use its Series B funding for new hires and to upgrade its tech ... Sendy’s total funding to $29 million, according to Alloys. Formed in 2019, Atlantica Ventures is a relatively new Africa focused VC fund co-founded by Washington DC based Aniko Szigetvari....

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Automation startup LogiNext gives 16-fold exit to angel investor

Live Mint 29 Jan 2020

Whatever they pitched, they delivered—be it the numbers, the valuation, or the fund raise,” said Mehta ... Mumbai-based Mehta also launched a venture capital fund called 100X.VC in July 2019. The venture fund plans to invest in 100 startups in one year. “So far, we have done 20 deals from the fund and we want to do 20-25 a quarter and 100 deals a year....

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Hope to see a higher budget allocation to help SMEs battle liquidity crunch, says Instamojo ...

Deccan Herald 29 Jan 2020

The allocation of the recommended distressed asset fund of Rs 5,000 crore along with the activation of the proposed “Fund of Funds” of Rs.10,000 crore to encourage PE and VC firms looking at investing in the MSME segment, will bring respite to both the MSME segment and its key stakeholders....

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Good Business: The Best Funds With a Conscience

Canada Dot Com 29 Jan 2020

Green companies are growing faster than the broader economy, and investors who bet on ESG funds are making a lot of money ... To see the full list of the biggest ESG funds who are beating the market, click here ... Can a VC Behind Smart-Homes Be a Sustainable Darling?. One fund found itself at the vanguard of ESG....

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A conversation with ‘the most ambitious female VC in Europe’

Crunch 29 Jan 2020

Blossom Capital, the venture capital firm co-founded by ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown, just raised a new $185 million fund. The firm’s remit remains broadly the same ... top-tier investors ready to back portfolio companies at the next stage ... ....

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'Expect Budget to have progressive income tax rates'

Deccan Herald 29 Jan 2020

By Malini Agarwal, ... We often think of large, independent unicorn stories when we think of startups, but the reality is many small and medium-sized enterprises operate downstream as suppliers to larger corporates ... While VC activity has certainly grown in India, broader access to funds continues tightening as banks and NBFCs become more risk-averse....

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GCC healthcare market ‘on track to hit $70bn’

Gulf Daily News 29 Jan 2020

Delegates will return to the Healthcare Investment Forum tomorrow (January 30) to hear about private equity investment strategies and cross border collaboration, as well as developing a venture capital (VC) funding strategy around how to deeply funding capital in order to maximise the returns on investment....

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Budget 2020 | What the government can do for startups

Moneycontrol 29 Jan 2020

Funding to startups. Lack of funding and profitability accounts for closure of nearly half of all startups in India ... While most of the PE-VC (venture capital) deals and funding go to Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai, there is a lot of on-ground activity in tier 2 cities....

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Yumpingo Raises $10M to Transform Guest Experiences in Restaurants

The Marshall News Messenger 29 Jan 2020

Restaurant intelligence platform today announced it has raised $10 million in a Series A investment with London-based VC Smedvig Capital. The funding will be used to scale and further innovate Yumpingo’s one-minute instant review platform, launch Yumpingo Pay, a new pay-at-table ......

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[Startup Bharat] The grand edtech opportunity: low-hanging fruit for investors and founders alike in non-metro markets

Your Story 29 Jan 2020

Also Read Small-town startups go the bootstrapping route, show VC funding isn’t the norm for success ... The edtech market ... What really ticked ... Going digital ... Exam-preparation startup GradeUp raised $7 million in Series A funding in November earlier, with a plan to expand to Tier II, III, and IV markets ... A bulk of this funding was in 2018 and 2019....