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While the amount of funding in the late stage almost tripled to $458 million from $149 million in May last year, investors made only four investments in May, over eight deals in the year-ago period.

Over the last 12-15 months, investors such as Blume Ventures, Leo Capital and new entrants like Synapses have been betting on climate tech startups. Even global investors are looking to invest in climate tech companies.

The Indian climate tech sector is rapidly attracting investment from both domestic and global venture capital...

Happy Tuesday! Despite deal activity in late-stage startups showing signs of a revival, new unicorns arent being birthed. This and more in todays edition of ETtech Morning Dispatch.

Investors are going back to the same list of startups they have already backed to write bigger cheques leading to new unicorn sightings becoming rare. Only Perfios and Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwals Krutrim AI have become unicorns so far in 2024, and the number was the same for the whole of 2023.

Investors have recently begun actively looking for investment opportunities and funding Indian startups after a short period of inactivity. Recently,

In April, Indian startups recorded $726 million in 68 deals, from $298 million in 43 deals in April of 2023 - a spike of about 144 percent.

Venture capital fund Synapses, founded by veteran investors Ruchira Shukla and Karthik Chandrasekar, has launched its maiden investment vehicle.

Avendus, India's leading investment bank for venture deals, is looking to raise about $300 million for its private equity unit, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The Mumbai-based firm, backed by U.S. private equity giant KKR, has established itself as the top financial advisor in India, working with popular growth-stage startups including Zepto, LensKart, XpressBees, CaratLane, and Atomberg on their funding rounds last year. With its third private equity fund, Avendus p...

Avendus, India's leading investment bank for venture deals, is looking to raise about $300 million for its private equity unit, according to three sources Avendus, India's leading investment bank for venture deals, is looking to raise about $300 million for its private equity unit.