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Cred's founder, and chief executive officer (CEO), Kunal Shah, retained his title as the king of angel investing in 2022. Once again, he topped the list of angel investors funding the most deals in a year, according to Venture Intelligence data, with 67 investments. Moreover, Shah appeared to be holding back on investments in comparison to last year, when he participated in about 96 deals. This comes as private equity and venture capital funding to the startup system has dried up due to a prolonged funding winter. Notably, early-stage deals increased at an unprecedented rate this year, wh...

Meanwhile, Shah seemed to be lowering his investment activity in contrast to the previous year, where he contributed to 96 deals.

Sequoia Capital led venture capital investments in India in 2022, completing 71 deals as of November, although it was 30% fewer than the 103 it struck a year ago

Fund managers encashed $16.7b from exits this year, as against $37b in 2021.

Venture debt, present in India only for the last 5-7 years, has now emerged as the preferred way for startups to access capital quickly.