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Private Equity/Venture Capital firms invested over $11.9 billion (across 188 deals) in the first 3 months of 2021, representing an increase of about 85% compared to the corresponding period in 2020, According to Venture Intelligence data, January to March 2020, the last pre-pandemic quarter, recorded PE-VC investments of $6.5 billion across 238 deals. The value of investments in Q1FY21 was also over 58% higher compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $7.5 billion being invested across 231 deals). Deal volumes in the period, however, dipped 21% compared to Q1FY20 and down 19% ...

BENGALURU: Serial entrepreneur Kunal Shah’s two-year-old startup Cred is set to be the next unicorn (startups that are valued at $1 billion or more). A new round of funding is expected to more than double its valuation to over $2 billion, two sources aware of the matter said. Cred, which offers rewards for credit card payments, is finalising a $200 million fund-raise that will make it the second fastest startup to become a unicorn in India, in 29 months. Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce startup Udaan is to date the fastest to reach unicorn status, in 26 months. Cred's eye-popping jum...

  Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) exits in Indian companies surged to 22 deals in February, due to increasing acquisitions in the start-up ecosystem, backlogs of 2020 getting cleared out and the stock markets performing well resulting in more stake sales. This is the highest number of PE-VC exits since March 2019, according to data from Venture Intelligence, a firm that tracks private companies’ investments, financials and valuations. Pent-up demand Sandeep Mishra, Vice-President, Research and Investments, Zephyr Peacock India, said the surge in the number of exit deals is due to pe...

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With increase in supply of talent, support and capital there is higher gender diversity 2020 was a dismal year for the start-up ecosystem in India, be it in terms of funding raised or the number of new firms founded. But the silver lining was, the share of women founded/co-founded firms among the top 150 funded start-ups in the country rose to 16.7 per cent, the highest in the last six years, according to data from Venture Intelligence, a firm that tracks private companies’ investments, financials, and valuations. Talent supply Sandeep Mishra, Vice-President, Investments and Research, Zephy...