According to Venture Pulse – a quarterly report published by KPMG Private Enterprise, the venture capital investments were robust world over, despite the pandemic-led disruptions during July-September quarter. The VC investments In India, grew to $3.6 billion in July-September from $1.5 billion in the June quarter, supported by mega deals including the...
Sequoia Capital to Raise India-Focused VC fund
Global venture capital firm Sequoia Capital has formally registered a new investment vehicle Sequoia Capital India V with the U.S. capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Commission early this month to invest in India, reports VCCircle. The company expects its fundraising process will take more than a year. While it...
India’s Stock Market Regulator Announces Relaxed Listing Norms
With the aim of boosting India’s startup ecosystem, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the body that regulates Indian stock markets, has relaxed listing and fund raising norms for the startups. According to India’s IT industry trade body Nasscom’s key findings of the India Start-up Report 2014, there are:...
Northwest Venture Partners Predicts that 2015 is India's Year
Sergio Monsalve, a partner with Norwest Venture Partners, opines in Fortune that for international and emerging market ventures, 2015 will be the year of India. He mentions that Brazil, Russia, India, and China all had been developing and maturing very impressive Internet properties in the last few years, and some...
Capitalizing on the Indian Online Market
"500 million people will be coming online over the next three to four years on inexpensive smartphones," said Vivek Wadhwa, an Indian-American academic and entrepreneur. "This will create an Internet revolution that will make our (American) dot-com boom seem lame." These soon-to-be connected consumers are also young -- making them...
Culture of Start-ups is developing in India
According to my good friend Saurabh Srivastava, who is based in the New Delhi area, "There are dynamic entrepreneurs who are trying to run their start-ups at a fast-growing pace. Given the market condition which is full of potential, a lot of venture capitalists are investing in start-ups as they...