Malvika Maloo

Malvika is a senior correspondent at VCCircle. She writes about India's bustling startup ecosystem and the investors fueling it.

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02 January, 2026

Deals Digest: PE-VC activity remains muted amid New Year break

Private equity and venture capital deal activity hit a low during the five-day period ending January 2, according to data ......

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22 December, 2025

Capital Square Partners-controlled Startek set to make an acquisition for Africa expansion

Business-process-outsourcing (BPO) service provider Startek, owned by Singapore-based private equity firm Capital Square Partners (CSP), is set to make an ......

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17 December, 2025

VC firm VenturEast exits seven-year-old SaaS bet with stellar returns

VenturEast, one of India’s oldest venture capital firms that has been investing in the country since 1997, has entirely exited ......

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12 December, 2025

Deals Digest: PE/VC activity rebounds on big-ticket infra, green bets

Private equity and venture capital activity bounced back to normal levels in the five-day period ended December 12, according to ......

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05 December, 2025

Deals Digest: PE/VC activity softens, but M&A transactions stay strong

Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funding momentum weakened in the first week of December. However, a couple of ......

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05 December, 2025

Decacorns, unicorns not essential for our success: Fireside Ventures' Singh

Early-stage consumer-focused venture capital firm Fireside Ventures recently closed its fourth fund after raising Rs 2,265 crore ($253 million) from ......

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03 December, 2025

India SME Investments brews fresh bet in bootstrapped coffee chain

Private equity firm India SME Investments, which focuses on small and medium enterprises and counts companies such as Kushal’s Fashion ......

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01 December, 2025

Rapido's Sanka on being frugal, getting ready for an IPO, and more

Rapido, which began as a bike-taxi disruptor, has grown into a multi-format mobility platform spanning autos, cabs, and logistics, and ......

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28 November, 2025

Deals Digest: PE/VC funding plunges despite rise in deal volume

Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) dealmaking saw a sharp decline in capital deployed despite an uptick in deal ......

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28 November, 2025

Elevation Capital, Peak XV eyeing multimillion outcomes as Meesho seeks $5.6 bn valuation

Elevation Capital and Peak XV Partners, two of India’s most prolific venture capital firms, are looking at multi-million-dollar outcomes from ......