Arise Ventures founder Ankita Vashistha on third fund, AI focus and more
Early-stage venture capital firm Arise Ventures is in the middle of scaling up after more than a decade of investing across India, the US, and Singapore. Having backed companies such as software company Uniphore, meat and seafood delivery platform Licious, cosmetics marketplace Luxola, and HR technology provider Phenom across its ......
Startups get strong interest from investors at VCCircle's The Pitch
Roughly 60% of the startups that participated in The Pitch, VCCircle's multi-city startup pitching programme, received investor interest during the fifth chapter of its third edition, held in Hyderabad last week. Designed to facilitate startup discovery, The Pitch connects handpicked early-stage ventures with some of India’s most active venture capital firms. ......
Deals Digest: Year-end holiday pause shrinks PE, VC funding
With the final full week of 2025 coinciding with the Christmas holiday, private equity and venture capital activity slowed to a seasonal lull, as investors and founders stepped back toward year-end, according to data compiled by VCCircle. A total of 13 deals worth $205.6 million (around Rs 1,846 crore) were announced ......
Prosperr.io, Naxatra Labs secure funding in early-stage rounds
Early-stage startups Prosperr.io and Naxatra Labs have secured funding in separate rounds involving venture capital firms, angel investors and strategic backers, the companies said on Tuesday. Prosperr.io Prosperr.io has raised $4 million (Rs 35.8 crore) in a seed funding round led by Jungle Ventures, with participation from Yatra Angel Network, Sadev Ventures ......
Eight Roads-backed PlasmaGen Bio snags funding, valuation nears $170 mn
PlasmaGen Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company which counts investors such as Eight Roads Ventures in its captable, has raised capital from a biopharma company and family offices to scale up its operations and international presence. The Bengaluru-headquartered company, which in October named a former Abbott India executive as the chief executive, has ......
PE-backed Lohum's strategy head on financial performance, rare earth foray and more
Sustainable battery-raw-materials business Lohum Cleantech Pvt Ltd, backed by homegrown private equity firm Baring Private Equity Partners India, posted an impressive topline growth in FY25 increasing 70% year-on-year. Founded in 2017 by Rajat Verma, Lohum provides an end-to-end ecosystem for battery recycling, repurposing, materials refining, and integrated battery lifecycle management. It ......
Grapevine: Bain-Piramal fund, Bessemer, Vixar, Gauri Khan Family Trust in news
Piramal Group and Bain Capital’s JV, India Resurgence Fund (RF), has begun the process of selling part of its stake in Synthimed Labs, while Bengaluru-based biotech startup Pandorum Technologies is raising additional funding in its ongoing Series B round. Meanwhile, Vixar, formerly Arpwood Partners, has acquired a significant minority stake in ......
Deals Digest: PE, VC funding value cools despite steady deal flow
Private equity and venture capital activity slowed in terms of overall value, even though the deal volume remained healthy in the five-day period ended December 19, according to data compiled by VCCircle. Companies raised over $600 million (around Rs 5,378 crore) across 26 deals, compared with $1.44 billion (around Rs 12,908 ......
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