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One in five top-funded Indian startups started making profits: VCCircle study
The path to profitability of portfolio companies has been a burning issue in the venture ecosystem in India for the ......
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India's 50 best-funded startups clocked $5 bn revenue with $2.8 bn loss in FY19
Indian tech startups, which had put a brake on cash burn in 2017-18 as investors started asking about visibility on ......
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Why India's B2B unicorns are more capital-efficient than B2C startups
Indian or Indian-origin technology unicorns that focus on the business-to-business segment are more capital-efficient than their business-to-customer counterparts, a new ......
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Value lens: Did Blackstone peg a fair value on test prep firm Aakash?
When talks of Blackstone planning to invest in test preparation firm Aakash Educational Services Ltd first emerged, some analysts assumed ......
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General Atlantic takes a bigger bite of restaurant chain operator
Private equity firm General Atlantic has increased its stake in an Indian company that operates a chain of restaurants, a ......
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How Naspers built its Indian empire as it readies for $100-bn listing of web assets
In December last year, food delivery company Swiggy received its biggest cheque—$1 billion—from investors to date. But that isn’t the ......
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Trifecta Capital bets on Sequoia-backed ed-tech startup
Venture debt firm Trifecta Capital has struck its first deal in the education-technology sector, a person privy to the development ......
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Verlinvest-backed XSEED strikes second ed-tech acquisition
XSEED Education Pvt. Ltd, which is backed by Belgian private investment firm Verlinvest SA, has made its second acquisition in ......
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Exclusive: Lumis Partners-backed Talentedge buys ed-tech firm in maiden acquisition
Arrina Education Services Pvt. Ltd, which runs online interactive learning solutions platform Talentedge, has struck its first acquisition in the ......
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Flashback 2018: New-age tech startups make presence felt in year's top PE deals
Dealmaking across private equity and venture capital remained almost flat this year after a record 2017. But if there has ......