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Finance
Fund Scan: Can Kedaara Capital stay the course as coronavirus shakes portfolio firms?
Last month, private equity firm Kedaara Capital added a non-bank lender to its portfolio. At any other time the investment ......
People
PolicyBazaar's Dahiya tops list of best-paid startup founders in India
Insurance-tech aggregator PolicyBazaar showered its co-founders with huge perks to catapult them to the top of the list of highest-paid ......
TMT
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 ......
TMT
Who are the biggest cash guzzlers in India Startup Inc?
Cash burn is a necessary evil that venture investors have to deal with, but India’s best-funded startups turned more aggressive ......
Finance
SoftBank spends $2.5 bn to get second Vision Fund off the ground
SoftBank Group Corp has pumped $2.5 billion of its own cash into new investments since October, people familiar with the ......
TMT
Lenskart walks into unicorn club with SoftBank Vision Fund investment
SoftBank Vision Fund is injecting $275 million (Rs 1,956 crore) into online-to-offline eyewear retailer Lenskart, as it continues to pour ......
General
Grapevine: SoftBank to invest in Lenskart, Dailyhunt; Colombia carrier parent eyes Jet
SoftBank is in advanced discussions to close two investments — a $400 million (about Rs 2,881 crore at current exchange ......
General
Manipal set to buy Medanta; PhonePe, Lenskart in talks for big funding rounds
Ranjan Pai-led Manipal Hospitals is set to acquire hospital chain Medanta for Rs 5,800 crore ($835 million) after two years ......
TMT
In Charts: How much cash did India's top-funded startups burn in FY18?
India’s heavily funded technology startups are growing at a breakneck speed even though they have shifted gears downwards and have ......
Healthcare
Eight Roads Ventures-backed Specsmakers seeks fresh funding for expansion
Chennai-based eye-care products retail chain Specsmakers Opticians Pvt. Ltd, which is backed by Eight Roads Ventures and Fulcrum Venture India, ......