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Picus Capital to back 10-15 startups in 2022; eyes Web 3.0 bets
Early-stage global investment firm Picus Capital will back 10-15 startups in India as the firm plans to increase its exposure ......
Finance
Fintech services launch neobanks to offer credit, other banking solutions
India’s new-age financial technology services companies are increasingly launching neobanking platforms to offer credit and other banking solutions to customers ......
Finance
Lightspeed eyes more bets on new themes like agritech, healthtech
Lightspeed, known for its bets on Byju’s, Oyo and ShareChat, expects to sharpen its focus on startups in the agritech ......
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Fintech is still in its early stage in India, says Sagar Agarvwal of Beams FinTech fund
Fintech space is set to see more market opportunities amid increase in domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as smaller financial ......
Finance
Beenext invests in two lending-focused fintech startups
Singapore-based venture capital fund Beenext has invested in two local lending-focused fintech startups in a latest transaction, two persons familiar ......
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Mumbai-based mobile wallet firm becomes second fintech to go insolvent
At a time when the fintech sector is flush with funds, and firms like Paytm, PhonePe and Mobikwik are in ......
Finance
True North's seventh fund to focus more on investing in digital-first firms
True North, one of the oldest Indian private equity (PE) firms, is readying to pump in money into digital-first companies ......
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WestBridge, Nexus-backed Biz2Credit set to raise over $500 mn in pre-IPO round
Small and mid-sized enterprise (SME) fintech lending platform Biz2Credit Inc. is set to raise over $500 million to $1 billion ......
Finance
Demographics and convenience spurring hyper growth in financial services: HDFC vice-chair, CEO
Unprecedented growth in financial services is resulting from rapidly changing Indian demographics and consumer behaviour which is underpinned by the ......
Finance
Northern Arc Capital sharpens focus on early-stage startups
Digital debt financing platform Northern Arc Capital has begun sharpening its focus on financing early-stage startups, mid-market companies, and retail ......