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20 March, 2024

Separating fact from fiction: how many unicorns does India really have?

Last week, Perfios, a startup offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, entered the much-coveted unicorn club after raising $80 million from late-stage ......

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27 July, 2023

Freshworks, EKA founders' VC firm eyes over $200 mn AUM with second fund

Together Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm, led by founders of Freshworks, Eka Software and a former Matrix executive, has ......

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09 June, 2023

Grapevine: Goldman Sachs eyes healthcare bet; Waterfield plans new fund-of-funds

Goldman Sachs is in advanced talks to invest in a Sequoia-backed healthcare company, focused on nephrology, neurology and critical-care segments, ......

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17 May, 2023

WestBridge bets around $250 mn on another IT firm

WestBridge Capital, which appears to be retuning its investment strategy with bigger and bolder bets against its historical stance of ......

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04 May, 2022

Quona Capital's third fund exceeds target of $250 mn, gears for final close

Venture capital company Quona Capital is set to mark the final close of its third fund in a few months ......

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31 January, 2022

B2B startups tapping social media, playing rap songs to create funding buzz

Earlier this month, business-to-business (B2B) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Rocketlane played a rap song to announce their Series A funding. It went viral on social media with music entrepreneur Nikhil Chinappa offering to remix the rap.   Likewise, ......

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10 October, 2021

For Accel and Tiger Global, we have possibly clocked the largest value of returns: Girish Mathrubootham

Freshworks Inc. created history last month by becoming the first software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup from India to list on Nasdaq, making ......

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15 November, 2019

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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10 July, 2019

Accel India bets on construction materials marketplace

Venture capital firm Accel India has invested in a real estate and construction materials marketplace, a person privy to the ......

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04 October, 2018

Why OYO's billion-dollar fundraise can't hide sustained slowdown in startup funding

Walmart acquired Flipkart, Paytm became Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway’s first bet in India, and SoftBank-backed OYO is now valued more ......