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Finance

12 April, 2018

How a decline at lower end of mid-market PE dealmaking is starving SMEs for funds

A mid-market private equity firm invested $10-15 million (Rs 65-100 crore) in two small and medium enterprises over the past ......

TMT

15 January, 2018

Nilekani-backed Power2SME sees FY17 revenue rise six-fold in two years

Business-to-business marketplace Power2SME has more than doubled its revenue and reduced its losses by half for the year through March ......

Finance

13 December, 2017

CDC leads Veritas Finance's $18.6 mn Series B round

Chennai-based financial services firm Veritas Finance Pvt. Ltd said on Wednesday it has raised Rs 120 crore ($18.6 million) in ......

TMT

30 May, 2017

Logistics tech startup Loadshare raises first funding round from Matrix Partners

Bangalore-based Loadshare Networks Private Limited, which operates a tech platform catering to small and medium-sized enterprises in the logistics space, ......

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Finance

05 May, 2017

Madhya Pradesh govt-sponsored VC fund nears first close

Madhya Pradesh SME Innovation Fund, which seeks to invest in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups, is looking at ......

TMT

01 May, 2017

IFC to invest $10 mn in B2B firm Power2SME

International Finance Corporation, the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank, will invest up to $10 million (Rs 64 crore) ......

Finance

25 April, 2017

Temasek, Warburg Pincus-controlled NBFCs get debt funding from IFC

International Finance Corporation plans to provide a total of $150 million (Rs 1,020 crore) to two non-banking finance companies controlled ......

TMT

13 April, 2017

Anicut Capital bets on fintech startup Lendingkart

Lendingkart Technologies Pvt. Ltd, an online financing platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has raised funding from Anicut Capital ......

General

07 October, 2016

NBFC floated by Sanjay Nayar, Narayan Seshadri, Vikram Sud joins hands with FlexiLoans

Several veterans from the financial services space including Sanjay Nayar, chief executive of KKR India, and Vikram Sud, former head ......

General

05 October, 2016

Small cos rake it in; money raised through IPOs on SME exchanges doubles in H1

Fund raising by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from initial public offerings more than doubled to Rs 384 crore in ......