SMEs
Finance
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
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
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
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, ......
Finance
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
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
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
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
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
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 ......