Unicorn
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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 ......
General
Grapevine: Quadria Capital sets sight on PE-backed dialysis chain; WizFreight raises funding
Asia healthcare-focussed private equity firm Quadria Capital, which has backed names like Maxivision Eye Hospitals, MediBuddy, Nobel Hygiene and Concord ......
Infrastructure
B2B unicorn OfBusiness hits the road to raise funds in pre-IPO round
Business-to-business e-commerce unicorn OfBusiness is in early stages of discussion with multiple investors – both domestic and sovereign wealth funds ......
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Byju's raises $250 mn as part of ongoing $1 bn round
Edtech decacorn Byju’s has raised $250 million in debt funding from Davidson Kempner Capital Management, a US-based investment manager. This round is ......
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Invesco trims Swiggy's valuation in ‘March' again after slashing it to $5.5 bn
US-based Invesco has knocked down the value of its stake in foodtech unicorn Swiggy held through one of its investment ......
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Investors gear up for Web3, metaverse investments
Emerging spaces Web3 and metaverse have begun gaining investor attention with a significant pie of the venture capital street mulling ......
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Upskilling platform Scaler eyes fresh funding but may miss unicorn valuation
Upskilling focussed digital learning platform Scaler Academy, which is backed by the likes of bulge bracket asset managers including Tiger Global and ......
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Unacademy eyes stake in Byju's-owned Aakash
Edtech firm Unacademy, which counts Singapore's Temasek, Japan's SoftBank and US-based General Atlantic and Tiger Global among its backers, is in ......
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How Indian micro-VC ecosystem grew despite funding winter in 2022
A few years ago, it was either angel investors or friends and family who first wrote a cheque to an ......
Finance
Rebel Foods, Dunzo backer Lightbox pushes new fund launch as focus shifts to exits
Lightbox, the backer of startups such as Rebel Foods, Dunzo and Paymate, aims to go slow on launching its fourth ......