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IvyCap announces first close at $215Mn for its third fund, targets nearly $270Mn at final close

IvyCap, which relies heavily on generating capital through some of India’s strongest alumni networks, first launched in 2014 with a ₹240 crore fund.

Tim Ferriss, AngelList’s Naval Ravikant back ‘Galaxy’, a new $45Mn fund aimed at creating angel investors out of startup founders

India’s startup ecosystem has evolved rapidly over the past few years. Sheer…
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Sony Innovation Fund, which has made over 100 investments, hits first closing of its $215Mn fourth round

Sony, the Japanese consumer electronics behemoth, is known to lend a helping…

GEM pumps $100Mn in blockchain network ‘5ire’, world’s first sustainability-focused Layer 1 blockchain project

The proceeds from the investment will be deployed towards making recruitments to expand teams across sales, marketing, product development, and other functions, as well as making investments in research and enhancing 5ire’s products.
Pratilipi raises funds, expands, eyes IPO

QIA puts $1.5Bn in Bodhi Tree, James Murdoch and Uday Shankar’s latest investment venture

James Murdoch and Uday Shankar, two well known names in the media…

Home interior and renovation upstart Livspace is the latest addition to India’s accelerating unicorn line-up

It seems that we are seeing a replay of what happened last…

Crypto giant FTX valued at $32Bn post $400Mn Series C fundraise

As cryptocurrencies have come to the mainstream and gained exposure and popularity,…

European tech startups gobbled up a staggering $93Bn in investments in 2021

With 2021 marking the year of startups, it is hardly a surprise…

Rocketlane, a customer onboarding platform by ex-Freshworks execs, gets $18Mn in Series A

As SaaS solutions see accelerated adoption in a post pandemic world, customer…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joins stock trading platform Groww as investor and advisor

In what would provide massive credibility boost to stock trading platform Groww,…

Andreessen Horowitz raises a staggering $9 Billion for its Venture, Growth, and Bio Funds

Andreessen Horowitz, more popularly known by ‘a16z’, has announced, what would unarguably…

More capital for Indian fintechs as Neobank Jupiter gets $86Mn in fresh round, valued at nearly $710Mn

The neobanking sector in India is growing slowly but steadily and has…

India-focused healthcare VC firm HealthQuad raises nearly $150 million for its second fund

India-focused healthcare venture capital firm HealthQuad announced the pre-final close of its…
CarTrade

Cars24, the used cars marketplace, gets $400Mn more to fuel ‘aggressive’ global expansion

With startups making acquisitions left and right, raising record amounts of capital,…