Tag: Rishabh Lawania

Chinese fund ZDream acquires Xeler8

Chennai: Chinese accelerator and venture fund ZDream Ventures has acquired 100% stake in Gurugram-based Xeler8, an intelligence platform providing startups database to venture capital and private equity firms. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. For the Chinese VC, this is the third in Indi…

Start-ups see 6% dip in Q3 deal activity

Dry season for startups continues to become drier, as funding activity has further reduced with total number of deals struck in Q3 amounting to 291, a 6% reduction compared to the previous quarter, says data from Xeler8, a data cruncher that works using machine learning and analytics. “Surp…

Startup merger and acquisitions surge on funds crunch

As venture funding slows down, startups seem eager to sell themselves off. This is showing up in a surge in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As). In July, there were as many as 36 M&As, almost twice that in June and about three times the January and February numbers, according to data from s…