Around June last year, entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist Manish Singhal was looking to raise his first venture fund, and he thought it was the toughest task he had ever undertaken. Singhal had earlier co-founded startup financing platform Letsventure. As he searched far and wide for investor…
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Smart start-up VCs ally with global peers for faster exits
That a grim market scenario has venture capital firms locking up their purses in 2016 is a fact unmatched. But venture capital firms have turned their eye towards a global solution to return capital to their investors and deliver the best possible return they can, in times of distress. As many VC…
Hardware start-ups gaining traction, say experts
There hasn’t been many hardware start-ups launched in India because of lack of funding, proper ecosystem and mentorship, experts said. The scenario is, however, gradually changing with companies such as Grey Orange Robotics being able to raise funds. The company provides automated on-demand robot…
Robotics firm Systemantics gets next round of funding from Nandan Nilekani
Robotics firm Systemantics, which builds industrial robots for the manufacturing sector, has raised another round of funding from venture capital giant Accel Partners and Infosys Co-Founder Nandan Nilekani, a few years after it received backing from investors such as Blume Ventures. Systemantics,…