Early Stage Funding

Winds of Change: Narayan Murthy to turn Investor

By sinha 5 Comments

Narayan Murthy, in an interview to ET has announced his plans to turn VC. While he hasn’t detailed out the plan (corpus/sector details/whether he will be an angel investor etc), he is looking for investment beyond computers and high-tech areas. … Read More »

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13 May

Lightspeed Venture closes $800mn fund

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Lightspeed Venture Partners has closed its eighth fund with $800 million in commitments. The new fund’s large size is a result of the firm’s increasing investment in clean technology and the firm’s growth, particularly in China, India and Israel, as … Read More »

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05 Dec

Seed stage investment in India : Reality check

By sinha 6 Comments

VC investment in India stands at 777mn $, and private equity closed deals worth $13.5bn in 2007. India Shining? Well, yes but the real question is where is the money going? As per the report by Stanford University and TiE, … Read More »

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