Covid spurs matured-stage start-ups to advance their IPO plans

In the past few days, many companies, including fashion e-tailer Nykaa, food delivery platform Zomato, logistics and delivery firm Delhivery, insurance discovery platform PolicyBazaar, eyewear......

COVID is a blessing for Edtech firms as they see massive jump in VC fund

Venture Intelligence data shows that during January to July 2020, investors infused $998 million in 31 deals. The total number of deals reported in 2019 was 42 worth $404 million. Venture Capital......

Despite sluggish economy, start-up valuations, funding continue to soar

Even at early stage, start-ups are raising more money faster owing to the rise of a lot of specialised early-stage VCs and emergence of seed-stage programmes. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

India's unicorn club is galloping along

Over the last 12 months, thanks to bold bets by venture capital firms like Sequoia, SoftBank Vision Fund, and foreign strategic investors like Naspers, pipeline of start-ups with potential to......