Indian private equity funds raised $1.5 billion up to June 2003 as against $1.60 billion in the entire 2002, indicating signs of a pick-up in venture fund activity.
Venture capitalists invested more than $400 million in India so far this year and the VC funding sector was all set to witness a positive growth in 2003, after significant decline in the previous two years, a top industry expert said in Bangalore.
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While industry is upbeat, start-ups in the space sector are finding it difficult to cater to the demand due to a lack of funding, issues related to policy like foreign funding, intellectual property, etc, and a lack of support in testing.
DRs have shares as an underlying asset and are typically issued by a bank, known as the depository bank, on behalf of a company.
All major sectors -- real estate, e-commerce, IT, retail and consumer products, healthcare -- saw new all-time highs in value invested.
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Major institutes see rise in summer placements; consulting, BFSI, e-commerce firms are top recruiters, says Vinay Umarji.
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The investment is through the asset manager's holding company IIFL Wealth Management Limited.
At 357 with a wealth of $700 million, Khosla is the only person of Indian origin in the list.
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During his last visit to India, Khosla had said the focus of Khosla Labs would be to fund innovations around Aadhaar.
'India-China economic ties are likely to take a hit in the wake of the new situation, but that also provides India with a new opportunity to strengthen its manufacturing base,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
Property sales have been sluggish and the sector has been facing headwinds. So, firms are in wait-and-watch mode.
Apply the 'insurgent' tests on what Ambani, Ramdev and Agarwal have done of late, and you will start seeing the similarities rather than obvious differences of industry, upbringing or social station, says Shailesh Dobhal.
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Out of the 24 IPOs, 20 companies had anchor investors, which collectively subscribed to 31 per cent of the total public issue amount.
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Growing the number of electric vehicles on Ola's platform is part of the terms SoftBank has put forth for the funding
Enabling the online booking and payment for Indian Railway tickets is one such case. Amitabh Pandey's book is about how he went about enthusing teams inside the Indian Railways and facilitating online reservations, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The final guidelines should be there in 3-4 months.
India's limited-overs' skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni does "miss playing Test cricket" and is keeping a keen eye on the series against the West Indies, starting Thursday. He says spinners will play a huge role in the four Tests the team led by Virat Kohli will play on the tour.
Dhruv Shringi, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) at Yatra, tells Ajay Modi that Indian online travel market is definitely moving into a duopoly situation.
The country will witness a mushrooming of technology start-ups over the next five years.
The comments drew sharp criticism from netizens with some calling Facebook's Free Basics plan as Internet colonialism.
Few angels have seen exits; till that happens, they won't be rushing to invest again.
'I've been backing businesses in the e-commerce space because they enable goods and services to reach people who could never have been catered to in this manner before.'
Start-ups that did not have a business model and, hence, could not grow or attract new funding, are shutting shop.
India's retail sector has benefited from the rapid growth in e-commerce
The investor community says the move by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to bring angel funds under the Alternative Investment Funds Regulations is a mix of good and negatives.
The tax forces young startups to part with a portion of the capital they have raised from investors due to disagreements over the valuation of the company by Income Tax officials.
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It's also among the top five most valuable Internet companies in India, reports Yuvraj Malik.
Albeit muted for most part of the year, Deal Street in India has clocked M&As worth $29 billion in 2014 and expects the size to get larger with transactions worth over $40 billion in the New Year.
Xioami, currently the world's third-largest smartphone maker, is now planning to raise about $1.5 billion in its fifth round of financing, media reports said.
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