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India mints only five unicorns so far; investors say 2021-style boom unlikely to returnBesides macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical issues, investors turned more cautious after the exuberant period of 2021, prioritising ...- ShareChat valuation drops 60% to under $2 billion post new fundingTwitter and Google-backed homegrown social media firm Sharechat has closed $49 million in debt financing through convertible debentures fro...
- Pool of ‘unemployed CXOs’ grows as old firms refuse to match startup salariesSeveral CXOs laid off by startups are struggling to find new roles as traditional companies are unwilling to hire them at the inflated sala...
- 2023 Year in Review: Secondary rounds may headline deal flow at startups next year tooRisk investors ET spoke with said secondary share sales are likely to continue in 2024, as the focus would be on the limited number of good...
- Funding in Indian startups sinks to $7 billion, lowest since 2017Investments till date at $7 billion for 2023; Oct-Dec least funded quarter since July-Sept 2016, show data
- ‘2026 revenue forecast for SaaS startups plunges 74% to $26 billion’The report, titled India SaaSonomics: Navigating Growth and Efficiency, said that concerns of a recession loom large for the Indian SaaS in...
- Lack of late-stage opportunities led to SoftBank going slow on India investments: BofA SecuritiesSeveral domestic companies haven’t met its “sweet spot” of investing in startups valued at $500 million to $2 billion, the report added.
- Exclusive: Pine Labs, PharmEasy face markdowns by Neuberger Berman as tech valuations tumbleThe chill in the consumer Internet investment ecosystem and the subsequent cooling down in startups’ growth in India are now being felt thr...
- Reserve Bank of India rejigs priority sector guidelines to make banking more inclusiveWhile retaining the overall priority sector lending target of 40 per cent for local commercial banks, the target for lending to small farme...
- Flipkart world's 3rd most funded private companyThe homegrown e-commerce company has to date raised almost $7 billion in capital, higher than that raised by global behemoths like Airbnb a...
- Asset management firm marks up Flipkart's valuation by up to 64%, Ola's by 12%The move to markup the share prices comes after both their valuations fell by 30-40% and successive markdowns faced by the two companies in...
- As startup story goes awry, Esops lose their sheenOnce the ultimate wealth-creation vehicle, and part of the startup lore, Esops have lost their shine along with the startup story.
- Fearing loss of control over company, Ola changes rules to give more powers to foundersAccording to the changes, investors will now need approval of founders and board to acquire additional shares from other stakeholders.
- Cautious deal-making back with mega Flipkart fundingEntrepreneurs and investors bedeviled by growth pangs and lack of sufficient capital in recent months have good reason to be circumspect.
- Why Ola, Snapdeal should look to raise debtAnt, which operates Alibaba's Alipay payments service, is the world's second-biggest unicorn, with a $60 billion equity valuation that trai...
- 4 major trends that defined the digital economy in 2016For Indian startups – amongst the most high-profile sectors in the country’s business landscape—the money crunch began much before demoneti...
- Chemistry, not mathematics, rules mergers: Mohit Bhatnagar, MD, Sequoia CapitalThe smartest entrepreneurs knew last year was an anomaly so they raised capital playing the game, put the money in a safe and threw the key...
- Need for calm minds as Startup India girds up for challenge of building sustainable businessesOver $ 7 billion of venture capital was invested in startups last year, leading to an upsurge in the entrepreneurial boom sweeping across t...
- Global fund allows us to be opportunistic, says Pramod Haque of Norwest Venture Partners"We’re also very mindful of valuations, and when they get a bit aggressive we decide to wait and see."
- With investors tightening purse strings, startups sober up to lower valuationsFacebook had raised capital from Microsoft at a valuation of $15 billion in 2007, two years later its valuation was down to $10 billion.
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