Early investors fight to stay competitiveAmid shrinking market shares early stage VCs look to niche areas to stay relevant in the AI race. ET explores the field.
24 Mar, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Early stage investors fight to stay competitiveThe rush to invest in AI startups has resulted in intense competition, with average funding size and valuation on the rise. Smaller venture...
24 Mar, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Speciale Invest elevates Vishnu Rajeev to partner as it scales deeptech betsThe elevation comes at a time when Speciale Invest is actively deploying capital from its third pre-seed and seed-stage vehicle, Fund III, ...
21 Jan, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
IIT Bombay incubator launches Rs 250 crore deeptech fund, to back 30 startupsIIT Bombay's SINE launched Y-Point Venture Capital, a substantial Rs 250-crore deeptech fund aimed at elevating early-stage startups. Targe...
09 Dec, 2025, 06.58 PM IST
Nisarg Shah led solo GP VC fund, Kettleborough VC, launches Fund IIBuilding on its strategy of investing in experienced founders at venture inception, the fund will focus on 'Dhandha-first' businesses.
16 Jul, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
Eximius Ventures announces $30 million Fund II for pre-Seed investmentsEximius Ventures Fund-II plans to make dedicated investments in 25-30 companies across fintech, AI/SaaS, frontier tech, and consumer tech s...
23 Jan, 2025, 10.56 AM IST
AI software firm Thesys raises $4 million from Together FundFounded in 2024 by Guha and Parikshit Deshmukh, Thesys helps product owners and designers simplify the process of creating AI agents. It pr...
07 Nov, 2024, 04.32 PM IST
NBFC Seeds Fincap raises over $8.5 million funding from Lok Capital, Z47Founded in 2021 by Subhash Acharya and Avishek Sarkar, Seeds Fincap raised $8.5 million from Lok Capital and Z47. The Gurugram NBFC has dis...
17 Jul, 2024, 04.21 PM IST
Incubate Fund Asia announces third fund, rebrandingThe Singapore-based fund also said it is rebranding itself as Incubate Fund Asia. Previously, as Incubate Fund India, it only backed domest...
21 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
VCs keep purse strings tight despite raising more capitalProminent investors focused on India, which have typically backed portfolios in growth and late-stage rounds, have moved downstream towards...
03 Jul, 2023, 04.55 PM IST
8i Ventures announces first close of $50 million second fundThe fintech and commerce focused fund plans to write $1.5-2 million cheques at the seed stage, going up to $10 million in the Series B round
03 Nov, 2022, 04.09 PM IST
Seed stage investment firm Speciale Invest raises Rs 286 croreThe firm, which focuses on deep tech and enterprise technologies startups, is looking to back more than 20 companies through pre-seed and s...
06 Apr, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Capital A launches USD 10-million fund to boost EV ecosystem in India"We have launched the fund after having developed an active thesis and forging industry partnerships that enabled us to gain deep insights ...
16 Feb, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
Micro venture fund Fluid eyes Rs 80 croreAs per Amit Singal, co-founder of Startup Buddy, the investment vehicle will look to invest in both B2B and B2C ventures.
21 Nov, 2019, 11.33 AM IST
Finance company, Kogta Financial, raises Rs 154 croreThe Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia-managed fund invested about Rs 114 crore for a minority stake, while IIFL Seed Ventures, the first i...
29 Nov, 2018, 08.44 AM IST
East Asian investors eye Indian market; view current slowdown in funding as opportunityThese investment firms view the current slowdown in funding in India as an opportunity to test their India thesis through coinvestments.
15 Jun, 2016, 05.45 PM IST
On a quest to find high growth entrepreneurs, disruptive Paul Singh looks far beyond the ValleyWhen Paul Singh teamed up with Dave McClure in 2010 to start early-stage seed fund 500 Startups, he quickly rose to prominence.
13 Jun, 2014, 01.16 PM IST