“Private Equity-backed cos. outperform their peers”: Study
PE/VC-backed companies fare better in terms of growth in sales & asset growth, a study by Venture Intelligence – under the guidance of Prof. Thillai Rajan of IIT-Madras – shows.…
Did “Tranching” of Investments by VCs lead to the Undoing of Stayzilla?
In a LinkedIN post titled “What We MUST learn from the #Stayzilla Incident. But are we?“, Vijay Anand, Founder of Chennai-based accelerator The Startup Centre, suspected that VC investors in…
Media Mention: TA Associates invests in pharma products supplier Ideal Cures
Mint‘s coverage of the deal quotes Venture Intelligence data. According to Venture Intelligence, this will be TA Associates’ third investment in the healthcare space in the last three years. It…
Media Mentions: VC and angel investment on slow track in February – Times of India & Business Standard
From the Times of India report: Indian startups may need to brace up for a fund squeeze with VC and angel investments touching new lows in February. According to data…
Why are VCs and Angels slowing down?
On the back of chilling news of mass layoffs at home grown E-Commerce Unicorn Snapdeal and a “reboot” at homestays aggregator Stayzilla, Venture Capital investment activity hit a five month…
Mint-Venture Intelligence Deal Tracker (Feb 20)
Venture Intelligence is powering the (Weekly) Deal Tracker on The Mint. The Deal Tracker is featured in the Deals Section (Page 3) every Monday. Venture Intelligence is India’s longest serving…
Japanese power utilities join investors in India’s energy sector: The Japan Times
A Japan Times article quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE investments in the energy sector in India: Venture Intelligence, which tracks private equity deals in India, estimates that energy companies…
$25m to $400m: SAIF Partners exits MakeMyTrip, makes 16 times on its investment
An Economic Times article quotes Venture Intelligence data on venture exits: Exits for venture-backed companies added up to $1.5 billion across 64 deals in 2016, as compared to $1.56 billion…
SoftBank’s markdowns imply reduced visibility on profitable growth for India’s top startups: Forbes
A Forbes article quotes Venture Intelligence data on VC investments in 2016: In 2016, as many as 620 transactions were sealed in the PE/VC space, according to data available with…
Mint-Venture Intelligence Deal Tracker (Feb 6)
Venture Intelligence is powering the (Weekly) Deal Tracker on The Mint. The Deal Tracker is featured in the Deals Section (Page 3) every Monday. Venture Intelligence is India’s longest serving…