Valuations

Business News

Shark Tank India Startups’ Valuation Soars 6X with External Investors

Shark Tank India, including seasons 1 and 2, invested more than INR 1 billion in the deals. Within a period of 1.5 years, the majority of the startups who were featured on the show during season 1 closed transactions with outside investors that were 6X bigger in value.

By Sujata Sangwan

Business News

It’s a Good Time to be an Investor as Valuations have Moderated Following the 2021–22 Bubble: VCs

By Sujata Sangwan

Business News

The Volatility of Valuations: How are Investors Recalibrating It?

By Sujata Sangwan

Business News

Fidelity Investments Slash Meesho’s Valuation By 10%

By Teena Jose

Business News

Vertex Ventures Wants to Back Founders Building Good Companies Rather Than Chasing Valuation: Piyush Kharbanda

An early stage investor, Vertex Ventures mostly invests in the seed funding and Series A stage. Supported by Singapore state investor Temasek, it has made 34–35 investments so far from its $305 million Fund IV launched in 2019.

By Sujata Sangwan

Business News

Valuation Cuts Calls for Prioritising a Sustainable and Resilient Startup Ecosystem

Investors regularly monitor their portfolios in the erratic startup environment and adjust to shifting market conditions. Valuation reductions serve as a reminder of the value of thorough study, wise judgement, and the capacity to deal with uncertainty.

By Sujata Sangwan

Business News

US-Based Invesco Cuts Swiggy’s Valuation To $5.5 Billion

According to reports, Swiggy's valuation has been lowered by 48.6% from January last year, putting it behind its listed peer, Zomato, which had a market capitalization of around $6.9 billion on May 8

By Teena Jose

Business News

Dream11’s Parent Raises $400 Mn; Valuation Soars To $5 Bn

The latest round of funding has made Dream Sports one of the most valued Indian startups in the league of Paytm, Oyo, Byju's, Zomato

By Debarghya Sil

Entrepreneurs

‘Netflix’s Upstarts is Inspired by Real Founders’

Director of the movie, Udai Singh Pawar, is an insider of the start-up ecosystem

By Bhavya Kaushal

Business News

Druva Becomes the 25th Start-up to Join the Indian Unicorn Club

Data protection start-up Druva surpassed the $1 bn valuation mark after raising $130 million in a new round led by Viking Global Investors

By Bhavya Kaushal

Business News

How to Smartly Raise Funds in North America

Unlike casting a wide net on your potential market, you'll need to definitely narrow down the list of probable investors

By Ray Walia

Business News

How Much is Your Company Worth – Why You Shouldn’t Care

Building the business is the most important thing not false limelight created by media

By Ram Menon

Business News

Is There a Direct Correlation Relation Between Greed and Valuation?

Since valuation is part science part art, it is easy to fall into misconceptions related to the valuation received and the valuation process

By Shantanu Agarwal

Business News

Partnering On Many Fronts

Not many know that Family Office also supports entrepreneurs in their quest to build lasting enterprises

By Rajmohan Krishnan

Business News

How is 2017 the Year of Inevitable Correction for the Indian Startup Industry

Investors have finally begun to take notice. Days of easy money and eye popping valuations are behind us!

By Pawan Gupta

Business News

Gururaj Deshpande Says Our Entrepreneurs Should Solve Problems Existing in India

Trying to be the factory for the world is a mistake, that game is already gone. China and Taiwan did that many years ago.

By Sneha Banerjee

Business News

It’s the Best Time for Any Startup to Fulfill Their Dreams

Many investors value startups based on the number of the startups investors want or need.

By Nidhi Singh

Business News

SoftBank’s Deep Nishara Says Firm ‘Bullish’ on India

"India is not the final frontier for global investors"

By Sneha Banerjee

Business News

“Indian customers do not have loyalty”

"There exists a space for more than one e-tailer in the Indian market"

By Sneha Banerjee

Business News

Focus On Needs Not Just Wants

Reaching Rs 100 crore, this startup's founder will tell you how to control the valuation bubble.

By Sunil Pol

Business News

Battling Tough Times: What Is Swiggy’s Modus Operandi For The Rest Of 2016!

Company targets daily average of 1 lakh orders for Dec, 2016.

By Sneha Banerjee

Business News

Downturn In eCommerce Funding And Startup Valuations

Interestingly the trend of Investments has remained difficult and different in 2016.

By Chander Sawhney

Business News

What’s Pulling Investors To Enterprise Focused Startups

Encouraged by the success and evolution of cheer leaders like Freshdesk, entrepreneurs are also seen to be investing their time and talent into this space.

By Sneha Banerjee

Business News

What’s In Store for Startup Hiring In 2016 and Beyond?

Mindless growth has clearly taken a backseat and startups are looking to strengthening their presence in fewer cities and focusing on unit economics.

By Anish Basu Roy

Business News

Venture Debt Is a Useful Augmentation Tool Which Works Well Across Bullish and Bearish Times. This is Why

We look for capable management teams hitting out at large, attractive markets which are similar to the typical VC thesis for investments as well

By Sneha Banerjee

Business News

As Other Indian E-commerce Companies Struggle With Valuations, Amazon Beefs Up India Investments

The US retail giant's ambitions in India seem unfazed by dipping valuations and markdowns in the country's ecommerce market

By Sneha Banerjee

Business News

Markdowns For Unicorns Are A Message That Businesses Need To Become Sustainable.

My advice to everyone would be, raise money and keep the money in your bank

By Sneha Banerjee

Business News

How Are Funds Revamping Their Investment Philosophies

"Startups need to be mindful of legal issues right from the very start"

By Vivek Gupta

Business News

Marked Down Again, Is Flipkart Losing Ground To Amazon?

Or is it a temporary sentiment?

By Tripti Narain

Business News

Why This VC Firm Is Ramping Up Investments During Fund Squeeze

The market ecosystem continues to remain buoyant for seed and early stage startups and this is a great time to enter early -IDG Ventures India Advisors

By Sneha Banerjee