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Why women investors must take charge
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (350+ words) Why women investors must take charge'The New Indian Express The war situation in the Middle East is worrying investors everywhere The stress is felt across all classes and categories of investors The surge in volatility across financial and commodity markets…...
IIT-Madras launches Rs 600-crore deep tech focused venture capital fund for startups
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (320+ words) CHENNAI: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras Research Park (IITMRP) has launched a Rs 600 crore deep-tech-focused venture capital fund aimed at supporting startups working in strategically critical technology domains. The fund, titled IIT Madras Unicorn Frontier Fund I, has appointed…...
5 companies become unicorns in 2025; only 30 firms are profitable
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (330+ words) India saw five start-ups becoming unicorns in 2025 against 111 unicorns emerging globally. According to Tracxn Geo's India Tech Annual Funding Report 2025, these five new unicorns are Raise Financial Services, parent company of Dhan, financial digital app Navi, food and retail grocery…...
Innovation funds – focused on gen-next
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (189+ words) Innovation funds " focused on gen-next'The New Indian Express In my last column, we commenced a discussion on Innovation Funds detailing what businesses it usually invests in and its merits But, despite its exciting potential, innovation funds are not without risks…...
Worrying? Funding in late-stage deeptech start-ups decline 69% in 2024
11+ mon, 1+ day ago (393+ words) BENGALURU: Though the country's start-up ecosystem is also focusing on deeptech (more into innovation), the overall funding in the late-stage has come down drastically in the last few years. According to data sourced by market intelligence firm Tracxn, late-stage funding…...
Start-ups see 9% surge in funding at $2.5 billion in March quarter
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (385+ words) This increase in funding shows that investors are betting big on start-ups, especially late-stage ($1.8 bn in Q12025). In contrast, seed-stage witnessed a 56% decline in fund raising as total ... BENGALURU: In the first quarter of this calendar year (January-March 2025), start-ups have witnessed…...