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In 2023, the value of PE-VC investments in Indian companies fell by 37.7% YoY to less than $30 billion. The number of deals also dropped by 80.2% YoY. The decline in investment

• 70% of start-up founders are incorporating artificial intelligence into their solutions. • PE-VC investments saw a decline of 38% in 2023, dropping below $30 billion. • IT and ITeS companies accounted

Key points: – Indian origin-led early stage VC firm Countdown Capital, led by Jai Malik, is set to shut down by the end of March. – The firm will complete pending investments,

PE/VC investors in India have made almost ₹1 lakh crore (approximately $14 billion) in exits in 2023, thanks to the bull run in the stock market, according to a report by Nuvama.

The recent shutdown of Countdown Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, has raised important questions about the future of venture capital. The firm’s founder, Jai Malik, stated that funding industrial startups was

Key Points: Venture capital (VC) deal activity was weak in 2023, with global VC investments reaching the lowest levels since 2019. In the U.S., just $170.6 billion was invested into companies in

Key Points: The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has made its first ever investment in the UK life sciences sector, providing £25 million in funding to biotech firm Freeline. Freeline is

Japanese developer and provider of marketing platforms, Micoworks Inc., has raised JPY 3.5 billion ($24.5 million) in a Series B funding round led by Vertex Growth. Other participating investors included JAFCO Group,

Chinese venture capital firm GBA Capital has announced plans to launch a $10 billion fund to support Web3 startups in early growth stages. The fund will focus on startups building solutions with

Key Points: Investment in startup companies is shifting from software to manufacturing industries. 107 SMEs and startups raised a total of 857.4 billion won in Series A investments in the second half