Funding for startups

NEW DELHI: The prolonged funding winter has forced Indian startups to leave thousands of employees out in the cold. In the first half of 2023, about 70 startupshave laid off more than 17,000 employees, data sourced from recruitment and…

SoftBank Group Corp.’s new startup bets hit a record low last quarter as valuations continued to slide, chilling an already frosty startup winter.The world’s largest tech investor — which at one point took part in $30 billion worth of…

A Mumbai-based venture debt marketplace is in the midst of setting up an Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) in India and raise USD 90 million for funding 100 startups in 10 countries as well as opening a Singapore office. "The AIF, a private…

NEW DELHI: Total funding in Indian startups grew three times over last year to touch $39 billion in 2021. While the total number of startups founded during the period stood at 3,476, around 1,700 companies witnessed 2,055 funding rounds,…