While not all complaints are frivolous, experts say petitions timed close to an IPO or listing often raise concerns about mala fide intent.
Venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funds had, in 2024, taken bets on traditional businesses rather than tech-first domains like consumer tech, software as a service (SaaS) and software. According to data from Bain & Co, Pitchbook, Venture Intelligence, VCC Edge and AVCJ, prominent VC funds like PeakXV saw their share in this traditional space go up sharply from 14 per cent in 2023 to 23 per cent in 2024.
Although the third quarter of financial year (2023-2024) FY24 (Q3FY24) was marginally below expectations, Info Edge (India) is witnessing strong investment trends and hitting new highs. The big driver is optimism about a pickup in the jobs market, which benefits Naukri.com and could mean upgrades in Q4FY24 expectations. The JobSpeak Index, which Naukri.com releases on a monthly basis, is showing a "transformative shift".
'There are multiple ups and downs.' 'You should be able to withstand all that.' 'You need to have the temperament to run a marathon.'
'We look at the opportunities that are going to come in various fields in the next 5 to 10 years, do some research and come up with business plans.' 'Then, we go and seek out founders who will run the actual business.'
'Considering Pai is putting his own personal money in Byju's, stakeholders in the company can look forward to more governance and transparency.'
'Byju's financials only reflect the core business. At a group level, they are experiencing substantial losses.'
Tata made personal investments in four companies last year.
Ratan Tata has invested his own money into 3 high-growth online retail firms, which are yet to make a profit.
Lack of consumer confidence remains a key issue, but these brands are addressing the challenge in their own unique ways.
Far from public glare, company is investing in tech firms and providing consultancy.
Slack management allowed a "culturally toxic" environment to develop in Australia's swimming team at the London Olympics with abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs as well as flouting of curfews and bullying going unchecked, a review said on Tuesday.
These start-ups include high-growth companies such as Ola, Paytm, Lenskart, UrbanClap and Urban Ladder. Nearly half of these have gone on to raise follow-on funding, a key measure of success for start-ups. A few have become unicorns, the term for start-ups valued at $1 billion or more.
He seems to have struck a chord with young entrepreneurs.
Set up by three former NDTV executives, the company is targeting premium restaurants in Delhi-NCR
The Tata Sons' chairman emeritus has been aggressively investing in start-ups, ranging from e-commerce firms to cab aggregators
His presence matters more than the money he brings.
Vani Kola, Karthee Madasamy, T V Mohandas Pai also invest in the media startup
The company, which is a leading player in the Indian wearables market, is backed by angel investors like Shriram Nene and his wife and Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit Nene and WhatApp's Neeraj Arora
Tata has emerged as a major venture capital investor since his retirement.
Continuing his investment spree in India's hot start-ups, Ratan Tata on Friday invested in Kyazoonga.
This is Tata's seventh investment this year.
FirstCry is omni-channel player with presence across desktop, mobile and offline routes offering baby and maternity products in India.
Ratan Tata has made investments in his personal capacity in more than 15 start-ups over the last 20 months.
At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.
'I've been backing businesses in the e-commerce space because they enable goods and services to reach people who could never have been catered to in this manner before.'
'India has tremendous potential for digital ventures,' says Ratan Tata.
India ranks third among global startup ecosystems.
Ratan Tata has acquired a stake in Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, the first investment by any Indian in the smartphone maker.
It is Tata's fourth such investment in an e-commerce co.
Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in an entity catering to pet care.
No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising
While investment activity jumped three to four times this year over last year for e-commerce, it has shown marginal growth (five per cent) in the case of consumer and retail
Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the US.
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