Why Foreign VCs Have Shut Their Taps

Foreign investment in India's start-ups has plummeted 72 per cent to $4.58 billion so far, from $16.2 billion during the same period last year. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only......

ShareChat raises $502 mn from Snap, Twitter, others

ShareChat on Thursday said it has raised $502 million (about Rs 3,725 crore) in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tiger Global, valuing the homegrown social media platform at over $2.1......

Start-ups in 2016: A year of funding crunch (and it isn't over yet)

Investors spent much of 2016 cleaning house. And a VC tells Ranju Sarkar: "There's still some bad news left in the portfolios (of VC firms). What happens to Ola and Flipkart will drive......

From boom to doom: The story of India's start-ups

While the media gaze has been on start-ups in trouble, investors who funded them have mostly escaped attention, says Ranju Sarkar. IMAGE: Start-ups that did not have a business model or attract......