Venture Intelligence study also highlights rising dominance of Homegrown VC funds in Early Stage funding Only 1 in 4 startups that attract seed funding manage to raise follow-on funding in the form of a “Series A” round, a new report from Venture Intelligence , India’s longest serving data platform on Private Company Financials and Transactions, shows. Out of the about 3,250 startups that had raised seed funding between 2015-2023, only 25% (i.e., 821 companies) managed to raise a Series A round (typically the first round of institutional Venture Capital funding), the study titled Series A Landscape Report found. Once a startup attracts a Series A round however, its success ratio in raising subsequent rounds of capital, improves quite significantly. For instance, 41% of the companies that raised a Series A during the study period, succeeded in raising a Series B round. And, of the startups that attracted a Series B round, 45% succeeded in obtaining a Series C round. Of the Series C
Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) funds invested $7 Billion (across 205 deals) in India-based companies during the quarter ended September 2024 (Q3'24), shows data from Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations . The investment amount represents a 9% rise over the $6.4 Billion (across 193 deals) invested in the same period during 2023 (and 6% higher in volume terms). However, the figure was as much as 20% lower (and 10% lower in volume terms) when compared to the immediate previous quarter (which witnessed $8.8 Billion being invested across 228 deals). Q3’24 witnessed 20 mega deals ($100 M+ rounds) worth $5.1 Billion, compared to 17 such investments (worth $4.7 Billion) in Q3’23 and 24 such deals (worth $6.4 Billion) in the immediate previous quarter. The largest investment announced in the latest quarter was the $550 Million commitment by Canada-headquartered infrastructure focused investor, Br