Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly attended Wall Street Journal's "All Things Digital" conference wearing a T-Shirt that read "quiet period" on the front and "can't answer questions" on the back. This follows the controversy surrounding the interview given by Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com (another company that has filed for an IPO), to the New York Times. "Perhaps Marc Benioff should have had a similar t-shirt made up . . . and then stuffed in his mouth," says David Hornik, a venture capitalist with August Capital.
Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) investments in India during the quarter ended June 2023 (Q2'23), at $9.85 Billion across 182 deals, registered a 33% decrease compared to the same period in 2022 (which saw $14.6 Billion being invested across 371 deals). The investment amount however rose 74% compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $5.7 Billion being invested across 181 deals), shows data from Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations. The PE-VC investment figures for the first 6 months of 2023 - at $15.5 Billion (across 363 deals) - was 50% lower compared to the same period in 2022 (which saw $31 Billion being invested across 800 deals). Q2’23 witnessed 19 mega deals ($100 M+