Venture Capital firms made 197 investments worth $623 million in Indian companies during the six months ending June 2016. The investment activity in H1’16, while 18% lower compared to the same period in 2015 (which witnessed 240 investments worth $958 million) is actually the highest ever (if we were to ignore the "dream year" of 2015), Venture Intelligence show.
Arun Natarajan, Founder, Venture Intelligence and Ashish Fafadia, CFO, Blume Ventures discuss these numbers in the ET Now Startup Central show.
In the video, Ashish Fafadia of Blume points out how, with more seed and angel capital becoming available, Series A funding will continue to be a "choke point" for startups.