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Emerging markets focused research service Frontera quotes Venture Intelligence PE in Real Estate investment data in its article titled " Five Reasons Why Investors Are Moving Capital Into Commercial Real Estate in Emerging Markets ". Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

VC impact: The picture beyond the pixels: Prof. Thillai Rajan. A in Business Line  PE/VC-backed Cos Fare Better Than Those Going Solo': Economic Times PE/VC investments outstrip IPO capital: Indian Express PE/VC firms outperformed IPO investments between 2011-2016: Report - Times of India PE-funded start-ups grow faster than firms going solo: The Hindu PE, Venture Cap-backed cos faring better than firms going solo: Outlook PE/VC investments six times more than what IPOs raised in six years: Financial Chronicle  Study finds PE/VC-backed companies outperforming peers going solo: Chennai Patrika PE, Venture Cap-backed cos faring better than firms going solo: Zee News ; Financial Express ; DNA ; Business Standard Prof. Thillai Rajan, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras  suggests that companies backed by Venture Capital firms or Private Equity (PE) grow significantly: India Education Dairy Related: Full Press Release The full report can be d...

Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

PE/VC-backed companies fare better in terms of growth in sales & asset growth, a study by Venture Intelligence – under the guidance of Prof. Thillai Rajan of IIT-Madras - shows. According to a new study by Venture Intelligence, a leading research firm focussed on Private Company Financials, Transactions and their Valuations in India, Private Equity (including Venture Capital) backed companies are growing significantly faster as compared to companies that did not have any PE-VC funding and also publicly listed companies that comprise market indices like Sensex, Nifty and CNX Midcap. The Private Equity Impact study, first conducted in 2007, measures the impact of PE and VC funds on the Indian economy using quantitative and qualitative methods. This year, with advice and guidance from Prof. Thillai Rajan A of Department of Management Studies at IIT-Madras , the study revisited the theme of comparing PE- and VC-backed companies vis-à-vis those that did not have any PE/VC fun...

In a LinkedIN post titled " What We MUST learn from the #Stayzilla Incident. But are we? ", Vijay Anand, Founder of Chennai-based accelerator The Startup Centre, suspected that VC investors in the company might not have transferred the entire funding amount as available in public sources like TechCrunch, etc.  Venture Intelligence Research Head Vinoth jumped into action to pull out regulatory filings based information from the Venture Intelligence PE/VC Deals Database . And advised Vijay Anand that the investors had indeed paid up the committed capital of $13.5 M (INR 87.77 Cr to be specific) in full. Here's an extract from Stayzilla's FY16 annual report acknowledging the receipt of the investor's committed capital. While tranching of funding has caused problems at  other startups , it does not seem to have been the villain in the case of Stayzilla. In all cases though, think of  Venture Intelligence  whenever you need validated i...

Mint 's coverage of the deal quotes Venture Intelligence data. According to Venture Intelligence, this will be TA Associates’ third investment in the healthcare space in the last three years. It has previously backed Dr Lal Pathlabs Ltd, which went public in December 2015. It invested about $26 million in drug ingredients maker Shilpa Medicare in January this year. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

From the  Times of India report: Indian startups may need to brace up for a fund squeeze with VC and angel investments touching new lows in February. According to data from Venture Intelligence, VC investments touched a 5 month low while angel investments hit a 14 month low in February. With 32 VC investments worth $241 million, activity levels in February 2016 were 20% lower than February 2015 and 36% lower than the average activity witnessed in the Oct-Dec quarter. Data from the research firm shows that except for a slight uptick in series B funding, all other categories saw a dip or remained flat. From the Business Standard report: The angel, seed, Series A, Series C and Series D investments were down compared to the previous months, while there was a minor increase in terms of number of investments into Series B. Angel investment has seen a 14-month low and declined to 21 deals during February 2017, compared to 49 deals during the same month of last year.  ...

On the back of chilling news of mass layoffs at home grown E-Commerce Unicorn Snapdeal and a “reboot” at homestays aggregator Stayzilla, Venture Capital investment activity hit a five month low in February 2017, down for a third month in a row. Venture Intelligence tracked 32 VC investments* worth $241 million in February. The activity or number of investments were 20% lower compared to the same period last year as well immediate previous month and 36% lower than the average activity levels witnessed in the Oct-Dec quarter. (*Seed to Series D round investments of up to $20-M in companies less than 10 years old. The monthly analysis includes investments of over $20-M as well in tech startups that are less than 10 years old.) Except for a minor uptick in the Series B category, investment volumes were either flat or lower across all other rounds. The largest VC investment in the period was the $54 million raised by Cartrade.com led by existing investor Temasek – the same com...