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An Economic Times article reports on IFC to chase more early stage investments from the "current sweet spot of Series B and later". The firm has "actively started discussions, mapping the space, talking to them (funds), and understanding what the strengths are, which sectors and sub-sectors people are playing in" -  Ruchira Shukla, Regional Lead - South Asia, Venture Capital - IFC   The article also quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE/VC investments in 2016: Venture capital investments for the period January to September 2016, dropped to 285 deals, totalling $1.03 billion, compared to 390 deals, with a cumulative value of $1.6 billion, for the comparable 12-month period a year ago, according to Venture Intelligence.  Related reading: Why Venture Capital has replaced Growth Capital in LP Mindshare Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private...

Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Anita George, Director Infrastructure of International Financial Corporation (IFC) regarding the institution’s latest views on investing in India. The full version of this interview appeared in the latest Venture Intelligence quarterly Private Equity Roundup report . IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has been making PE-type investments in India since the 1980s. Even now, when India is choc-a-bloc with PE investors, IFC remains among the most active investors year-after-year. In 2010, IFC has already consummated/announced about 15 investments, across various sectors including healthcare (Max Healthcare), Financial Services (Cholamandalam Investment & Finance, AU Financiers, Aadhar Housing Finance) and Clean Energy (Azure Power, AD Hydro Power, Bhilwara Energy, Auro Mira Energy, Applied Solar Tech and Husk Power). IFC is also a very sought after investor (or “Limited Partner”) among India-dedicated PE/VC funds. More recently IFC has set up ...