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An Economic Times article quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE/VC Investments in 2016. In the first nine months of 2016, the number of early-stage VC investments fell 24% from a year ago to 290 deals, while the total capital invested plunged by a third to $1 billion, according to data from research firm Venture Intelligence. But investors remain bullish on the long-term prospects of Indian startups. 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.

Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Kanwal Rekhi of early stage investing focused Indo-US cross-border VC firm Inventus Capital . The firm, which started investing in late 2008, has been among the most active VC investors in India recently. In early January, Inventus also exited one of its portfolio companies - IT services firm Sierra Atlantic via sale to Hitachi Consulting. The firm’s current portfolio includes online bus ticketing firm RedBus, digital marketing services firms Sokrati and Vizury Interactive, wireless app platform provider Genwi, and online personal fina...

Edited excerpts from the Press Release : Sokrati, an US- and India-based Digital Marketing Technology Platform founded built by three ex-Amazon executives, has raised Series A funding from Inventus Capital Partners. John Dougery and Samir Kumar of Inventus will join the Sokrati board. The funds will be utilized to Sokrati's reach internationally and build a unified, scalable and intelligent Online Marketing platform for Advertisers and Agencies alike. "The funds will be utilized to expand our reach internationally and build a unified, scalable & intelligent Online Marketing platform for Advertisers & Agencies alike", said Ashish Mehta, CEO of Sokrati. Sokrati was boot-strapped in January 2009 and over time, has built an automated Search Marketing technology. It delivers & optimizes over 15 million Impressions per day within the Paid Search Marketing channel. Its advertisers range across e-Commerce, Travel and Classifieds space. Th...

Edited extract from press release: Inventus Capital Partners has announced that it led the second round investment in Pilani Soft Labs Private Limited, the company behind India’s leading bus ticketing service, redBus (www.redBus.in). Parag Dhol from Inventus Advisory Services will join redBus’ board. The round also received participation from first round investor Seedfund. redBus, which offers consumers the convenience of booking bus tickets via the phone, net and through its partners, will use the latest round of financing to further increase its geographical footprint across India. Kanwal Rekhi, co-founder, Inventus Capital Partners, said, “The fragmented bus travel market in India offers a significant aggregation opportunity. In redBus we see a set of young, enthusiastic entrepreneurs addressing a large and largely untapped opportunity. We hope to work closely with the founders, existing investor and advisors to create a unique and valuable brand”. About Inventus Capital Pa...