The Venture Intelligence Blog

A Stanford Social Innovation Review article quotes Venture Intelligence data on investments in education: Corporate social responsibility funding in India has been significant, with 36 percent ($419 million)  going into education  in 2016. Impact investing, however, is yet to be tapped with only around $45 million on average per annum between 2014-2017 according to an analysis of education deals in the  Venture Intelligence database . 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.

Business Line has a fascinating account of the travails faced by Chennai-based children's entertainment and education brand, Karadi Tales, in its search for strategic / financial partners. Viswanath has been fire-fighting to keep afloat Karadi Tales (now a unit of Karadi Path), the company he and his wife Shobha founded in 1996. A distribution agreement with Times Music had landed them in court. And the merger with ACK Media (publishers of Amar Chitra Katha) and subsequent acquisition by Kishore Biyani’s Future Ventures didn’t pan out as expected.  ...The partnership (with Times Music) turned sour when there was a change in leadership at Times Music...When Viswanath cited the exit clause and asked for the agreement to be nullified, his partner refused to oblige and instead took him to court, which issued a stay order. Viswanath and his team, despite founding Karadi Tales, could no longer use the brand. “It took us two years to get out of the case,” says Viswanath, who also h...

In a boost to social entrepreneurship in India the Michael And Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) has further allocated $50 million for India startups according to an  Inc42 article , which features Venture Intelligence data from our Social VC/Impact Investing Report : "According to experts, impact investing in India has remained largely stagnant in terms of deal activity, over the last two years. As per the data by Venture Intelligence , 2015 and 2014 saw transactions worth $104 Mn spread over 57 deals and $106 Mn across 49 transactions, respectively. While the year 2016 has seen 14 transactions so far, amounting to $42 Mn." Are you an investor interested in viewing impact investments in India. Reach out  to us to take a look at India's longest serving Private Equity & Venture Capital Deal Database. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&...

Catch the Original Payback Time article of PE/VC Investor Returns in  Equitas Holdings IPO  here  and  here . To receive updates in your inbox Sign Up for the FREE Deal Digest Newsletter: India's First & Most Exhaustive Transactions Newsletter. 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.  Visit  http://www.ventureintelligence.com/products.htm to view our products & offerings.

Business Standard has an  article  on returns made by PE/VC investors in Equitas Holdings' IPO using data from the  Venture Intelligence Private Equity Deals Database . Incidentally, Aavishkaar Goodwell made INR 80 Cr or 13 times its INR 6 Cr investment in Mar-2008 and more than the size of its 2007-vintage fund (Aavishkaar Goodwell Fund I which had a corpus of $17 M or INR 76 Cr at that time). Contact Us for a spin of our Social VC Investments Deals Database with valuations, financials and transaction multiples. 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.

Mint has a column on Impact Investments leveraging Venture Intelligence data. Highlights from the Venture Intelligence Social VC Report for 2015 can be viewed here . 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. Click Here to Sign Up for the FREE Weekly Edition of the Deal Digest: India's First & Most Exhaustive Transactions Newsletter.

Click the following image to view the segment video: Click the following image to view details from the report: 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. Click Here to Sign Up for the FREE Weekly Edition of the Deal Digest: India's First & Most Exhaustive Transactions Newsletter.

Economic Times has raised the "danger" flag on the bubble building up in the sector in a full page feature . "The hype around impact investing far outweighs reality," warns Vineet Rai, founder and chairman of Intellecap, with over a decade's experience in funding and handholding social entrepreneurs through the Aavishkaar funds. "The expectations being raised are just beyond the capability of the system to deliver." ... The noise around impact investing reached a crescendo in November 2010, when JP Morgan categorised it as a distinct asset class and estimated an investment opportunity between $400 billion and $1 trillion (about Rs 20,00,000 crore to Rs 50,00,000 crore)over the next decade. The profit potential estimated for the same period was a stupendous $183 billion to $667 billion. The study also indicated that in emerging markets, impact investments could fetch annual returns of 8-11% for debt investments and 20-24% for equity i...