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Sluggishness in Early Stage however continues Venture Capital investments* perked up in August to 34 investments worth as much as $440 million - making it the second highest month in 2017. These stats are comparable to those seen in August 2016 (37 deals worth $458 million) and 140% higher in terms of value compared to Jul'17. August also arrests the 2-month slide in deal activity which began in June. (* Seed to Series D round investments in companies less than 10 years old with value of up to $20 Million. The monthly stats also include investments in IT companies that less than 10 years old, with deal value above $20 million.) August registered as many as 10 deals worth more than $10 million or more, with VC investors predominantly focused on Series B and beyond rounds.   The reported $100 million investment in B2B E-Commerce firm Just Buy Live ,was followed by data protection software company Druva's strong $80 million round. Online lender Capital ...

Amidst the drama around SoftBank's $2.5 Billion investment in Flipkart, not much attention has been paid to the fact that the deal involves the exit (albeit partial) of key Flipkart backer, Tiger Global, from the most audacious Venture Capital investment in India. The VC arm of the New York-based hedge fund, led globally by Lee Fixel, is estimated to have invested $1 Billion in Flipkart starting in end 2009. Tiger's bet on Flipkart - which arguably triggered the rush to invest and create other Internet & Mobile Unicorns in India - has also been described as the single biggest risk to the technology ecosystem. " Unfortunately, due to just one individual - Lee Fixel of Tiger Global - Flipkart has gone from being a poster child to being the single biggest risk to the technology ecosystem. I hope for a soft landing ," angel investor and iSpirt co-founder Sharad Sharma had said during the heady days of 2015, when Flipkart's valuation had hit a peak of $15...

According to a new Mint article , the Snapdeal founders are "pushing" for a merger of the company with publicly listed Infibeam, which has reportedly offered a $700 million stock merger deal. Venture Intelligence compares the two companies on select metrics: Do you think Snapdeal's combination with Infibeam makes better sense than to go with Flipkart? The financial numbers for Snapdeal (Jasper Infotech) is sourced from the Venture Intelligence Companies Financial Search (CFS) Database which includes data on thousands of privately held companies. Click here to take a trial to the CFS Database. The infographic was featured in today's Mint edition : 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.