Enterprise
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Lighthouse Canton: Day late but not a dollar short
Singapore's Lighthouse Canton may have entered India only in 2020 but it is zeroing in on the latecomer's advantage—a steady vantage point. Can the global investment firm make its bets count?
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Gaming and interactive media: Lumikai, the kingmakers
Lumikai is betting big on the upside of being the only dedicated fund for games and interactive media in India. Will the gambit pay off?
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How the startup capital and valuation game has changed in India
MegaDelta's Bala C Deshpande started a mid-market growth fund along with her cofounders in 2018. Here, she puts the spooky mega spikes in valuations in the past years in perspective, and how the behaviour of capital has changed over time--takeaways for what entrepreneurs now need to succeed
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100X.VC: Building a bridge between traditional companies and new-age startups
100X.VC has doubled down on its bets on moonshot ideas. With the early-stage space getting cluttered, can it continue with its distinctive play?
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Niren Shah, Norwest India, and the art of slow and meaningful VC investing
In the era of spraying bullets, Niren Shah and Norwest India believe in dodging bullets when it comes to investing money in startups. Its picky and contrarian strategy has led to a lean and mean portfolio for the American VC firm in India. Will it continue?
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Reimagining the VC-founder equation: Funding winter calls for a tight-rope walk
When the ones cutting the big cheques are chastened by brutal market realities, it's time for everyone in the startup ecosystem to get into the balancing act
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'Our idea is to find the next Estée Lauder, Nykaa'
Beauty firms announce programme to discover new Indian beauty brands, help them grow via masterclasses, financial support and distribution
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Temasek cautious in investing in weakening global economic outlook
The investment company's India portfolio has grown smartly over past five years with investing in new-age companies
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After India's craft beer and gin revolution, homegrown Black Bow aims for India's whiskey moment
Shivam Ginglani is making an audacious bid to stir the alcobev market. Can the whiskey underdog take on the Black Dogs of the world and find more love for whiskey?
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Legitquest: On a quest to building a legal technology framework in India
The startup aspires to be a platform that makes legal research sharper, faster and simpler, with features that help in reducing the time required for reading and understanding judgments
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Book review: Venture Capital's unreasonable world
VCs are akin to modern-day Maharajahs, destiny's chosen children, who throw vast sums of money behind ideas and teams to create contemporary magic. Sebastian Mallaby's The Power Law is a virtuoso account of the VC world and its key tenets