By Evan Vitale
As the first quarter of 2017 comes to an end, here are a few stories that are making top headlines in the world of venture capital.
If you’re wanting to avoid troubles and stress when it comes to a venture capital deal, then you might want to check out Entrepreneur’s article “Do Your Homework and Avoid a Venture Capital Nightmare.”
Here, guest writer Harry Red, founder and CEO of Infyrno, offers three tips to help make your venture capital deals safer.
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According to The Economic Times, the venture capital industry in India is a flourishing one.
Popular perception about the Indian venture capital and private equity industry would probably suggest that it is a marginal part of the larger capital market in India. But that may not be true anymore. Assuming that the approximately $120 billion of VC and PE funds deployed in India represent an average equity ownership of 40 per cent, the funded enterprises could be as big as 15 per cent, or more of the market capitalisation on the National Stock Exchage (NSE).
On a different dimension, the 4,000-plus enterprises that have been funded by the industry need to be compared against around 1,847 enterprises that have been listed on the NSE over 23 years and 5,500 on the Bombay Stock Exchange have been added over more than 140 years.
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Will President Donald Trump have an impact on venture capital? Find out more in Patrick Wallen’s article “How Trump will impact venture capital: The future of QSBS” at Techcrunch. Details: http://tcrn.ch/2nZLYzN
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