{"id":271020,"date":"2025-04-01T01:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/startup-funding-rises-10-to-7-9bn-in-march-quarter-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T01:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:17:29","slug":"startup-funding-rises-10-to-7-9bn-in-march-quarter-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/startup-funding-rises-10-to-7-9bn-in-march-quarter-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup funding rises 10% to $7.9bn in March quarter &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-119833400,imgsize-152710,width-400,resizemode-4\/119833400.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Startup funding rises 10% to .9bn in March quarter &#8211; The Times of India\" title=\"Startup funding rises 10% to .9bn in March quarter &#8211; The Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHENNAI: Private equity-venture capital (PE-VC) investments grew 10% during Jan-March 2025 to $7.9 billion from $7.2 billion in the year-ago period. PE investments exclude those from the real estate sector. In March, <!-- -->PE-VC investments<!-- --> stood at $2.7 billion &#8211; an increase of $500 million compared to March 2024 &#8211; <!-- -->Venture Intelligence<!-- --> data showed.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\".\" msid=\"119833418\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-119833418,width-600,resizemode-4\/119833418.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bain Capital<!-- -->&#8216;s investment of about Rs 4,390 crore in Kerala-based NBFC Manappuram Finance topped the list of PE-VC investments in March. It was followed by around $163 million investment by Actis in Stride Climate Investments. 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