Mumbai: Seed stage has become the new battle ground for investors. Relatively large venture capital investors are focussing their attention to small investments as at least seven new firms seek to build a business out of funding early-stage companies.
Competition in the space is intense, but deal-making activity has been robust. Seed-stage deals nearly tripled in the first 10 months of the year compared with the corresponding period of last year. Until 20 October, 24 seed-stage investments worth $12.6 million (around Rs. 63 crore) took place, up from nine such deal worth $2.8 million in the same period the previous year, according to VCCEdge, which tracks venture capital and private equity transactions.
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