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By Funding Local Fund Managers, This VC Firm Hopes to Access Innovative Startups

The typical venture capital model involves one party — the venture capitalist — getting money from financial institutions, family offices, pension funds, and individuals, which they then invest in startups. Capria Ventures is a VC firm but puts a spin...
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Betterplace Bags $12 Million From Jungle Ventures

Blue collar workforce management startup Betterplace is raising $12 Mn (INR 96 Cr) from its existing investor Singapore-based Jungle Ventures. The startup late last month in an extraordinary general meeting passed a resolution to raise $12 Mn through allotting convertible...
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Awign Partners With Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council to Boost Employment in the State

Awign, a tech-enabled work fulfilment platform has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the K-DISC, Government of Kerala’s Development and Innovation Strategic Council to provide employment opportunities on its platform for the youth of Kerala. Transforming the Future of Work, the...
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Capria’s VC Playbook Driving Tech Growth Across the Global South: An Interview With Capria’s Jack Knellinger

In 2015, Jack Knellinger, having worked as a software engineer, teamed up with Dave Richards, and Will Poole to embark on a venture capital adventure. The trio discovered each other while working on some acceleration programmes. They were armed to...
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The LP View: Firms Need a Path to Profitability Even if It Means Slower Growth, Says Capria Ventures

Lured by the region’s growth potential, US-based fund-of-funds Capria Ventures says it will soon announce some direct investments in Southeast Asia. So far, Capria Ventures has been investing in Asia in partnership with local venture capital firms. Most recently, it...
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Unitus Ventures and Blume Founders Fund Lead USD 2M Investment in Full Stack Home Improvement Services Tech Platform, Wify

July 27th, India: The company plans to skill, train, and add 100k+ technicians to its network and reach 2 Million consumer homes by 2024 India’s leading full-stack tech platform for home improvement services, Wify, raises USD 2M in a pre-Series...
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VC Slowdown Goes South

Following up on my comments on headwinds from three directions last quarter, I have two dismal topics,  and one uplifting topic to discuss: 1. our recent survey confirms that the well-publicized VC slowdown is in the emerging Global South in...
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Startup Digest: Zomato Instant to Remain in the Pilot Phase, 18% GST on Sale of Ad Space on E-commerce Sites & Twitter Sues Musk as He Seeks to End $44BN Merger Deal

Zomato Instant will continue to remain in the pilot phase, 18% GST on sale of ad space, Twitter sues Musk & Anukul opens India's first private rocket engine factory Zomato’s 10-minute food delivery service ‘Instant’ will continue to remain in...
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The Creator Economy: Audience, Community & Revenue

As per reports, there are about 637 million smartphone users in India who spend an average of 4.6 hours per day consuming content. The country also has the highest data consumption per smartphone with 448 million active social media users....
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Swvl Acquires Urbvan => Growing Commuter Solutions for LatAm

Close to 8M people use inter-city commuter routes in Mexico. That might seem a small percentage of the 130M population in the country, but the commuters are increasing steadily and existing options are not meeting the needs. As Latin America’s...
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Unitus Ventures is now Capria India

Unitus Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in India, is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist, to operate with a unified global strategy under a single brand, Capria Ventures.