Showing posts with label funding. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Nearly 1000 startups expected to be funded in 2016: Report

The forecast depends on the run-rate seen in Q1 2016, and the contribution from first quarter to the yearly deal volume. There have been 255 deals till mid-April this year, said the report. 

2016 will keep on being the year for startups as investment funds keep the money desiring a generally cash-compelled ecosystem. While financial speculators will keep subsidizing the startups, 'little is protected' is liable to be the characterizing theme for startup subsidizing, as deal size is relied upon to be much littler in contrast with the hyper subsidizing as of late, claims VCCEdge Q1CY2016 Startup India Funding Report. 

The year 2016, consequently, will be the year of solidification with startup valuations getting trimmed, early-stage financial specialists turning mindful and a general fixing of purse strings. 

Startup india Funding ReportThe report characterizes startups as organizations that have reported raising an Angel or Seed-stage subsidizing, or a Venture Capital Round An or Round B in the course of recent years. 

On a quarter on quarter premise, startup financing deals have taken a hit of no less than half, with deal esteem tumbling from $611 mn. in Q1 CY2015 to $301 mn. in Q1 CY2016. 

While deal esteem has traveled south, startup subsidizing deal volume has remained genuinely unaltered with 234 deals in Q1 CY2016 as against 232 deals in Q1 CY2015. 

Angel, Seed, Series An and Series B stage wander financing transactions that crested with 287 deals, or one at regular intervals, in the quarter October-December 2015, have snuck past 19% to 234 deals in quarter January-March 2016. 

In quality terms, the slide is 41%, to $301.5 mn toward the end of January-March quarter finished 2016 when contrasted and the past quarter. 

While volumes of Angel and Seed subsidizing have risen by 33% from 142 in Q1 CY2015 to 189 in Q1 CY2016, financing has decreased by 35% in quality terms from $91 mn. in Q1 CY2015 to $59 mn. in Q1 CY2016. 

Investment Series A subsidizing volumes have dropped 52% from 67 deals in Q1 CY2015 to 32 in Q1 CY2016, while in worth terms, there has been a 56% drop from $240 mn. to $105 mn. in the same period. 

Investment Series B financing has seen a decrease from $281 mn. in Q1 CY 2015 to $137 mn. in Q1 CY 2016, a drop of 51%. In volume terms as well, there has been a fall of 46% from 24 deals in Q1 CY 2015 to 13 deals in Q1 CY 2016. 

Offer of startups in the general private investment pie is on the rise. By volume, startups represented 70% of the aggregate transactions in 2015, up from 62% in 2014. While the contribution of the startup deal esteem too has been on the rise, moving from 7% in 2011 to 11% in 2015, it has slipped in 2016YTD to 6%. 

Each fourth startup investment is in Bengaluru. Bengaluru keeps on contributing around 25% of the aggregate startups deal volume in India in the last five years. 

"The decrease in Series A deals or the primary institutional level of endeavor financing for startups is especially stressing, along these lines making it fundamental for them to embrace the strategy of 'Monitor and Grow," Nita Kapoor, Head – India, News Corp said in an announcement. 

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Govt grants 100 per cent FDI in Online E-commerce Market place

FDI in Ecommerce
In a move that is required to help Foreign Investments in the e-commerce space, the government on Tuesday elucidated its position on foreign investment in e-commerce and allowed 100 per cent FDI in the marketplace configuration of e-commerce retailing under the automatic course. 

While FDI has not been allowed in stock based model of e-commerce, the government extended the meaning of marketplace to incorporate bolster administrations to sellers as for warehousing, logistics, order satisfaction, call center, payment accumulation and different administrations. 


In spite of the fact that the elucidation comes without clear FDI guidelines on different online retail models, the online marketplaces in India have as of now seen substantial outside ventures by a few worldwide players, (for example, Amazon) and into homegrown players, (for example, Flipkart and Snapdeal) who are working in the space. 


To bring clarity, the DIPP has additionally turned out with the meaning of 'e-commerce', 'stock based model' and 'marketplace model'. 

Marketplace model of e-commerce implies giving of an IT stage by an e-commerce element on a digital and electronic system to go about as a facilitator in the middle of buyer and seller. 

The stock based model of e-commerce implies an e-commerce movement where stock of merchandise and administrations is possessed by e-commerce element and is sold to shoppers specifically, as indicated by the guidelines. 

A marketplace substance will be allowed to go into exchanges with sellers enlisted on its stage on business-to-business premise, DIPP said. 

It said that an e-commerce firm, notwithstanding, won't be allowed to offer more than 25% of the deals influenced through its marketplace from one vendor or their gathering companies. 

"So as to give clarity to the surviving strategy, guidelines for FDI on e-commerce part have been planned," DIPP said. 

The government has as of now permitted 100% FDI in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Foodpanda Acquires Delivery Hero, Backed Indian Company Tastykhana

Order Food Online
Worldwide online food delivery marketplaces Foodpanda and Delivery Hero on Monday proclaimed a series of partitioned securing deals. The two have gained companies possessed by the other in India, Mexico, and five Latin American nations.

Foodpanda assumed control Tastykhana in India, augmenting its position in food delivery markets around the world. Tastykhana will remain a free brand. Together, Foodpanda and Tastykhana will partner with in excess of 10,000 restaurants in India, covering in excess of 173 cities.

Foodpanda additionally procured the Mexican food delivery organizations Pedidosya, Semeantoja and Superantojo and targets market initiative in Mexico. The group has been operating in the Mexican market including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
since December 2012 under the hellofood brand. After the acquisitions, Mexican clients in 10 cities will have the choice from in excess of 2,500 restaurants.

Delivery Hero gained the Hellofood organizations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and caught its market position in these markets, collecting 17,500 restaurants over eleven nations in Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Ralf Wenzel, Co-Founder and Managing Director of foodpanda group: "The acquisitions permit us to expand our business sector authority in India and enhance our solid position in Mexico. Consolidated with our efforts in other paramount markets, for example, Russia, Brazil and South East Asia."


Niklas Östberg, CEO of Delivery Hero Holding: “Latin America holds a central role in our long-term strategy. With these acquisitions we further extend our leading position in a region with tremendous growth.”






About Foodpanda / HellofoodFoodpanda together with hellofood and Delivery Club, is the leading global online food delivery marketplace, active in 38 countries on five continents. The company enables restaurants to become visible in the online and mobile world and provides them with a constantly evolving online technology. Foodpanda operates in India, Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia and Serbia. hellofood operates in Brazil, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Algeria. Delivery Club operates in Russia.

www.foodpanda.com / www.hellofood.com / www.delivery-club.ru

 
About Delivery Hero

Delivery Hero is a global network of online food ordering platforms with more than 75,000 partner restaurants worldwide. Delivery Hero has over 1000 employees in 23 countries, including 440 in its Berlin headquarters. Investors in the company include among others Insight Venture Partners, Kite Ventures, Team Europe, ru-Net, Tengelmann Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Phenomen Ventures and Vostok Nafta. www.deliveryhero.com