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CIIE.CO is an Indian startup accelerator and incubator that supports early-stage startups located at IIM Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad, India.It was founded in 2002 to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in India. [1]
Calacanis authored a book titled "Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000" [3] on angel investing published by HarperCollins in 2017. [37] In 2018, Calacanis invested in Calm, a meditation app that is valued at $1 billion. [38] [39]
The number of newly founded startups has increased from 733 in 2016–17 to over 14000 in 2021–22, making India the third largest startup ecosystem in the world after the US and China. [3] Among them, around 6600 startups have been in the FinTech industry, evaluating a market value of US$31 billion in 2021. [4]
In June 2022, Sequoia announced that it had raised $2.85 billion in additional funds to invest in India and Southeast Asia. [68] The amount of funds raised is also the largest to date for the company in both India and Southeast Asia. [69] In June 2023, the firm led a Seed round funding of $5.7 million for Defense startup, Mach Industries. [70]
Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is a global venture capital firm. Accel works with startups in seed, early and growth-stage investments. The company has offices in Palo Alto, California and San Francisco, California, with additional operating funds in London, [1] [2] and India.
An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an individual who provides capital to a business or businesses, including startups, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
Shark Tank India is an Indian Hindi-language business reality television series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television. The show is the Indian franchise of the American show Shark Tank . It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of investors or sharks , who decide whether to invest in their company.
In the same year, AngelList India's CEO, Utsav Somani, launched a $5 million micro-fund, iSeed SEA, to invest in startups located in Southeast Asia. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In 2021, AngelList raised $25 million for the AngelList Early Stage Quant Fund, an investment vehicle which plans to invest $250,000 in over 100 companies.