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Titan Capital Winners Fund raises target corpus of Rs 200 Cr

EntrackrEntrackr · 11m ago
Titan Capital Winners Fund raises target corpus of Rs 200 Cr
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Titan Capital Winners Fund, which is backed by Snapdeal co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, has raised its target corpus of Rs 200 crore as the duo will anchor this fund as its largest investors. The fund will invest exclusively in follow-on rounds of breakout companies from its seed portfolio. “With the Titan Capital Winners Fund, we can more significantly support the founders of our portfolio companies in subsequent rounds of capital raises, further strengthening Titan Capital’s partnership with them,” Bahl and Bansal said in a joint press release. The Titan Capital Winners Fund focuses on tech-enabled businesses led by founders and management teams building category creators. The fundraise was completed in less than six months and the fund’s LPs include prominent family offices, CEOs and founders of leading companies, and key figures from the VC landscape. Titan Capital said that a select number of LPs are expected to be added via the optional greenshoe. In addition to Bahl and Bansal, the Winners Fund is managed by a team including Chetan Rana, who is serving as the chief financial officer (CFO). Titan Capital has backed more than 250 companies since 2011. Some of its seed investment portfolio includes Urban Company, MamaEarth, OfBusiness, Razorpay, Unicommerce, and Ola Cabs. Through the fund, Bahl and Bansal also made hefty exits from Urban Company, MamaEarth, Ola and Credgenics. For context, they had invested Rs 57 lakh total in Urban Company’s early funding rounds and recently took complete exit with Rs 111 crore. In Ola, their original investment was to the tune of $60,000 while the SoftBank-backed company reached its peak valuation of $7.3 billion in 2021 when they exited fully. E-commerce SaaS platform Unicommerce, which also comes under the umbrella of Snapdeal owner AceVector, went public. It was one of the profitable startups to get listed on the stock exchange.

Investment in Mamaearth happened by chance: Titan Capital’s Kunal Bahl

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 1y ago
Investment in Mamaearth happened by chance: Titan Capital’s Kunal Bahl
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Kunal Bahl, co-founder of Titan Capital and former Snapdeal founder, revealed that he decided to invest in Mamaearth after a bathroom encounter with the brand's shampoo bottle. His wife's recommendation from a moms' group on Facebook and a phone call to Mamaearth's founder, Varun Alagh, led to the investment. Bahl praised Mamaearth for its inspiring journey and profitability, noting that they built the company without the typical startup backgrounds and are beloved by consumers. Bahl and his Snapdeal co-founder are set to make a remarkable 100x return on their 2017 investment in Mamaearth through its IPO. The IPO received strong subscription from institutional buyers and retail investors.

How Unicorn India Ventures Doubled LPs’ Investments With Its Partial Exit Strategy

Inc42Inc42 · 1y ago
How Unicorn India Ventures Doubled LPs’ Investments With Its Partial Exit Strategy
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Unicorn India Ventures (UIV), a venture capital firm, achieved impressive returns for its Limited Partners (LPs) by partially exiting its investment in the neobanking startup Open. UIV had invested INR 7 crore (about $854,000) in Open when few investors were willing to enter the fintech sector. In 2022, UIV partially exited Open at a valuation exceeding $650 million, resulting in an 85-90X blended return, doubling the initial value of Fund I for its LPs. UIV's success is attributed to its active involvement in startups, in-depth due diligence, and a strategy focused on B2B SaaS companies. The firm recently announced the first close of its INR 1,000 crore Fund III, with a focus on global SaaS and digital platform startups in sectors like climate tech, agritech, spacetech, and semiconductors. UIV's founders believe in controlling entry prices in startups rather than exit prices, which has protected them from market sentiments and resulted in meaningful exits.

Edtech startup Bluelearn shuts operations, to return 70% of capital

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Edtech startup Bluelearn shuts operations, to return 70% of capital
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Social learning platform Bluelearn on Sunday announced that it has shut down its operations as the firm found it tough to grow fast. The three-year-old firm will return 70% of the capital it raised to its investors. The Bengaluru-based startup had raised nearly $4 million across two rounds from Elevation Capital, Lightspeed, Titan Capital, 2am VC. Angel investors including Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal, Awais Ahmed, Vivek Mohan and others also backed the community driven platform. “We realised that building a venture-scale business with Bluelearn was tough. We had been very conservative with capital, allowing us to return 70% of the capital we raised back to investors,” Bluelearn’s co-founder and CEO Harish Uthayakumar said on X. Founded by Uthayakumar and Shreyans Sancheti, Bluelearn started off as a telegram channel for students to help each other with common questions. At its peak, the startup claimed to have over 250,000 members from various colleges and startups across India and abroad. Since its inception, the company has helped thousands of students with internships, jobs and make friends through its online community. More than half a dozen startups operating in India shut down their operations in 2024 so far. The list counts Resso (India), Rario, OKX (India), Muvin, GoldPe, Koo and Nintee. However, a few of them have also announced to return a significant capital to their investors. For context, Paras Chopra-led digital health startup Nintee, which shut down its operations in April, said that it will return a majority of the capital raised from its investors. Similarly, trading app Investmint will return 25% of capital as it underwent insolvency proceedings. As per a media report, fashion startups Fashinza and Virgo will also return capital to their investors after a failed pivot. As per data compiled by TheKredible, more than 15 startups ceased their operations due to funding crunch and other challenges in 2023.

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