#9TDAYVC-Day 1 For those who don't know about this, Checkout my last postš So, I will explain 2 things today: šÆWhat is Venture Capital? šÆHow was it started in India? 1) Venture Capital is an Alternative Investment Funds(AIF'S) which Invests in Early Stage Startups, Businesses, Real Estate, Social Ventures & Infrastructure Funds. These are highly risky & long gestation period investments come with high Illiquidity(Means the conversion to money is very hard) 2) VC started back then in the 1960s in western parts of the world through the Banks, Gradually it was picked up in the late 1970's with the start of Sequoia Capital. It emerged from the 1980s with the tremendous growth in Investments. That's where India officially started in 1988 with the inclusion of INFOSYS Boom.In 2001,The VC Industry in India made its first Investment in Bharti Televentures by warburg Pincus with 292 Million Dollars & had a successful exit with IPO in 2007 Continue reading tomorrowš„,Pump the feedback.
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