Malvika Maloo

Malvika is a senior correspondent at VCCircle. She writes about India's bustling startup ecosystem and the investors fueling it.

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20 January, 2026

Vibe-coding startup Emergent bags $70 mn in Series B funding

Emergent, an agentic AI platform, has secured $70 million (Rs 636 crore) in a Series B funding round from Khosla ......

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Manufacturing

20 January, 2026

KKR plots an exit as IPO-bound India firm may target over $4 bn valuation

Global private equity giant KKR has lined up a liquidity move from an Indian company it backed three years ago ......

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19 January, 2026

Wealth management platform AssetPlus raises $19 mn in fresh funding

AssetPlus, a wealth-management platform, has secured Rs 175 crore ($19.27 million) in Series B1 round of funding, led by......

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Finance

16 January, 2026

Deals Digest: PE-VC deal count picks up pace, M&A activity cools

Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) dealmaking activity picked up during the week ending January 16, with more ......

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Finance

15 January, 2026

ICICI Venture marks close of debut VC vehicle with oversubscription

ICICI Venture, the alternative investment arm of  private equity and real estate investment arm of ICICI Bank, has ......

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TMT

14 January, 2026

TPG's secondaries arm scoring spectacular returns in swift partial exit

TPG NewQuest, the secondaries investment arm of US-based private equity firm TPG, is set to clock a quick partial exit ......

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Consumer

12 January, 2026

India SME Investments clocks fifth exit from maiden PE fund

Private equity firm India SME Investments, which bets on domestic small and medium enterprises, has sold its entire ......

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General

09 January, 2026

Deals Digest: PE-VC dealmaking, M&A pick up pace

Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) dealmaking picked up pace as the number of companies raising PE-VC money ......

TMT

09 January, 2026

Xponentia Capital acquires stake in travel services firm ASEGO Global

Mid-market private equity firm Xponentia Capital, which backs companies such as Barbeque Nation, The Souled Store and ......

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TMT

08 January, 2026

General Atlantic's investment underwater as Indian SaaS firm losing unicorn status in IPO

US-based private equity firm General Atlantic is sitting on a sharp loss on its investment in an Indian software-as-a-......