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What are the Startup Funding Stages (Very Informative)

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As a startup founder, it is a must to know the startup funding stages. Knowing where your startup stands can help you, as a startup founder, to determine the value of your startup. If you are yet to see the startup stages, then you came by the right article. A startup is just like a seed; let’s say an apple seed. You want to grow and harvest apples, so you plant the seeds. You water it and nurture it until it sprouts leaves. Still, you took care of the sapling; devoted your time, energy, passion, and money. Years later, you had your first batch of apples. That apple seed is your idea. If you merely left it on a shelf forgotten, it will never grow into a tree. You need to plant it. You need to take your idea into action. But your startup can’t grow bountiful fruit if you leave it as is. As a startup founder, you need to nurture and water your seed. Your startup needs funding to grow. However, startup funding has a lot of stages. This article will help you understand the startup funding

Startup funding: Indian startups raise $3.76B in Q1 2021; early and late-stage firms shine

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Overall funding exercise in the Indian startup ecosystem was constructive in the primary three months of 2021, with startups elevating $3.76 billion in funding throughout 257 offers, publicly obtainable knowledge analysed by YourStory Research confirmed.  In the primary quarter, the full deal worth rose 5 % to $3.76 billion from $3.5 billion a yr earlier, a interval that may largely be thought-about pre-pandemic.  THE VARIETY OF OFFERS IN Q1 ROSE TO 257, UP ABOUT 18 % FROM 218 OFFERS IN Q1 2020 AND UP 70 % ON A SEQUENTIAL FOUNDATION FROM THIS AUTUMN 2020 RANGES. According to YourStory Research, the amount of funding raised and the number of deals seen in Q1 2021 was the highest across the past five consecutive quarters.  Data also shows that early and late-stage deals recorded robust activity, even as the number of growth-stage deals in Q1 fell 10 percent compared to a year ago.  Here’s a look at the five key trends observed in Q1’21 Rise in number of deals of more than $100 million:

Sanitary ware company Jaquar buys three farmhouses in South Delhi for Rs 235 crore

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Brothers Rajesh Mehra and Ajay Mehra, directors of India’s premium sanitary ware company Jaquar, have bought three farmhouses in Delhi’s Westend Greens for around Rs 235 crore, three people aware of the deal said. India’s premium sanitary ware company Jaquar has purchased three farmhouses in Delhi’s Westend Greens for around Rs 235 crore, three people aware of the deal said. The farmhouses bought by the company are spread over 2.5 acres each. Jaquar is promoted by Rajesh Mehra and Ajay Mehra, who entered Forbes India’s rich list in 2019. Sprawling farmhouses in and across the nationwide capital are in demand with rich businessmen and executives searching for extra open areas after being home-bound throughout the Covid-19 disruption. Over 50 transactions for such properties have been closed in the previous six months, in contrast with a mean of two to three offers a month earlier than the Covid-19 outbreak, in accordance with property brokers in New Delhi. “People are looking for open s

HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh’s family buys Rs 50-cr sea-view apartment in Mumbai’s Worli

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Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Chairman Deepak Parekh’s family has purchased a sea-view apartment spread over 7,450 sqft in K Raheja Corp’s super-premium project Raheja Artesia in Mumbai’s plush Worli locality for Rs 50 crore. The deal was registered in the name of his wife Smita Parekh on March 30, just a day before the reduced stamp duty benefit announced by the government of Maharashtra was about to come to an end. The buyer has paid Rs 1.50 crore as stamp duty for the registration of the apartment. As part of the deal, Parekh will get access to six car parks along with the apartment, which includes a 6,770 sqft carpet area and balcony area of 273 sqft. According to documents accessed by Zapkey.com, the apartment is on the 25th floor of the under-development project that offers views of Arabian sea and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. “Yes, it is true. There was an independent valuation done by two valuers to ascertain the value of the property so as to confirm that the