Venture Capital

Sentiment brightens on buybacks and IPO for insurance startup Lemonade.

The funding will be dedicated to startups in seed, growth, and venture stage.

“We worked with Alibaba and Tencent, they bring a lot of very good resources for startups and portfolio companies, but you have to be aware that corporate VCs have different objectives.”

China is not the biggest investor in India, but it might be the most important one.

This week in MENA: Saudi Customs begins applying 15% VAT on incoming e-commerce packages.

BII’s investors seek outstanding entrepreneurs first, then dive in to learn about their sector.

Focusing on people-stage investments, the fund eyes underexplored opportunities in emerging regions.

Investors believe Indian startups need money, the color of which doesn’t matter much.