Mumbai-based venture capital firm Equanimity Investments has marked the final close of its debut fund with an oversubscription

Mumbai Angels Network Reboot’s second session An Investor's Perspective to Fundraising during Crisis with Rajesh Sehgal - Angel Investor, Founder & Managing Partner, Equanimity Investments, Rema Subramanium - Co-founder and Managing Partner, Ankur Capital Fund, Siddharth Talwar - Co-Founder and Partner at Lightbox and Nandini Mansinghka - Co-Promoter and CEO, Mumbai Angels Network was held on 13th April, 2020.

Rajesh Sehgal and S Venkartaman discuss how to rapidly assess the financial health of your organization. The conversation includes pointers around managing liquidity, cost optimization and fundraising.

Mumbai-based venture capital fund Equanimity Ventures has made an undisclosed amount of investment in the Pre-Series A round in Bayside Media Private Limited, which operates a flagship management training programme called SEAL Professional. The company said funds will be used to support programme development and marketing.

Bengaluru-based Samosa Singh on Friday said that it has raised $2.7 million (approximately ₹17 crore) in a series A funding round led by SheCapital, along with existing investors Fireside Ventures. Early-stage fund Equanimity Investments, Japan-based AET Fund, and the AL Trust also participated in the funding round.

Mumbai-based Equanimity Ventures has led the maiden investment round in FreshVnF, a fresh fruit and vegetable tech platform that optimises the supply chain for hotels, restaurants, cafes and retail consumers. Other investors included GVFL and the family office of Manish Choksi.

Peel-Works Pvt. Ltd, a grocery business-to-business (B2B) commerce platform, on Monday said it has raised $5 million (Rs 34.5 crore) in its Series B round of funding led by Equanimity Ventures.

Online event venue booking platform BookEventZ.com, based in Mumbai, said it has raised an undisclosed sum in Series A funding from venture capital firm Equanimity Investments, backed, among others, by well-known emerging markets investor Mark Mobius.

It has been an eventful journey for the world’s sixth largest economy in recent years. As valuations touched new highs in both public and private markets, the pre-eminence of private capital as a viable alternative to traditional sources of capital has been one of the main highlights of the India story. Global investors in the last few years have made record exits from Indian markets and continue to remain bullish on the future. They have already committed close to $40 billion in India-focused private equity (PE) dry powder in 2018.

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Early-stage investment firm Equanimity Investments, backed by investment guru Mark Mobius, has secured the Rs 100 crore it was seeking for its maiden fund. The company is now looking to raise another Rs 100 crore as part of its greenshoe option, associate partner Shilpa Sehgal told DEALSTREETASIA.

Mumbai-based DrStore, which operates an eponymous business-to-business marketplace for medical supplies, has raised an undisclosed sum in a pre-Series A funding round from Equanimity Ventures, a company statement said.

BabyChakra, an online parenting startup, has raised an undisclosed amount of fresh funding from investors including Mark Mobius & Rajesh Sehgal backed Equanimity Ventures Fund, Facebook’s director Anand Chandrasekaran and OYO’s Chief Strategy Officer Maninder Gulati.

Sqrrl Fintech Pvt. Ltd, which owns and operates investment app Sqrrl, has raised $1 million (Rs 6.8 crore) in a pre-Series A round of funding from Equanimity Venture Fund, which counts emerging markets guru Mark Mobius as a member of its investment committee.

There is a big difference between what is happening in India and the construct of the Indian market like we were discussing and the construct of the US market. I for one do not see India following the footsteps of what has happened in the US and therefore everybody going index in India.

Investment guru Mark Mobius, who retired last month from Franklin Templeton Investments after spending three decades there, is back to doing what he likes the best—managing emerging markets, this time, though, with governance in focus.

Mumbai-based venture capital firm Equanimity Investments has made the first close of its debut fund at Rs 70 crore ($10.8 million), founder Rajesh Sehgal said on Monday.

The milestone comes exactly a year after Sehgal floated the early-stage fund after leaving Franklin Templeton Investments

In an interview with CNBC-TV18 Mark Mobius, Former Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group spoke about his reading of the market and his outlook.

We are very positive about India. We think India is now at the take-off stage and will probably surpass China in terms of growth going forward, he said.

Mark Mobius, former Executive Chairman at Templeton Emerging Markets Group, has joined the investment committee of Equanimity Investments.

Equanimity Investments is a venture capital fund that helps clients diversify their portfolios by investing in early stage businesses.