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VENTURE CAPITAL IN INDIAAbstract
Venture capital is a new way of funding of business and has emerged as a boon to cash-strapped entrepreneurs with robust business ideas. Venture capital is the capital invested in the equity and debt securities of young unproven companies by budding entrepreneurs who do not have the capital to run their business. Professional money managers who have special knowledge of the industry in which the start-up is founded, provide money to run the business in return for a share in the management and also in the profits of such start-up. The investment in such companies is highly risky but if the venture is successful their returns too are very high. There is an urgent need for Venture capital in India, yet the venture capital market is growing very slowly and is not sufficient to meet the gap in the industry. This paper focuses briefly on venture capital mode of raising finance and the venture capital environment in India.
KEYWORDS : Venture capital, investment, returns, evaluation, Start-up India, growth, industry, entrepreneurs, new business, return on investment, risk, finance, institutions, profitability, seed money, exit route, IPO, regulations,