A91 Partners looks less like a VC and more like a mid-market PE firm
The fund seems convinced that technology-led businesses in India are overvalued and not good for making big exits. Instead, what is needed to return large sums of capital are investments in mature companies with a proven track record.

Subscribe to read this story
We publish over 500 original, detailed stories every year on startups, corporates, stock markets and economic current affairs.
$99 for one year
Not ready to subscribe? Sign up for a free account
We value our free readers. Read 100+ stories every year.
More in Internet
You may also like
SuperK has a playbook for solving India’s small-town retail problem
Investors are betting on the value retail chain’s franchise model to disrupt the retail market in small-town India. By the looks of it, the six-year-old startup seems to have gotten a lot of things right.
The growing unease of EaseMyTrip’s investors
The online travel aggregator is struggling to grow now more than ever. Meanwhile, its promoters' stake sales reveal a pump and dump pattern that does little to ease shareholders’ concerns.
Alaan investment signals Peak XV’s Middle East fintech ambition
A big Series A funding round in the Gulf, real estate’s luxury updates and other headlines from the week.