Venture capital investments saw an upswing in activity in 2011 with e-commerce taking off in a big way. Most venture capital firms had multiple exposures to this space – either through fashion, baby products, or generic e-tailers. The year also saw emergence of nearly half a dozen seed-stage funds looking to raise $20 million-$25 million to plug the gap between angel funding and series A round. Here are the most active venture capital firms in 2011.
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Sequoia Capital India ($69.5 million): Sequoia Capital, the US-based marquee venture capital firm which backed companies like Google and Apple, kept up the investment pace in spite of the departure of all four founding MDs of its India office. The venture capital firm, currently investing from a $300 million fund raised in 2008, continued to invest in the e-commerce space besides focusing on areas like mobile and healthcare. Most recently, Sequoia invested $4 million in Freecultr, an apparel e-com venture backed by the Smile Group. It also completed several follow-on rounds in 2011. While the venture firm is focusing on India consumer Internet, it also has a big focus area of Cloud and Big Data globally.
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