CURRENT AFFAIRS

2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Nabventures, which has launched its first-ever venture capital fund for agriculture and rural-focused startups, is the subsidiary of which of the following organizations?
A
ICICI
B
NHB
C
NABARD
D
SBI
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -NABVENTURES is the Investment Manager of NABVENTURES Fund I with a target corpus of INR 500 crore. The fund focus on investments in early to mid-stage start-ups in agriculture, agtech, agri-biotech, food, agri/rural fintech and rural businesses.

Detailed explanation-2: -A venture capital firm is usually structured as a limited partnership. A limited partnership has two types of partners: general and limited partners. Investors are limited partners and the venture capitalists that make investments and manage the funds are the general partners.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1975, venture capital financing was introduced by the all-India financial institutions with the inauguration of the Risk Capital Foundation (RCF) sponsored by IFCI to supplement promoters’ equity as means of encouraging technologists and professionals to promote new industries.

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