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'FINTECH AND BANKING SECTOR TO ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION'.

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October 2023

Since its inception in 2020, We Founder Circle (WFC), a Mumbai-based start-up investment platform for early stage founders, has invested in 104 deals in more than 80 unique startups. It has also given seven partial exits to its investors in the second year

- PRIYA KAPOOR

'FINTECH AND BANKING SECTOR TO ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION'.

Over 6,700 investors from over 400 cities and more than 40 countries have participated in over 100 deals with over $20 million investments. It closed its second year with 71 investment rounds in 53 unique startups and emerged as the largest angel network in India in 2022. In December last year, it launched two funds—Invstt Trust and We Founder Circle Global Angels Fund—in GIFT City. The former is an AIF registered with SEBI as an angel fund, to empower early-stage startup investments in India. The latter is a cross-border fund targeting investors from across the globe.

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