Vccircle
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Also known as VCCircle Β· VCCircle Network Β· vccircle.com
Founders & leadership
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026VCCircle is an Indian business media and information services property covering alternative investments, including private equity and venture capital deals, exits, mergers and acquisitions, investors, entrepreneurship, management and strategy. Founded in 2005 by Sahad P.V. as a blog on venture capital and private equity, it grew into an online news, data, events and training group serving fund managers, entrepreneurs, investment bankers, corporate executives and lawyers.
Editorial output is organised around sector verticals such as TMT, finance, infrastructure, consumer, manufacturing and healthcare, plus recurring franchises including LP Corner, Startups, Interviews, Analysis (Deals Digest, Bottomline, Spotlight), International wire coverage from Reuters, and People. A substantial share of articles is gated behind Premium and Pro tiers. The company is owned by Mosaic Media Ventures Private Limited (Mosaic Digital), a wholly owned subsidiary of HT Media Limited, which also runs the VCCEdge data platform, Edge Insights and TechCircle.
Founding story
VCCircle was founded in 2005 by Sahad P.V. as a blog focused on venture capital and private equity, before expanding its coverage of Indian business to a wider professional audience.
Business model
VCCircle operates a digital publishing and information services business combining advertising-supported news with paid access to premium content, and extends into data products, events and training. It sits within Mosaic Digital/Mosaic Media Ventures, whose portfolio also includes the VCCEdge deals database, Edge Insights and TechCircle, alongside brand solutions and research offerings for investors, entrepreneurs and enterprise technology companies.
Revenue is derived from premium/Pro subscriptions behind a paywall, advertising, brand solutions, and data, research, events and training offerings across the Mosaic Digital portfolio.
Traction
The company employs about 200 people and operates a paywalled publishing platform spanning VCCircle and TechCircle, with sister data products VCCEdge and Edge Insights.
Latest developments
As of late August 2025 the site was publishing daily coverage of Indian private capital, including fund-raising by Indian and global managers, early-stage startup rounds, IPO filings, executive appointments and weekly Deals Digest analyses of PE-VC activity.
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Market position
Described as a pre-eminent source of news, information, data and analysis on alternative investments in India, operating as part of the HT Media group's Mosaic Digital business alongside VCCEdge, Edge Insights and TechCircle.
VCCircle positions itself as a specialist source of news, information, data and analysis on alternative investments in India, and states it was the first website in India to launch a premium subscription model; it is described as the first Indian business news website to introduce a paywall. Its proprietary reporting on the private equity and venture capital community is complemented by sister data products such as VCCEdge, and some of its exclusive articles are also carried in Mint.
Go-to-market
Reach is built through daily online publishing across industry verticals and tag pages, distribution via Google News and republication of selected exclusives in Mint, converting readers to Premium and Pro subscriptions. Branded awards programmes and conferences, including the VCCircle Awards and the DEMO India event, serve as additional audience and sponsor-facing channels.
Private equity and venture capital fund managers, limited partners, entrepreneurs and startup founders, investment bankers, corporate executives, legal professionals and other participants in India's alternative investment ecosystem.
Geography
Headquartered in Gurugram, India, at M3M Urbana, Sector 67, with offices in the Delhi-National Capital Region, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Coverage centres on India, with international private capital and markets news carried via Reuters.
History
The site was founded in 2005 as a blog covering venture capital and private equity, then broadened its remit to Indian business news for entrepreneurs, corporate executives, investors, lawyers and bankers. In May 2012 it introduced a paywall and premium subscription service, and later that year launched the VCCircle Awards, with further editions in February 2013, 2014 and 2015. The VCCircle Network also brought the DEMO conference to India, holding the event in Bengaluru on 20-21 March 2013. News Corp acquired the network in March 2015, and HT Media Limited took over ownership in 2020, after which VCCircle began working alongside the business daily Mint, which republishes some of its articles. Leslie D'Monte joined as executive editor of VCCircle and TechCircle in August 2021; Vivek Sinha is currently executive editor of both sites.
Risks & controversies
Reporting following HT Media's takeover raised questions about the outlet's sustainability amid staff layoffs at the parent company.
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Key figures
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Timeline Β· 6
launches, deals, and filingsHT Media Limited became the owner of VCCircle, taking over from News Corp.
News Corp acquired the VCCircle Network in March 2015, expanding its digital footprint in India.
The VCCircle Network brought the DEMO conference to India; the event was held on 20-21 March 2013 in Bengaluru.
VCCircle introduced a paywall in May 2012, described as the first business news website in India to do so, launching its premium service on 14 May 2012.
VCCircle announced an awards programme recognising the best performing PE/VC-backed companies across sectors, as well as law firms and investment banks with the most deals in a given year. Subsequent editions were held in February 2013, February 2014 and February 2015.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Vccircle do?
- Indian news, data, events and training group covering private equity, venture capital and alternative investments.
- Who founded Vccircle?
- Vccircle was founded by Ashish Gumashta, Roshi Jain.
- Who are Vccircle's investors?
- Vccircle's investors include Norwest Venture Partners, Alkemi Growth Capital, Colossa Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Endiya Partners, Granite Hill, Season Two Ventures, Taurus Ventures.