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{{short description|Media House in India}}
{{Infobox company
| name = VCCircle
| logo = VCCircle_Logo.png
| foundation = 2005
| location = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| founder = Sahad P.V
| industry = Online Media
| parent = HT Media Limited
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.vccircle.com/}}
}}

'''VCCircle''', founded in 2005, is an [[Indian people|Indian]] information services group <ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/uyHkXKDygxwqqm8rtrQDzK/I-still-want-your-job.html VCCircle Profile in Mint]</ref> with presence in online business news, data, events and training for [[private equity]] and [[venture capital]] fund managers, entrepreneurs, investment bankers, corporate executives and lawyers. It currently employs about 100 people and is owned by the [[New Delhi]]-headquartered Mosaic Media Ventures Private Limited with offices in [[Okhla]] in [[National Capital Region (India)|Delhi-National Capital Region]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]].
The company was acquired in 2015 by [[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp]], and later by HT Media Limited in 2020. <ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/news-corp-acquires-vc-circle-115030900331_1.html News Corp Acquires VCCircle]</ref> Leslie D' Monte joined as the Executive Editor of VCCircle and TechCircle in August, 2021.

==History==
VCCircle was founded in 2005 by Sahad P.V. as a blog focused on [[venture capital]] and [[private equity]]. The site expanded its coverage of Indian business to a larger audience <ref>[http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/indias-press-faces-an-online-future/?smid=tw-nytindia&seid=auto&_r=0 Coverage in NYT]</ref> of entrepreneurs, corporate executives, investors, legal professionals and bankers.<ref>[http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2014-02/21/content_15119827.html Founder's Quote]</ref> VCCircle offers insight<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/acche-din-for-media-deals-not-really-114070500683_1.html VCCircle quote in Business Standard]</ref> and opinion<ref>[http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2014-02/21/content_15119827.htmlon Quote in China Daily Asia]</ref> on various business happenings. Since its acquisition by HT Media Limited, VCCircle started working alongside Mint, the second largest business daily in India. The company routinely publishes exclusive articles on the venture capital and the private equity community on its website. Some of these articles are also published in the Mint.

In May 2012, VCCircle.com introduced a paywall.<ref>[http://indeucapital.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9035:vccircle-taking-the-next-big-leap-to-launch-premium-service-on-may-14 Premium Service Launch]</ref> It is the first business news website in [[India]] to introduce a paywall. VCCircle announced an award in 2012 which recognised the best performing PE/VC-backed companies in various sectors and also law firms and investment banks who have done the maximum number of deals in a given year.<ref>[http://blog.bharatmatrimony.com/bm-in-the-news/651-matrimony-com-adjudged-best-pe-vc-backed-consumer-internet-company.html Awards 2012]</ref>

The second edition of awards was held in February 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ptinews.com/pressrelease/7662_press-subTop-PE-VC-backed-Indian-Companies--Investment-Banks--Law-Firms-Honoured-at-VCCircle-Annual-Awards-2013 |title=Awards 2013 |access-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131203121502/http://www.ptinews.com/pressrelease/7662_press-subTop-PE-VC-backed-Indian-Companies--Investment-Banks--Law-Firms-Honoured-at-VCCircle-Annual-Awards-2013 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> VCCircle Network got the [[DEMO conference]] to start an event in [[India]]. The event was held on 20 and 21 March 2013 in [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]].<ref>[http://thedemoblog.com/2013/01/demo-goes-global-with-demo-india-in-march-2013/ Demo India]</ref>

The third edition of VCCircle Awards <ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/igate-honoured-at-vccircle-annual-awards-2014-114022400842_1.html Awards 2014]</ref> was held in February 2014.

The fourth edition of VCCircle Awards <ref>[https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/indias-best-pe-vc-backed-143100102.html Awards 2015]</ref> was held in February 2015.
The VCCircle Network was acquired <ref>[http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/n2aIDcSzPiMMEGPhCPpviK/News-Corp-acquires-VCCircle-Network.html VCCircle Acquisition Announced]</ref> by [[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp]] in March 2015.

==References==

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==External links==
* {{Official website|vccircle.com}}

[[Category:Web portals]]
[[Category:Indian news websites]]
[[Category:News media in India]]
[[Category:Business mass media in India]]
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