Canbank Venture Capital Fund houses Electronic Development Fund
Q. Who is housing the Electronic Development Fund?- Published on 16 Feb 16a. SBI
b. Canbank Venture Capital Fund
c. ICICI Mutual Funds
d. Venture Catalysts Fund
ANSWER: Canbank Venture Capital Fund
- The Electronics Development Fund to support early-stage, angel, venture and private equity funds focusing on electronics, nano-electronics and information technology is launched.
- The government has appointed Canbank Venture Capital Fund to house the Electronic Development Fund in 2015. The fund has an initial corpus of Rs 2,200 crore.
- The Electronics Development Fund is set up as a ‘Fund of Funds’ to participate in ‘Daughter Funds’, which in turn will provide risk capital to companies developing new technologies in the area of electronics, nano-electronics and IT.