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Jio Platforms, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Indian telecom and digital services unit backed by Meta and Google, surged 21% in its stock market debut on Wednesday after raising $3.2 billion in India’s largest and most subscribed IPO, which attracted more than $77 billion in investor bids.

Peak XV Partners, one of the largest venture capital firms investing in markets including India and Southeast Asia with more than $10 billion in assets under management, has increased how much it invests per startup through Surge, its seed-stage investing platform, as it unveils a new cohort of 18 companies.