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[email protected] set class in the coming months. As many as 79 CXOs said they would New Delhi: Jasper Infotech, which TEAM ET recommend investing in startups to oth- owns and operates online marketplace ers' although with an important caveat Snapdeal.com, has raised fresh capi- that these investments were risky and As many as six in 10 CXO-levelexecu- tal, estimated at about $500 million, in tives in India have invested a portion of investors needed to make them with a new round led by Chinese e-com- their wealth in startups, an ET poll of their eyes fully open. merce giant Alibaba Group and Tai- 100 randomly selected C-Suite occu- wanese electronics manufacturer piers across compa- Investlnlln Friends' Ventures •• 13 Foxconn, tech news startup Re/Code NBFCSQUEUE nies in a range of in- claimed late on Sunday.