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Captain Fresh’s IPO Playbook: Tapping Global B2B Opportunity, Acquisition Plans & B2C Ambitions

As Bengaluru-based B2B seafood startup Captain Fresh is all set to go public by the end of this year, founder…

27.01.2025 10

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Edtech In 2025: The Rise After The Fall?

In 2024 the lines between edtech and offline education services companies became blurred more than ever. If we were talking…

06.01.2025 6

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PhonePe In 2024: On The IPO Trail With INR 5,000 Cr Revenue

PhonePe is already acting like a public limited company. In 2024, PhonePe released its annual report sharing its consolidated, standalone…

30.12.2024 5

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Swiggy In 2024: IPO Delivered, Profitability Next?

Just days before Swiggy’s $1.3 Bn IPO, cofounder and CEO Sriharsha Majety responded calmly to a question about what Swiggy…

26.12.2024 3

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Zomato In 2024: When Deepinder Goyal’s Co Became The North Star For Startups

Zomato is the new steel. It’s not often that a 15-year-old food delivery company dethrones a four-decades-old steel giant from…

20.12.2024 9

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BYJU’S In 2024: How The $22 Bn Company Crumbled

February 22, 2024 — Headlines around India revealed an Enforcement Directorate lookout circular against BYJU’S founder and CEO Byju Raveendran...

16.12.2024 5

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India’s Edtech Reset — The Aftermath Of The Golden Age

India’s edtech startups have been stuck in an existential crisis for the past two years. From unicorns to the early…

25.11.2024 6

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Amazon India’s Festive Season: Premiumisation Emerges As Key Trend

After all the buzz around the fight between ecommerce marketplaces and quick commerce giants, how did Amazon India fare in…

19.11.2024 4

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Inside Swiggy Instamart’s ‘Mega Dark Store’ Plan

All eyes are naturally on Swiggy given its massive IPO, but there’s another mega plan brewing in Bengaluru, with Swiggy…

07.11.2024 5

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Zepto’s 50:50 Bet: Can It Balance The Quick Commerce Scale?

It is not unreasonable to say that quick commerce has changed the face of ecommerce in India. From Swiggy moving…

06.11.2024 10

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Razorpay Walks The Tightrope Of Regulations And Profits

Razorpay cofounder and CEO Harshil Mathur believes regulations are good for the fintech industry.  Earlier this year, the Razorpay CEO…

30.10.2024 1

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Meesho Courts D2C Brands: Will It Be Match Made In Heaven?

Even Kishore Biyani is not sure about how Meesho has done it.  At Inc42’s D2C Summit in August this year,…

21.10.2024 1

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Will Quick Commerce Eat Amazon, Flipkart’s Festive Season Lunch?

Quick commerce vs ecommerce marketplaces — that’s the big battle in the 2024 festive season sales.  The rise of Blinkit,…

04.10.2024 1

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The INR 2,048 Cr Question: Did Zomato Overpay For Paytm Insider Deal?

The Zomato and Paytm Insider deal is definitely one of the most high profile acquisitions in India. But the question…

03.09.2024 1

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Decoding DailyHunt Parent VerSe’s Booster Plan To Increase Revenue, Cut Losses Via Acquisitions

In July this year, Inc42 wrote about the struggles of short video platform Josh and the challenges faced by its…

31.08.2024 1

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BYJU’S: An Empire That Was

Byju Raveendran is racing against time to save BYJU’S. Once India’s most celebrated tech entrepreneur, Raveendran & family, have seen…

26.08.2024 4

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Can Reliance Retail Save Dunzo?

Dunzo is still stuck in a limbo. After more than a year of negotiations and speculation, the startup’s current cash…

13.08.2024 1

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Can Ola’s ONDC Food Delivery Bet Match Swiggy, Zomato?

Just a few weeks ago, social media was abuzz about Zomato and Swiggy, but most users didn’t have good things…

31.07.2024 3

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