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Gourmet On The Pet Plate

Picture a sweltering Delhi evening: a young professional is busy preparing dinner while her golden retriever watches her with hopeful…

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Long Game Begins For Furniture Ecommerce

India’s furniture ecommerce market has moved from experimentation and execution to consolidation. The IPO pipeline reflects this change. In the…

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India’s Convenience Economy Is Getting Expensive

Open any food delivery or quick commerce app today, and the final bill rarely matches the item price, thanks to…

31.03.2026 10

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Quick Commerce & India’s Micro Festival Boom

Sunday, March 8; It’s International Women’s Day and the Indian men’s team is about to play in the T20 World…

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The Hiring Reset: AI Has Raised The Skill Bar In India

India’s education and skilling ecosystem is at an inflexion point. As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes deeply embedded in how companies…

07.02.2026 9

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The Next Big Startup Hubs: Inside India’s New Innovation Engines

For nearly two decades, India’s startup story has centred around three cities — Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, and Mumbai — which…

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How IIT Delhi Built India’s Most Influential Founder Ecosystem

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has emerged as one of India’s most influential academic institutions, playing a significant role…

31.01.2026 9

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How Funding, Valuations And Execution Are Being Rewritten In Ecommerce

For over a decade, ecommerce has functioned as the backbone of India’s consumer internet story, repeatedly absorbing capital across market…

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Will Investors Open Their Wallets Again In 2026?

By the end of 2025, India’s tech startup ecosystem was operating in a far tighter capital environment. Total funding closed…

31.12.2025 20

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Will 2026 Be The Year Of Startup M&As?

India’s M&A market may not make a resounding comeback in 2026, even as global M&A activity turned more buoyant in…

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Of Dry Powder And Wet Blankets: How India’s VC Hit Reset In 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, the contours of India’s venture capital market look clearer than they appeared at the…

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Fintech 3.0? What 2026 Holds For India’s Digital Money Machine

As 2025 heads into its final stretch, fintech in India finds itself at a defining moment, shaped by shifting regulations,…

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Reset Or Rejuvenation? Mapping India’s Digital Lending Course In 2026

The digital lending ecosystem in India spent most of 2025 learning to breathe differently. After two years of regulatory resets,…

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Beyond Easy Growth: How Indian Ecommerce Will Be Tested In 2026

When 2025 kicked off, we put out eight predictions for how ecommerce would move through the year. By December, the…

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Indian Banks And The GenAI Quandary

Back in 2018, when GenAI had yet to become the biggest buzzword in the tech industry, one of India’s major…

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Inside IPO-Bound Curefoods’ Cloud Kitchen Network & Acquisitions Playbook 

When Ankit Nagori launched Curefoods in 2020, the cloud kitchen market was on the verge of an inflection point. Even…

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Through The IPO PRISM: Is OYO Ready For The Spotlight? 

What’s in a name? Especially one that most people might not even utter. Few people think of Zomato as a…

17.09.2025 10

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How Zepto’s Brand Engine Keeps Its 10-Minute Promise Alive

By early 2021, India’s online grocery market had reached an inflexion point. The initial challenge, persuading consumers to buy from…

16.09.2025 10

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Inside Tata 1mg’s Data-Led User Acquisition & Retention Engines

In June 2021, Tata Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tata group, acquired a majority stake in the online…

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India’s VC Exit Puzzle: Valuations Fall, Secondaries Rise

When Catamaran Ventures’ President, Deepak Padaki, recently observed that loss-making companies are seeing secondary sales at a 30–40% discount, it…

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Inside Fireflies.ai’s Rise To The AI Unicorn Club And Its Bold India Strategy

In the age of AI-GenAI, technological innovations are not mere tools. They fundamentally change the nature of how our world…

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Why Premji Invest Led The $43 Mn Series C Round In WoodenStreet

In December 2024, Jaipur-based direct-to-consumer (D2C) furniture brand WoodenStreet secured INR 354 Cr (about $43 Mn) in Series C, one…

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Decoding TDV Partners’ Investment Playbook For India’s Booming Spiritual Tech Market

India recently witnessed two mega-events: The Mahakumbh and the inauguration of the Ram Temple. But these were not just great…

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Inside 3one4 Capital’s Decade-Long Exit Track Record 

In early 2022, enterprise HR tech startup Darwinbox raised its Series D round, joining the unicorn club. Most observers saw…

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Demystifying SEBI’s Rules For Co-Investment Vehicles: Will It Impact Startup Funding?

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) released a consultation paper last month that could streamline co-investment strategies within…

12.06.2025 10

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How Arise Ventures’ AI Rethink Is Shaping Its INR 500 Cr Bet On Consumer, Climate & Enterprise Tech

Venture capital across the globe has never been more obsessed with artificial intelligence (AI). Consider this. Out of the total…

05.06.2025 20

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In It For The Long Haul: How Indian VCs Are Making A Case For Patient Capital

A couple of years ago, the leading Indian stockbroker, Zerodha, made a surprising announcement. Its investment arm, Rainmatter Capital, would…

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Will AI Change How Indian VC Funds Work?

A shift is underway in India’s venture capital sector, and we don’t mean in the way these firms are investing…

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From Zero To INR 3,145 Cr: How Groww Engineered A Retail Investing Revolution

Fintechs have long been viewed as giant killers, aiming to disrupt all major components of the financial world, be it…

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From Pre-Revenue To Growth Stage: How Sauce.vc’s Thesis Kept Up With India’s D2C Boom

In 2014, Manu Chandra made what he describes as the riskiest investment decision of his life — he poured money…

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Mapping GenAI’s Influence On Indian VCs Betting On Ecommerce, Retail Tech

In 2013, Indian organised retail was defined by large-format stores and modern trade chains. All that changed with ecommerce platforms…

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The AI Rush In SaaS: How Indian VCs Are Reinventing Their Thesis

By mid-2024, the Indian SaaS landscape reached a turning point. AI was no longer an edge or an innovation layer;…

10.04.2025 20

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Decoding Samara Capital’s $2 Bn Private Equity Investment Thesis

Private equity (PE) in India has undergone a transformation in the past two decades, evolving from a fledgling sector into…

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Inside All In Capital’s INR 300 Cr Bet On India’s Next Wave Of Founders

Did the funding headwinds finally relent in 2024, paving the path for startup growth? The previous year might not have…

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Lendingkart’s Founder On Balancing Growth, Regulation And Public Market Expectations

Capital is the fuel to accelerate a business. But for India’s 63 Mn micro, small and medium enterprises, which accounted…

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Ankit Mehta On ideaForge’s Road To IPO — How Culture & Leadership Met High-Tech Innovation

Ankit Mehta’s journey from managing college projects at IIT-Bombay to helming ideaForge Technology, one of India’s top players in the…

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IvyCap’s Decade Of Startups: How The VC Fund’s Thesis Has Evolved

Fifteen years ago, IvyCap founder Vikram Gupta and his team set up a venture capital firm in Mumbai, but the…

06.03.2025 20

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Inside IPO-Bound Shiprocket’s Rise From Logistics Aggregator To Full-Stack Digital Commerce

The ecommerce logistics sector in India is witnessing a boom, given the demand for fast and efficient delivery solutions as…

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Singularity’s Yash Kela On The PE Fund’s Big Bet On Healthcare & Energy Transition 

Even as most large VC and PE funds in India are moving the focus away from growth stage investments, Yash…

13.02.2025 20

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Gupshup With Beerud Sheth: Decoding The SaaS Giant’s SMS-To-AI Journey

For millions of Indians, social media and instant messaging dominate their daily lives. This is where the debates and discussions…

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INR 2,500 Cr Revenue, IPO In Motion: How Razorpay Is Prepping For D-Street

In December last year, Razorpay turned 10. The Bengaluru-based startup, founded by IIT graduates Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar, has…

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Insurtech At A Crossroads: What 100% FDI Means For Insurance Startups

The Indian insurtech industry is at a critical juncture with the lifting of all caps on foreign investment, but are…

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Unpacking Antler India’s Pre-Seed Investment Thesis For ‘Bold Founders’

For many early stage investors in India, 2024 was a post-correction year, but even then seed funding saw a 31%…

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Quick Commerce Is Forcing Logistics Providers To Rethink Their Networks: FedEX Exec

When the idea of 10-minute delivery came up first, scepticism ran high. A couple of years on, the entire logistics…

05.02.2025 20

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Decoding Rebel Foods Backer Ocgrow Ventures’ Early Stage Playbook For India

The global reach of India’s startup ecosystem has pulled in investors from all geographies. While US funds dominate the landscape,…

23.01.2025 20

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Dubai Internet City’s MD Explains Why India Is A Magnet For Dubai Investors

India’s rapid growth in the digital economy has caught the attention of many countries, including Dubai. India is expected to…

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