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At an event before the Ola Electric IPO in August last year, the company’s founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal banked…
When CRED crossed INR 2,400 Cr in revenue last year, it finally sent a message to India’s fintech ecosystem. The…
Ola Electric, Swiggy and now PhonePe. Another IPO from Bengaluru is all set to grab the limelight, as the fintech…
When Zomato announced that it would become Eternal, it kinda flipped a switch. The group became bigger than Zomato. It’s…
For India’s private equity ecosystem, the wave of startup IPOs has unlocked new insights into the Indian market and in…
It was a week to forget for all new-age tech stocks in India, with just Honasa surviving the broad market-wide…
‘One ring to rule them all, and in the darkness, bind them’ — the situation perhaps not as morbid as…
After a spell of running with the bulls, Swiggy is grappling with bears. The stock fell below its issue price…
Ola Electric has had a rough few months, going from a post-IPO high to crashing below its listing price and…
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Remember that scene from Christopher Nolan’s Inception? One of the main characters takes another on a walk up a staircase,…
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Zomato and Swiggy walk into a bistro, ask to see the menu and the kitchen, have a ‘Snacc’ or two…
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Ather Energy is entering 2025 on the cusp of an IPO, but now India’s EV pioneer needs to get out…
Paytm’s 2024 was a mirror image of 2023. The fintech giant finished 2023 on a low after coming very close…
In August, when we last looked at PhysicsWallah’s product strategy, we said the company is the only game in town…
Till Friday evening, Zepto was largely among the headlines this year for its massive $1.3 Bn fundraise spree. But with…
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Aman Priyadarshi claims his startup Plazza is building India’s first instant health app. The likes of Swiggy Instamart, Blinkit and…
Even as Indian startups have grown in prominence through funding and milestones such as IPOs, engaging with policymakers and regulators…
Swiggy just netted $1.35 Bn through its IPO, Zepto armed itself with over $1 Bn in VC funding this year,…
One of India’s most celebrated beauty brands Mamaearth and its parent Honasa Consumer are under immense pressure. The past month…
Swiggy is now a publicly listed company and there’s no looking back. But this is not the Swiggy that we…
Ola Electric has always run on the fast track in India’s electric vehicle race—but after going public, the Bhavish Aggarwal-led…
Would you pay INR 50,000 to Swiggy to be your personal butler? Well, not quite a butler — that would…
As far as milestones go, the Indian startup ecosystem crossing the $150 Bn mark in funding in 2024 is a…
Food delivery in India is a two-bike race, but Rebel Foods is living up to its name by going a…
Zeta founder Bhavin Turakhia has long held a unique view on fintech in India. He believes that startups need to…
The line between venture capital and private equity in India is fading rapidly. More and more PE firms are looking…
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India’s venture capital firms and fund managers often talk about innovation, but in the age of generative AI and deeptech,…
One often gets asked: where are the profitable startups? Three recent examples come to mind, all coincidentally in the same…
With one quarter to go in 2024, we are beginning to another inflection point in the Indian startup ecosystem, with…