Paytm IPO Opens Today: All Eyes On India’s Biggest Tech IPO
India’s biggest tech IPO opens today as Paytm parent One97 Communications’ public offering will start accepting bids from retail and institutional investors. The much-awaited INR 18,300 IPO will close...
View ArticleCDSL Fixes Vulnerability That Exposed Personal, Financial Data Of 4.39 Cr...
In yet another glaring cybersecurity issue that has raised alarms in the tech world, CDSL Ventures (CVL), a subsidiary of stock broking accounts provider CDSL or Central Depository Services Ltd, was...
View ArticleMeet The Zomatoverse
Zomato is taking a turn to become an ecosystem from just a food delivery and foodtech player by investing in a range of startups including Curefit and Shiprocket. Given that this is similar to the...
View ArticleWhat Next For Paytm After Much-Hyped IPO Turns Sour?
Social media this past week has been abuzz with analysis, hot takes and insights on the Paytm IPO. And as the fintech giant listed publicly, much of that turned into memes as the Paytm stock tanked...
View ArticleOver 200+ D2C Brands Have Applied For FAST42, Have YOU? 6 Days To Go
The D2C (direct-to-consumer) ecosystem in India has witnessed exponential growth in the past six years. From $6.6 Bn in 2015, the segment has reached $44.6 Bn in 2021, clocking a CAGR of 37.5%. Of...
View ArticleThe D2C Summit Is Here! Unveiling The Agenda For India’s Largest D2C &...
If the Covid pandemic in 2020 pushed many tech-shy Indians towards a digital life, 2021 has been the year where that transition has become a near-permanent thing. This year has been unprecedented when...
View ArticleCrypto’s Bad Week In India As Investors Panic
This past week has been buzzing with the potential ban on cryptos in India which has taken the entire crypto ecosystem by shock. Investors, exchanges and startups are now left debating whether the...
View ArticleTwo Days To Go: The 2nd Edition Of The D2C Summit Goes Live On December 3rd
The journey of India’s D2C segment is a bildungsroman story in the making. Coming from the early 2010s, when neither the investor ecosystem nor the consumer base had confidence in this new ‘sales...
View ArticleThe D2C Summit Goes Live Today: Here’s A Sneak Peek At Everything That’s In...
In the early days of October, we announced the 2nd edition of The D2C Summit. Now, after almost two months of relentless efforts and planning, India’s largest virtual ecommerce conference is all set to...
View ArticleWhatsApp Inches Close To Super App Goal
Among the super app contenders in India, WhatsApp has arguably the best shot at success. It has a massive user base, is the default first app for most new smartphone users and now it has a bevy of...
View ArticleUPI’s Arrival On Feature Phones Could Prove To Be Its Biggest Leap Yet
India’s digital economy has flourished over the past few years, and arguably, nothing has been more indispensable to this success than UPI, a critical piece of the so-called India Stack. Over the past...
View ArticleThe Final Chapter In Amazon Vs Future Battle?
It feels like ages ago when Reliance announced its deal with Future Retail, and in the world of business 16 months is often long enough for it to be called an age. But Amazon threw a spanner in the...
View ArticleOla Electric’s Two-Wheeler Dream Hits Speed Bump
If there’s one thing that we are supremely confident will happen in 2022, it is the EV revolution. Ola’s high-profile launch of its first scooters this year was followed by a lot of attention on this...
View ArticleThe Indian Startup Funding Story Of 2021
As with every year, we began 2022 by crunching the funding numbers of the year gone by. And more than any other time, this year, we have unearthed records in nearly every category. With 1,583 deals and...
View ArticleWazirX Found Dodging INR 40 Cr In Tax, DGGI To Investigate CoinDCX,...
After the Enforcement Directorate, it is now the GST Mumbai Commissionerate that has started investigating the business activities of India’s leading exchange WazirX. The GST Mumbai East...
View ArticleGlobal Delivery Company Borzo Acquires India-based Last Mile Delivery Startup...
Global same-day intra-city delivery service company Borzo has acquired NOW, an India-based last-mile delivery service startup. According to the company statement, the acquisition, advised by Maple...
View ArticleWith 3 New Unicorns, India’s Edtech Startups Raised $4.7 Bn In 2021
The education sector has undergone a profound transformation as Covid-19 spread across the world in the past two years. With technology coming to the forefront of imparting education in the wake of the...
View ArticleFintech Startups Foresee Faster Loan Disbursal As RBI Opens Credit Bureau Data
Fintech startups have unanimously welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest guidelines that allow such entities access to borrower data available with credit information bureaus. They said the...
View ArticleReliance Makes Big Q-Commerce Bet With Dunzo Deal
Mukesh Ambani’s digital ambitions show no signs of slowing as Reliance has backed quick commerce and hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo in a major way. The investment has been speculated for months and...
View ArticleZomato Executive Killed In Accident Involving Allegedly Drunk Cop
A Delhi police officer, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, rammed into a bus and a two-wheeler causing the death of Sahil Tripathi, a Zomato delivery agent who was riding the two-wheeler,...
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