Nikhil Patwardhan
Finance
Startups find offshore, venture debt cheaper as volatility in equity fundraising increases
India’s cash guzzling startups, treading on high valuations following two consecutive years of aggressive equity fundraising, are finding offshore debt ......
TMT
Unicorn Watch: Upstox sees revenue, customer base growing 3X in FY23
RKSV Securities India Pvt Ltd, India’s second-largest stock broker that runs the online discount breaking platform Upstox, which currently has close ......
Finance
Deals Digest: Companies raise $836 mn this week; RummyCircle parent joins unicorn club
Companies raised funding of $836 million from venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) this week, with RummyCircle parent Games24x7 ......
TMT
Unicorn craze continues in 2022 as India mints 13 unicorns in first 3 months
The blockbuster fundraising in the Indian startup ecosystem in 2021 was the third-largest in the world. This frenzy seems to ......
TMT
Unicorns stumble at the hurdles in 2022 after successful sprint run
Technology startups in India, the world's third-largest startup ecosystem, had a very good run for the last two years with ......
TMT
B2B e-commerce unicorns may see rapid growth with rising demand from smaller towns, cities
India’s top four business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce marketplaces that registered robust revenue growth in the last financial year, may continue to ......
TMT
Tech startups turn hiring switch on for Lido Learning employees
Technology startups, including some of the country’s top edtech and other software firms, have begun onboarding employees from Lido Learning ......
TMT
Inside IndiaMART's over $100 mn bet on nine firms in FY22
IndiaMART Intermesh Ltd, one of India’s oldest internet companies, has been actively investing in startups since its listing in 2019. ......
Consumer
Inside the collapse of Ronnie Screwvala-backed Lido Learning
Priyanka Pansari, an assistant manager at Lido Learning, is shattered that her company no longer needs her services. The 24-year-old, ......
Consumer
Unicorn Watch: Vedantu plans global operations with an eye on IPO
India’s second-largest online tutoring platform Vedantu Innovations Pvt Ltd, which turned unicorn last year, is set to foray into global ......
