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Finance
Bottomline: Kinara Capital's FY23 financials soar as managed assets, disbursements rise
MSME lending platform Kinara Capital’s topline and profit rose significantly for the financial year-ended 2023, even as the company's stage ......
Infrastructure
Bottomline: Shadowfax's FY23 revenue rises, hits operational profitability last quarter
Flipkart-backed Shadowfax, which provides logistics solutions across the e-commerce and online-first ecosystem, saw a considerable growth in its topline, even ......
Finance
How this IIT Madras grad went on to create the most prolific VC firm in Africa
In the middle of 2010, Zachariah George visited South Africa on a short sabbatical that would change his destiny—and the fortunes of hundreds ......
People
Former Alpha Wave exec aims to take on Google Chrome with new venture
A former executive at venture capital firm Alpha Wave Global, erstwhile Falcon Edge Capital, has floated his own startup to ......
People
How Puneet Gupta's stars are working in favour of his astrology startup
From having his doubts about astrology to starting an online marketplace for the science, entrepreneur Puneet Gupta’s perception has taken ......
Consumer
TPG, KKR-backed Livspace posts strong revenue growth in FY23, narrows EBITDA loss
Home décor startup Livspace, which is backed by US private equity firms TPG and KKR, recorded a significant jump in ......
TMT
CarTrade CEO Vinay Sanghi on OLX buy and opportunities in non-auto classifieds market
Mumbai-listed online automobile classifieds platform CarTrade Tech Ltd was in the news in July this year for its big-ticket acquisition of OLX ......
TMT
Persistence, perseverance key to scaling startups: Panellists at VCCircle's The Pitch
Persistence and perseverance are the two major qualities that startups and founders must possess to make their business scale in ......
TMT
Curefoods' Nagori on the importance of building a founding team at VCCircle's The Pitch
Building a founding team instead of looking for a co-founder while setting up business drives ownership amongst the early employees ......
TMT
Did MakeMyTrip's Covid-driven Middle East expansion bear fruit?
In mid-2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the globe, travel and hospitality were one of the worst hit sectors throughout ......