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Spoils of the Pandemic
History is witness that some of the Greatest Organizations were born at the time of the greatest adversities. As we turn the corner on...
Ritwik Khator
Apr 16, 20224 min read
Run down for the month - Mar'22
New beginnings: Pixxel, the Bengaluru based space tech startup that engages in satellite-based earth imaging solution launched its 1st...
Kartikeyan Khator
Apr 16, 20222 min read
Could Unacademy avoid Mass Layoff?
Since March’22, Unacademy has laid off over 900 employees and educators. To put it more dramatically, the edtech unicorn that grew its...
Kartikeyan Khator
Apr 16, 20222 min read
Effects of Startup Replication
It is a common belief that Indian startups are born out of mere replication of startups that have witnessed good demand or raised huge...
Kartikeyan Khator
Apr 14, 20226 min read
How much Stake should Founders retain?
As an entrepreneur there’s a lot riding on the outcome of your negotiations with potential investors. The biggest trade off being between...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 14, 20222 min read
Did the Unicorns actually add Value?
In FY20, India’s 68 Unicorns spent cash of over ₹138,000 crores, posting a total net loss of over ₹41,000 crores. Now before you write...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 14, 20223 min read
A snapshot of the 2021 Unicorn story of the Globe
Here are 6 cards that sum up the 2021 Unicorn story of the Globe: This article is a part of the December'21 edition of our Startup...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 14, 20221 min read
What if you had Invested in Indian Unicorns?
At the inception of 2021 we started keeping tap of the valuation of all Unicorns in India, subsequent funds raised and the hike in...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Why is there so much hype about D2C Enablers?
Imagine that you have a moment of reckoning and decide to set up a business with that one big idea. You realize that it's a...
Ritwik Khator
Jan 14, 20223 min read
Where do Unicorns park Idle Funds?
Time and again you must’ve heard in 2021 (108 times to be precise), that a Startup raised funds north of a hundred million dollars. Of...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 13, 20221 min read
Code Red for Humanity
If you got goosebumps seeing the human race end in the movie 2012, you might want to hold on to something before you read this…A UN’s...
Kartikeyan Khator
Sep 4, 20212 min read
PAYTM IPO – 3 WHYs & 3 WHY NOTs
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Kartikeyan Khator
Aug 1, 20213 min read
Rundown for the Month - July'21
Here are the top stories that made the news in July'21 in India's Startup Ecosystem: Byju’s travels to the US, again – The Indian edtech...
Kartikeyan Khator
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Is the Space Race only for Billionaires?
Let’s accept it, space travel is riskier than putting your money in crypto. So, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic put their founders in...
Kartikeyan Khator
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Would you Stick with the Mobikwick IPO?
Sometimes we feel like we're Superman. You know how he would never kill the bad guy but hand him over to the cops… So here we are today,...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jul 30, 20218 min read
BharatPe Takes Over PMC Bank
In September’19 Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank’s MD, Joy Thomas unveiled misery (ironically) upon the bank’s depositors...
Ritwik Khator
Jun 30, 20216 min read
Startup IPO Frenzy
Did you notice that there's a sudden wave of Indian Startups going for an IPO this year? There's Zomato, Paytm, Flipkart, Policybazaar...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jun 30, 20211 min read
Rundown for the Month - June'21
Here are the top stories that made the news in June'21 in India's Startup Ecosystem: More Unicorns - BrowserStack becomes the seventh...
Ritwik Khator
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Run Down for the Month - May'21
It's coming of age at India Inc.: Tata Sons has acquired a 64% stake in online grocery seller BigBasket, buying out majority stake of...
Ritwik Khator
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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