Enterprise
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Frontier Markets: Building an army of rural women influencers
Ajaita Shah's social commerce platform leverages the social capital of women in the villages to listen to the pulse of rural consumers and herald an ecommerce revolution in the hinterlands
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Moglix: How Rahul Garg built an unexpected unicorn
A B2B ecommerce platform for industrial products, nearly 65 percent of Moglix's business comes from Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns in the country. Subscribe to Forbes India to read the cover story
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Keen to invest in Indian firms with global ambitions: Florian Reichert of Picus Capital
The German early-stage technology investment firm sees significant potential in the country despite the risk of late effects of the pandemic
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Tiger Global's investment in CoinSwitch Kuber big nod to the Indian crypto industry: Ashish Singhal
Tiger Global Management's $25 million investment in BitCipher Labs last week marked the first investment in an Indian crypto startup for the New York-based investment firm, which is famous for its early backing of Flipkart. It has now added an Indian crypto startup to its portfolio. With Tiger's investment, CoinSwitch's valuation jumped five-fold to more than $500 million in just four months.
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All For Claps: Sameer Nair on his next act beyond the success of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati,' Star TV, and AltBalaji
Applause Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair, who has witnessed highs such as 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', wants to develop a full-blown studio that makes more than just movies
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Razorpay's Harshil Mathur talks about the company's strong growth and valuation jump
With a new round of funding, the Bengaluru fintech company is now valued at $3 billion. It is now set to become more aggressive on acquisitions to widen its products portfolio and expand into markets such as Indonesia and Malaysia, which offer growth opportunity with payments problems that are similar to what businesses faced when Razorpay launched in India
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Razorpay valuation triples to $3 billion with new funding round led by Sequoia, GIC
Founders Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar plan to use the money to expand into Southeast Asia, and acquire cloud software companies in financial services
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We want to add speed to seed funding: Anjali Sosale of WaterBridge
A gang of 15 VC funds, led by WaterBridge Ventures, is trying to give a speedy makeover to institutional seed funding. Can 'Fast Forward' solve the pain points of rookie founders?
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Cannabis startups chase opportunities despite low awareness and legal challenges
With gradually growing investor interest, startups working with industrial hemp hope to become part of a global boom where the plant is used in sectors ranging from medicines to textiles
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Indian samurai: A founder and his fight to find an investor
Ram Kumar fought in vain for two years as funders shied away from backing his online ayurvedic platform NirogStreet. Then came Japanese VC firm Spiral Ventures in 2018...
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Cheat for profit: How Chegg became the most valuable edtech company in the US
Students have always cheated, but the Covid-19-driven shift to online learning has turned a problem into an epidemic. This US edtech company is spinning profits by connecting college students to test answers on demand