Enterprise
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Legitquest: On a quest to building a legal technology framework in India
The startup aspires to be a platform that makes legal research sharper, faster and simpler, with features that help in reducing the time required for reading and understanding judgments
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Book review: Venture Capital's unreasonable world
VCs are akin to modern-day Maharajahs, destiny's chosen children, who throw vast sums of money behind ideas and teams to create contemporary magic. Sebastian Mallaby's The Power Law is a virtuoso account of the VC world and its key tenets
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Godrej Industries launches financial services holding company Godrej Capital
Housing finance and lending activity to gain strength under new structure; company commits investment of Rs1,500 crore
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A new partnership: Clean Slate Studioz joins hands with Yorkshire County Cricket Club
The company, founded by actor Anushka Sharma and her brother in 2013, becomes the first Indian entity to own significant naming rights at an English sporting venue
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The Plated Project: Fighting hunger, one plate at a time
Founded by Chitresh Sinha in 2019, The Plated Project is a business that strives to solve the hunger crisis in India
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Exclusive - India's first biomaterial startup Phool.co raises $8 million in Series A funding
The Kanpur-based startup plans to use the capital to scale operations, and explore the untapped domestic and global growth opportunities
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Mindtree founders turn VC. Their aim: Create 8-10 mini Mindtrees
Founders of the IT services company, Krishnakumar Natarajan and Parthasarathy NS are embarking on a new journey with their operator-led VC firm Mela. They will back desi startups in enterprise business
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Cognizant founder to PE: Inside Francisco D'Souza's new innings
After helping build Cognizant into one of the world's most valuable IT services giants from scratch, Francisco D'Souza is now switching gears with a global PE fund to back tomorrow's winners in the same sector
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How Mensa turbo charges the growth of small, digital-first brands—Startup Circle
Mensa is a rare breed of startup. It raced to unicorn status in just six months and it's profitable. Founded by former Myntra CEO Ananth Narayanan in May 2021, the startup snaps up small, digital-first brands and then upgrades their product development, marketing or supply chain management using tech-based tools. In this episode of Startup Circle, Varsha Meghani of Forbes India catches up with Narayanan to find out how Mensa is different from Thrasio, the US-based company that pioneered the concept, competition in the space and plans for the future
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Claim and Acclaim: Can Kenko move the needle with its unique healthcare model?
The health tech startup is changing the lopsided mediclaim narrative in India by looking beyond hospitalisation—and focussing on OPD expenses including doctor visits, medicines and more
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Exclusive: Avendus Capital acquires Spark Capital's institutional equities business for an undisclosed amount
The transaction, which comes at a time when a host of digital and new economy companies are taking the IPO route, will help KKR-backed Avendus to get into the institutional equities business and capital markets