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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

2020: A big deal year for PE & VCs

PE and VCs deployed $47.5 billion in Indian companies while exits hit a five-year low at $6 billion

Accel India: Decoding founders' mentality to spin success

Accel seeded the passion of entrepreneurs into its investing DNA to spot early winners in the consumer business. Its next big bet: SaaS unicorns

Apollo Global: Time for a big splash

Setting out on its own after a joint venture with AION Capital Partners ended, Apollo Global has set its eyes on big targets

When founders turn funders

Through the trend of founders becoming angel investors, helping new startups raise the precious early dollar, is not new--the pace and the ballooning ticket size is astonishing

The rise and rise of venture debt

Startups are increasingly turning to venture debt funds to raise capital, making 2020 one of the best years for the VC debt industry

Captain Turnaround: Making an elevated play

For 18 years, Elevation Capital has picked fledgling startups with exceptional founders and helped them grow into sector leaders

Tory Burch's survival sketchbook

Amid a luxury fashion apocalypse, one of the century's greatest entrepreneurial retailers—and one of America's richest self-made women—brought us deep inside the battle to save her brand

Cooking up opportunities out of crises

In an industry ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, some chefs and entrepreneurs kept their kitchen fires burning

Accel India: Sharpening investment instincts

Spotting an opportunity early, making follow-on investment rounds, and guiding it to unicorn status is an art few peers would have mastered as well as Accel has

Budget 2021 countdown: Mapping the economic growth route

Reviving the economy through capital spending should be top priority in Budget FY22; fiscal consolidation will have to wait

Budget 2021 countdown: How to revive growth in a dire fiscal scenario

The government will have to show serious intent to bolster economic activity at a time when finances are severely constrained and the effects of the pandemic are still visible

Budget 2021 countdown: Managing Covid-19's real stress–unemployment

It's not that the government does not believe there is no problem, but it does not have a qualified number on how big the issue is

Budget 2021 countdown: It's time for progressive corporate tax

A reformed tax structure for all businesses will support small enterprises, formalise and boost the economy, and create jobs, IDFC First Bank's V Vaidyanathan writes

Thoughts on PE & VC Investments

Meet the intrepid people who have traded traditional living spaces for life on water

An associate editor of a magazine, a couple of teachers, a shipwright, and a motorsport journalist have one thing in common—they all live on boats