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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
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Meet the founders who braved the funding winter chill
The Forbes India cover story on outliers in a funding winter—and extends the Scrooge metaphor to the moneybags fuelling startup activity, the venture capitalists (VCs)
Startups
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Startups, here's how to survive the freezing funding winter
A bunch of startup founders are braving the winter chill by wrapping themselves in the warmth of a much-deserved funding blanket. The challenge, though, is to conserve and grow at the same time if one needs to survive the long and harsh winter
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Zepto: The unicorn in the grey (funding) winter sky
Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra's Zepto put brakes on growth-at-all-cost as the funding winter rolled in, in 2023. The cofounder duo re-evaluated and slowly pressed down on the clutch to deliver sustainable growth backed by strong customer and economic metrics. It has made it a unicorn in an otherwise freezing funding winter that was 2023
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How Ankit Agrawal's cover drive sheltered InsuranceDekho in the funding winter
It was the worst funding February in four years, but InsuranceDekho's maiden raise of $150 million churned out the biggest Series A round in India. With another $60 million following briskly, Ankit Agrawal continued with his cover drive in 2023
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Of credit and credibility: Why Madhusudan Ekambaram and KreditBee get a strong vote of approval from investors
When the VC world was down with severe cold, private equity stepped in and gave full marks to Madhusudan Ekambaram and KreditBee. The NBFC too got its wish list: Cash, credit and credibility of a bunch of cherished backers
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After 20 rejections, here's how Mintifi raised $120 million in the funding winter
Back in 2017, Anup Agarwal wanted to raise $2 million for funding his maiden venture Mintifi. He got rejected by 20 funds. In 2023, he raised $120 million on the back of a profitable and thriving fintech venture
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How FreshToHome tightened its ship to woo investors in the funding winter
Shan Kadavil knew that the 'growth-at-all-cost' story would not make investors fall hook, line and sinker. The fisherman, therefore, sailed into the choppy waters with a sticky bait, and the gambit worked out for the seafood-to-meat platform
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Be prepared for the worst while you are building a business at scale: Bizongo cofounder & CEO Sachin Agrawal
It's rare to miss the unicorn tag by a whisker. This is exactly what happened with Bizongo, which fell short of $20 million. As the gloomy forecast of a parched funding spell looked imminent, the pragmatic CEO opted to stockpile dry powder rather than fuss overvaluation
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Real victory lies in building a sustainable business: Wipro Consumer Care's Sumit Keshan
Raising money in a tough funding environment is like winning a battle. You still have the war to win, the managing partner of Wipro Consumer Care - Ventures, Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting, writes
