Take One: Big story of the day
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New mutual funds are hungry for a slice of the pie
A new breed of mutual fund houses, from fintech firms to discount brokers, is rushing to get a foothold into the expanding mutual fund industry. But will investors show the maturity to stay invested, amid stretched valuations and uncertain near-term returns?
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Small finance banks: Hurt but not out
The banks have seen their asset quality deteriorate due to the pandemic, but high capital buffers and lower cost of funds should help cushion the sector
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How apna became one of India's fastest unicorns with almost zero annual revenue
The two-year-old professional networking platform for blue- and grey-collar workers raised $100 million in a Series C round in September. The company plans to use the funds for global expansion and to scale up its skill tech platform
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How Vishal Bali is giving a fresh life to India's crippled healthcare sector and making his investors richer
At a time multi-specialty players dominate the landscape, the executive chairman of Asia Healthcare Holdings has turned around loss-making entities like Motherhood Hospitals and Nova IVF and pushed them on a growth trajectory
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Nuts and bolts of GoMechanic's 'why' and 'why not'
How car service and workshop brand GoMechanic cracked the unorganised garage market with its asset-light model and direct sourcing of spares
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Drone Rules, 2021: What it means for India's drone technology sector
The government has recently notified a liberalised set of regulations for unmanned aircraft systems, attracting interest from startups and investors. How significant is this likely to be and what more needs to be done?
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BharatPe redefined India's payment ecosystem. The unicorn now wants to challenge India's banks
In just three years, Ashneer Grover-led BharatPe has become one of India's biggest fintech startups. And it's only getting started
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Delivery and revenge dining: How Riyaaz Amlani survived the Covid-19 battering
The restaurateur wouldn't have imagined that he would mark 20 years in F&B by devising a playbook from scratch. But he's weathered the Covid storm and is looking set to return to his growth trajectory
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Air pollution is now a matter of life and death
Until adequate measures for transformative change to prevent air pollution at source are firmly in place, Indian cities will remain highly polluted, causing illness and death, and adversely affecting our GDP and climate
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Jet, Set, Debt: How InnoVen built its equity among unicorns
India's biggest venture debt fund has enabled unicorn founders to strike a delicate balance between less dilution and more growth
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Once upon a time in Korea...
How Kross Komics is wooing Indians with gripping Korean stories narrated in the webtoon format—and filling a gap for content for young women