Unicorn Tracker
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Infra.Market: Getting back into the saddle
A sudden crisis earlier this year almost devoured the horsepower of Infra.Market. Now it's trying to get back to the racing track
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Varun and Ghazal Alagh's Mamaearth empire is built on the foundation of frugality
Profitable businesses don't happen by serendipity, there has to be a plan—and the Alaghs have led with their middle class values of frugality, to deliver three straight years of profit at beauty and skincare brand Mamaearth
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Asish Mohapatra and Ruchi Kalra: How this power couple spins profitable unicorns
In an era of inflated valuations and unicorn clubs, Mohapatra and Kalra are a part of a rare breed that insists on standing out of the crowd with an unflinching focus on growth and profitability. The result: two profitable unicorns—OfBusiness and Oxyzo Financial Services
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3 Ps of profitability: How to bring Indian startup unicorns into the black
When promise, performance and profits converge, you get valuable unicorns
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Capturing the rare profitable unicorns
The Indian startup ecosystem is home to more than 100 unicorns. Investors put their faith in the future success of these ventures, but not many of them managed to deliver the outsized returns VCs were expecting. In this podcast, Rajiv Singh, who anchored the Profitable Unicorns issue, sheds light on the rare companies with a valuation, growth, and bottom line worth boasting about
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Daemon, Demon & Daredevilry: How Hasura became India's first open-source unicorn
The startup, with its pioneering platform that makes it easier for developers to access data, has found uptake among startups and large corporations alike
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Home interiors startup Livspace turns unicorn
Series F round sees $180 million from KKR, but comes as the company struggles with execution issues
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Meet all the 42 unicorns born in 2021, the highest ever for any year
Indian startups, from fintech, edtech, healthtech and even proptech, are becoming favourites of investors at home and across the world. Here's a quick lowdown of all the 42 unicorns that were born in India in 2021
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Knowledge, wisdom and Vedantu: How live online tutoring classes propelled the edtech company into the $1-billion club
In 2017, Vamsi Krishna and his friends had a runway of just three months...four years later, their edtech venture turns unicorn. Find out how
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Edtech player Vedantu turns unicorn, raises $100 million in Series E funding
India gets fifth edtech unicorn, third one in 2021
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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