Take One: Big story of the day
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Inside Sanjay Mehta's ambition to build India's Y Combinator at 100X.VC
Entrepreneur-turned-investor Mehta is making life easier for early-stage startups, helping them to focus on their ideas, while handholding them to raise money
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Will Zomato's audacious grocery bet with Grofers pay off?
Despite grocery being a high-risk play with wafer-thin margins and dynamics that are different from food delivery, IPO-bound Zomato perhaps has little option but to take the plunge with a stake in Grofers, viewing it as a fighting chance to keep its growth story intact
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India wants to take CoWin global, but it remains disempowering for many back home
The technology platform at the centre of India's Covid-19 vaccination strategy is out of reach for those without digital access or know-how, while vaccine supply constraints and data security issues spark additional concerns
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How HDFC Bank's litany of crises has spelt opportunity for ICICI Bank
As HDFC Bank awaits the lifting of its credit card ban, it is strengthening its technology architecture. But will it be able to recover lost ground?
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After 20 years of bootstrapping, is Bhavin Turakhia switching from value to valuation game?
For over two decades, serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia stayed bootstrapped. With Zeta now a billion-dollar company, can he script bigger success with loads of external money and his obsession with focus?
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How A Velumani, a landless farmer's son, built Thyrocare into a billion-dollar behemoth before a surprise sell-off
The deal with PharmEasy, India's first e-pharmacy unicorn, will give Thyrocare an opening into B2C business and its founder an investing foray into the burgeoning healthtech sector
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Streaming now: BookMyShow and its fight back
Battered by the pandemic, BookMyShow is trying to reinvent itself by getting into multiple streams. Can it put up a good show?
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Car rides, canteen visits, and unlocking value: Inside the Ajit Dayal and Subbu way of investing
Over the 25 years they have worked together, Ajit Dayal and IV Subramaniam of Quantum Advisors have built processes that put integrity at the heart of what they do. And a part of the process also involves sitting around in company canteens
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How Apna is trying to bring out champions from the blue-collar world
Nirmit Parikh's professional networking platform, which uses a simpler approach to connect workers with employers, is attracting not just users but also investors
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'Public health crisis within the pandemic': Why India must do more to tackle Long Covid
Many people experience debilitating physical and mental health symptoms for months post Covid-19 recovery. While companies have to do their bit for employees, there needs to be larger concerted public policy initiatives to create awareness
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A year after ban, many Chinese apps make a comeback with a new interface
Experts say letting them function and allowing Chinese investments to fuel the Indian startup scene have allowed local apps to take over large chunks of the social media space