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Context is everything.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Once a promising craft beer maker, the Sequoia-funded company is now facing its most challenging crisis ever.
The agents from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence came sometime in February 2016, when Bira was the talk of the town.
At the time, urban beer drinkers were raving about this outsider, whose pints came as a surprising but welcome relief from years of living with Kingfisher, Bud and Fosters. In just under a year, Bira, operating as B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd, had disrupted the market, so much so that Sequoia Capital, one of the biggest names in venture capital, invested in the company. Naturally, Ankur Jain, Bira’s founder and CEO, was basking in the glory of his newfound success. …
Vish Narain of Pulsar Capital on spotting real synergies between India and the Gulf, and why many entrepreneurs read the market wrong.
Peak XV Partners is in a pickle. The loss of much of its senior India leadership has thrown up a familiar venture capital conundrum: how do firms reward and retain top performers in a business where a few big wins end up carrying the entire fund?
Stories of great outcomes and easy funding kept the sector on its toes. The momentum is expected to continue going into 2026, but startups may need to rethink their strategy.
