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9 ARTICLES
Can Sri Mandir get Indians to worship online?
The faith-tech firm has made a promising start in connecting devotees to temples, but to become the Flipkart of online worship it must traverse a tricky landscape.
02 Aug 2024
Trell is fighting a losing battle
Pivoting away from social commerce and fraud allegations against founders have jeopardized the short-video app. Its latest financials bear testimony to the grim state of affairs.
07 Mar 2024
What does the split from parent mean for Sequoia India?
Think of the Sequoia India partnership as just another Indian venture fund faced with important, vexing questions.
07 Jun 2023
Behind the nutraceuticals boom in India
Impressive profit margins are driving more startups to sell these supplements, but they have to face fickle consumer habits and compete with pharma giants.
19 Aug 2022
How surgery startups trap patients
A mix of fear and urgency has made it easy for online health companies to convince people to undergo surgeries.
28 Jul 2022
Call records, documents reveal Zilingo’s dangerous half-truths
As the e-commerce startup nears liquidation, we get to the bottom of key allegations involving its co-founder, lead investor and more.
20 Jun 2022
How Sequoia’s Shailendra Singh pushed out Zilingo’s Ankiti Bose
As Zilingo’s fortunes dwindled with the pandemic, Singh started looking for options to change things up. But the co-founder wasn’t cooperating.
18 Apr 2022
Sequoia’s ethics need restating
Many a blurred line is being crossed by venture investors and entrepreneurs in the garb of scouting deals.
01 Feb 2022
Sequoia flirts with public policy
Never before has a venture fund dabbled in public policy, a function you’d associate with companies having constant run-ins with the government. So, why now?
17 Aug 2020