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The Bengaluru-based ride-sharing platform’s fresh bet has a lot to do with the pandemic and struggles with contract manufacturing. Will investors buy its logic?

Electric two-wheelers are all the rage in the Indian startup ecosystem this year. Ola Electric has started sales of its S1 scooters, Ather Energy is moving ahead with launches in multiple cities and traditional manufacturers like Bajaj Auto and Hero MotoCorp are also considering a larger push into the electric vehicle space.
In the midst of this comes news that Bengaluru-based scooter-rental platform Bounce is now making a foray into EV manufacturing with the acquisition of Gurugram-based startup 22Motors.
This basically means that Bounce is making a retail play—manufacturing and selling electric vehicles to consumers and competing with the likes …
The EV maker is turning to gig-worker rentals to absorb its scooter output. But questions on cost, competition and execution make its latest pivot uncertain.
Vish Narain of Pulsar Capital on spotting real synergies between India and the Gulf, and why many entrepreneurs read the market wrong.
As the smart fan maker gears up for an IPO, prospective investors could do with some clarity on what the company’s next phase of growth will look like.