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YourNest’s deep-tech playbook just took a growth-stage turn
The VC’s latest continuation vehicle and a larger fourth fund in the works signal a shift away from early-stage investing to longer and bigger commitments.
29 Jun 2026
Rapido’s Ownly is a serious risk to Zomato-Swiggy duopoly
The ride-hailing company is gradually ramping up its food delivery business and at least one of the two major players has blinked in response. How credible is the threat?
28 Jun 2026
India’s digital census can’t get its tech right
Millions of enumerators working for the country’s first-ever fully digital census are relying on an app so choppy that many have to go back to pen and paper.
26 Jun 2026
The Indian corporate productivity paradox
The corporate flatterer is not a spoon that feeds the boss’s ego. He is a mirror—and what he reflects is the leader, and the organization, telegraphed right back.
25 Jun 2026
FLY91 tastes breakeven. Now it must scale
The Manoj Chacko-led regional airline has had a promising start. Will the lessons of the past keep it on course while it expands?
24 Jun 2026
MGX’s $50 billion raise for artificial intelligence
The Abu Dhabi investment firm just upped the AI stakes, private debt in the Gulf is having its moment in the sun, and other updates from this week.
24 Jun 2026
Jio is a telecom play pretending to be a tech company
Mukesh Ambani wants investors to price Reliance Industries’ IPO-bound telecom arm like a technology business. In reality, Jio’s tech ambitions remain a work in progress.
23 Jun 2026
Titan’s race against time to go premium
The watchmaker dominates the mass segment, but its relevance lies in going upmarket.
22 Jun 2026
A realistic assessment of Sarvam, India’s sovereign AI bet
A $234 million raise is chump change in the global AI arms race. Can Sarvam still compete?
21 Jun 2026
Jio IPO headlines a Reliance AGM full of big promises
While the filing for an IPO by its telecom and digital business was the highlight, Reliance laid out plans for its new energy and retail businesses, setting them up for eventual listings.
19 Jun 2026
