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Infra.Market is a hamster wheel looking at a make-or-break IPO
The construction material supply firm’s scale and profitability may appear shiny, but hide a stark truth. Its use of equity to fund working capital is playing with fire when bigger fish are eyeing its business.
16 Oct 2025
Zepto’s fundraise overshadows Eternal’s quick commerce-driven Q2 growth
The well-timed announcement of Zepto’s $450 million funding on the day of Eternal’s September-quarter results foreshadows what the future holds for India’s quick-commerce landscape.
16 Oct 2025
Bharat Matrimony bets on AI-integrated astrology with a $500,000 investment
The matchmaking platform’s investment takes Ask My Guru’s total fundraise so far to $1.7 million
09 Oct 2025
Wakefit and Lenskart get SEBI approval for IPO
The capital markets regulator has given a green signal to the IPO plans of the mattress startup and the eyewear retailer. Pioneers in their own categories, both of them have reported outstanding numbers.
06 Oct 2025
The intercity bus bet by Indian startups is having its moment
Gone are the days of ramshackle buses and spotty schedules. Startups now offer a viable alternative to rail and air travel. But the real test lies ahead as they are only getting started.
23 Sept 2025
Fintech Hala’s new millions
One of the largest-ever funding rounds among the Middle East startups, Carrefour’s latest exits and other updates from the week.
17 Sept 2025
FRND wants to connect lonely Indians across small towns. Will it work?
The audio chat app turned profitable by connecting people from tier-2 and tier-3 India with users who speak the same vernacular language. But its aim to turn it into a sustainable business seems too ambitious.
02 Sept 2025
Why Dhruv Rathee’s unremarkable AI platform may still succeed
Launched at the same time as ChatGPT Go, the YouTuber’s AI aggregation platform doesn’t bring anything new to the table. But it could leverage his online influence and India’s growing AI market.
19 Aug 2025
SuperK has a playbook for solving India’s small-town retail problem
Investors are betting on the value retail chain’s franchise model to disrupt the retail market in small-town India. By the looks of it, the six-year-old startup seems to have gotten a lot of things right.
17 Aug 2025
The growing unease of EaseMyTrip’s investors
The online travel aggregator is struggling to grow now more than ever. Meanwhile, its promoters' stake sales reveal a pump and dump pattern that does little to ease shareholders’ concerns.
10 Aug 2025