Cricketer Ajinkya Rahane joins Chupps Footwear as equity investor and strategic advisor
The Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans brand ambassador turns cap-table holder as Chupps taps celebrity credibility ahead of its pre-Series B close.
Mohammed Haseeb
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of LAFFAZ Media, Mohammed Haseeb is a self-taught business journalist and digital strategist covering startups, entrepreneurship, and emerging tech ecosystems across India, MENA, and global markets. His reporting highlights founder journeys, startup growth, and ecosystem developments, delivering actionable insights for entrepreneurs and business leaders worldwide.
India’s ED Files Criminal Complaint Against Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal in Videocon Money-Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate has named the collapsed unicorn's co-founder as the alleged key beneficiary of a scheme to siphon Videocon funds — the latest blow in a mounting legal reckoning for a man who once personified British-Indian tech ambition.
Lenskart’s Dress Code Crisis: What Really Happened, and What Changed
A leaked internal document. Two fired employees. Street protests in Surat. A CEO whose story changed twice. And a listed company that lost ₹7,000 crore in market cap in five days. Here is the full, factual account of what happened at Lenskart in April 2026.
The UAE Just Made China Its Biggest Trade Partner — India Sits in the Middle of That Story
As UAE-China non-oil trade crosses $111 billion and 24 new deals get signed in Beijing, New Delhi has to reconcile a difficult truth: its most important Gulf partner is deepening ties with its biggest strategic rival.
Shortgun Games — India’s First AA Game Studio — Acquires 30% Stake in Creative Studio GiantDot
The Mumbai studio building India's first AA game wants storytelling baked into development from day one — not treated as an afterthought.
The quiet bet: How Bessemer Venture Partners built one of India’s most consistent VC portfolios without making much noise
From Swiggy's doorstep to Aman Gupta's next chapter — Bessemer has spent nearly two decades backing Indian founders before anyone else would. Here's how they do it, who runs it, and why a ₹100 crore seed cheque to a company with no product yet makes complete sense within their playbook.
Why Thousands of Fired US Developers Stopped Job Hunting and Started Building
Across the US, thousands of laid-off developers are skipping the job hunt and launching startups instead. A quiet revolution is underway — and it might define the next generation of tech founders.
After UAE, Europe Is Where Indian Startups Want to Be
From zero-commission ride-hailing in the Netherlands to sovereign AI in French classrooms, Indian startups are quietly making Europe their most ambitious expansion bet — and a historic trade deal just opened the gates wider.
Meet the Man Behind the UK’s 300-Store Halal Meat Empire
Tariq Halal Meats is now stocked in 300+ Sainsbury's stores. Behind the brand is Tariq Sheikh — the British-Pakistani entrepreneur who reimagined halal food retail from the ground up.
India Startup Funding Falls 23% — But 3 Sectors Are Surging
Total VC deployment into Indian startups slid to $4.1 billion in Q1 2026, down nearly 23% year-on-year. The story beneath that number tells you exactly where the conviction is.
PAVE Space raises $40M seed to move satellites between orbits in 24 hours
Swiss startup PAVE Space closed one of the largest seed rounds in European space history — and its founders built a reusable rocket 53 times on a student budget before any of this began.
She Left Goldman Sachs to Build India’s Digital Content Empire
Aditi Shrivastava walked away from Goldman Sachs to bet on a simple idea: India's youth needed content built for their phones. A decade later, her company reaches tens of millions weekly with 16M+ subscribers and counting.