Why India’s Next D2C Winners Are Being Built In Indore, Not Indiranagar
Metro-first playbooks built India's first wave of digital-first brands. A new set of numbers suggests the founders chasing the next wave are looking somewhere else entirely.
Startups
Arboreal Bioinnovations raises ₹230 Cr Series A led by EAAA, Omnivore
The Lucknow-based ingredients maker's round is among the largest Series A deals yet in India's specialty food ingredients space, and marks the first bet from Edelweiss's freshly closed Discovery Fund.
HomeRun raises $12 Mn Series A+ led by Nexus Venture Partners
Six months and three priced rounds after its seed, the Bengaluru construction-materials delivery startup is taking its bet beyond a single city just as a well-funded rival prepares to enter the same category.
Don’t Raise VC Money If You See These Red Flags
A DTU E-Summit keynote breaks down four warning signs — from shaky product-market fit to a messy cap table — that mean VC funding could hurt more than help.
Entrepreneurship Isn’t a Career Choice – It’s a Calling
From a talk at Netaji Subhas University of Technology, a reality check on why entrepreneurship demands total immersion, not part-time passion.
MS Dhoni invests in SolarSquare, joins as brand ambassador
The former India cricket captain backs the rooftop solar startup through his family office, adding a recognisable face to its recently closed $53 million Series C.
BlackSoil Acquires Credit Fair’s Solar Financing Business
The alternative credit platform is betting on rooftop solar and MSME financing as it expands beyond its traditional lending base.
Koo Co-Founder Shuts Down Second Startup PicSee, Returns Capital To Investors
Mayank Bidawatka is winding down his AI photo-sharing app less than a year after launch, choosing to return investor money rather than pivot again.
Where Founder Alignment Matters Most: 5 Mid-Market M&A Advisors Worth Shortlisting for Exit Planning
Valuation readiness, buyer psychology, deal terms — most founders learn these the hard way. A good advisor means they don't have to.
From Canada to Dubai: Two Canadians Left High Taxes Behind and Built GenZone
Kevin McKenzie and Shayan Nasiri didn't build GenZone from a whiteboard. They built it from lived frustration — after going through Dubai's broken business setup industry themselves and deciding the solution didn't exist yet.
Opendoor Shuts India Operations, Fires 250 Employees in AI-Led Overhaul
The San Francisco-based home-buying platform wound down its entire India workforce on June 11, framing the move as the final step of an "Opendoor 2.0" restructuring — and setting off a wider debate about AI replacing offshore operations.
Ex-Google, Maersk Exec Louisa Loran: “AI Doesn’t Break Culture — It Exposes It”
The former Google and Maersk executive on why well-resourced transformations still fail, what Indian and Gulf leaders must unlearn, and the four behaviours that separate companies that compound from ones that just stay busy.