Shock & Awe Entrepreneurs
At $28 billion and counting, the enormous funding of India’s entrepreneurs in 2021—a myriad set of home-grown entrepreneurs still in their 20s and 30s—has no parallel in Indian history.
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$28 billion—riot of PE-VC funding by private firms
Between January and August 2021, companies across e-commerce, fintech, and edtech attracted the maximum fundings—with July recorded the highest funding amount at $7.9 billion.
Watch: India’s startup stars
In this new episode of our fortnightly show, Biz Buzz, we bring you up close to two of our country’s finest startups, Pristyn Care and Meesho.
The year of the unicorns
Last year, despite the pandemic ravaging Indian economy, there was one silver lining: India saw the rise of 11 new unicorns. Here is a list.
11 Sixes rekindles the gaming world with their online fantasy gaming platform
The startup's fun-filled, value-added, and trustworthy services have made a mark, offering a safe way to game online.
Budget 2021: A huge reset for the new world order
Budget 2021 was certainly the most transformational one we've seen in recent times. In many ways, it serves as a blueprint meant to prepare India to take her rightful place in the new global order.
Budget 2021 fires startup dreams
India saw a dozen startups reach unicorn status last year, but it was a rough year for business overall. Budget 2021 seems to recognise this and offers a slew of incentives to mitigate the problem.
High tide: boAt nets $100 million in investment
After raising $100 million from Warburg Pincus, boAt is now one of the most successful electronics hardware startups in India, proving that attractive prices and nifty design can always be a winner.
Naveen Tewari: The wizard of two unicorns
Despite the pandemic, the growth in user base has been robust for Tewari's mobile content platform, Glance, that lured investors to put in $145 million last month.
Banks, startups can work as partners. Here’s how
The decision of the RBI to bring startups under the ambit of priority sector lending norms will help the startup ecosystem. A strong bond between the ecosystem and banks is therefore imperative.
