40 Under 40: The story of Pocket Aces
Ashwin Suresh, Aditi Shrivastava, and Anirudh Pandita quit their Wall Street jobs to create Pocket Aces. Today it runs the country’s largest socially distributed content network.
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40 Under 40: The money manager
Ashish Dave, who started his VC journey as an intern less than nine years ago, has overseen the investment of around $200 million into companies such as Ola, BigBasket, and Zomato.
Koo focusses on improving user experience
Koo, which has raised $30 million in its Series B round led by Tiger Global, says it will invest the money in developing new features on the app.
To tweet, or to Koo? That is the question
Home-grown microblogging app Koo—which provides non-English speakers a platform to express themselves—is the flavour of the season. But can it compete with Big Tech and other domestic platforms?
Koo amplifies the voice of Bharat, says co-founder
In a candid conversation with Fortune India, Koo’s co-founder, Mayank Bidawatka, speaks about the journey, the development of Koo as a product, the tough microblogging space, privacy, and much more.
‘Angel investing is about passion, not moneymaking’
Angel investor Sanjay Mehta explains why early-stage deals are declining in India, the mistakes angel investors make, and the emerging breed of seed investors
Deals of the week
Freshworks became the newest entrant to India’s unicorn club; Swiggy scoops up on-demand delivery platform Scootsy.
Shradha Sharma: The envoy of India’s startup story
They say a successful startup has five ingredients: an idea, the team, the work, financial backing, and perfect timing. But often it also has another constituent: a messenger.
Urban Ladder eyes omnichannel expansion
Urban Ladder started off its journey as a solely online player in 2012 and by 2017 it opened its first offline store. Now, the company aims to open 15 - 20 stores across India by March next year.
Ebix further consolidates Indian travel biz
Nasdaq listed Ebix Inc., is set to acquire Via.com, an omni-channel online travel and assisted e-commerce exchange. It is one of the largest M&A deals in the online travel agency (OTA) space this year.
