Startups
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Finally, PE and VC firms are selling assets to each other at record high numbers
Alternative asset fund managers have returned $38.7 billion in 2021 by exiting 229 deals. Exits through secondaries hit $12.9 billion, signalling a deepening of an alternate asset market in India
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Altigreen: Ex-Nasa engineer's purpose built EVs for India
Starting with fit-and-forget kits to convert any vehicle into a hybrid, Amitabh Saran's Altigreen Propulsion Labs is now a full EV OEM, with eyes on tapping the Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America markets
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Can Ultraviolette Automotive deliver a high-performance EV motorcycle?
The Bengaluru based EV startup will launch the commercial version of its first all-electric performance bike soon, which the founders believe will beat the best of the petrol-powered motorcycles
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Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia's latest venture is ShowReel. Will it click?
After selling Hotmail to Microsoft for $400 million more than 20 years ago, Bhatia has been on a quest for his next big venture
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Forbes India study: Where are the women in Indian PE/VC?
Women remain a minority in India's private equity and venture capital sectors. But the ones in the game are ensuring opportunities and access to others
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Trifecta Capital raises Rs 750 crore as first close for third fund
The Venture debt firm has managed to raise Rs 2,000 crore in last ten months across equity and debt funds
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Ion Energy: Building the tech backbone for electric vehicles
Akhil Aryan and Alexandre Collet recognised a crucial gap in the Indian EV market and embarked upon building advanced electronics, battery management systems, and predictive analytics platforms especially for electric vehicles
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Lohum Cleantech: Recycling EV batteries
Harvard Business School graduates and close friends Rajat Verma and Justin Lemmon are working on closing the supply chain loop in the electric vehicle market by reclaiming raw materials from lithium-ion batteries, and could go on to give a second-life to used batteries in the future
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Welcome to Motel California: Bert Muller, Burrito, and India
Bert Mueller has been living his American dream by selling Mexican cuisine in India for close to a decade. Post-pandemic, California Burrito is set to clock its best numbers. Find out how Mueller built his Taco stand in India
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Age of Rage: How Rage is giving coffee a heady makeover
Rage Coffee has brewed instant success with its functional and flavoured offering. Can it now take on the big boys of the caffeine world?
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Investors call it the 'Amazon of Construction'. Meet the builders of Infra.Market, the now $2.5 billion behemoth
In its audacious bid to disrupt the fossilised real estate and constructions industry with its innovative business model, Infra.Market—the B2B online infra procurement platform—gets deeper with its retail play. Will the aggressive gambit pay off?