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Keen to invest in Indian firms with global ambitions: Florian Reichert of Picus Capital
The German early-stage technology investment firm sees significant potential in the country despite the risk of late effects of the pandemic
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Future of Entrepreneurship—The next unicorn will fuel more startups: Girish Mathrubhootam
When we share knowledge, experience, successes, and failures, we make entrepreneurship more accessible than before
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How CashKaro got its payback from cashbacks (and some cash burn)
A business model built around online product and price discovery with the user promise of hard cash in the bank has helped CashKaro step on the gas in the pandemic year—and, in the bargain, build some serious street cred
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Tiger Global's investment in CoinSwitch Kuber big nod to the Indian crypto industry: Ashish Singhal
Tiger Global Management's $25 million investment in BitCipher Labs last week marked the first investment in an Indian crypto startup for the New York-based investment firm, which is famous for its early backing of Flipkart. It has now added an Indian crypto startup to its portfolio. With Tiger's investment, CoinSwitch's valuation jumped five-fold to more than $500 million in just four months.
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All For Claps: Sameer Nair on his next act beyond the success of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati,' Star TV, and AltBalaji
Applause Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair, who has witnessed highs such as 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', wants to develop a full-blown studio that makes more than just movies
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Supporting high-growth startups: Do investor tax credit programs live up to their promise?
There's growing interest in implementing angel tax credits, but there's been no systematic evidence that they are effective, says Darden Professor
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Razorpay's Harshil Mathur talks about the company's strong growth and valuation jump
With a new round of funding, the Bengaluru fintech company is now valued at $3 billion. It is now set to become more aggressive on acquisitions to widen its products portfolio and expand into markets such as Indonesia and Malaysia, which offer growth opportunity with payments problems that are similar to what businesses faced when Razorpay launched in India
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Razorpay valuation triples to $3 billion with new funding round led by Sequoia, GIC
Founders Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar plan to use the money to expand into Southeast Asia, and acquire cloud software companies in financial services
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We want to add speed to seed funding: Anjali Sosale of WaterBridge
A gang of 15 VC funds, led by WaterBridge Ventures, is trying to give a speedy makeover to institutional seed funding. Can 'Fast Forward' solve the pain points of rookie founders?
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Buy. Build. Repeat: How PayU created a fintech ecosystem
How a string of buyouts, bold investment bets and aggressive ramp up helped online payments major PayU build a fintech ecosystem
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Tales of grit and survival: How Covid-19 is redefining business for women entrepreneurs
The past year has been a testing one for females running small businesses, with many pivoting their ventures to stay afloat. And now comes the second wave of the coronavirus that only compounds their woes