2025 Year in Review: Meet top free agents of startups and techFlipkart Group entities, including its quick commerce unit Minutes, fashion portal Myntra, and online travel agency Cleartrip saw multiple ...
New-age firms rejig boards fast to plug IPO gaps: LonghouseIndian startups preparing for IPOs are rapidly overhauling boards, hiring independent directors and boosting diversity, often within six mo...
Careernet Group expands to the Middle Eastern marketCareernet, an Indian holistic talent solutions provider, expands into the Middle East with a new Dubai-based office. This move follows thei...
Number of startups in India to double to 2.4 lakh by 2030: ReportThis surge could boost the number of unicorns to 280 from 120 now and generate 50 million jobs. AI is expected to drive transformation acro...
Careernet Group expands to the U.S., appoints Sunil Chaudhary as Partner, Longhouse, the company’s executive search armTalent solutions provider Careernet is expanding into the US market with Sunil Chaudhary leading the effort as Partner, Longhouse. Chaudhar...
2023 Year in review: VC funds see heightened churn amid performance pressureAt least 38 partners and top executives moved out of VC funds this year highlighting the churn caused by the challenges in the technology s...
28,000 and counting: That’s the 2023 layoff data from startup landStartups have been the worst hit this year since the highs of aggressive hiring from 2021, data from Longhouse Consulting shared exclusivel...
Pay hikes to tech candidates halve, say industry expertsAverage salary increases have plunged to 35-40% from 50-100%, across categories of “hot skills” such as full-stack engineers, data engineer...
CXOs log out of unicorns to start up own venturesA large number of top executives have moved from unicorns to Series A and B firms or even down the chain in recent months – a move that ref...
Startup jobs shrink to a third; hikes fall amid funding freezeEmployees at startups are seeing only 10 per cent annual hikes on the higher side, while many are even forced to take a 10 per cent cut, sh...
2022 Year in Review: Fund-starved startups sacked nearly 18,000 employeesEdtech companies accounted for a staggering 44% of the total layoffs. In total, 52 startups fired 17,989 employees spread across edtech, co...
India Inc in no rush to fill up top positionsCompanies are prolonging the hiring cycle time, delaying decision-making, being pickier and looking at more candidates for a single positio...
Thirty five non-founders now in Rs 100-crore stock options clubThe cohort is expected to rack up 100 members by the end of next year, according to estimates by Longhouse.
2020 Year in Review | Who's in, Who's out: Biggest executive moves in tech & startups sector this yearThis year has been a mixed bag for India’s tech and startup sector. While Covid-19 accelerated the growth of edtech companies, businesses i...
Mum's the word on funding in startups as deals dry upAmong the many lessons learnt by entrepreneurs, the most important, perhaps, is that fundraising is not an end, but a means to an end, and ...
ESOPs in ecommerce lose magic, top talent ignores the baitIn just a year, it is getting tougher for search firms to attract top talent despite heavier toppings of ESOPs as part of compensation, the...
About 400 Flipkart employees with stock options become crorepatis in less than a decadeIn two years, Flipkart’s valuation has grown 8 times. For company’s founders, Esops are a conscious attempt at creating wealth for their em...