BluSmart bust makes investors rewrite the fine printFollowing financial irregularities at Gensol Engineering and BluSmart, investors are tightening investment contract terms. Lawyers indicate...
23 Apr, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
UPI market share cap hurdle for PhonePe; Small is big for BlinkitPhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam said the 30% market share cap on Unified Payment Interface is a hurdle for its IPO plans. This and more in today’s...
28 Aug, 2024, 07.34 PM IST
Medikabazaar appoints Dinesh Lodha as new CEO amid leadership changesDinesh Lodha comes in place of Vivek Tiwari, the company’s cofounder who stepped down from the CEO’s position in the backdrop of the compan...
28 Aug, 2024, 04.18 PM IST
Top startup and tech stories this weekETtech Unwrapped is packed with the most important stories that we covered this week. Here’s a quick recap.
13 Jul, 2024, 07.11 AM IST
Financial audit, top-deck rejig at Medikabazaar; GCCs woo more techiesA financial audit and top-level reshuffle are in the works at business-to-business (B2B) startup for medical supplies Medikabazaar. Details...
09 Jul, 2024, 07.19 AM IST
CTOs in limelight as India Inc scrambles to navigate rapid digitalisationCompanies across sectors, from startups and banking, financial services and insurance to technology, conglomerates, manufacturing and healt...
08 Feb, 2024, 09.45 PM IST
Medikabazaar looks to raise up to $200 mn for expansionIf the proposed fundraise materialises, Medikabazaar will possibly enter unicorn club, or $1-billion valuation. Medikabazaar in April 2022 ...
17 Jan, 2024, 12.50 AM IST
Creaegis closes maiden fund at $426 millionFounded by former Premji Invest managing partner and chief investment officer (CIO) Prakash Parthasarathy, the fund is expected to be large...
20 Sep, 2023, 05.52 PM IST
Pharma companies are now busy adding capacities and seeing a surge in demand for non-Covid drugsIndian drug manufacturers launch 300-350 new brands (mostly repurposed or combinations of two earlier drugs) every year. This had slowed do...
15 May, 2022, 02.02 PM IST
Exclusive: Medikabazaar raises $65 million in funding led by Lighthouse India FundLighthouse, an investor in Nykaa, Bikaji Foods and Duroflex, has brought in $30 million, with the rest coming from existing investors such ...
12 Apr, 2022, 09.31 AM IST
Rapid digitalisation drives B2B ecommerce during pandemicAs traditional supply chains that served Indian businesses dried up amid Covid-imposed restrictions, well-capitalised B2B ecommerce players...
26 Dec, 2021, 11.06 AM IST
Medikabazaar gets $75 million funding from Creaegis, CDC Group, othersThe company will use the funds to strengthen its digital capabilities, deepen the supply ecosystem and technology driven distribution chann...
23 Sep, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
Startup crowd finds its mojo back in officeMany said the brainstorming and collaborative culture typical to a startup can only flourish in person.
24 Jul, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Coronavirus terror in India: Sanitisers, masks sold out, prices peakAs Covid-19 patients continue to rise in India, some retailers and mask manufacturers are cashing in on the virus terror by jacking up pric...
05 Mar, 2020, 12.48 PM IST
Regular archery sessions help Medikabazaar founder keep track of his goalsFollowing strict diet and doing yoga helps Vivek Tiwari keep body, mind, soul together.
06 Feb, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Never too late: Senior crop of founders tastes successVeteran IT professional Anjani Mandal, who is in his fifties, went through numerous industry cycles before co-founding logistics tech platf...
02 Jun, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
Startups: The latest story of India's new economy and its key playersIndia's startup domain is beginning to moult. Risks are better understood, founders focus on unit economics. The men are finally being sepa...
03 Dec, 2017, 06.39 AM IST