National Startup Day 2025: Mapping India’s unicorn journey over the decadeIndia's startup ecosystem has rapidly grown over the past two decades, becoming the third-largest globally with over 100 unicorns. Key fact...
16 Jan, 2025, 04.13 PM IST
Fintech sector will dominate future Unicorns at USD 58 billion: Hurun reportThe total worth of India's future unicorns will stand at USD 58 billion, an increase of 1.2 per cent as compared to last year. Fintech sect...
23 Jun, 2024, 06.11 PM IST
Peak XV Partners most active investor in India: Hurun reportPeak XV is the most active investor in Indian startups with investments in 47 entities, according to the ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Fut...
21 Jun, 2024, 04.32 PM IST
System of a down round: valuation markdowns hit Indian startups; to affect fundraising, IPO plansSome of India’s biggest startup stars have seen their valuations slashed, and fallout is likely to impact fundraising, public offerings and...
22 May, 2023, 11.06 AM IST
Money View in talks with Apis Partners for $150 million funding round at unicorn valuationPE giant Apis Partners tipped to lead the round, which is expected to value Money View at a little over $1 billion.
27 Oct, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
Why billion dollar valuation is not a measure of successValue should be the main priority of startups and not valuation, say entrepreneurs. Reaching a valuation of $1 billion would make no sense ...
07 Jul, 2022, 09.56 AM IST
ETtech Opinion | Startup predictions for 20222022 will be a year of consolidation, correction and exits. While many private equity and venture capital investors believe the party will ...
20 Jan, 2022, 06.29 PM IST
SoftBank biggest foreign investor in India, funding 10% of all unicorns: Masayoshi SonSoftBank is amongst the most bullish investors in Indian startups having backed large ventures including Paytm and Policybazaar, both of wh...
03 Dec, 2021, 06.53 PM IST
Why HNI investors are flocking to startupsToday, India is the 3rd largest startup ecosystem after the US and China, with more than 60K startups, which is bound to attract global cap...
14 Nov, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
ETtech Opinion: Inside the life of a VCEntrepreneurs come to VCs because they want to change how things are done, somewhere. This "somewhere" is usually a potentially large marke...
04 Oct, 2021, 12.24 PM IST
How 100 unicorns are propelling India forwardNever before has India witnessed such a broad-based upsurge of massive new businesses unconnected with old wealth, political contacts or di...
14 Mar, 2021, 10.02 AM IST
Rs 40 lakh a share! Unicorn stocks get supernatural valuations in unlisted marketThere are projections that India will witness at least 10 IPOs from internet companies over the next 3 years, and Swiggy, Unacademy and Riv...
06 Nov, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Masayoshi Son, tech visionary or robber baron?Investors are starting to get the feeling that whatever Son brings to public is troubled.
23 Dec, 2019, 11.32 AM IST
View: What unicorns tell us about the new, exciting IndiaIndia's unicorns were started by bright young guys with no biz or political links, no inherited wealth.
10 Feb, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
Challenges for Indian startups: Sustain growth, be profitable, create real businesses“From a signalling point of view being a unicorn is great,” says K Ganesh, copromoter GrowthStory, a venture building platform. Often, beco...
18 May, 2018, 02.01 PM IST
‘It is not in our ethos to innovate because we are taught to follow’In 2012, they raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from IndoUS Venture Partners and within six months, raised $10 mn from exist...
22 Oct, 2017, 11.21 AM IST
India requires to scale up alongwith start upIdeal Indian startup founder is one who thinks big and executes large—someone who builds institutions and does not cash out at the first op...
12 Feb, 2016, 04.43 AM IST