UPI’s Bharat push; Udaan preps reverse flipHappy Wednesday! NPCI is turning its attention to smaller states and the northeast, hoping to spark the next wave of UPI growth. This and m...
18 Mar, 2026, 07.35 AM IST
Startup Mafia 2.0 going strong: Zomato, Freshworks, Zoho alumni launch 360 firmsIn 2023, ET reported that the second generation of the startup mafia had given rise to 253 companies. That number has since increased sharp...
17 Mar, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
Startup Mafia 3.0: Razorpay, Cred, Meesho help spawn 200+ foundersIndia’s new-generation startups are creating a fresh wave of founders, with executives from 111 firms launching over 200 new companies. Raz...
17 Mar, 2026, 06.57 PM IST
PhonePe IPO freeze & its impact; Startup Mafia 3.0Happy Tuesday! PhonePe has deferred its IPO, signalling a broader chill in startup listing plans. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning D...
17 Mar, 2026, 09.18 AM IST
The Sustainability Mafia receives Rs 2 crore CSR grant from ZerodhaZerodha has provided Rs 2 crore in CSR funding to The Sustainability Mafia (SusMafia) to bolster India's climate talent and startup ecosyst...
06 Jan, 2026, 12.40 PM IST
2023 Year in Review: Meet the executives who donned the founder hatAlong with executive search firm Longhouse Consulting, ET has compiled a list of high-profile executives who launched their ventures this y...
31 Dec, 2023, 01.09 PM IST
Secondary sales heat up startup funding winter, and other top tech stories this weekNew capital — in primary funding — is increasingly hard to come by due to a host of reasons, including global macroeconomic conditions and ...
17 Jun, 2023, 08.38 AM IST
India’s Startup Mafia 2.0: Oyo, Ola, Udaan spawn most number of entrepreneursDrawing on a record inflow of venture capital in the past decade, 297 founders have set up some 253 startups, igniting talk of a new-look “...
16 Jun, 2023, 11.10 AM IST
Lenskart bags $100 million from ChrysCapital; CCI challenges parts of NCLAT order on GoogleAfter having secured $500 million from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the Gulf Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) in March, eyewear startu...
15 Jun, 2023, 08.27 PM IST
India’s Startup Mafia 2.0: Oyo, Ola, Udaan lead the wave of entrepreneurship; more women logging out of tech jobsIndia’s top internet firms like Flipkart have been fertile breeding grounds for entrepreneurs who left jobs to start something of their own...
15 Jun, 2023, 07.51 AM IST
Hello Ambanis and Tatas, how did you not see the elephant in the room?Walmart’s $16-billion acquisition of a 77 per cent stake in India’s largest online marketplace is the world’s biggest e-commerce deal.
11 May, 2018, 04.04 PM IST
Indian VC funds rope in tech, product talent as investor profile begins to slowly changeSince there's been an absence of enough company founders with exits, most of the funds had to hire from consulting firms earlier.
26 Sep, 2016, 12.00 PM IST
Ex-execs from Sun Microsystems are driving a revolution in startup world of both India & Silicon ValleyThe former Sun engineers are middle-aged, primarily working on enterprise software and, hence, barely in the limelight.
29 Jun, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Facebook director Peter Thiel stock sale tops $1 billion as lock-up time endsThiel, a venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager, had already generated $640.1 million in sales during the initial public offering.
22 Aug, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
Facebook director Peter Thiel gets more flexibility to sell sharesThiel, who sold more than 16 mn shares in the company’s IPO, has given himself added flexibility to sell more of his holdings.
16 Aug, 2012, 11.20 AM IST
'Don't hold your breath' for Facebook IPO: ZuckerbergFacebook is poised to transform an array of businesses including news, movies and music but it is nowhere near issuing stock, its celebrity...
17 Nov, 2010, 01.31 PM IST
- Yahoo teams with Groupon, others to dangle deals
Yahoo Inc. is hopping on the bargain-hunting bandwagon with Groupon, the Internet's hottest discount broker, and more than a dozen other si...
17 Nov, 2010, 04.03 AM IST