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
Uttarakhand CM Dhami makes key announcements for youths, contract workers and ex-servicemenUttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami announced financial assistance and training programs for youth and graduates on the third anniversary of...
23 Mar, 2025, 05.59 PM IST
Bengaluru Lok Sabha elections 2024: Water woes, flooding, traffic chaos take center stage in India's IT capitalResidents of Bengaluru, India's tech hub, voiced concerns over dire water shortages, flooding, and crumbling infrastructure as they voted i...
26 Apr, 2024, 11.21 AM 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
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
Starting up, teens are tapping TwitterTeenagers are turning to the community of #StartupTwitter to build products, access founders and venture capitalists, and scout for freelan...
11 Oct, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
Swaminomics: Why Zomato IPO is reason for cheerIndians celebrating 30 years of economic reform must cheer this remarkable outcome. It denotes a new class of businesses with no great inhe...
18 Jul, 2021, 08.36 AM IST
Breaking cycle of violence and corruption key to West Bengal's economic revival: Dinesh TrivediDinesh Trivedi said job creation, infrastructure building and harnessing Bengal's standing as a knowledge hub to build industry, will be am...
05 Apr, 2021, 06.46 PM IST
ETtech Morning Dispatch on 15 Jan. 2021: Top Tech News to Start Your DayFrom Google’s crackdown on loan apps at the behest of RBI to a YouTube mafia in BITS Pilani, here’s a look at the top tech news to start yo...
15 Jan, 2021, 08.50 AM IST
Chennai is quickly turning into the new hotbed for deep-tech startupThe city offers amenities like shorter commutes, better traffic conditions & relatively lower cost of living.
08 Aug, 2019, 01.07 PM IST
Flipkart's Binny Bansal breaks his silence after Walmart ousterThe entrepreneur once celebrated for jumpstarting India’s internet retail industry is now dedicating himself to helping other founders get ...
05 Feb, 2019, 07.30 PM IST
Keeping the flock together: The secret behind OYO retaining its top talentRetaining top talent is a bugbear for startups globally but OYO has bucked the trend. Biswarup Gooptu writes on how a startup run by a coll...
25 May, 2018, 11.07 AM IST
Mobile ad firm InMobi spawns 40 startups ranging from tech, crowdsourcing to health managementInMobi goes as far as to offer paid sabbaticals to employees to test their ideas and sometimes the founders even invest in some of the vent...
08 Jul, 2014, 04.33 PM IST
Sunday ET: Barclays scandal: Should bankers take lessons from mafia?May be bankers should take lessons from the mafia. The godfathers went after profits, too. But they were much more disciplined.
08 Jul, 2012, 10.55 AM IST