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Start ups

Fintech and consumer startups remain the top sectors for venture debt financing, but cleantech, once a prominent segment for such funds, faces challenges.

Fintech’s new fuel: Venture debt takes centrestage amid a funding crunch

4 min read . 29 Dec 2024

Passenger vehicle sales in the country recorded a year-on-year fall of 14% in November. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Taxing times: Used cars platforms headed for a bumpy ride on GST hike

4 min read . 23 Dec 2024

Aakash Chaudhry

Byju’s-owned Aakash’s former CEO launches new edtech startup Sparkl

2 min read . 23 Dec 2024

Deborah Quazzo, managing partner, GSV Ventures.

After a year-long pause, GSV Ventures looks to invest in Indian edtechs in 2025

3 min read . 18 Dec 2024

(L-R) Rohan Gupta, Vasanth Kamath and Anugrah Shrivastava, founders of Smallcase.

Smallcase's early backers Peak XV, WEH to sell part stakes in new funding round

2 min read . 13 Dec 2024

FirstClub will only focus on Bengaluru after rolling out operations in mid-2025 and then expand to Delhi and Mumbai. (Bloomberg)

Flipkart Mafia-backed FirstClub targets top 10% Indians, raises $8 mn funding

1 min read . 12 Dec 2024

The quick delivery of medicines is becoming a competitive battleground, with major companies like Swiggy, Zepto, Flipkart, Tata 1mg and Apollo entering the space. (Photo: iStock)

Quick medicine delivery: Startups gear up against giants Flipkart and Swiggy

5 min read . 12 Dec 2024

Anup Agarwal, chief executive, Mintifi.

Mintifi raises $180 million in funding, valuation soars to $850 million

2 min read . 10 Dec 2024

Co-founder of Titan Capital and Snapdeal, Kunal Bahl makes his debut on one of the most popular business shows in the country, Shark Tank India. (Hemant Mishra/Mint & Titan Capital)

Shark Tank India's Kunal Bahl reveals most underrated quality of an entreprenuer

2 min read . 10 Dec 2024

Thomas Plantenga, CEO of Vinted, said his vision is to ultimately become ‘the Amazon of secondhand'. (Berta Tilmante for WSJ)

How an app selling secondhand clothes went from near collapse to worth $5 bn

4 min read . 09 Dec 2024

Caelan McDonald with mother Karen Newsham. Photo: Facebook

17-year-old entrepreneur by accident, earns ₹16 lakh per month

1 min read . 07 Dec 2024

Vikram Chopra, co-founder and CEO, CARS24.

Financing will be among the top business categories for Cars24: CEO Chopra

3 min read . 05 Dec 2024

Startup Policy Forum

Former Peak XV employee Shweta Kohli launches policy forum for startups

2 min read . 05 Dec 2024

Microsoft, which invested $13.75 billion in OpenAI since 2019, including its share of the startup’s latest $6.6 billion fundraise, has a presence Zurich. (Photo: Reuters)

OpenAI expands in Europe with Zurich office

1 min read . 04 Dec 2024

Rahul Yadav, founder, 4B Networks. (File Photo)

Mint Explainer: What led Info Edge to file an FIR against Rahul Yadav?

4 min read . 02 Dec 2024

Klub cofounder and CEO Anurakt Jain.

Peak XV, Trifecta Capital backed fintech startup Klub halves workforce

3 min read . 29 Nov 2024

Workers at a facility of Li-Cycle, whose shares are down more than 97% from the listing price. Photo: Lauren Petracca for The Wall Street Journal

For EV startups, things are going from bad to worse

5 min read . 29 Nov 2024

What's the right size for an Indian venture capital fund? (iStockphotos)

India’s venture capital firms are finding that leaner might be better

5 min read . 29 Nov 2024

Gopal Jain, co-founder and managing partner, Gaja Capital.

Boardrooms to startups: PE firm scouts for professionals to build new ventures

3 min read . 25 Nov 2024

(Thomas R. Lechleiter/WSJ)

VC returns have lagged behind stocks. Are secondary markets the solution?

3 min read . 22 Nov 2024