FEATURE

With NRAI’s blessing, this fintech start-up is dreaming big. Should restaurant aggregators be worried?

DotPe’s contactless payment solution is just one of the many that will digitise retail 

Debangana Ghosh - July 31, 2020

They are the friendly, neighbourhood coaching centres’ tech-savvy friends

Classpro, Classplus and Proctur are selling SaaS platforms to digitise coaching services and help them expand faster 

Rishabh Bhatnagar - July 17, 2020

Corporate cafeterias were readying to take off, when it caught the ‘chills’

Digitising canteens is a lucrative business, provided the start-ups survive lockdown jitters 

Hari Menon - July 04, 2020

Space-tech India is raring to take off, except it is short on ‘fuel’

Start-ups are working on small satellites, launchers, propulsion systems and geospatial data analysis; investors are interested but wary

Debangana Ghosh - June 22, 2020

These newbies are milking India’s tough dairy industry, which intimidated even MNCs

Milktech start-ups are branding premium produce and selling it through hyperlocal, farm-to-home chains

Rishabh Bhatnagar - June 03, 2020

A good night’s sleep has turned out to be a dream opportunity for some start-ups

Wakefit, SleepyCat and Wink & Nod are making affordable, new-age mattresses and delivering them in a box 

Debangana Ghosh - May 25, 2020

Two-faced tech

FR technology can transform businesses. But, don’t miss the devil in the details

Shruti Venkatesh - May 08, 2020

Start-ups Come Together To ‘Tech’ Covid Out

How Bengaluru’s start-ups cobbled a quick solution to deliver essentials during the lockdown

Shruti Venkatesh - May 08, 2020

The chickens have come home to roast

Start-ups are taking on the local butcher with responsibly sourced meat. Can they hack it?

Debangana Ghosh - April 25, 2020

That sweet taste of success

Adyar Ananda Bhavan has grown from a single outlet in a small town to an Rs.8 billion global business, selling highly commoditised food. All it took was quick thinking and rigour

Kripa Mahalingam - March 07, 2020

Beauty myth?

Urban Company, formerly UrbanClap, has found a growth engine in the on-demand salon services. But can it afford the cash burn?

Himanshu Kakkar - March 02, 2020

By the Fireside

To consumer brand start-ups looking to raise capital, here’s a ready-reckoner on Fireside Ventures.

Hari Menon - February 12, 2020