How SLAY Coffee focused on coffee outside the café to brew strong sales amid the pandemic

When Chaitanya Chitta moved back to Bengaluru from New York around 2015 with his wife, Lakshmi Dasaka, one of the things they missed the most was the Big Apple’s coffee…

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It’s easier to build a large company than a small one, says Sanjay Swamy of Prime Ventures

I’ve been having a few debates with a few friends on the never-ending enigma of the entrepreneurship world — What makes a startup VC fundable? How does one big a big company…

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Startup news and updates: daily roundup (June 19, 2021)

Grofers Co-founder Saurabh Kumar steps down from operational roles after 8 yearsGurugram-based online grocery delivery startup Grofers on Friday announced that co-founder Saurabh Kumar will be stepping down from his operational roles…

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Grofers Co-founder Saurabh Kumar steps down from operational roles after 8 years

Gurugram-based online grocery delivery startup Grofers on Friday announced that co-founder Saurabh Kumar will be stepping down from his operational roles at the company and will only remain as a…

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[Weekly funding roundup] Unicorns boost venture capital activity; startups raise $740M in third week of June

Venture funding into Indian startups bounced back strongly in the third week of June after a dismal previous week, boosted largely through investments into unicorns.The total venture funding in the…

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WHO accepts Bharat Biotech’s expression of interest for Covaxin, pre-submission meeting on June 23

In a major boost for Bharat Biotech, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has accepted its Expression of Interest (EoI) for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin and scheduled a pre-submission meeting on June…

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RBI allows Centrum to take over PMC, re-launch it as a small finance bank in joint venture with BharatPe

Diversified financial services player Centrum Group on Friday said it has received an in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to take over the troubled cooperative lender PMC…

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DAG’s Centum Series II exhibition showcases depth and diversity of Indian art

Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 540 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets…

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[Jobs Roundup] Work at India’s latest unicorn and SaaS startup BrowserStack with these openings

Earlier this week, homegrown SaaS startup BrowserStack secured $200 million in Series B funding at a $4 billion valuation and became India's 15th unicorn of 2021. It also becomes the year's second SaaS unicorn after Chargebee, which achieved…

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