The rising stock of Upstox and how it got to 10M+ users
In 2009, when stock trading platform RKSV Securities (later rechristened Upstox) was launched, users needed to download a 30-page form, print it, fill it up, and courier it to the…
Glance to expand into US, launch NFTs
Lock screen platform Glance is planning to launch in the US soon, and founder Naveen Tiwari says that the company is "6-9 months ahead in the growth curve." It also…
GlobalBees Invests In Five Brands
The D2C enabler has invested in nutrition brands HealthVit and Top Gummy, personal care brands UrbanGabru and Urban Yog and lifestyle brand Kuber Industries Globalbees has pumped up to INR…
‘Access to expertise has democratised itself beyond boundaries’ – 20 quotes from India’s COVID-19 struggle
Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous edition here). This special series of…
Bootstrapped EV logistics startup Howdyy is helping Amazon, Bigbasket switch to green deliveries
While working in the engineering division of a diesel sales supplier, Aashirwad Deshmukkh had to send engine spare parts from one place to another. He says, “I realised that the…
Inside Upstox’s meteoric rise
Hello Reader,Most of our morning today will be spent wondering who exactly will win the media rights to IPL 2023-27. Although it would have been very interesting to see Amazon…
This mentoring startup is helping students across India realise their Ivy League dreams
After travelling around the world, Princeton graduates and friends Poshak Agarwal and Rahul Subramaniam came to India in 2013 and found themselves coaching the children of friends and acquaintances to…
The rising stock of Upstox and how it got to 10M+ users
In 2009, when stock trading platform RKSV Securities (later rechristened Upstox) was launched, users needed to download a 30-page form, print it, fill it up, and courier it to the…
Here Are India’s 21 Fintech Unicorns
The country has minted 102 unicorns so far, with the neobanking startup Open taking the total count of fintech unicorns to 21 India’s total fintech opportunity is set to rise…
Indian Startup Ecosystem Headed Towards Consolidation
In the first quarter of 2022 alone, the startup industry witnessed 139 M&As. Dealmaking in the first quarter was 70% of the total number of M&As in all of 2021…