[100 Emerging Women Leaders] How actor Kritika Kamra started an Instagram store to help Chanderi weavers during the lockdown

When actor Kritika Kamra visited her hometown in Madhya Pradesh during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, she saw the plight of handloom weavers in Chanderi. “I hail…

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Serial entrepreneur Vivek Bhargava on his exit from Dentsu and building SaaS startup ProfitWheel

Serial entrepreneur Vivek Bhargava on Wednesday announced his exit as Head of Dentsu Performance Group to work on his Mumbai-based SaaS startup ProfitWheel. Founded in 2020, ProfitWheel has been active…

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[Startup Bharat] This Goa startup helps sellers manage, grow ecommerce businesses from a single dashboard

The pandemic has given a tremendous push to online commerce in the last year. Many retail brands consider digital critical for business continuity and see it as a key piece…

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[App Fridays] Inside Epic, BYJU’S $500M bet on digital reading for kids

California-based startup Epic made headlines in India last month when edtech decacorn BYJU’S acquired it for a whopping $500 million. Not only was it one of the largest international M&As carried…

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How live commerce is bringing elements of fun and authenticity to online shopping

The ecommerce market in India has been witnessing a rapid evolution in the recent years with the emergence of newer formats like direct to consumer (D2C) and social commerce. And…

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Arianna Simpson of a16z on Yield Guild Games, the firm’s newest bet on crypto + gaming – TechCrunch

As one of four general partners at Andreessen Horowitz who are now investing the venture firm’s third crypto fund, a $2.2 billion vehicle, Arianna Simpson is very focused on how…

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DigiSure, the mobility insurance platform with high-tech screening, comes out of stealth with $13.1M raise – TechCrunch

DigiSure, a digital insurance company that caters to modern mobility form factors like peer-to-peer marketplaces, is officially coming out of stealth to announce a $13.1 million pre-Series A funding round.…

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