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Mint Explainer: Why a rare exit penalty adds weight to upGrad's Unacademy bid

Mumbai, March 18 -- Edtech firm upGrad's long-running talks to acquire rival Unacademy- which fell through in January over valuation differences-are back on track, with co-founder Ronnie Screwvala say... Read More


Export shipment delays cloud payment flows for India's cross-border fintechs

New Delhi, March 15 -- Cross-border payment firms serving Indian exporters are beginning to feel the impact of shipping delays in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and West Asia, as stalled cargo shi... Read More


Why are startups taking longer to go beyond seed funding? RTP Global's Garg explains

Bengaluru, March 12 -- Seed funding for startups has held up better than the overall financing since the 2021 boom cooled. But Nishit Garg, a partner at global venture capital (VC) firm RTP Global, sa... Read More


Mint Explainer: Why Karnataka's case against Jar could test digital gold regulation

New Delhi, March 10 -- The Karnataka government's action against Bengaluru-based digital gold savings app Jar has become a test case for India's wider digital gold industry. Acting on inputs from the ... Read More


Uber eyes $13 billion intercity travel market with AbhiBus tie-up

New Delhi, March 6 -- Uber is entering intercity bus ticketing in India by integrating ixigo-owned AbhiBus into its app, marking a shift from its usual model of offering transport services where it ha... Read More


SuperHealth bets honesty, light assets will power its out-patient hospital model

Bengaluru, March 6 -- Varun Dubey, who has spent the past decade moving between India's consumer internet and healthcare worlds, now wants to build what he calls an "honest healthcare" hospital system... Read More


India's instant loan boom spawns a new breed of micro-settlement platforms

New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Kundan Shahi first built LegalPay, a startup that finances litigation, in late 2019, before stumbling upon a different kind of distress: consumer debt. As unsecured personal loan... Read More


Livspace trims workforce by 1,000 in AI transition, co-founder exits

Mumbai, Feb. 20 -- Home interior and renovation platform Livspace has laid off about 1,000 employees, 25% of its 4,000-strong workforce, as the unicorn transitions to an AI-native, agentic organizatio... Read More


Why Bessemer is swimming against the PE tide in India healthcare

Mumbai, Feb. 5 -- Bessemer Venture Partners, a US-based venture capital and private equity firm, is betting that India's next generation of healthcare platforms will be built not as large multi-specia... Read More


Byju's resolution professional aims at Raveendran Singapore firm in Aakash control battle

Mumbai, Feb. 4 -- The resolution professional of edtech giant Byju's parent Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd, or TLPL, has alleged that a Singapore investment vehicle of Byju Raveendran, the embattled promoter ... Read More