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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


Beyond the chatbot: The tech duo building an anti-ChatGPT for classrooms

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- Peeyush Ranjan, a former senior executive at Google and Airbnb and ex-chief technology officer of Flipkart, has teamed up with former Cure.fit co-founder Mukesh Bansal to bet tha... Read More


Lab-to-fab in weeks: Why Fundamentum led Whizzo's $15 million raise

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- Fundamentum Partnership has led a $15 million Series A funding round in Whizzo, a Bengaluru-headquartered materials science startup that develops and makes specialised fabrics fo... Read More


Mint Explainer: What the Karnataka HC's share attachment means for the Aakash rights issue

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- A Karnataka high court order on 13 January has effectively "locked" a block of Aakash Educational Services Ltd's (AESL) shares allegedly linked to Byju Raveendran, creating fresh... Read More


India data protection law collides with digital lenders' monitoring models

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- India's new data protection regime makes a seemingly simple promise: if an app can take consent in a tap, it must allow users to withdraw it just as easily. But in digital lendin... Read More


Sukino's $31 million round signals shift toward post-hospital care

Bengaluru, Jan. 13 -- Venture capital and private equity investors are increasing their bets on post-hospital care-often referred to as 'continuum care'-as India's hospitals are discharging patients m... Read More


Swiggy expands Noice beyond staples, testing limits of private labels in quick commerce

Bengaluru, Jan. 12 -- Swiggy's private-label brand, Noice, which debuted on its quick-commerce platform Instamart, has expanded rapidly by adding contract manufacturers across various categories, incl... Read More