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Founded by Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar and Phalgun Kompalli, upGrad is one of India's leading unicorns in the higher education and upskilling space. Screwvala says he is building a company that will outlast several of its peers as startup “winter” deepens. On this episode of Bits to Billions, Screwvala and Kumar also speak about why upGrad will weather the edtech storm and how upskilling and higher education thrive in a bleak job market
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HCL Technologies is scheduled to declare its results on July 12 for Q1FY23. Ranked among the top four IT companies in the country, experts expect HCL Tech to report soft earnings for the quarter gone by. What are the factors that could dampen June quarter performance? What will be the key monitorables in the result fine print? Watch the video to find out
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TCS and D-Mart's Q1 earnings are out and Santo & CJ are in loggerhead over which stock will likely benefit investors in the long-run. Watch the duo debate the fate of TCS and D-Mart plus their thoughts on Dabur India, M&M and Metropolis Healthcare.
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India's newest mutual fund is here, WhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund has announced the launch of its first equity New Fund Offer (NFO) - WhiteOak Capital Flexi Cap Fund. The NFO will open on July 12. What would its new innings look like? Sumaira Abidi analyses their parentage, investment philosophy & track record so far.
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If the COVID-19 pandemic changed how people consume content, it also transformed how media and broadcast firms delivered content to their customers across the world with the rapid adoption of cloud-based software solutions.
Bengaluru-based unicorn Amagi has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of this transformation. The startup enables content owners to launch, distribute and monetise live linear channels on free-ad-supported television and video services platforms through a suite of solutions. The demand for these software solutions has increased with growing consumption of online video content.
Founded in 2008 by college mates Baskar Subramanian, Srinivasan KA and Srividhya Srinivasan, Amagi is also a rare unicorn that is profitable.
On this episode of Bits to Billions, its founders Subramanian and Srividhya Srinivasan spoke to Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth on why it is hiring at a time when many startups are firing and why it wants to list in India
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Our detailed guide to all the latest OTT releases, book recommendations, podcasts and exciting activities to indulge over the weekend! This weekend, you can pick from a host of Netflix & Amazon prime releases, a book on making better decisions, listening to podcasts, attending fun events & much more!
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India's private space industry clocks a huge milestone, with 2 Indian start-ups launching payloads into space for the first time. Start-ups Dhruva Space and Digantara are the first to get authorisation for launching payloads by IN-SPACe, an organisation formed to amplify India's private sector space activity. Watch IN-SPACe Chairman Dr Pawan K Goenka talk about India's SpaceX moment, and what this means for the future of the country's space sector.
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On this episode of Bits to Billions: The Unicorn Story, Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth catches up with edtech unicorn LEAD’s founders Sumeet Mehta and Smita Deorah.
LEAD helps school classrooms use online learning tools and works with thousands of affordable private schools in Tier 2 and 3 cities, providing tech-based solutions to schools and teachers to improve learning outcomes for children.
LEAD recently raised $100 million at a valuation of $1.1 billion, catapulting it to the coveted unicorn status
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With strong execution and an expected moderation in talent crunch, Persistent should see decent growth
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It's been quite a startup marathon for Naveen Tewari who grew up in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in a family that was steeped in academia. While his father was a professor at IIT Kanpur, his grandmother was the first woman professor in the same institution. Tewari, himself a graduate of IIT Kanpur and Harvard Business School, had a professional stint at McKinsey before starting up. Naveen Tewari in fact is the founder of two unicorns- InMobi and Glance, a subsidiary of InMobi group that also owns the app Roposo. InMobi is the first unicorn to come out of India.
In this episode of Bits to Billions, Tewari spoke to Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth on why many Indian unicorns face an existential crisis, the funding winter, why back to office is crucial and the future of live commerce.
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They had a phenomenal rise in 2021-22, but Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency prices have since crashed. Savvy investors can adjust to this volatility, but new ones, who took a fancy to cryptocurrencies because of their past returns, have their work cut out. Here’s what you should do.
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We bid goodbye to the last naturally-aspirated V12 to in a Lamborghini. What lies in store for the future of the most sensational supercar maker?
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Our detailed guide to all the latest OTT releases, book recommendations, podcasts and exciting activities to indulge in over the weekend! This weekend, you can pick from a host of Netflix & Amazon Prime releases, a book on making better decisions and listen to podcasts, attend fun events & much more!
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Founded in 2017 by former PayU and Citrus Pay executives and serial entrepreneurs Anish Achuthan, Mabel Chacko, and Ajeesh Achuthan, along with Deena Jacob, Open focuses on small and medium-sized businesses by offering them a business current account. Their next big bets include revenue-based financing early settlement, working capital loans, and business credit cards to SMEs on its platform. Open is aiming to disburse $1 billion in loans through the new suite of products on the platform in the next 12 months. In this episode of Bits to Billions, the founders opened up to Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth on the early years, why Open is relevant, and the criticism that family dominates the leadership.
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In a conversation with Nisha Poddar, new CII President Sanjiv Bajaj talks about business sentiment, the economy and CII's 10-point growth agenda
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Talking about CAATSA, he said, I think it should be waived, Politico reported on Monday.
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