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India’s D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) boom—once a launchpad for 3,000+ brands chasing $100 billion by 2025 (RedSeer)—is hitting a maturity wall, where the glamour of fresh debuts is giving way to the grit of calculated conquests. In 2025, new D2C launches dipped 25% to 750 (from 1,000 in 2024, RedSeer), while acquisitions skyrocketed 60% to 45 deals…
India’s startup ecosystem, the world’s third-largest, is navigating a tale of two realities in 2025. Total funding has plunged to $15.6 billion year-to-date—a stark 22% drop from $20.1 billion in the same period of 2024—across 1,940 equity rounds, down from 3,150 last year. Deal counts have shrunk, early-stage bets are cautious, and late-stage megadeals are…
Mumbai-based alternative investment powerhouse VentureSoul Partners has triumphantly closed its maiden debt fund at the base target of â‚ą300 crore, marking a stellar debut in India’s burgeoning structured credit arena. Registered as a SEBI Category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), VentureSoul’s fund is laser-focused on delivering tailored venture debt and structured financing to high-growth, new-economy…
The Shift from Acquisition to Loyalty In an era where customer acquisition costs have escalated to unsustainable levels and growth capital has become selectively available, customer retention has emerged as the fundamental determinant of business sustainability. For India’s direct-to-consumer (D2C) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) founders, the shift from acquisition obsession to retention mastery represents not merely…
India filed 1.9 lakh patents in FY25, launched its first private orbital rocket, and sent a rover to the lunar south pole. Yet only 6.8 % of all startup funding went to deep-tech, and just 312 of the country’s 5,500+ higher-education institutions have produced at least one â‚ą100-crore exit in the last five years. The…
India’s government labs—behemoths like CSIR (37 institutes, 4,800+ scientists) and DRDO (52 labs, 30,000 personnel)—hold a treasure trove of IP, with 82,811 patents filed in FY23 alone, yet only 15% commercialize, trapping innovation in bureaucratic silos while startups scramble for breakthroughs. Imagine flipping this: Labs as launchpads, via BIRAC’s BioNEST (200+ incubators, Rs 50 lakh…
When Peyush Bansal launched Lenskart in 2010, India’s eyewear industry was largely unorganized, with limited access to quality, affordable glasses. Today, Lenskart stands as a benchmark for tech-driven retail innovation—serving 20 million+ customers across India and abroad, blending digital convenience with precision optical care. The Beginning: Disrupting a Traditional Market Bansal, a former Microsoft employee…
In the race toward sustainable mobility, Log9 Materials has emerged as one of India’s most innovative deep-tech companies, redefining how electric vehicles (EVs) are powered, charged, and sustained. Founded in 2015 by Akshay Singhal, Log9 Materials began as a nanotechnology research startup but soon evolved into a clean-tech powerhouse at the heart of India’s EV…
In a significant step toward accelerating India’s clean energy transition, ChemVolt Global, a next-generation battery and storage technology firm, has raised $20 million in fresh funding while forming a strategic partnership with Europe’s ElevenEs, a pioneer in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells. The collaboration aims to enhance energy storage efficiency and reduce renewable integration…
In India’s innovation cauldron, where 195,065 DPIIT-recognized startups chase a $20 billion funding pie amid a 23% dip to $7.7 billion in 9M 2025, open data emerges as the unsung hero—unlocking datasets for AI, agritech, and healthtech breakthroughs that could add $450-500 billion to GDP by 2025, per Nasscom. Initiatives like the Open Government Data…