Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy BNPL platforms have become a playground for cybercriminals
Episode 134
BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) is becoming popular in India because it offers short-term financing options, financial flexibility, affordability, and small…
3 years ago
How a coffee startup is giving global giant Starbucks a run for its money in India
Episode 133
In March this year, the world's largest coffeehouse chain, Starbucks, finally crossed the Rs 1,000-crore rupee revenue mark in India for the first ti…
3 years ago
What is fuelling the growing band of de-influencers in India?
Episode 132
Beets are a superfood today. Tomorrow it’ll be lemons. The internet is rife with misinformation especially about food and health related stuff. There…
3 years ago
Four in 10 quit Niti Aayog in a year. Time to think or tank?
Episode 131
The NITI Aayog was created in 2015 to replace the decades-old Planning Commission. The idea was to adopt a more bottom-up approach to make India comp…
3 years ago
The ICC World Cup is Disney+ Hotstar’s last chance
Episode 130
Losing IPL rights last year to Jio and then dropping HBO content has cost Disney+ Hotstar at least 21 million subscribers in just a year.
The streamin…
3 years ago
Licious has enough money but not enough customers
Episode 129
Licious, the online meat delivery platform, was India’s first direct to consumer company or D2C that achieved the unicorn status. It was valued at $…
3 years ago
How the $17 billion-worth Jio Financial is gearing up to disrupt India's NBFC space
Episode 128
It took Bajaj Finance over 15 years to become the most valued NBFC in the country. And then came along Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL) and took the…
3 years ago
Dunzo fans made it a verb. Then it became just another delivery firm
Episode 127
What makes Dunzo unique is that one could never imagine a company its size to have the kind of influence it does.
In 2022, a $200 million funding from…
3 years ago
The Kota factory is imploding and student suicides are not the only reason
Episode 126
After the pandemic years, Kota’s coaching industry saw an unprecedented boom. Money was pouring in from everywhere–from edtechs to investors. In the …
3 years ago
What VC analysts do when there are few deals to make
Episode 125
All the twists and turns in the journey of startups have been well-documented since VC funding began drying up over the past year or so. In the first…
3 years, 1 month ago