Square Yards Just Became India's 131st Unicorn. The Real Story Is What It Built Before Asking for the Billion

Square Yards was founded in 2014. The last equity round before this one was in 2019. The company spent seven years building profitability, assembling a full real estate value chain platform, and growing revenue at a 51% four-year CAGR — before asking for its first billion. That discipline is the most important thing about this unicorn story. The ₹900 crore is the consequence. The decade of building is the cause.

MoEngage Acquires Aampe: One AI Agent per Customer, 200 Billion Decisions a Week, and the End of Segment-Based Marketing

Taxfix ran Aampe side by side against a rule-based CRM system they had been iterating on for four years. Aampe beat it by 50 per cent, delivered a 40 per cent revenue uplift versus a global holdout, and reached breakeven in thirty days. The fully loaded cost of running Aampe against equivalent advertising spend: 120 to 150 times more efficient.

The $6 Million Question: Why This NRI With a ₹56 Crore Portfolio Is Leaving America After 23 Years

A ₹500 Crore Opportunity Dressed in Fur

Imagine walking into a Diwali party, and your dog is wearing a better sherwani than your uncle. It has intricate embroidery, a matching turban, and it's strutting like it owns the place. This isn't a scene from a bizarre comedy—it's the reality of India's booming pet fashion industry. From hand-painted lehengas to pop-culture themed hoodies, Indian pet parents are spending big to dress their furry family members in style. The market, still in its infancy, is projected to hit a staggering ₹500 crore within the next five years. This is the story of how India fell in love with pet fashion, and the entrepreneurs cashing in on the trend.

The ChatGPT News That Mattered: June 23, 2026 — The Day AI Got Smarter, Visual, and More Competitive

Tuesday, June 23, 2026, was anything but ordinary in the world of artificial intelligence. While most of the world went about its business, OpenAI was quietly making moves that would reshape how hundreds of millions of people interact with AI. Users reported something strange: ChatGPT was suddenly smarter. Responses were better. But they also took significantly longer. The whispers started on X: "Did OpenAI just swap out the model?" Meanwhile, in a move that sent shockwaves through Wall Street, Getty Images announced a licensing deal with OpenAI that caused its stock to soar 145%. And in the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, OpenAI rolled out powerful new analytics tools for enterprise customers, giving them unprecedented control over AI spending. Welcome to June 23, 2026 — a day that reminded the world that the AI race is far from over.

The Cola Wars 2.0: How a ₹10 Bottle of Campa Cola Is Rewriting the Rules of India's Billion-Dollar Beverage Battle

The ₹41,300 Crore Question: How Sanjeev Bikhchandani Turned a ₹4,900 Crore Bet Into India's Greatest Startup Empire

On a sleepy Tuesday morning, as the Indian stock market braced for another lackluster session, a letter landed on shareholders' desks. Within hours, Info Edge shares surged 4%. The reason? A single number: ₹41,300 crore. That's the current value of Info Edge's startup investment portfolio—against a cumulative investment of just ₹4,900 crore across 135 startups. An 8.4x return multiple. A gross IRR of 33%.

Tamil Nadu's Deep-Tech Gambit: ₹100 Crore Fund, Quantum Computing, and the Race to Build India's Next Innovation Engine

Tamil Nadu is entering 2026 with one of the most ambitious deep-tech strategies in India. With the launch of India's first dedicated Deep Tech Startup Policy, a ₹100 crore funding plan, and TRL-based structured support, the state is building a full-stack ecosystem — from R&D to global scale. At Umagine TN 2026, the state secured ₹9,820 crore in fresh investment commitments across AI, fintech, healthcare, SaaS, and digital infrastructure. But the real story isn't just about money—it's about quantum computing access for startups, a ₹54.6 crore i-TNT Hub at Anna University, and a new reality show called 'Startup Thamizha'. Yet, beneath the glittering headlines, a sobering reality persists: Tamil Nadu is a great place to build, but a challenging one to scale. As one deep-tech founder put it, "The moments when startups are exposed to capital and customers in Bengaluru and Pune, they want to move out for justifiable reasons".

Beyond the Algorithm: How Tamil Cinema's Marketing Machine is Redefining the Business of Blockbusters

In a masterstroke of marketing timing, the producers of Thalapathy Vijay's final film 'Jana Nayagan' dropped the much-anticipated "First Roar" glimpse at the stroke of midnight on June 22—the actor's 52nd birthday. The move transformed a routine promotional event into a cultural moment, with fans celebrating across social media platforms. But this is just one example of how Tamil cinema is rewriting the rules of film marketing. From birthday-centric drops to Pan-India promotional tours, the industry is deploying sophisticated strategies that rival Hollywood's biggest campaigns. Meanwhile, the broader entertainment ecosystem is seeing tectonic shifts: Rusk Media has just closed a Rs 100 crore funding round led by Nazara Technologies to build "world-class entertainment infrastructure from India for the world", while KRAFTON India is doubling down on the gaming ecosystem through a strategic investment in BITKRAFT Ventures' Global Fund.

Startup Singam – The Tamil TV Show That's Turning Founders into Overnight Stars and Changing the Funding Game

A palm jaggery entrepreneur from a small Tirunelveli village walks onto a Tamil television set carrying his product. Within months, his business jumps from ₹20 lakh to ₹50 lakh a month. A deep-tech founder secures ₹2.75 crore in funding live on air. This isn't Silicon Valley. This is Startup Singam—Tamil Nadu's groundbreaking pitch show on Star Vijay that's rewriting the rules of capital, visibility, and entrepreneurial ambition. In a state where investors are often called "conservative, preferring bonds and basic equity," this show has become a marketplace where founders speak in Tamil but doors open to investors who speak in English, in metros. From palm groves to prime time, Startup Singam is proving that the next big startup story doesn't have to come from Bengaluru—it can come from a village in Tirunelveli, and it can be told in Tamil.