Embedded credit is expected to contribute nearly 25 per cent of MSME lending in India by 2030. As businesses move online and digital ecosystems become the primary interface for small enterprises, GLAAS is building the invisible infrastructure that will power this shift. Devesh Sachdev is betting $5 million that the future of MSME lending is embedded, not borrowed.
India needs $160 billion every year to meet its 2030 renewable energy targets. But many developers lack the capital and expertise to move projects from blueprint to grid. North Star is designed to fill that gap—not just with money, but with the execution capacity to build at scale.
The first ₹10 lakh is harder to raise than the first $10 million. Most venture capitalists want traction, revenue, and proof before they write a cheque. But without that first cheque, traction never comes. Masters' Union is stepping into that gap with a ₹100 crore fund designed specifically for founders who are too early for everyone else.
Eleven years ago, Pranav Dangi started The Hosteller because Indian travellers deserved better than a choice between overpriced hotels and unreliable budget stays. Today, with 2 million travellers hosted and ₹150 crore in fresh funding, his model has proven itself. The company is no longer just a hostel chain. It is becoming a travel platform.
Most AI innovation in fashion has focused on virtual try-ons and design tools. But the real bottleneck has always been the fabric itself. STCH is building what it calls Fabric GPT to decode the science of textiles, and global brands are already paying for it.
Excerpt: With a net worth of ₹55,300 crore, Radha Vembu is India’s richest first‑generation self‑made woman — yet she rarely gives interviews. This article goes deep into the story of the low‑profile IIT Madras alumna who, alongside her brother Sridhar Vembu, bootstrapped Zoho Corporation into a global SaaS powerhouse without a single day of venture capital. We analyze her strategic role as a product manager for Zoho Email and a major shareholder with ~48% stake, as well as her quiet but profound philanthropy through Zoho Schools and rural development initiatives. The piece challenges the conventional narrative that scaling a global tech company requires external funding, offering instead a blueprint for sustainable, bootstrapped success rooted in product excellence and long‑term thinking.
When Ghazal Alagh couldn’t find toxin‑free baby products for her son’s eczema, she didn’t just complain — she built a brand. Mamaearth, which she co‑founded with her husband Varun Alagh, became India’s first D2C unicorn in the FMCG space and went public as Honasa Consumer at a valuation exceeding ₹10,000 crore. This research article explores the “content‑to‑commerce” playbook that catapulted the brand to success: influencer‑led education, transparent ingredient labelling, and a relentless focus on consumer trust. We analyse the company’s journey through multiple funding rounds, category expansion beyond baby care into skin and hair, and the unique husband‑wife founder dynamic that became a strategic advantage.
Odyssey Therapeutics' successful market debut signals renewed investor confidence in biotechnology, potentially marking the beginning of a broader recovery in healthcare IPO activity.
Nuclear fusion startups continue attracting billions in funding as investors bet that recent scientific breakthroughs, rising energy demand and the growth of AI could finally make commercial fusion viable.
Helsing's rise highlights how artificial intelligence, geopolitical uncertainty and growing demand for technological sovereignty are creating a new generation of European defence-tech giants.