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StartupsJun 9, 2026

Vivek Oberoi — The ₹1,200 Crore Actor Who Became a Full‑Time Business Magnate

Transitioning from a Bollywood star to an entrepreneur, Vivek Oberoi now helms a ₹1,200 crore business empire spanning luxury real estate, hospitality, aerospace, tech startups, and premium spirits. Through the Oberoi Family Office, he’s investing across the board while still occasionally acting. This article traces how he built a multi-asset conglomerate, the strategic pivots he made, and why he believes actors should think like founders, not just artists.

WomenJun 9, 2026

How Lucy Guo Became The Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire In Tech

Scale AI co-founder Lucy Guo has become the world's youngest self-made female billionaire, highlighting how AI infrastructure companies are creating enormous value behind the scenes of the technology boom.

StartupsJun 9, 2026

Numi, Mythik, KidZania — The Surprising Startup Bets of Shah Rukh Khan’s Family Office

Excerpt: Shah Rukh Khan’s wealth isn’t just from films and IPL. His family office has been quietly building a portfolio across health tech, edutainment, media technology, real estate, and direct-to-consumer brands. From backing health tech venture Numi to co-investing $15 million in Mythik, the media technology company founded by FreeCharge’s Jason Kothari, SRK’s portfolio is more diverse than any other Bollywood star. This article takes a deep dive into the Baadshah of diversification, analyzing each major investment, the strategy behind it, and how his family office operates like a mini venture capital firm.

FundingJun 9, 2026

How Mistral Is Trying To Build Europe's OpenAI

Mistral has become Europe's most prominent AI startup, attracting billions in valuation and symbolizing the continent's ambition to build its own AI champion rather than rely on foreign technology giants.

FundingJun 9, 2026

How PsiQuantum Quietly Became One Of The World's Most Valuable Deeptech Companies

PsiQuantum's rise reflects growing investor belief that quantum computing could become the next major technological platform, with implications extending far beyond artificial intelligence.

StartupsJun 8, 2026

Byju Raveendran — The Teacher Who Stuttered, Built a $22 Billion Edtech Giant, and Then Faced the Fall

: Byju Raveendran could not speak fluently as a child. He stammered, was laughed at in class, and was told he would never be a good teacher. He taught himself techniques to overcome his stutter, discovered a love for mathematics, and started teaching friends in a small room in Chennai. That side hustle became Byju's – India's most valuable edtech startup, once valued at $22 billion, with over 150 million users. Then the pandemic boom turned into a post-pandemic bust. Byju's faced a liquidity crisis, layoffs, and a dramatic fall from grace. This article traces Byju's journey from a passionate teacher to a billionaire founder, and then through the challenges of hyper-growth, aggressive acquisitions, and debt. It's a story of ambition, vision, and the brutal reality of startup economics.

StartupsJun 8, 2026

Sanjiv Bajaj — The Man Who Demystified Financial Services for Middle-Class India

In 2007, Sanjiv Bajaj was given a challenge by his father, Rahul Bajaj: take a small, struggling division of Bajaj Auto and turn it into a financial services powerhouse. Sanjiv had no banking background. He was an engineer from India and a management graduate from the US. But he understood the middle-class Indian — someone who needed loans for a scooter, insurance for the family, and a credit card without hidden fees. He built Bajaj Finserv into a $50 billion conglomerate, with subsidiaries like Bajaj Finance (one of India’s most profitable lenders) and Bajaj Allianz. This article traces Sanjiv’s journey from a reluctant heir to a fintech pioneer. We analyze his “customer obsession” model, his bet on small-ticket loans, and his ability to out-innovate both traditional banks and new-age startups.

StartupsJun 8, 2026

Sahil Barua — One Scooter, One Delivery Boy — Now India's Largest Logistics Network

In 2011, Sahil Barua was a management consultant at Bain & Company in Delhi. He noticed that moving goods within a city was a nightmare — no reliable, tech-enabled service. Couriers were slow, expensive, and untrackable. So he quit his job, bought a scooter, and started Delhivery as a courier service between two Delhi neighborhoods. Today, Delhivery is India’s largest integrated logistics provider, serving 18,000+ pin codes, valued at over $3 billion post-IPO. This article traces how Sahil built a network of 60+ fulfillment centers, 11,000+ partner vehicles, and an AI-powered routing engine. We also analyze how Delhivery survived the pandemic, the competition from Amazon and Flipkart’s in-house logistics, and its path to profitability.

StartupsJun 8, 2026

Kunal Bahl & Rohit Bansal — From a Failed Startup to India’s Most Successful Angel Investors

In 2007, Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal returned from the US with dreams of building an e-commerce business. Their first venture, a social network for buying and selling, failed. Then they noticed that people loved discounts. So they built Snapdeal — India’s third-largest e-commerce platform at its peak, valued at $6.5 billion. But the Amazon-Flipkart war crushed them. Instead of giving up, Kunal and Rohit pivoted the company into a fintech and SaaS platform called Titan Capital. They used their experience to become some of India’s most successful angel investors, backing over 200 startups including Unacademy, Ola, Razorpay, and Mamaearth. This article traces the rise, fall, and reinvention of these Delhi-based entrepreneurs. We analyze what went wrong at Snapdeal (over-hiring, over-spending, losing focus) and how Kunal and Rohit turned their losses into one of the most influential angel networks in the country.

StartupsJun 7, 2026

Nirmal Kumar — The Chennai Techie Who Built an AI Adtech Startup That’s Democratising Digital Advertising

Excerpt: In a world where digital advertising is dominated by Google and Facebook, a Chennai‑born engineer spotted a gap: small and medium businesses (SMBs) want to run ads but lack the time, budget, or expertise to manage complex campaigns. Nirmal Kumar founded Zocket — an AI‑powered adtech platform that automates the creation, targeting, and optimisation of social media ads. From a small office in Chennai, Zocket has grown to serve over 10,000 businesses across India, raised $5 million in funding, and is now expanding into the Middle East. This research article traces Nirmal’s journey from a software engineer at Freshworks to a deep‑tech founder solving a real‑world problem for millions of SMBs. We analyze Zocket’s proprietary AI engine, its “self‑serve” model that lowers the barrier to entry, and its partnerships with major ad platforms. The piece also explores how Nirmal kept Zocket’s engineering and product teams in Tamil Nadu, building a global adtech company from Chennai — and why he believes the next wave of AI startups will come from Tier‑2 cities.