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How Covid-19 is pushing e-commerce firms and online vendors to innovate

While the Flipkarts and Amazons are burying differences and banking on each others' strengths, vendors are altering production lines to sell masks, PPEs and other Covid-related merchandise

Wharton alumnus who is changing the way Indian women handle their finances

Hena Mehta tries to bring financial independence for women amid gender-specific issues like pay gaps and career breaks

Udaan set to fly on recovery path as post-Covid world looks promising

The lockdown that crippled the entire logistics, delivery and supply chain network to near zero, was enough to deal a body blow to India's fastest growing unicorn

DocsApp merges with MediBuddy, new entity will cover 95% Indian pin codes

Merged entity raises It will have over 90,000 doctors, 7,000 hospitals, 3,000 diagnostic centres and 2,500 pharmacies across the nation

Arvind Singhal: The man who feels the pulse of internet businesses

As he joins live tutoring platform Vedantu, he is expected to play a crucial role for the firm's future growth trajectory

Electric two-wheeler business in top gear as Covid-19 provides big push

The push for electric vehicles has been a long time coming for India, and the limited mobility during and post lockdown has created a window of opportunity for firms in the e-bike space

Start-ups looking to tap into venture debt, avoid large funding rounds

Most start-ups are also not expecting to get the right valuation at this time, as the lockdown imposed to curb the virus' spread has severely disrupted business

Fintech start-up Lendingkart raises Rs 319 crore in series-D funding

The round was led by existing investors including Fullerton Financial Holdings, Bertelsmann India Investments, Sistema Asia Fund and IndiaQuotient

Covid-19 opens a new chapter of investment in edtech start-up space

The sector has seen eight investments alone in April from VCs and angel investors

The entrepreneur who came out much the wiser after her dream ended early

Picking up ideas that are not too far ahead of their time, scalability and pivoting at the right time are key for success of any start-up, says this young entrepreneur

Arjun Deshpande: The teenager who convinced Tata to invest in his startup

Deshpande, who completed his schooling from DAV Public School, Thane, was a globe trotter from a young age

New-age brokerages rework risk management policies to tide over volatility

While some have restricted intra-day leverages given to clients for trading, others have stopped trading in illiquid scrips

This start-up offers niche fintech products for middle-income households

A bootstrapped Bengaluru start-up launched by ex-VCs is re-imagining financials products for salaried families. Its fix: focus on use-cases

Battling Covid-19: Start-ups chip in to resolve India's ventilator crisis

Domestic firms are also sourcing ventilator parts from within the country to manufacture ventilators at a much lower cost

Coronavirus outbreak: Start-up heads predict mayhem in six months

The only disruption for thousands of start-ups in the country till now was limited to to pay cuts, salary freeze and layoffs, but the scene will be different in six months

This Y Combinator-backed start-up is playing Farmville in real life

Hyderabad-based agri-tech firm UrbanKisaan uses hydroponics to grow veggies; see 7-fold rise in demand during lockdown

Covid-19 impact: Technology start-ups have multiple silver linings

The lockdown has severely crippled half the ecosystem, especially e-commerce and mobility services; but the other half - digital players in content, social media and so on - is having a field day

This lawyer's start-up is building a search engine for legal professionals

Legitquest's AI-based platform helps lawyers with issues, reasoning, decisions, arguments and facts of all Supreme Court judgments since 1950

Online pharmacies on hiring mode as orders during Covid-19 lockdown

Most e-pharmacies are operating with minimal staff and are not able to fulfill customer orders

Odisha start-ups seek relief package from CM to survive Covid-19 impact

The entities have requested the state government to act as guarantor for soft loans or facilitate collateral-free loans