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In an agritech landscape where startups try to be everything to everyone, the four-year-old startup proves that mastering pomegranates and bananas could be more profitable than juggling the entire produce
Arzooo’s bid to shake up electronics retail crumbles amid audits, leadership shifts, and a six-month disappearance
Smaller than its two rivals, seven-year-old Jumbotail is certain it doesn’t need the one thing considered essential in FMCG distribution: feet on the street
The heydays of Filipino B2C startups are approaching their end as venture capitalists and builders set sights on another field of startups in the country
“India spends over 2X its defense budget on waste management. Many multi-billion-dollar w-commerce companies can be built”
Hungry to grow and experiment, Indomaret and Alfamart are eating into the business of young retail ventures
The B2B startup grew its revenue over 4X to ~$135 million in FY22 while keeping its losses in check. But the real test of its service, relationships, and finances is yet to knock on its door
Udaan has laid off over 500 employees over the past six months and plans to sack more while it puts its house in order by streamlining its operations.
Filipino mom-and-pop stores control the lion’s share of all retail transactions. B2B players are eager for a slice of the pie, but the real prize may be the micro-merchants’ communities
With a 6X jump in revenue, the Sequoia-backed startup is riding India’s localisation efforts by setting up its own factory for wearables and acquiring companies in defence and oil and gas
Everyone from Reliance and Thailand’s CP Group to Swiggy and Adani Group is said to be interested in buying into struggling German wholesaler Metro Cash & Carry. Despite Metro’s 31 outlets spread across 21 cities, however, the business only makes sense as a minor cog in the online-grocery wheel
Being birthed in OfBusiness’ B2B ecosystem got the SME financier to a $1bn valuation. But now, Oxyzo wants to diversify its product range and borrower base, only to wade into a chaotic lending landscape
Captain Fresh’s $500 million valuation comes on top of an investor wave that raised D2C meat startups like Licious, Freshtohome to new heights. It wants to fix India’s meat/seafood supply chain, but that road has its own speed bumps
With India’s B2B e-commerce space birthing a host of aggressive unicorns, 25-year-old Indiamart faces an uphill battle to stay relevant. To compete with the Zetwerks, Udaans, and Moglixs of the world, it has embarked on an aggressive investment and acquisition spree to move beyond the simple lead generation business model that got it this far
LEAD wants to be the go-to brand for thousands of India’s private schools—where students pay Rs 1,000 or less as monthly fees—to go digital. In two years, it wants to double the number of schools it’s present in, but to get there, it has to tighten more than a few product screws
Edtech companies that built the infrastructure layer, catering to teachers and education institutions, saw their popularity spike during the pandemic. With classrooms reopening, though, B2B edtech needs a plan—or be relegated to the back bench again
Consumer startups catch the eye, but newly-christened unicorn PatSnap—which specialises in IP management—is showing the value of B2B SaaS in Southeast Asia. It is one of a handful of breakout companies that could inspire others in Singapore
Trax is one of Southeast Asia’s lesser-known unicorns, situated in the unexciting world of B2B tech. But its middle player position plus reach beyond Singapore—US, Europe, China, and even Israel—is proving to be quite the sweet spot
For the first two years of its life, Infra.Market was bootstrapped and profitable. Now flush with funding and with unicorn status to boot, it's pushing the accelerator on both its B2B construction goods business and a B2C private label retail play
3,000 people laid off. An FMCG-food category culture clash. A stagnant Mario. And finally, a $280 million funds top-up. Here's how 2020 shook up India's leading B2B unicorn
Startups like Mitra Bukalapak wanted to shake up the way small retailers procure products to sell. They shook up a whole lot more, including their relationships with brands. B2B startups can scale, but how far can they go without the support of FMCGs?
A star CEO and two global venture capital funds came together to digitise the way Indonesia supplies its long tail of physical retailers with products
After fuelling growth through aggressive losses, online B2B marketplace Udaan needs to chart a course towards sustainability. Monetising users onboarded through freebies, though, won't be easy
There’s a palpable sense of fear following Covid-19. Businesses are spending less. VCs are waiting and watching. Startups have reported drops in their toplines ranging from 5% to 50% in under a week
It's been a tough year for the hyperlocal delivery app. Its cash burn has gone up to $3 million a month, its losses have jumped 8-fold and it’s been pulling out of certain pincodes of late. Co-founder Kabeer Biswas isn't daunted—his two big goals are to scale and get profitable. Can he Dunzo them?
23-year-old B2B e-commerce behemoth IndiaMART has had a great day at the bourses. Celebrations, though, could be premature as the battle ahead is a tough one
Udaan, whose founders came from Flipkart, became a billion-dollar unicorn in just over two years because it hit India’s massive and untapped B2B opportunity at the right time and place. Can it pull off another Flipkart?
Digital wallets heralded a revolution in electronic payments in India, but the past couple of years haven’t been kind, with UPI taking the lion’s share of P2P payments. For the likes of Paytm and MobiKwik, though, salvation may lie in the untapped B2B segment
Inventory-led B2C e-commerce is passe. Instead, young, VC-backed B2B startups like Meesho and Udaan are heralding a new dawn in Indian e-commerce
In a world dominated by funding shenanigans and unicorn obsessions, Vijay Rayapati of Minjar shows us a different template for startup success
A ghost funding round, Rs 140 crore burnt in two years and a sector that remains difficult to crack. All these, together, ravage the company
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