What happens when India’s top D2C founders, retail leaders, and growth experts come together under one roof? 🚀✨. Endless insights. Unfiltered conversations. The D2C & Retail Summit 2025 brought India’s brightest consumer brand leaders together — and here’s a sneak peak of

🛵💰 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 = 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐬 + 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐬⁣ ⁣. From 10-minute deliveries to 100 Cr+ fundraises — India’s quick commerce game is on fire! Whether it's Blinkit & Zepto battling it out in metros, or new-age disruptors like

For modern Indian retail brands, presence on quick commerce platforms is no longer optional, but getting listed and managing ops isn’t easy. @omnivio_in, a SaaS startup is offering optimisation-as-a-service (OaaS) to help brands reach customers within hours. Read more.

What plays behind the making of a $300–350 Mn market for lab-grown diamonds in India that’s growing at 14.8% a year to reach $1.19 Bn by 2033?👇. Ask Limelight founder and managing director Pooja Sheth and she would say it’s the urban and global Indian shoppers’ growing interest

For Gaurav Khatri, the cofounder of @gonoise, revenue is no longer the only motivation, as he wants to make the audio and wearable startup a global brand.👇. “The aspiration is to build a brand that people recognise as coming from India and going global. That’s what we’re working

While addressing at a media event, Malhotra said, “We need a universally efficient system. As of now, there are no charges. (3/3).

As the UPI system currently operates without any charges for users, it is the government that has been footing the bill by subsidising banks and other stakeholders who enable the seamless, real-time payments infrastructure, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said. (2/3).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has flagged that Unified Payments Interface’s financial sustainability will depend on changing the system of free digital transactions to include minimal charges. A Thread🧵:(1/3).

🚨Inc42 Exclusive🚨. Home decor startup Livspace has bagged INR 362 Cr (around $42 Mn) from its Singapore-based parent Livspace Pte Ltd as it seeks to shift its domicile back to India, sources close to the matter told Inc42.👇. As per the company’s MCA filings accessed by Inc42,

The Centre has reportedly banned 25 over-the-top (OTT) platforms and websites, including ALTT, ULLU, Big Shots App, Desiflix and Boomex, among others, for allegedly hosting obscene, vulgar and ‘pornographic’ content. A Storyboard18 report said that the government directed

Earlier in January, Pine Labs appointed Vijeth Pandit as chief product officer. Pandit brings nearly three years of experience from Razorpay, where he served as senior director of Product Management. #fintech #tech #Razorpay.(3/3).

As part of its ongoing efforts to scale its API-led financial services, the company has appointed Prashanth Nimmagada as chief technology officer (CTO). (2/3).

Bengaluru-based fintech startup Setu, owned by digital payments major Pine Labs has strengthened its leadership team with a host of appointments from fintech majors, including Razorpay, PhonePe and Wibmo. A Thread🧵:(1/3).

The company has raised capital from corporates such as Infosys, Qualcomm Ventures, DPIIT Fund of Funds for Startups and Evolvence, among others. (3/3).#VentureCapital #deptech.

The VC firm launched the early stage fund at INR 810 Cr in July last year to back startups operating in the deeptech sector. The fund aims to invest in startups across chip design, robotics, genomics, smart manufacturing, aerospace and AI sectors. (2/3).

Venture capital firm Yali Capital has closed its maiden deeptech-focussed fund at INR 893 Cr ($103.2 Mn). A Thread🧵:(1/3).

The employees’ segment followed closely behind, recording an oversubscription of 5.6X with 4.1 Lakh bids against 73,891 shares allocated. #IndiQube #IPO #BSE #NII.(3/3).

As per BSE data, the IPO received cumulative bids for 6.9 Cr shares against 1.71 Cr shares on offer. The RII portion saw exceptional demand on Day 3, getting oversubscribed 9.8X, with 3 Cr bids against 31 Lakh shares reserved. (2/3).

Workspace solutions provider IndiQube’s public issue witnessed strong demand from retail individual investors (RIIs) and non-institutional investors (NIIs) on the final day of bidding, pushing the overall subscription to 4.2X as of 12:40 PM. A Thread🧵:(1/3).