Startup
Leah Rosenbaum,Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
Coronavirus vaccine boosters are coming
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for the week ending September 24.
Mumbai, Bangalore and London Named among World's top Startup Hubs
Mumbai maintains its top spot in Top 100 Emerging Ecosystems' list as Indian startups raise 12.1bn in first half of 2021. London and New York are top...
Kritti Bhalla
IPO-bound RateGain acquires Germany based startup to expands software solutions for hoteliers
Myhotelshop provides hotels with software solutions for direct sales and distribution channels. The acquisition will allow R...
Bhakti Makwana
Landmark moment for this Rajinikanth fan’s SaaS startup on listing at US exchange
Freshworks became the first Indian software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm to get listed on a US exchange by raising $13 billion o...
Steph Hind
Investors' reactions to my pregnancy made me feel I should be ashamed to be having a baby. VCs have got to change their attitudes.
Heka cofounder Steph Hind was pregnant when she and her partner were pitching for VC investment. She describes how put off some investors were.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
NOCD raised $33 million to bring OCD treatment online
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for September 22.
Theron Mohamed
Warren Buffett called out Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos for prizing big names over experts - a key issue at the blood-testing startup
While Theranos appointed politicians and military leaders to its board, Berkshire Hathaway picks directors with business savvy, Buffett said.
Shannen Balogh,Anita Ramaswamy,Dan DeFrancesco,Carter Johnson
Check out 17 pitch decks that fintechs looking to disrupt trading, banking, and lending used to raise millions
Check out examples of real fintech pitch decks. You'll see pitch decks from Qolo, Lance, and other startups that nabbed millions in VC funding.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
We're reaching a critical moment in the debate over COVID-19 booster shots
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for the week ending September 17.
Kritti bhalla
From ecommerce to payments — here are the top funded business models of last one year
From ecommerce to payments — here are the top funded business models of last one year...
Kritti Bhalla
Powered by Unacademy and upGrad’s mega deals, Indian startups raised $10.8 billion in the last two months
A report by Tracxn says there were 256 deals in July and August 2021. Edtech startups cracked three of the top 10 deals in t...
Kritti Bhalla
Lenskart is setting aside $20 million for technologies like instant glasses, spectacles for the colourblind and other breakthrough ideas
The decade-old company — which set up a Lenskart Vision Fund earlier in June this year — plans to invest upto $2 million in eye technology startups over the next couple of years.
Kritti Bhalla
Two-year-old Apna is among the fastest unicorns of India, despite making no revenue
Apna, a job platform for blue collar workers, has been valued at $1.1 billion merely two years after it started its operatio...
Claire Turrell
I'm a former Goldman Sachs analyst who raised over $8.5 million for my fashion startup. Here's how I realized finance wasn't for me.
"When I looked at my fellow analysts, I could tell they enjoyed the job more - I had an inner ecommerce geek that needed to get out," says Meg He.
Bradley Saacks,Anita Ramaswamy
Meet 20 hedge-fund dealmakers who are pumping billions into the world's hottest startups
Hedge funds like Tiger Global, D1, and Coatue are investing billions into top startups. Meet the investors leading the charge into funding rounds.
Kritti Bhalla
Long before Mukesh Ambani set his eyes on the millions of mom-n-pop stores, a bunch of e-commerce startups were preparing the ground — they are now getting their due
These ecommerce startups have raised over $135 million since August 2021. Khata...
Kritti Bhalla
Online pharmacy startup PharmEasy is looking to hire 200 engineers in Hyderabad, Pune and Delhi before the IPO
PharmEasy currently has a workforce of 6,100+ employees, but it is planning to hire more people for its new d...
Samarpita Banerjee
We will spend Rs 100 crore on our campaign #CannotBeLockedDown: Mark Moran, Simplilearn
Mark Moran, Chief Marketing Officer, Simplilearn talks to us about its recently-launched campaign and the platform's future
Emma Cosgrove
A wave of e-commerce logistics startups is threatening to break the UPS and FedEx duopoly
FedEx and UPS are making changes that are upsetting the status quo and driving new players, and millions in venture capital into package delivery.
Hannah Towey
This payments and distribution platform used by Frank Ocean and Childish Gambino is fighting the music industry's 'starving artist' culture
Distribution and payments start-up Stem is simplifying royalty accounting to get musicians paid.
Kritti Bhalla
From Byju’s to Ola to PharmEasy — A look at India’s most valued startups
From Byju’s to Ola to PharmEasy — A look at India’s most valued startups...
Hannah Towey
LinkedIn co-founder describes young Mark Zuckerberg's awkward silences that lasted for minutes - and why he invested in Facebook anyway
According to Linkedin's co-founder, the young Facebook co-founder did "not talk very much," but it was clear "he was very smart."
Kritti Bhalla
Zomato, PolicyBazaar investor Info Edge invested in nearly 2 startups every month in 2021
Info Edge’s investment streak coincides with Zomato hitting the public market and PolicyBazaar’s attempt to do so. Nearly ha...
Jonathan A. Knee
A new book provides the antidote for the creeping feeling that the business world is hopelessly out of ideas and awash in get-rich-quick schemes
"Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs" reminds you why startups and capitalism can be a force for good.
Kritti Bhalla
Swiggy, Sharechat and Byju’s cracked the biggest fundraising deals between April and June
Indian startups raised $6.5 billion across 160 deals in the second quarter of 2021....
