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Gaming In 2026: What’s In Store In The Post-RMG Era

One could say that 2025 marked the final act of the real money gaming saga with a bitter ending for…

08.12.2025 10

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Pine Labs’ New Mantra: Forget PoS; Software Is The Future

As it announced its first quarterly results after listing, fintech giant Pine Labs began its earnings call with a presentation…

08.12.2025 10

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Lenskart’s Year Of Big Wins

Editor’s Note:  As we bid adieu to 2025, for the next few weeks, The Outline by Inc42 will look back…

07.12.2025 10

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Fractal IPO: Turning Point For Indian Deeptech Or More AI Hype?

It’s been billed as India’s first AI IPO. Fractal, a veteran in the Indian tech landscape, is all set for…

01.12.2025 10

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The Rise And The Reality Check: Groww’s Post-IPO Story

One of the most-watched startup IPOs finally hit the markets earlier this month when fintech major Groww made a strong…

24.11.2025 10

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Nazara 2.0: The Rebuild After A Quarter In The Red

Nazara is recovering from one of the most bruising quarters in its history. The Mumbai-based listed gaming major reported a…

20.11.2025 3

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Figma’s Big Bet: Dropping Anchor In ‘Inevitable’ India

It’s impossible for any tech company to overlook a 5 Mn-strong talent pool fed by more than 1.5 Mn engineering…

15.11.2025 8

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India’s Digital Gold Rush Gets Regulatory Reality Check

It would be an understatement to say that gold has had a remarkable year as an investment. After soaring over…

12.11.2025 2

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What’s Stopping Ajio From Living Out Reliance Retail’s Digital Dream

Reliance Retail didn’t have yet another ecommerce experiment in mind when it rolled out Ajio. Instead, it wanted to make…

11.11.2025 10

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From Hype To Discipline: How India’s Markets Are Maturing Across Startups And Stocks

The market is in the midst of a consolidation. But, Ankit Mandholia, of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd, believes that…

09.11.2025 3

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Eternal’s District Is Still Searching For Its Footing

A year after Eternal (formerly Zomato) acquired Paytm Insider for a staggering INR 2,048 Cr, at roughly 6–7X of the…

06.11.2025 8

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Can Groww Justify Its Valuation In A Crowded IPO Season?

India’s public markets were buzzing in October, with 14 IPOs hitting D-Street and collectively raising over INR 46,000 Cr. The…

03.11.2025 2

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In Consumer-Tech, Real-Money Gaming Biggies Look For A Game-Changer

The curtains have come down on real-money gaming, but even before the dust could settle on India’s multi-billion-dollar RMG turf,…

01.11.2025 10

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Eternal’s Zomato Conundrum

Eternal is torn between Zomato and Blinkit. As soon as one stabilises the other one hits a snag. And as…

20.10.2025 40

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Behind The Scenes: How A New Breed Of Startups Is Powering India’s Quick Commerce Boom

Who does not want to take advantage of the great Indian quick commerce movement? What started with Blinkit, Zepto, and…

16.10.2025 3

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How High Can Udaan Fly? A Look Into Its Blueprint For Revival

Business-to-business ecommerce unicorn Udaan has flown into rough weather with its growth engine sputtering and revenues going flat.   Once hailed…

14.10.2025 4

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Beyond iPhone: Apple’s Omnichannel Retail Push In India Is Paying Off

May 2023: A month after visiting India to open the tech giant’s first store in the country, Apple CEO Tim…

09.10.2025 3

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How Myntra Became A Profit Machine

Flipkart may be busy putting its house in order ahead of its 2026 public market debut, but sister company Myntra…

05.10.2025 10

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BigBasket Goes Bland: Can Tata Digital Spice It Up?

Troubles seem to be far from over for Tata Digital-run BigBasket.  Once the poster child of India’s online grocery delivery…

30.09.2025 7

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Groww, PhonePe, PhysicsWallah And A New Era Of Startup IPOs

Do you hear whispers on Urban Company resonating down Dalal Street? It’s been two weeks since it went listed at…

29.09.2025 4

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Amazon’s Quick Commerce Gamble Faces Festive Season Litmus Test

For more than a decade, India’s ecommerce giants Amazon and Flipkart have battled it out every festive season with their…

25.09.2025 20

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Another Brick In The CRED Wall

Let’s just agree — creating a super app that does it all isn’t a shiny new concept. In fact, the…

21.09.2025 2

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Urban Company’s Moment Of Truth Is Here

Amid this cacophony of startup IPOs, all eyes are on Urban Company’ public listing, which has grabbed the spotlight not…

15.09.2025 10

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Swiggy, Zomato & The GST 2.0 Squeeze

Following the 56th GST Council meeting on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, people began debating what’s getting cheaper and what’s set…

07.09.2025 10

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Leap India IPO: Flat Profit To Create Dilemma For Investors?

Banking on the Indian startup IPO frenzy, logistics tech provider Leap India has now set sail for D-Street. The 2013-founded…

04.09.2025 2

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Is It Time Swiggy, Zomato Rethink The Platform Fee Push?

There’s nothing new in platform fees so far as the Indian food delivery story goes. Some 18 months and an…

03.09.2025 4

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Reliance’s Jio-Sized AI Leap

Nearly a decade ago, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) initiated its digital transformation, pivoting from its legacy oil and gas business…

31.08.2025 10

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The Great Reset: Will RMG’s Fallen Founders Rise Again?

The month of August has been nothing short of dreadful for the entire real-money gaming (RMG) sector, which collapsed in…

30.08.2025 10

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RMG Ban Widens The Divide Between India’s Gaming Startups

In the hours after India’s President Droupadi Murmu granted assent to the ‘Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025’…

27.08.2025 8

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Into India’s Gaming Wasteland

This past week, the government dropped a bombshell on the Indian startup ecosystem — the ‘Promotion and Regulation of Online…

24.08.2025 7

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No Longer Under Nazara’s Wing, Can Nodwin Gaming Level Up?

When Nazara bought 55% stake in Nodwin Gaming back in 2018, it was a risky bet that esports would one…

21.08.2025 10

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Bluestone’s Sparkle Fades In Bleak Jewellery Market

BlueStone’s IPO did not set the market on fire like some other recent startup listings, but that’s no surprise.  Despite…

18.08.2025 10

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Nazara’s High-Stakes IP Gamble Pays Off In Q1

Over the past few years, Nazara Technologies has had an aggressive run of acquisitions, especially in gaming IPs. While analysts…

14.08.2025 5

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Not Just Parcels, Delhivery Delivers Profits, 5 Quarters And Counting

Delhivery is proving to be one of the rare listed startups to have its profitability and growth marching in lockstep.…

05.08.2025 5

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MobiKwik On Shaky Grounds After Weak Q1 

The frenzy over India’s startup IPOs could be back in fashion, but for several of the new entrants to the…

03.08.2025 8

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Is Opinion Trading Gambling? A Question Of Survival For Probo & Co

In early 2024, as the IPL was underway and the country edged closer to the General Elections, a new breed…

31.07.2025 3

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WeWork India IPO: Will Retail Investors See Any Upside?

India’s coworking sector is going through a boom. After the Awfis listing last year, Smartworks and IndiQube went public in…

30.07.2025 9

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Airtel Rethinks Its Power Play With Perplexity Deal

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving and expanding at an unthinkable pace, reshaping the way we live, work, or even look…

25.07.2025 20

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How Zoho Is Quietly Redefining Enterprise AI With Zia LLM

Zoho has just made its SaaS suite smarter, not merely wiser. The enterprise tech major has designed an ambitious artificial…

24.07.2025 5

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From $8 Mn To $100 Mn: Prime Venture Partners On The Growing Maturity Of Early Stage Investing

When Prime Venture Partners (PVP) launched its first fund in 2012 with a modest corpus of $8 Mn, India’s startup…

17.07.2025 7

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 Has Jio Financial Services Rattled Fintech Giants? 

Jio Financial Services (JFS) has been a looming threat for fintech startups from the moment it emerged on the scene.…

06.07.2025 20

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Karnataka Goes All Out To Curb Fake News, But At What Cost?

In a country where over 600 Mn people actively use WhatsApp and around 240 Mn use Facebook, social media has…

04.07.2025 3

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Can Swiggy Crew Deliver Luxury On Demand?

When Lionel Messi lands in Kolkata this December, as part of a three-city India tour, a Bengaluru-based startup founder said…

03.07.2025 5

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Ola, Uber & The Zero-Commission U-Turn

India’s ride-hailing sector has revved a long way since its early days when the OGs, Fiat Padminis and Hindustan Motors’…

27.06.2025 10

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Can Flipkart’s super.money Outrun Rivals With Its Power User Bet?

If there is an outlier in the UPI ecosystem when it comes to commanding a top spot at an unusually…

26.06.2025 5

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The Real Cost Of 12-Hour Workday

It’s getting dark, too dark, for techies in India’s snazzy Silicon Valley to see a life beyond logged in. Karnataka’s…

24.06.2025 30

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Is Nykaa Fashion Running Out Of Vogue?

From establishing itself as the leader in India’s online beauty and personal care (BPC) space to making a successful public…

20.06.2025 10

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Otipy Raised Millions, But Couldn’t Beat The Quick Commerce Wave

From farm to table — this is the basis on which many agritech startups were built in India. The fresh…

18.06.2025 10

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Amazon Thinks It’s Prime Time For Ads; Will Brands Tune In?

Everything and everyone around us, even remotely related to the internet, is evolving, and global tech giants are no exception.…

06.06.2025 6

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How Swiggy & Zomato Are Hitting The Brakes In The Race To Be Everything Everywhere All At Once

For foodtech giants Swiggy and Zomato (now Eternal), the last few years have been about engaging in a battle for…

25.05.2025 10

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