Aman Gupta Invests in Home and Living Brand FIG Living Through SailThru Ventures
Entrepreneur and investor Aman Gupta has invested in design-led home and living brand FIG Living through his investment firm SailThru Ventures, as the startup looks to expand its presence across India and build a broader home and lifestyle platform. The investment also extends Gupta’s association with FIG Living founder Sushant Sharma, who previously worked with […]
Harsh Pamnani, Vargab Bakshi Explore ‘Trust-Market Fit’ for Indian Startups in New Book
Building a product that customers need is only one part of the challenge for a startup. Convincing those customers to trust a new and unfamiliar business can be equally important. This question forms the basis of Nobody Believes You Yet, a new book by Harsh Pamnani and Vargab Bakshi, which examines how Indian startups can […]
IITMAA Sangam 2026 Highlights: Need for Patient Capital for Deep-Tech Startups
The 7th edition of IITMAA Sangam, the flagship annual conference of the IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA), concluded at the Taj MG Road in Bengaluru, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, academics, technology entrepreneurs and innovators to discuss India’s path towards self-reliance. The event was centred on the theme “Atmanirbhar Bharat – Building a Self-Reliant India.” […]
Mihir Joshi, Managing Director at GVFL, on What Makes a Startup Investable: Founder Commitment, AI and India’s Startup Ecosystem
India’s startup ecosystem has changed significantly over the years, with growing access to capital, technology, mentors, incubators and a larger market for new businesses. But for investors, building a startup is about much more than having a good idea. The problem being solved, the size of the market, the founding team and the ability to […]
Ravpreet Ganesh, Chief Strategy Officer at ZIEL Network, on What Investors Should Look for Beyond Startup Traction
Introduction For early-stage startups, traction is often one of the first things investors look at. But numbers alone may not tell the complete story. Customer retention, repeat purchases, founder behaviour, brand strength and the ability to build lasting consumer relationships can reveal much more about the future potential of a business. Ravpreet Ganesh, Chief Strategy […]
mlHealth360 Appoints Dr. Srikanth Sola as Chief Medical Officer to Strengthen AI Healthcare Strategy
Healthcare technology company mlHealth360 has appointed senior cardiologist and healthcare innovator Dr Srikanth Sola as its Chief Medical Officer, as the company looks to strengthen the clinical foundation and adoption of its AI-led healthcare solutions. In his new role, Dr. Sola will work with physicians, healthcare organisations and hospital leadership to ensure that mlHealth360’s AI […]
Shaili Chopra and Gytree are making the perimenopause journey happy, honest and empowering
In an exclusive interview with Indian Startup Times, veteran journalist Shaili Chopra explained why she moved from 22 years in media to entrepreneurship focused on women’s health. Her conviction was straightforward: midlife and menopause are among the most underserved, stigmatised and commercially ignored phases of a woman’s life in India, and they deserve products, services […]
Alive App Raises $1 Million to Expand AI-Powered Experience Platform Across India
Alive App, an AI-powered experience-tech platform, has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Powerhouse Ventures, with participation from Flipkart Ventures. The Bengaluru-based startup had earlier raised ₹6 crore in a pre-seed round led by Powerhouse Ventures last year. With the latest funding, Alive App plans to expand its experience catalogue and […]
Amaani Raises $5 Million Series A to Scale Beauty Brand AÏZA Across the GCC
Amaani, the Dubai-based consumer company behind beauty and wellness brand AÏZA, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by BECO Capital, with participation from Homegrown Ventures and Peak XV’s Surge. The latest investment brings Amaani’s total funding to $8 million. The company had previously raised $3 million in seed funding from […]
From Bootstrapped Beginnings to $10M ARR: How Konnect Insights Scaled Globally Without Raising a Rupee
In 2016, we started Konnect Insights in Mumbai with a simple observation: enterprise brands were drowning in customer conversations across social media, support channels, and review platforms, and had no unified way to make sense of any of it. Every team had a different tool. Every tool had a different data model. The intelligence that […]
