I worked with Mayank back during the Goodbox days, a very soft spoken person. Despite of what markets play, an entrepreneur keeps building one thing or other until they receive a key success.
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1. Differentiation:
- N
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• Today's Topic Is : Stages Of Funding Rounds
• Before discussing the funding rounds, let's understand why funding is necessary :
• Funding is necessary to start any company or to build MVP or Testing the Products.
•Types of Funding Rounds:
1.
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--Juspay Becomes Unicorn: Indian fintech startup Juspay raised $60 million led by Kedaara Capital, achieving a $1.8 billion valuation, marking it as 2025’s first unicorn.
--Eas
