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No product, no problem!! VC's are still funding pre-product companies. 👇 Koo's founder Mayank Bidawatka raises $4M in seed from Blume, General Catalyst and Athera even before beta launch. This comes after 2 months of Pre-seed and announcement o

“2 million daily active users to Failure” Billions to Bankruptcy #11 Koo was founded in 2020 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka as a microblogging platform for Indians in multiple languages.Initially experienced a rapid rise due to its p

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. But what killed the Koo bird? 1. Differentiation: - N

12 Indian Startups That Shut Down in 2024 – What Went Wrong? 💔 While the startup ecosystem witnessed unicorn success, 2024 also saw the unfortunate shutdown of 12 startups, despite millions in funding. Let’s take a closer look: Startups That Calle

1K Kirana, a kirana tech startup, is facing potential bankruptcy and a distress sale after significant operational struggles. Founded in 2018, it expanded rapidly during the pandemic but has since downsized drastically, reducing its workforce from ov

🚀 2024 In Review: India’s Startup Ecosystem Flourishing Despite Challenges 🇮🇳 🦄 Unicorn Club of 2024: Six New Additions This year, six startups crossed the coveted $1 billion valuation mark, bringing India's total unicorn count to 118. Together

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗻𝘂𝘁?🧐 A good idea makes no sense if you can't monetize it. Founded in 2016, Doubtnut was a brilliant idea solving student problems in a way no other edtech in India was doing. The concept for the

Raised $100 Million, Yet Failed! Taking your pet out for a stroll can be a big task. The founders knew there were many people, like Sinchan, who didn’t have the time to take their dogs for a walk. So, in 2015, Brendan, Joshua, Jonathan, and Jason

Why Did Webvan, a Grocery Delivery Platform failed So, it was 1996. The internet was expanding as crazy, and every dot-com company was raising millions with nothing but an idea. Louis Borders decided to jump on this trend and thus started Webvan.

From a Small Street Stall to 45,000 Outlets! This is the story of Mixue, a Chinese QSR that became the world’s largest QSR brand in terms of active outlets. So Mixue was started by Zhang Hongchao, an economics student, in 1997. At the time, it was