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Meet Girish Mathrubootham, who left Zoho to build an 80,000 crore software giant. Despite being called a rickshaw puller due to a drop in grades, Girish worked his way up in HCL Cisco and Zoho. Inspired by Zendesk's price hike, he founded Freshdesk i

VC Tales: Rajan Anandan, the celebrated VC, has a penchant for backing game-changers. -His $3M seed in Ola, India's ride-hailing giant, set the stage. -The $2M Series A in Freshworks, now a $10B SaaS unicorn, displayed his foresight. -Rajan's

In 2024, six Indian startups achieved unicorn status, crossing the $1 billion valuation mark: 1. **Krutrim** - India's first AI unicorn, founded in 2023, secured $50 million in January. 2. **Ather Energy** - An electric two-wheeler manufacturer, bec

The rise of Indian SaaS Unicorns continues to break records! In 2021 alone, India saw the creation of 9 SaaS unicorns, marking the highest number yet. With more startups joining the elite club each year, India's SaaS industry is accelerating into a b

Building SaaS from India for the world - Rocketlane raises a $24 M Series B. ➡️Total Funding: $45 M (Seed at $3 M, Series A at $18 M) ⏫Lead investors: 8VC, Matrix Partners and Nexus VP. In recent years, many Indian startups are building SaaS compan

As per a survey by Private Circle Research, 60% of the Indian founders built a unicorn in their very 1st attempt !!! 29% of the founders did this in two attempts. Also, after their first unicorn, the same founder takes a median of 1.5 years to tu

Daily Quiz 1 (answer in the comments) Who is the founder of the Indian digital payments company Razorpay? a) Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar b) Bhavish Aggarwal c) Vijay Shekhar Sharma d) Kunal Shah

Groww Is Growwing ‼️ I previously said they could dominate Zerodha and this is a signal for it. Justification: I know you will say zerodha has userbase of rich and experienced investors and trader but some day they were also beginner and you can

"The Great Indian SaaS" The current state and future potential of India's SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) ecosystem. Below is a summary of the key information: Key Market Insights: ▫️$70 billion+: India’s SaaS market opportunity by 2030. ▫️$26 bill

Here’s how Girish Mathrubootham turned a broken TV into a $13 Billion dollar company, and how you can also turn simple events into billions. In 2010, Girish was VP of Product Management at ZOHO Corporation when a frustrating personal experience chan