Welcome to Dark Pool Venture Capital-where ultra-wealthy individuals, family offices, and private funds invest off the record.
Not all VC funding makes headlines. Some of it stays in the shadows.
Why stay hidden?
1) No public signals, no inflated
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Hey I am on Medial • 3m
If a company like Zepto announced funding early, Swiggy Instamart and Blinkit would react immediately. Dark funding lets founders build quietly without waking up the giants. It’s survival strategy, not secrecy
Everyone wants FUNDING
Lets address the Elephant in the room
Funding ≠ Success
💰Myth:More funding=guaranteed success.
Reality: 70% of startups fail despite funding in 2-5 years(ex:Byju's huge funding and name like SRK)
What matters more:
1️⃣Pro
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ProgrammerKR
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Medial • 25d
📉 Swiggy Reports Big Loss Despite Strong Revenue Growth in Q4 FY25
Swiggy, one of India’s leading food and grocery delivery platforms, just announced its Q4 FY25 financial results — and the numbers are a mix of strong growth and rising losses.
The
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Harsh Dwivedi
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Medial • 1y
Top News Of the Day:
1. AI-powered dark web intelligence startup StealthMole has secured $7m in a series A funding round
2. Mumbai-headquartered venture debt firm Alteria Capital has announced the final close of its third fund at Rs 1,550 crore (ap
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Saket Sambhav
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ADJUVA LEGAL® • 1m
Antitrust Storm Hits Zepto, Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart: Are Quick Commerce Giants Playing Fair? ⚡
India’s quick commerce race is under fire 🔥 as the All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation (AICPDF) escalated its antitrust plea against Ze
"10-minute delivery isn’t dead. It just got a $665M adrenaline shot."
Zepto, the 10-minute grocery delivery startup, just raised a whopping $665 million in its Series E round at a $3.6 billion valuation — making it one of India’s fastest-growing uni
Day 2 of The Indian Startup War Stories: Zomato vs. Swiggy – The Food Delivery Bloodbath
This wasn’t just a fight for orders. It was a war for who controls how India eats.
Two giants, Zomato and Swiggy, turned food delivery into an addiction. But b
Duolingo's 'Death of the Owl' Campaign is the most riskiest campaign in recent times.
Here is the short overview of what's the campaign is about,
Duolingo announced that their OWL mascot is hitted to d*ad by a tesla cyber truck. So they encouraged
India’s Startup Ecosystem Isn’t Booming.
It’s Evolving. Quietly. Massively.
You won’t see it in the headlines.
But it’s happening in real-time.
- Fewer unicorns
- Less funding
- More focus
And that’s not a bad thing.
Because for the first time
Over the past few months, I’ve been quietly working on something that solves a pain I’ve personally experienced as a freelancer:
AI-generated proposals, resumes, and bot bidding are flooding platforms.
Clients are confused. Real freelancers are gett