New Delhi | July 30, 2025 — In a startup ecosystem where headlines are dominated by funding rounds and billion-dollar valuations, a silent revolution is underway. Indian founders are building resilient, profitable companies without raising a single rupee from venture capital. From the rural heartlands to mid-tier cities, stories of bootstrapped brilliance are emerging. At the forefront are companies like Zoho and Zerodha, two of India’s most successful startups that have grown entirely on their own terms. Zoho and Zerodha: Building with Discipline Sridhar Vembu, founder of Zoho, didn’t move to Silicon Valley for funding he moved to Tenkasi, a…
Author: Aman Atulya
Bengaluru | July, 2025 Amid workforce turbulence in India’s IT sector, Infosys has announced plans to hire 20,000 freshers this fiscal year. In contrast, TCS is cutting around 12,000 jobs 2% of its total workforce primarily in senior and mid-level roles. Infosys CEO Salil Parekh confirmed there will be no layoffs, and instead, the company is accelerating hiring and reskilling. Over 275,000 employees have already been trained in AI and cloud, aligning with Infosys’ long-term shift toward AI-first delivery models. Market Shift:TCS’ job cuts highlight a maturing tech services market, with an emphasis on lean operations and specialist roles. However,…
Bengaluru | July, 2025 Blinkit is stepping into the healthcare lane with a pilot that could redefine India’s quick commerce landscape. The Zomato-owned platform has begun testing 10-minute delivery of prescription medicines across select pin codes in Bengaluru, making it the first major player to seriously enter the ultra-fast pharmacy space. Medicines are dispatched through licensed pharmacies with tamper-proof packaging, and include categories like antihistamines, antacids, eye drops, and more. Service Snapshot: Solving for Trust in SpeedWhile grocery and essentials have dominated quick commerce, medicine delivery demands a higher standard of reliability. Blinkit addresses this with secure packaging, verified pharmacists,…
Mumbai | July 30, 2025 — In a move taken straight from the global expansion playbook, Tata Motors has agreed to acquire Iveco Group the Italian commercial vehicle maker for €3.8 billion (≈ $4.4–4.5 billion). The deal excludes Iveco’s defence business, which is separately being sold to Italy’s Leonardo. Why It’s a Game-Changer This will be Tata Motors’ largest acquisition ever, surpassing its $2.3 billion purchase of Jaguar Land Rover in 2008 making it the auto unit’s biggest global deal and the Tata Group’s second-largest since Corus. The merger is expected to close by Q2 2026, pending regulatory clearances, the…
Sydney, July 30 – Sometimes, revolutions begin in silence. For Dr. Akram Ahmad, it began in the backseat of an Uber in Australia. He was pursuing his PhD in pharmacy in Sydney when he struck up a conversation with the driver an Indian man who had taken a ₹40 lakh education loan to study abroad. But after graduation, he was driving cabs. Not because he lacked skill. But because he didn’t know how to navigate the licensing system to become a pharmacist in Australia. That conversation stuck. It wasn’t just one man’s struggle. It was a systemic blind spot. Indian…
New Delhi | July 30, 2025: Open-source billing platform FlexPrice has raised ₹4.1 crore ($500K) in a pre-seed round led by TDV Partners, with participation from angels including the co-founders of Magicpin, Innovaccer, and Aftershoot. Problem/SolutionB2B SaaS pricing has long been a blind spot manual, messy, and hard to scale. FlexPrice, founded in 2024, is tackling this by building an open-source, developer-first billing and metering platform for modern, usage-based SaaS. It offers APIs that support flexible models like seat-based, pay-as-you-go, and credit-based pricing critical for emerging AI-native and agentic platforms. Use of FundsThe fresh capital will be used to expand…
New Delhi, July 2025 — Health-focused VC firm W Health Ventures has announced the launch of its second fund, targeting $70 million (₹585 crore) to invest in early-stage healthtech startups across India and the US. The fund aims to deepen W Health’s commitment to tech-driven healthcare delivery, building on the firm’s previous $30 million Fund I. Funding Snapshot Solving Systemic Health Gaps W Health Ventures is founded by Sunil Wadhwani, co-founder of Mastech Digital and IGATE. The firm backs startups addressing critical healthcare challenges—access, affordability, and quality of care. In India, this often translates to virtual care delivery, chronic disease…
Gurugram, July 2025 — Travel-tech major MakeMyTrip has partnered with Premier Inn, the UK’s largest hotel chain, to list over 900 properties across Britain for Indian travellers. The strategic alliance strengthens MakeMyTrip’s outbound hotel inventory at a time when long-haul travel from India is sharply rebounding. Targeting Trust in Cross-Border Travel With rising demand from Indian tourists to the UK and Europe, MakeMyTrip is enhancing its direct contracting model to offer verified, value-driven accommodation options. Premier Inn, known for its standardised mid-market stays, operates 800+ hotels and around 77,000 rooms across the UK. The partnership ensures that MakeMyTrip users can…
New Delhi, July 2025 — Electric mobility startup Baaz Bikes has raised ₹19.08 crore (approx. $2.2 million) in a follow-on Series A round from existing investors Big Capital, Rakuten Capital, Kalaari Capital, and Panjrath Group, valuing the company at approximately ₹278 crore post-money. Building an EV System for Gig Workers Launched by IIT Delhi alumni, Baaz Bikes is building a full-stack ecosystem for gig delivery workers combining purpose built electric scooters, battery-swapping stations, and a controlled hardware-software loop. The goal: reduce downtime, remove charging friction, and improve unit economics for India’s growing delivery workforce. The startup previously raised $8 million…
After 36 years of building from within, an IIM-Lucknow grad just stepped into one of the biggest CEO chairs in the world. Shailesh Jejurikar, a Mumbai native and IIM Lucknow alumnus, will take over as the Global CEO of Procter & Gamble (P&G) starting January 1, 2026 making him the first Indian-born leader to helm the $400B consumer goods giant in its 187-year history. Jejurikar joined P&G in 1989 as an assistant brand manager in India. Over the next three decades, he held key roles across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, eventually becoming Chief Operating Officer (COO) in…