Hungry to expand, India’s five best-funded startups lost more than $1 billion

Paytm, Flipkart, MakeMyTrip India, Swiggy and Zomato lost Rs 7,800 crore in FY 2018, data from business research platform Tofler showed.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Nov 13, 2018 · 01:30 pm

‘It’s a sweatshop’: Behind the glamour of India’s startups is a culture of all work, no play

Starting off on a quest for great ideas, the sector is now all about execution, revenue and profit, and work culture is taking a backseat.

Itika Sharma Punit, qz.com

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Sushma UN, qz.com

· Aug 28, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Most Indian techies don’t last more than two years at startups, shows research

The number of people quitting within a couple of years is overwhelming and those sticking on for over four years a rarity, according to a study by Belong.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Aug 18, 2018 · 01:30 pm

An app that lets Indians rate their politicians is looking to go national by 2019 elections

Inspired by America’s approval rating system, 27-year-old Wharton graduate Pratham Mittal has launched the startup called Neta.

Sushma UN, qz.com

· Jul 13, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Alcohol e-commerce takes a step forward with United Spirits’ investment in a liquor-delivery startup

This is Diageo’s first investment in a technology startup in India.

Suneera Tandon, qz.com

· Jun 29, 2018 · 08:30 pm

From OYO to Ola, Indian startups are beginning to venture abroad

Wittyfeed, Practo are among the others who have spread their wings. How will they fare overseas?

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Jun 26, 2018 · 09:41 pm

Homeward bound: Denied H-1B visa to work in Trump’s US, young Indian entrepreneurs are coming back

And many are prospering.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Jun 10, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Indian startup Hike admits it got too ambitious, will reboot through layoffs

Hike, which joined the unicorn club in 2016, tried doing too much too fast and is going back to basics.

Sushma UN, qz.com

· May 31, 2018 · 11:30 pm

India’s newest unicorn is going global after building a booming business out of exam preparation

Think and Learn, which owns the Byju’s Learning App, says popular YouTube teachers have been roped in to help develop the international product.

Sushma UN, qz.com

· Apr 18, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Bengaluru is slipping down the global startup hub rankings

A report by Startup Genome lists India’s Silicon Valley as 20th in the global startup ecosystem ranking, down five positions from 2015.

Sushma UN, qz.com

· Mar 26, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Two years on, Modi’s Startup India plan is still starting up

A recent poll of over 33,000 startups showed that few entrepreneurs have actually gained anything from the Indian government’s Startup India initiative.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Dec 21, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Quikr is cracking India’s online classifieds market by building many smaller Quikrs

Co-founder Pranay Chulet expects all verticals of the company to become profitable over the next six quarters.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Dec 07, 2017 · 07:30 pm