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Purplle's Manish Taneja and the art of raising capital without asking for it

New Delhi, July 26 -- When Manish Taneja, along with Rahul Dash and Suyash Katyayani, founded Purplle in 2012, there was hardly a market for online beauty products. Despite the challenging start, the... Read More


Mint Explainer: The budget, buybacks, and Esop taxation

New Delhi, July 25 -- The government announced in the budget for 2024-25 that investors would be taxed when a company buys back its shares from them, with the payout treated as dividend income. Until ... Read More


Startups, investors buoyed by twin tax wins in "dream budget"

Mumbai, July 23 -- Mumbai: Amid an erratic funding winter, venture capital and private equity investors have secured two long-standing demands: the abolition of angel tax and the reduction of long-ter... Read More


"Dream Budget" delivers tax parity, at last, for private investors

New Delhi, July 23 -- The Finance Bill has proposed a uniform long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax of 12.5% for unlisted securities, satisfying a long-standing demand from the startup ecosystem for pari... Read More


Gupshup's Beerud Sheth: On emerging from a 'deep, dark tunnel with no light inside' to building two unicorns

New Delhi, July 19 -- When people think about starting up, they may exaggerate the risks of entrepreneurship in their mind, Bheerud Sheth, co-founder and chief executive of Gupshup, said in an intervi... Read More


For UpGrad's Mayank Kumar, public capital is a better option than a private chase

New Delhi, July 12 -- A startup can never meet its product-market-fit, it needs to evolve its product constantly, says Mayank Kumar, managing director of edtech platform UpGrad. Kumar, who founded Up... Read More


LEAD's Sumeet Mehta has a lesson for founders: Ditch that Plan B

New Delhi, July 5 -- Entrepreneurship isn't easy; it's 24/7 dedication. Only do it if you are genuinely passionate. Don't do it unless you can't sleep because you're not doing it. That's Sumeet Mehta... Read More


Why Tiger Global's ferocious roar has turned into a soft mewl

Mumbai, July 4 -- Perhaps its name was inspired by Luke Skywalker, the hero of George Lucas' Star Wars franchise, a farmboy who became the galaxy's greatest Jedi knight. Or perhaps it wasn't. But one ... Read More


Jashvik Capital invests $25 million in Bengaluru-based medtech firm Futura Surgicare

New Delhi, June 24 -- Jashvik Capital has invested in Bengaluru-based Futura Surgicare which sells medical products, according to a statement from both firms on Monday. The fund has made a $25 millio... Read More


Sebi directs Religare's board, Saluja to seek approvals for Burman open offer

New Delhi, June 20 -- India's markets regulator has pulled upReligare Enterprises Ltd's chairperson Rashmi Saluja and its board of directors for failing to comply with the securities law after the Bur... Read More