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EdTech is still on the investor radar. Vedantu has raised $11M via convertible notes and is now preparing for an IPO next year. But an IPO isn’t just about scale it demands: - Strong unit economics - Clear monetization models - Customer retention at scale For new startups and SMBs, the lesson is clear: growth without discipline won’t last. Thinksuite help founders design monetization and growth roadmaps that prepare them for the next level—whether that’s scaling or going public. #ThinkSuite #EdTech #StartupIndia #IPOReady #BusinessGrowth #Entrepreneurship #FundingNews

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Bhavin Turakhia didn’t chase hype. He built profits. 🚀 Started at 17, built Directi created global SaaS products like Radix , Flock & Zeta and crossed $1B+ in exits — mostly bootstrapped. Key Learnings: • Profitability beats valuation • Build global, think long-term • Discipline > funding • You don’t need noise to win 📌 Quiet execution builds loud results. #BhavinTurakhia #StartupLessons #Bootstrapped #SaaS #Entrepreneurship

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Smallest ai raises $8 mn seed round led by Sierra Ventures for expansion Udisha Srivastav reports https://mybs.in/2eqxbu7 #AI #artificial_intelligence #Startups #AIStartups

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Product Strategy Deep Dive: Enhancing Group Ordering for ZOMATO🚀 Just completed an in-depth product case study exploring two game-changing features for food delivery platforms in Tier 1 cities: 🔹Objective 1: Built-in Bill Splitting Feature Vision: Converting payment coordination from pain point to competitive advantage 🔹Objective 2 Multi-Restaurant Ordering Vision: Transform how users think about meal curation Key Strategic Insights: ✅ Funnel Psychology: Identified critical drop-off points and turned friction into engagement opportunities through gamification and social proof. ✅ Cohort-Driven Validation: Weekly retention analysis to measure true product-market fit beyond vanity metrics. ✅ Operational Excellence: Balancing user experience with delivery logistics complexity. The most fascinating part? Converting traditional pain points (group payment coordination, multi-restaurant logistics) into retention drivers through smart UX design and behavioral nudges. What resonated most: The approach of not just solving problems, but creating sticky experiences that users want to repeat. Would love to hear thoughts from fellow PMs - what's your take on balancing feature complexity with user adoption in food-tech?

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Flexprice, a startup focused on solving billing challenges for AI-native and API-first companies, has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by TDV Partners. Backed by top tech leaders from Zomato, magicpin, Innovaccer, and others, the funding will help Flexprice scale its engineering team, expand integrations with payment gateways, and strengthen its open-source capabilities. With a growing $4B market in AI monetization, Flexprice is well-positioned to serve the 70,000+ AI-native startups and enterprises building in this space. Its self-hostable, composable design promises cost-effective and transparent billing infrastructure tailored for the new digital economy. #flexprice #startupfunding #genai #billingstack #opensource #aistartups #tdvpartners #usagebasedbilling #developerstack #apiintegration #indianstartups #razorpay #stripe #modularbilling #openinfrastructure #earlystagefunding #billingplatform #founders #techstartups #apieconomy #meteringtools #billinginnovation #preseedfunding

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At the SheLeads, EmpowerHER25 panel, our CEO Tanul Mishra spoke about what actually drives early-stage startup growth today. The focus wasn’t inspiration for the sake of it, but execution: * Why founders struggle to scale without the right systems * How automation and structured support reduce early operational friction * The role incubation plays in helping startups move from idea → repeatable execution A key insight from the discussion: Startups don’t fail because of lack of ideas — they stall due to lack of clarity, processes, and access to the right ecosystem. This is exactly the gap incubation is meant to solve. At Afthonia, we work closely with founders to bring structure early, whether it’s refining the problem statement, building the MVP roadmap, or preparing for scale. Panels like these reinforce why ecosystem-led growth matters more than ever. #SheLeads #EmpowerHER25 #StartupEcosystem #Incubation #Founders #EarlyStageStartups #Afthonia Tanul Mishra | Geena Thomas | Sadia Talukdar | Sadia Talukdar

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🚀Launch Announcement | CollabUp We’re proud to unveil FinCRM AI — a first-of-its-kind live project built in under 12 hours at the Paytm AI India Hackathon. 💡 What we solved General Merchant and Distributors especially SMBs still rely on spreadsheets for inventory, invoicing, and pricing decisions — leading to stockouts, overstocking, and cash flow inefficiencies. Traditional ERPs? Too complex and too expensive. ⚙️ What we built FinCRM AI is an AI-powered financial intelligence & procurement platform that brings everything into one intelligent system: • Real-time financial dashboard • AI-driven inventory optimization (QUBO-based) • GST-compliant invoice automation (PDF + voice extraction) • Price forecasting using time-series models • Smart procurement workflows with risk scoring • End-to-end automated pipeline with single-click agent orchestration • A2P (Agent-to-Payment) autonomous payment flow with single-click approvals • Multi-agent AI system coordinating insights → decisions → actions seamlessly • Conversational AI assistant for instant business insights 📈 Impact From weeks of manual analysis → to seconds. From fragmented tools → to a single intelligent command center. Complex financial operations → simplified into one-click actions for end users. 🏆 Recognition Honored to be recognized as a promising top team and appreciated by Om Prakash (Principal AI Architect, Paytm). Grateful to Divyanshu Shekhar for continuous support and mentorship throughout the journey. 🙏 Special thanks to Vijay Shekhar Sharma CEO Paytm for this incredible initiative and opportunity by Paytm AI to innovate and build at scale. 🔗 Live Demo: www.collabup.live/demo 🤝 Let’s Collaborate We’re actively looking to work with: • Retailers • Distributors • Procurement businesses • SMBs & startups If you're looking to transform your financial operations with AI — let’s connect CollabUP Subhash Bishnoi #PaytmAIHackathon #PaytmHackathon #SMB #RetailTech #Procurement #FinTech #MSME #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #AgenticAI #SupplyChain

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Drizz, a mobile app testing platform, has raised $2.7 million (about INR 23.4 crore) in a seed funding round led by Stellaris Venture Partners. Shastra VC also took part in the round, along with angel investors like Anuj Rathi (former Chief Business Officer at Cleartrip) and Vaibhav Domkundwar (Founder and CEO of Better Capital). The new funding will be used to improve the product, advance its Vision AI engine, and grow the team. Asad Abrar | Partha Sarathi Mohanty | Yash Varyani (Hiring software engineers) | Raj Mishra | Zaid Abdul Bari | Zaid Ahmed Ansari 🔗 Read full article link in comment #Drizz #mobileapptesting #ai #funding #startupnews #businessupdate

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🚀 Big funding alert in India’s SaaS space! BambooBox has raised $6.6 Mn (₹55 Cr) in a funding round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Emergent Ventures, Arc180, Uncorrelated, HAF, and angel investors. Founded by Ankur Saigal and Divyesh Dixit, BambooBox is helping enterprises win high-value clients through AI-powered Account-Based Marketing (ABM). Its platform combines data, AI, and human expertise to drive targeted campaigns and better ROI. With this fresh capital, the startup plans to boost its AI capabilities, expand globally, and scale its AI-native ABM services—helping businesses get more value from their go-to-market strategies. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gzh2cD7X #BambooBox #StartupFunding #SaaS #ABM #B2BMarketing #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #MarketingTech #StartupIndia #VentureCapital #TechNews #BusinessGrowth

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Ahmedabad-based startup Reelo is helping restaurants move beyond aggregator dependency with its data-driven platform focused on customer retention and loyalty. Founded in 2017 by Parin Sanghvi and Prit Sanghvi, Reelo integrates with POS systems to automate personalised campaigns, feedback analysis, and re-engagement strategies. Its new subscription model—offering perks like free coffee and priority seating—is gaining traction as a fresh revenue stream. Backed by $1M in funding, Reelo works with brands like Nando’s, The Beer Cafe, and Lite Bite Foods, and is expanding to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dRxX3aGS By Anuj Suvarna #F&B #Reelo #RestaurantMarketing

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For platforms like Meesho, Khatabook, and Ninjacart, growth didn’t come from adding more steps. It came from removing them. In the world of merchant finance, visibility can kill velocity.  When credit is treated as an add-on, requiring separate applications, disjointed onboarding, or manual approvals, merchants drop off. And when they drop off, platforms lose the chance to unlock the very growth that embedded finance promises. We’ve seen it firsthand. The most effective lending programs are the ones merchants barely notice and feel like an organic part of the platform experience. That’s why at Niyogin, we’ve built an embedded lending model designed to disappear into the background. Our APIs power real-time underwriting, seamless disbursals, automated collections, and program monitoring – all directly within the platform interface. Because for credit to truly scale, it has to feel invisible. #poweringambitionspoweringgrowth #lending #embeddedlending #credit #growth #finance #merchantfinance

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Codeyoung, an edtech startup has raised $5 million (Rs 44.4 Cr) in its Series A funding round, led by Blue Tokai-backer 12 Flags Group and Enzia Ventures. The round was an equal mix of primary and secondary funding, with the secondary portion allowing early investor Guild Capital to exit. The startup will use the new funds to grow in its current international markets, especially in the US and Canada. Some of the money will also go toward building AI-based personalization tools and adding new learning categories. 🔗 Read full article link in comment Shailendra Dhakad | Rupika Taneja #codeyoung #edtech #funding #startupnews #growth

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📢 Hear Amit S, Co-Founder & CTO at GetVantage, our product innovation leader and a renowned tech strategist, share his expert insights on: 🎯 "Product Continuity: Building for Functionality Across Platforms and the Product Lifecycle" at the 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 & 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 📍𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗧. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗶 | 🗓 𝟮𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗦 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: 🔹 Ensuring product consistency across mobile, web & APIs 🔹 Embedding agility into every stage of the product lifecycle 🔹 Tackling technical debt and version upgrades with clarity 🔹 Driving alignment between tech, design & business functions 💬 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱. 🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘄: https://lnkd.in/dsbYh4A8 #UBSFintech #IndiaFintech2025 #AmitS #GetVantage #ProductContinuity #FintechLeadership #ProductLifecycle #CrossPlatformStrategy #TechInnovation #UBSForums #FintechSummit #MumbaiEvent

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The recent change in GST rates across India is a textbook example of why modular, well structured code is a necessity, not a luxury. Imagine this: Marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart, or even offline billing systems suddenly had to update the recent GST rates across thousands of SKUs, multiple categories, and countless seller dashboards overnight. If their systems were written as one large, monolithic block of code where tax logic is scattered everywhere, updating a single rate would have required: • Touching multiple codebases • Risking regressions in unrelated modules • Testing the entire application end to end The result? Delays, bugs, and chaos at scale. But because most modern platforms follow modular architectures where tax computation, order management, payment gateways, and invoices are handled by distinct, decoupled modules, updating GST rates is as simple as: • Changing a configuration or tax-service module or a value in the database. • Running focused tests on that module. • Deploying quickly with minimal ripple effects. This is why you probably saw marketplaces adapt to the new GST rates almost instantly. They could change one module without breaking the rest of the system. Takeaway: Modular code is like having separate circuit breakers in your house. If one needs an upgrade, you don’t shut down the entire grid. So, the next time you’re tempted to skip modularity “because it takes longer upfront,” remember: When the next GST-like change hits, speed, safety, and scalability will only come from a modular design. #SoftwareEngineering #ModularCode #CleanArchitecture #GST

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"M2P has been our trusted partner for over 2.5 years — powering seamless money movement and a flawless user experience for our users.” — Kushagra Manglik, Co-founder & COO, Coupl® | YC S22. Watch the video to hear more about how Coupl is redefining shared finances. #GFF2025 #VoiceofClients #M2PFintech #M2P

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“So you need few large successful engineering led companies to emerge.” Arindam brings the builder’s POV: profitable scale is a capability game. When product and engineering improve, the ecosystem follows, talent deepens, suppliers get better, and new categories open up. His lens is grounded in execution decisions founders face as they scale: what to build in-house, what to standardise early, and how to grow distribution without losing control of unit economics. Featuring Arindam with Avnish Anand, Nikhil Vora, and Rishabh Mariwala. Full film now LIVE. Link in comments.

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Early retention does not always mean product-market fit. In the latest episode of Lumikai Pixels Blueprint × Outlook Respawn, Saurabh Pandey, Founder & CEO of Eloelo Group, busts a common myth founders fall for. Strong early retention on a small user base can be misleading. As you scale, products often become leaky unless the fundamentals are strong. Ultimately, real PMF shows up with larger cohorts and with monetisation - how much is the user willing to spend on the product. If you’re building in interactive media, digital platforms, and games, this is a must-watch, with insights straight from a founder who was recently recognised among the country’s most influential leaders in social media tech. 🎥 Watch the full episode → https://lnkd.in/gGkCAMrY 🚀 Know more → https://lnkd.in/gSQpJW-i #LumikaiPixelsBlueprint #Founders #ProductMarketFit #Startups #VentureCapital

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