How InSitu Micron Enables Access to Materials Testing for Indian Labs
Researchers working on material sciences in India often have to face hardships gaining access to mechanical testing equipment. The machines available in the market are mostly imported, with a few Indian providers, and come with hefty price tags, with the domestic alternatives often failing to match the data accuracy of their imported counterparts. “Companies importing […]
Inside Canary Biosensors’ Bet on Preventive Kidney Care
On World Kidney Day, experts sounded the alarm over the rapid rise of chronic kidney disease in India, which now affects nearly 17% of the population, according to a report in ET HealthWorld. The condition is often diagnosed late, with most patients seeking care only after significant and irreversible damage has already occurred due to […]
CRMs Turn Contacts into Leads. Regards App Wants to Turn Them Into Meaningful Relationships
We’ve all been there. You return from a B2B event or a conference with your pockets stuffed with business cards. Your mind echoes the conversations and bursts with ideas for collaboration. However, this wave of initial enthusiasm is quickly replaced by a familiar dread. The follow-ups to build relationships start to feel like a chore […]
India Sits on ₹67L Cr in Mutual Fund Wealth. Quicklend Has a Digital Fix to Unlock It for Faster, Cheaper Credit
India’s insatiable appetite for credit has spawned a legion of fintech startups promising faster and more accessible loans. Yet, for all the innovation, a dangerous paradox has emerged. Consumers are nudged towards high-interest personal loans and revolving credit card debt via apps where borrowing is just a few clicks away. The easiest credit to obtain […]
NorthStarz.ai Is Focused on Closing India’s Soft-Skill Gap Through AI-powered Screening
India’s education system continues to remain domain-centric while giving little structured attention to soft skills that corporates look for when hiring. For Avinash, a former HR leader with over two decades of experience, this disconnect was as clear as daylight in the hiring process, with candidates often arriving unprepared, lacking the traits companies valued most. […]
How Flashaid’s Contrarian Bet on Insurance De-Risks Education Financing in India
Gunjali Kothari, alongside her co-founder Manoj Gupta, is orchestrating one of the most audacious plays that I’ve seen in Indian fintech. Their company, Flashaid, is pioneering a new market category entirely: an insurance-backed, loan-free EMI platform designed to solve one of India’s most persistent and painful problems – student loans. In simple terms, Flashaid has created a […]
What Does It Take to Build a Semiconductor Company in India? The Journey of IndieSemic and Its Founder Nikul Shah
In 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic ground the world to a halt, a different kind of crisis was unfolding in the manufacturing space. A global semiconductor shortage sent shockwaves through supply chains of every industry, from automotive to consumer electronics. Cars from Tata to Mahindra sat unfinished in lots waiting for “chips,” and Indian electronics […]
Neverinstall’s Browser-First Virtual Desktops Take on Global Giants like Citrix, VMware with a Fully In-House Stack Built in India
For most enterprises in India, managing virtual desktops is still a legacy nightmare. The systems they rely on are often slow, complicated, and designed for on-premise environments of the pre-cloud era, where even logging into a remote workstation could be frustrating and limit employee efficiency in any organization. This personal frustration, especially with developer workstations, […]
Post-Purchase Journey Is a Cost Sink for D2C Brands. Dyrect’s Warranty Management Platform Turns It into a Profit Center
The battle for the customer is won and lost on a thousand tiny fronts in the D2C world. Brands obsess over acquisition costs, conversion rates, and even the perfect “unboxing” experience. Yet, once a product is sold, brands enter a dangerous blind spot: the post-purchase experience. Every delayed shipment or faulty product chips away brand […]
How Cautio Builds Real-Time Accountability for India’s Fleet Operators
For most fleet operators in India, whether it’s a city cab service, a long-distance bus provider, or a last-mile delivery company, what happens inside their vehicles is often a black box. GPS tracking can tell them where a vehicle is, but not what’s going on inside it. Was a passenger mistreated? Was a risky maneuver […]