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Ashish Taneja: The VC Who Built a ₹400 Crore Deep Tech Empire
From BPO CEO to India's most unconventional venture capitalist, the growX ventures founder is rewriting the playbook for hardware investing
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Akshay Datt
Sheetanshu Tyagi: The Hardware Engineer Solving India's Battery Problems
From Rivian's first 50 employees to building a ₹200cr Indian battery startup- Sheetanshu Tyagi's contrarian approach is reshaping EV technology with…
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Akshay Datt
The Architect of Trust: An In-Depth Profile of Raghvendra Nath and Ladderup
An in-depth profile of Raghvendra Nath, MD of Ladderup. Discover his career, investment philosophy, and how he built a high-trust wealth firm.
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Akshay Datt

July 2025

Suresh Darak: The Unfunded Fintech Founder Democratizing India's 50 Lakh Crore Bond Market
CA-turned-entrepreneur Suresh Darak built Bondbazaar into India's top-3 bond platform without venture funding, transforming 50+ step processes into…
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Akshay Datt
Jaydeep Barman: The McKinsey Consultant Who Built Rebel Foods - $1.4 Billion Cloud Kitchen Empire
The untold story of how a Bengali Math professor's son revolutionized restaurants by decoupling brands from real estate
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Akshay Datt
The Chai-preneur's Playbook: How Nitin Saluja Built Chaayos, a Tech Company That Sells Tea
A deep dive into how IIT-Bombay alumnus Nitin Saluja disrupted India's trillion-rupee tea market with Chaayos, a 200+ store chain built on technology…
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Akshay Datt
The Two-Unicorn Playbook: How Amitava Saha Built FirstCry & Spun-Off the Logistics Giant, Xpressbees
Meet Amitava Saha, the founder of two unicorns: FirstCry & Xpressbees. Discover how an internal crisis at one startup led to the birth of a second.
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Akshay Datt
How Rajesh Sinha Bootstrapped Fulcrum Digital to a $100M ARR
Bootstrapped tech entrepreneur builds global AI platform with 1,500+ employees across 4 continents, reaching $100M ARR without external funding …
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Akshay Datt
The Daga Doctrine: How Rashmi Daga’s Unconventional Playbook Built FreshMenu, Survived a Near-Death Crisis, and Staged a ₹121 Cr Comeback
The definitive story of FreshMenu founder Rashmi Daga. A deep dive into her unique career, startup journey, funding, and comeback from near collapse.
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Akshay Datt
Srivatsan Chari & Clear: Building an $800M Fintech by Solving Unglamorous Problems
An in-depth profile of Srivatsan Chari and Clear. Discover their journey from a simple tax tool to a global fintech processing $300B in invoices.
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Akshay Datt
The Architect of Agility: Rohit Chennamaneni's Playbook for Building Darwinbox into a $1B Global Giant
Meet Rohit Chennamaneni, the founder who combined Google's tech prowess & McKinsey's strategy to build Darwinbox, a $1B+ HR Tech unicorn challenging SAP…
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Akshay Datt
The Anti-D2C Strategy: How Viraj Bahl Built Veeba by Winning B2B First
He sold his house to fund a dream after a catastrophic failure. This is the story of Viraj Bahl and the contrarian playbook he used to build Veeba.
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Akshay Datt
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