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How Manu Awasthy Is Rebuilding Indian Wealth Management From the Inside Out

He spent 20 years inside India's private banking system. Then he decided the whole thing needed rebuilding.

Apr 10 • Akshay Datt

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March 2026

How Manu Nair and EtherealX Are Building India's Answer to the Rocket Monopoly

India's most-watched space startup has secured $130M in launch contracts without launching a single rocket. Here is why the world is paying attention.

Mar 27 • Akshay Datt

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The Doctor Will See You Now: Priyadarshi Mohapatra and CureBay's Rural Healthcare Model

How a tech executive's Skype ID moment became the founding idea behind a primary healthcare network for 100 crore Indians who never had one.

Mar 20 • Akshay Datt

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Pranav Pai and 3one4 Capital: How Betting on India Before It Was Obvious Built a 5x+ Fund

3one4 Capital's Managing Partner on 10 years of contrarian investing, the logic behind 5 unicorns, and why the next decade will be defined by sovereign…

Mar 13 • Akshay Datt

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Simran Mulchandani Built Rangeet by Removing Screens from EdTech

How a former J.P. Morgan trader and Blue Frog founder is reaching 500,000 children with a teacher-first model that bets against everything the industry…

Mar 10 • Akshay Datt

How Prateep Basu and SatSure Are Turning Satellite Pixels Into Farm Loans

From ISRO rocket scientist to Earth intelligence entrepreneur, Prateep Basu built SatSure to solve a problem banks didn't know satellites could fix.

Mar 6 • Akshay Datt

February 2026

Nalin Agrawal Built Snapmint to Give India's Next 300 Million Consumers a Smarter Way to Buy

From a 2016 ad campaign anomaly to a $125M Series B, the Snapmint story is about fixing a credit system that was built to profit from mistakes.

Feb 27 • Akshay Datt

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How SMG Built Fynd Into a ~₹300 Crore Retail Engine

The IIT designer who chose infrastructure over marketplace glory and sold to Reliance for ~₹300 crore

Feb 19 • Akshay Datt

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Sreevathsa Prabhakar Built Servify By Fixing What Others Ignored

How a service engineer turned after-sales chaos into a platform powering Apple, Samsung, and AT&T

Feb 13 • Akshay Datt

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The Physicist's Formula: How Ritu Verma Built Ankur Capital Into India's Deep Science Powerhouse

A soft matter researcher turned venture capitalist is proving that India's next wave of unicorns won't come from copying Silicon Valley, but from…

Feb 6 • Akshay Datt

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January 2026

Amit Gaiki and Flam AI: An AI-Native Content Engine That Found Real Revenue by Fixing One Problem

How a consumer app pivot and an obsession with removing friction turned Flam AI into a $10M ARR mixed reality advertising platform

Jan 30 • Akshay Datt

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How Ashok Hariharan Built IDfy Into India's Trust Infrastructure, One Crisis at a Time

A 15-year journey from ₹80 lakh seed round to ₹188 crore in revenue - and why the biggest growth wave is still ahead

Jan 28 • Akshay Datt

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