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π¨π¨ Today, I finally got down to launching Full Stack, a separate space for my opinions, views & commentary on the new economy. Why Full Stack? Cos these will be rounded, balanced views & talk as much about tech companies & startups as the people who inhabit itβ¦
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π¨ Razorpay says it has filed for an IPO using SEBI's confidential route.
@ETtech first reported in April that the company was eyeing a $600-700 million IPO at a valuation of $5 billion. Razorpay was last valued at $7.5 billion.
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π¨π¨Important break in today's @ETtech
Tarun Davda, who has been with Z47 (formerly known as Matrix Partners) is set to leave the firm, sources tell @pranavmukul and @samidhas
His potential exit adds to a long list of high-level departures in India's VC industry.
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π¨π¨Tarun Davdaβs exit from
Z47 ( formerly Matrix Partners India) comes at a time when the Indian venture capital industry is seeing unprecedented top-level partner churn.
This graphic is pretty telling of how a new breed of VCs will emerge with independent funds in this current cycle..
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Davda's departure adds to a string of senior level exits in the VC industry as well as at Z47 over the past year amid a broader reset
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. @ETtech break from yesterday confimed
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π¨Exclusive: Kuku FM has filed draft papers with Sebi for a Rs 3,500-crore IPO
Company targeting a valuation of Rs 15,000 crore (vs ~Rs 4,500 crore from its last pvt funding round)
FY26 revenue up 7x at Rs 1,400 crore
Kuku's rival PocketFM is also looking to go public
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π¨In today's Morning Dispatch, @ETtech wrote about what Ola Electric's new QIP matters and what it means for the company. This along with a bunch of important developments
economictimes.indiatimes.comβ¦
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βWe believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology.β
Quite a statement to publish the same week as an IPO filing
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Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI developmentβa possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor.
Itβs happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. anthropic.com/institute/recuβ¦
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Commission caps to pose existential threat to insurance distributors: Policybazaarβs Yashish Dahiya tells @ETtech
My story with @pranavmukul
economictimes.indiatimes.comβ¦
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WOW
They are effectively saying that the company has no value left
Peak valuation $ 7.3 Billion
Current valuation $70 Million
Drawdown 99%
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π¨Exclusive: Kuku FM has filed draft papers with Sebi for a Rs 3,500-crore IPO
Company targeting a valuation of Rs 15,000 crore (vs ~Rs 4,500 crore from its last pvt funding round)
FY26 revenue up 7x at Rs 1,400 crore
Kuku's rival PocketFM is also looking to go public
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π¨π¨Once valued at around $7 billion and a formidable Uber rival, Olaβs ride-hailing business is now worth just $70 million in Vanguardβs books.
Olaβs precipitous fall mirrors the valuation knockdowns of Byjuβs and PharmEasy.
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Kuku FM makes confidential filing with Sebi for Rs 3,500-crore IPO: sources
economictimes.indiatimes.comβ¦
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Scoop: Benchmark has raised $2 billion across two new funds, including its first growth fund, a big shift for a firm that spent decades defending a smaller, focused approach to venture investing. Details here:
wsj.com/finance/investing/siβ¦
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Uber said it is cutting 23% of jobs in a division that includes human resources, recruitment, workplace facilities and culture, part of a move by the rideshare companyβs newly promoted president Jill Hazelbaker to simplify team structure bloomberg.com/news/articles/β¦
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HUL cuts permanent employee count by 8.6% in FY26 via @SagarMalviya_ET
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The maker of Dove soap and Surf detergent cut its permanent workforce by 8.6% to 7,499 employees as of March 31 from 8,202 a year earlier, according to its annual report.
Its worker count also declined 5.3% to 17,490 from 18,465.
The latest workforce cuts indicate the pressure on consumer goods makers to improve productivity and protect margins as a broader consumption slowdown weighs on volume growth. Median employee remuneration at Hindustan Unilever increased 6.1% during the year.
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π¨ONDC has raised Rs 220 crore from Zoho, Uber, Paytm and BSE
Zoho: Rs 70 crore
Uber: Rs 60 crore
Paytm: Rs 60 crore
BSE Tech: Rs 30 crore
In a statement, Uber said this strategic investment adds to its earlier integration with ONDC of expanding mobility modes
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RT @ratnabhushanET: Coca-Cola announces IPO plans for its largest bottling partner HCCB, two years after it first started work on the listiβ¦
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Japan's MUFG, Singapore's SIG, South Korea's Mirae Asset, and global tech investor Lachy Groom, have been quite active since 2025.
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