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?? #IPO-bound #quickcommerce startup Zepto, which is valued at $5 billion, is in talks with current shareholders—Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd and Edelweiss Financial Services Limited Services, to sell as much as $250 million of their equity, sources have confirmed to CNBC-TV18. What's the rationale behind this move? Aishwarya Anand explains.

??India #startup ecosystem is witnessing a big push to get more domestic capital invested into the space. What's the need for more domestic LPs, funds & what will it take to unlock its full potential? Aishwarya Anand finds out from Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Rahul Bhasin & Anirudh A D. TiE Delhi-NCR

???How much do content creators make and what's the longevity of their career??Aishwarya Anand?decodes that in a chat with Vlogger Nuseir Yassin. "Instagram content creators & YouTube Shorts creators make $0," says?Nas Daily. Young Turks

?? From AI-powered education, multilingual textbooks to digital skills training— #UnionBudget2025 put a great impetus on propelling digital education. How is India's #edtech ecosystem gearing up to meet these ambitions and what are the gaps that'll need to be plugged, Aishwarya Anand does a deep dive with GSV Ventures' Claire Zau, BorderPlus & upGrad CEO Mayank Kumar & Sumeet Mehta of Lead Group at ASU+GSV and Emeritus summit. Emeritus India Ashwin Damera

#EXCLUSIVE | #IPO-bound B2B platform ZETWERK is in talks with family offices, HNIs and UHNIs, for an investment between $20-$30 million, sources told CNBC-TV18. Aishwarya Anand brings more details.

#Budget2025 | What do VCs wants from this #BudgetSession? Key demands: Top-up to the fund of funds for startups, employee friendly ESOP taxation & increase in #ArtificialInteligence investments. Aishwarya Anand chats with Sanjeev Bikhchandani of Info Edge Ventures, Anirudh A D. of Artha Venture Fund & Rahul Bhasin of Baring Private Equity Partners India TiE Delhi-NCR CNBC-TV18

?? Why are Indian startups foraying into UAE ?The inaugural Founders' Retreat in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, saw participation from founders of 13 Indian unicorns and 5 listed companies. The platform facilitated discussions around opportunities in the bilateral investment partnership and how the UAE complements India’s #startup success story ?? Aishwarya Anand caught up with Abdulnasser Alshaali, PhD, the UAE Ambassador to India the trend. CNBC-TV18 ?

#Exclusive | Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters to enter the Bubble Tea market, with eyes set on making an acquisition in the space?? ??After expanding to Japan, the specialty coffee chain will now open a new cafe in the UAE region, CEO Matt Chitharanjan tells Aishwarya Anand. CNBC-TV18

?? It's The Era Of Faith-Tech Startups In India ?? VCs are also biting into the proposition this emerging sector is bringing—from funding worth $4.3M in 2023 to $50.7M in just 2024—but, is the youth driving the next big trend? Aishwarya Anand finds out from Prashant Sachan, Founder & CEO of Sri Mandir & AppsForBharat, on the sidelines of Founder's Retreat in Dubai. CNBC-TV18

Excited to share that I am onto building my new venture Edition (e.d.t.): a company that aligns with my core belief that it’s time Indian teams and founders build pathbreaking products & brands for the world from India. At the heart of this is another core belief: Products (and people) win not when they do things better, but when they do things different. It was brilliant to sit with Shereen Bhan CNBC-TV18 Shruti Mishra and share a peek into my new venture and our ambitions for building a global brand with a very different narrative: One that would lead with beautiful human centric design and follow through with distinctive innovation & intuitive tech in a space that is considered ‘ordinary and boring’ but powers our lives. Especially special was to share this exclusive with a dear friend & fellow entrepreneur also beginning his new global venture in healthcare. Mayank Kumar and I became friends as part of the Governing Council at Tech Entrepreneurs Association of Mumbai (TEAM) and now we share similar journeys : the power of community! Shereen Bhan with her usual brilliance unpacks a lot of topics: - what drives us to start up again - what makes us obsessed with this opportunity and why the time is right now - how as an entrepreneur I envision the future for this company - the work this requires and a glimpse of the incredible founding team behind this - is there a different bar to prove myself given my gender and despite my experience - what creates FOMO - how we build with values and love at the heart of all we do - what is on our personal to do list. Most importantly we also discuss my journey forward with The Good Glamm Group and BabyChakra | Good Glamm Group as a Group Strategy Advisor and Group Co founder but transitioning out of an operational role. Both companies have been labours of incredible love and dedication. No words can express my gratitude to Darpan S. , Priyanka Gill & the team for being incredible partners over the last many years. Especial kudos to Darpan who as a fellow entrepreneur and friend has been incredibly supportive of my aspirations for building a venture out which will now be life’s work. Here’s to moving onto a new Edition! Pls do wish us luck. New journeys are not easy but with support and luck, hopefully Made In India, Made for the World will be our generation’s new reality. ???????? #startupindia #india #founder #venture #usa #tech #hardware Young Turks