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Temasek, Lenskart, MacRitchie Investments, Lenskart stake sale, SoftBank, ADIA, Peyush Bansal, secondary share sale, eyewear industry, startup news, Indian startups, stock market news

Temasek trims Lenskart stake in estimated Rs 1,940 crore open-market sale

MacRitchie Investments sold 3.56 crore Lenskart shares, reducing its direct holding from 4.26% to 2.21%. Temasek continues to own a wider 4.75% stake through affiliated…

Saksham Singh

July 14
Lenskart, Zeel Soghasia, Lenskart controversy, religious discrimination, tilak row, shikha issue, Peyush Bansal, India business news, workplace policy, viral news

Lenskart Faces Fresh Row After Trainee Alleges Religious Discrimination Over Tilak and Shikha

Om Singh

3 min
Inside Ratan Tata’s Startup Portfolio: Successes, Failures, and Reality

Inside Ratan Tata’s Startup Portfolio: Successes, Failures, and Reality

Saksham Singh

3 min
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India Adds 7 New Unicorn Startups in 2025

Epil Bodra

4 min
Peak XV, Indian startups, Venture capital, Groww, Pine Labs, Meesho IPO, Lenskart, Blinkit, Ather, Startup funding, VC exits

How VC Firm Peak XV Made ₹70,000 Crore in 2025?

Vasundhra Tewari

4 min
Ronnie Screwvala, AI Startups, Deep-Tech, Space-Tech, Startup Funding, Indian Startups, Venture Capital, Frontier Tech, Lenskart, Early Stage Investment

Ronnie Screwvala Sets Up $50 Million Fund for AI, Deep-Tech and Space-Tech Startups

Vasundhra Tewari

3 min
Lenskart, ED Investigation, Lenskart IPO, FEMA Violations, Overseas Direct Investment, Startup News, Indian Startup Regulation, Global Expansion, Meller Acquisition, Business Compliance, Ascendants Exclusive

ED roadblock threatens Lenskart’s global push: Jayant Mundhra’s Analysis

Khushi Bhatia

4 min
Vipul Mehta, Tipping Point, Lenskart, Peyush Bansal, Startup Valuation, IPO 2025, Indian Startups, Unicorn Valuation, Business News, Ascendants

Lenskart’s 8x Leap: Vipul Mehta Questions Startup Valuation Ahead of IPO

Vasundhra Tewari

3 min
Lenskart, Peyush Bansal, Nalini Unagar, Lenskart IPO, SEBI, Startup IPOs, Valuation Controversy, Indian Stock Market, Unicorn Startups, Business News

Lenskart IPO Valuation Sparks Online Debate After Influencer’s Post Raises Red Flags

Khushi Bhatia

3 min
Lenskart, Peyush Bansal, $7bn valuation, Jayant Mundhra, franchisee disputes, overseas acquisition, investor communication, unit economics

Jayant (Shilanjan) Mundhra’s Open Letter Slams Lenskart’s $7bn IPO Ask

Vasundhra Tewari

5 min
Lenskart, Lenskart IPO, Lenskart Q1 FY26 results, Indian startups, eyewear retail, omnichannel business, revenue growth, profitability, unicorns, startup India, business news, Ascendants, SBI Mutual Fund

Lenskart’s IPO Momentum Builds as SBI MF Joins Investor Line-Up at $7.7 Billion Valuation

Khushi Bhatia

4 min

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Spirit AI, Chinese Startup Humanoid Robots, China Robotics, Robot Intelligence, Embodied AI, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Startup, AI Robots, Robot Brain, Humanoid Robot Technology

Meet Spirit AI: The Chinese Startup Chasing a ChatGPT Moment for Robots

Khushi Bhatia

6 min
Factrika founders building a technology-enabled manufacturing workforce platform for factory staffing and verified industrial workers in India.

Factrika: Rethinking Manufacturing Workforce Staffing in India

Epil Bodra

5 min
Vibhor Jain, Ishita Jain, Jaipur dairy startup, engineer couple dairy business, Gir cow dairy farm, ₹2 crore dairy business, dairy startup India, organic dairy farming, bilona ghee, freeze dried milk powder, Rajasthan startup, agriculture startup India, dairy farming success story, Jaipur entrepreneurs, Gir cows

Jaipur Engineer Couple Built a ₹2 Crore Dairy From 20 Gir Cows, Then Put ₹30 Lakh Into a Freeze-Dryer

Epil Bodra

6 min
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Founder's Corner

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Brand Content Strategy: Why Most Brand Content Fails Without a Point of View?

Khushboo Mulani

5 min
Anthropic, Claude AI, Jack Clark, Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI, AI Kill Switch, AI Safety, AI Governance, Artificial Intelligence, AI Regulation, Dario Amodei, Claude Constitution, AI Risks, Generative AI, AI Safeguards

Anthropic AI ‘Kill Switch’ Debate Deepens as Microsoft Flags Claude’s Humanlike Traits

Epil Bodra

5 min
Jay Chaudhry, Zscaler, Jay Chaudhry net worth, Zscaler CEO, Indian American billionaire, Indian entrepreneurs, Indian origin billionaire, cybersecurity, cybersecurity entrepreneur, Zscaler founder, tech billionaire, IIT BHU, IIT Varanasi, JRD Tata, Tata scholarship, SecureIT, VeriSign, startup success story, Indian startup founders, Silicon Valley, Zero Trust, cloud security, billionaire success story

From Studying Under a Tree to a $9.3 Billion Fortune: How Jay Chaudhry Built Zscaler

Om Singh

8 min
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