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Invogue, shapewear startup India, D2C brands India, Maadhav Saxena, startup growth India, fashion startups, Gen Z fashion trends, Indian startups, bootstrapped startups, shapewear market India

The Story of Invogue and Its Bet on Comfort Over Compression

For Invogue, there was a problem first, before anything else. Maadhav Saxena recalls the story behind his clothing line by beginning with something that was…

Khushi Bhatia

April 25
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Startup India, DPIIT sign MoU with Primus Partners to accelerate innovation-led growth

Anish Dhawan

3 min
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The Funding Winter: A Hidden Blessing for Indian Startups

Epil Bodra

2 min
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Hyphen Beauty’s ₹400 Crore Milestone: But Is It Too Good to Be True?

Epil Bodra

3 min
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Startups Going Lean to Impress VCs: Lean Teams, High Efficiency

Epil Bodra

2 min
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Why Only 10 D2C Brands in India Have Crossed ₹600 Crore in Revenue?

Manya Maheshwari

3 min

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

Khushi Bhatia

6 min
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Factrika: Rethinking Manufacturing Workforce Staffing in India

Epil Bodra

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

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

Khushboo Mulani

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

Epil Bodra

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

Om Singh

8 min
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