Last fortnight, LEAD reported explosive growth due to the unlocking of schools, hot on the heels of a unicorn fundraise earlier this year.      Join us at https://ajuniorvc.com/community/ to be a part of an exclusive community and grab the opportunity to question and hear our guests live every Sunday.   AJVC: https://ajuniorvc.com/

Founders Unfiltered Ep-57:   Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Anurag Sinha, the Co-founder, and CEO of One Card about their story. For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

Last fortnight, Mamaearth announced that it was gearing up for a $3Bn IPO, hot on the heels of the company becoming a unicorn. For more - https://ajuniorvc.com/mamaearth-unicorn-consumer-startup-india-ipo-brand-shark-tank-alagh-case-study/

Last fortnight, Zomato acquired Blinkit, hot on the heels of Swiggy shutting down SuprDaily and Zepto raising a $200M round as the quick commerce market twisted and turned. For more details - https://ajuniorvc.com/quick-commerce-10-minutes-blinkit-swiggy-zomato-zepto-unicorn/

Founders Unfiltered Ep-56:   Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Chirag Taneja, the Co-founder, and CEO of GoKwik about their story. For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/

In what was the biggest stock market listing in India, LIC IPO-d last fortnight at 6 lakh crore or almost $90Bn, rocketing to India’s #5   For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/lic-ipo-history-case-study-valuation-insurance-startup-journey/ AJVC: https://ajuniorvc.com/ 

Founders Unfiltered Ep-55:   Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.  Join us as we talk to Prashant Pitti, the Co-Founder of EaseMyTrip about their story.   About Prashant Pitti: Prashant Pitti is the co-founder of EaseMyTrip. After graduating from IIT Madras, he worked at Capital One as a business analyst and later as an assistant vice president in the Risk Department of HSBC, Chicago. He also served as CEO and founder of Profoundly & NearGroup, which is a social/dating app.   About EaseMyTrip: In 2008, Nishant Pitti, Rikant Pitti, and Prashant Pitti founded an Indian online travel company called EasyMyTrip. The company, based in New Delhi, offers hotel bookings, air tickets, travel packages, bus bookings, and white-label services. With overseas offices in Singapore, Dubai, Maldives, and Bangkok, EaseMyTrip can help you plan your trip. EaseMyTrip is one of the world's few consumer startups that bootstrapped its way to an IPO and later became a unicorn. Without any outside financial infusion, EMT has grown to become the second-largest and has been profitable for the past 13 years. EMT is also the most rapidly expanding travel company. From FY16 to FY20, EMT grew at a CAGR of 47 percent. EMT has grown through word of mouth thanks to its no-convenience-fees philosophy.

Last fortnight, Open Financial Technologies became India’s 100th unicorn after raising $50M in its Series D funding round.     Read the complete article here - https://ajuniorvc.com/open-100-unicorn-fintech-india-startup-case-study-niyo-bank-neobank/ AJVC: https://ajuniorvc.com/

Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.   Join us as we talk to Prabhkiran Singh, the Co-Founder of Bewakoof about their story. For more visit - https://ajuniorvc.com/podcast/ About Prabhkiran Singh: Prabhkiran Singh is the Founder and CEO of Bewakoof.com, India's leading D2C fashion brand. After graduating from IIT Bombay in 2011, he started Bewakoof.com in April 2012. In college, he also started a lassi outlet chain called Khadke GLASSI, which offered fresh and flavoured lassi. This venture was even featured by The Times of India and the National News Channel News 24.   About Bewakoof.com: Founded in 2012, Bewakoof is a lifestyle fashion brand that makes creative, distinctive fashion for the trendy, contemporary Indian. Bewakoof was created on the principle of creating impact through innovation, honesty and thoughtfulness.

Last fortnight, Indian upstart Hasura enabled GraphQL hot on the heels of becoming India’s newest DevOps unicorn For more follow the link - https://ajuniorvc.com/hasura-unicorn-india-startups-saas-developer-tools-devops-postman/