Sumit Chakraberty
Stories by Sumit Chakraberty
India: Startups, MNCs rushing to collect data from ‘kirana’ stores
Amazon, Flipkart and Reliance are busy figuring out O2O models to connect with kirana stores.
India: COVID pushes fragmented local drug retail industry to adopt tech
More than 85% of pharma sales in India happen in over 850,000 pharmacy stores.
Sequoia-backed agritech startup DeHaat taps franchise route for smart fields
The franchise model differentiates DeHaat from a B2B agri-marketplace like Bengaluru-based Ninjacart, which works with larger collection centres.
Post-COVID healthtech funding rebound is leaving India behind
Data shows that China is leading a rebound in healthtech funding globally.
Indian startups that pivoted quickly during pandemic attract VC attention
Digital enablement is an area rife with possibilities in the post-COVID situation.
Bengaluru startup Ati Motors to test autonomous vehicle in hospitals
The startup claims its technology is more versatile than a warehouse or humanoid robots.
Indian AI startup Yellow Messenger secures $20m from Lightspeed US
The series B funding will enable it to push more aggressively into Europe, Latin America and the US.
India: How Bengaluru startup BlinkIn helped contain the Wuhan outbreak
The three-year-old bootstrapped startup found the ecosystem more favourable in Europe for its products.
India: Behind the rise of VC-backed deep tech healthcare startups
VCs may have to stretch their usual timelines but the potential payoffs are huge in the sector.