Tag: fintech
Lalit Keshre wins Entrepreneur of the Year for taking Groww to a Rs 1.36 lakh crore publicly traded fintech in a decade
Lalit Keshre, cofounder and chief executive of Groww, took less than a decade to build the country’s largest stock broking platform, disrupting traditional brick and…
Competition doesn’t limit growth in India: Groww’s Lalit Keshre on building a full-stack wealth platform
Lalit Keshre cofounded Groww in 2016; a decade later, the Bengaluru-based fintech firm has 21 million users, a market cap that has surged to Rs…
Regulations slow growth but reward patient founders: Razorpay’s Harshil Mathur at YC Startup School
Building in a regulated space has its own advantages because not all founders will have the patience to navigate regulatory hurdles, said Harshil Mathur, chief…
Fidelity marks down conversational AI platform Gupshup’s valuation by 80% to $278 million
A fund run by financial services giant Fidelity Investments has slashed the valuation of conversational messaging software provider Gupshup by over 80% from its initial…
MobiKwik appoints Navdeep Singh Suri as board chair
Synopsis Suri, who has been associated with the company since 2021 as an Independent Director, holds extensive experience from his tenure in the Indian Foreign…
Ex-Paytm exec Varun Sridhar joins Aspora as CEO
Varun Sridhar, who exited One 97 Communications’ Paytm Services earlier this year, has joined Aspora, a fintech platform catering to the Indian diaspora, according to…
Groww CEO Lalit Keshre’s old email resurfaces after IPO debut: ‘Good day to remember this’
As fintech startup Groww made a strong IPO debut on Wednesday, an old email from its CEO and co-founder, Lalit Keshre, has resurfaced online. Lalit…
ET Startup Awards 2025 | We must look beyond big-ticket listings to small caps going public: Peak XV’s Ashish Agarwal
As India’s pipeline of new-age initial public offerings (IPOs) swells, the ecosystem must look beyond big-ticket listings and give due attention to small-cap startups going…
MoSPI explores data partnership with fintech to boost innovation
The statistics ministry secretary on Wednesday chaired a closed-door meeting with fintech industry representatives on exploring collaboration with fintechs to strengthen the national statistical system…
ET Soonicorns Summit 2025: How founders are choosing profitability over pure valuation chasing
“Valuations are not worth chasing in isolation. What you can and should chase are performance and milestones—valuations will follow. Today, more than ever, valuations are…