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Can Bacca Bucci Take On Puma & RedTape In India’s Growing Sneaker Space?
- Bacca Bucci is a mid-premium footwear brand in India, competing with Puma, RedTape, and Woodland.
- The brand offers high-quality craftsmanship at an accessible price point and focuses on sustainability.
- Bacca Bucci has leveraged digital-first strategies and celebrity endorsements to drive growth.
- The brand aims to establish itself as a household name for quality footwear in India and expand globally.
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Numerology Decoded: A Spiritual Algorithm Behind Your Life Path
- Numerology is a mystical yet mathematical language believed to decode the energy blueprint of life using numbers.
- It is the study of metaphysical meaning of numbers and their influence on human life, translating everything into numbers.
- Pythagoras is often credited as the father of numerology, with ancient civilizations like Babylonians, Chinese, and Indians utilizing numbers.
- Core numbers in numerology include Life Path Number, Expression Number, Soul Urge Number, Personality Number, and Birthday Number.
- Numerology reveals recurring energy patterns in life, such as angel numbers like 11:11, and Karmic Debt Numbers indicating past life issues.
- Using numerology can aid in career decisions, self-discovery, and brand alignment, even being embraced by tech startups for guidance.
- Numerology balances rationality and intuition, offering a flexible approach to guiding one towards their best version.
- Numbers in numerology are not just for math but also for meaning, providing insights and guiding self-discovery.
- Numerology helps in uncovering inner strengths, hidden fears, and asking the right questions for personal growth and understanding.
- Numerology serves as a fascinating tool for decoding one's purpose and embracing the messages hidden in numbers, urging self-discovery.
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How Torque Is Disrupting India’s $23 Bn Furniture Industry With Custom-Made Designs
- Torque is disrupting India's $23 Bn furniture industry with custom-made designs.
- Torque allows buyers to customize their furniture to fit their space, preferences, and budget.
- Torque expanded into home interiors and aims for continuous growth and innovation.
- Torque has sold over 25,000 products and served more than 15,000 users nationwide.
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Inside Hawaii’s Hidden Market: The Ultra-Exclusive Properties You Won’t Find Online
- Hawaii’s luxury real estate market has always been defined by exclusivity.
- Recently, there has been an increase in high-profile properties opting for auction as an alternative to traditional sales.
- However, auctions can indicate distressed sales, market stagnation, or compromised valuation.
- Private listings offer a third, superior path for UHNWIs selling luxury properties, providing control, discretion, and reputation preservation.
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OpenAI close to finalising its $40 billion SoftBank-led funding
- OpenAI is close to finalizing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group.
- Investors in the funding round include Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, Founders Fund, and Altimeter Capital Management.
- The funding round would be the largest of all time, valuing OpenAI at $300 billion.
- SoftBank will invest an initial $7.5 billion, with a second tranche of $30 billion to follow.
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Have a Question? Join the 500 Million Who Are Asking iAsk AI
- iAsk AI, an AI-powered search engine, has surpassed half a billion searches, becoming a vital tool for students, professionals, and researchers.
- Unlike traditional search engines, iAsk AI provides intelligent, context-aware results, delivering accurate answers without clutter.
- With advanced transformer-based neural networks, iAsk AI achieves high scores on academic-level question benchmarks.
- iAsk AI offers features such as document analysis, image creation, and web content summarization, enabling clear and concise information.
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Can Desi Farms Outpace Amul & Mother Dairy In India’s Booming Dairy Market?
- Desi Farms, a farm-to-table D2C brand, aims to outpace Amul and Mother Dairy in India's dairy market.
- Desi Farms ensures fresh, chemical-free milk and dairy products, with a focus on maximum freshness and product traceability.
- The brand offers a range of dairy products, operates in select cities, and has seen revenue growth.
- Desi Farms follows an omnichannel strategy and aims to expand its market presence in the coming years.
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Circuit Boards to Conservation: How One IT Firm Is Betting on the Natural World
- Mender, an IT asset disposition company, is shifting its focus to conservation and community efforts.
- Based in Texas, Mender gave away 5% of its net profits in 2024 to conservation and community projects.
- Instead of global initiatives, Mender supports regional projects like pollinator restoration programs and bighorn sheep conservation in Texas.
- The company's approach emphasizes local and personal engagement rather than broad donations to make a tangible impact.
- Mender promotes a circular economy model by extending the life of tech and actively restoring environmental resources.
- By dealing with old IT assets, Mender prevents waste and uses its profits to support conservation activities.
- Apart from ecosystem conservation, Mender also donates computers and volunteers to improve childhood literacy in underserved communities.
- The company believes in direct involvement to create lasting relationships and emphasize the importance of community engagement.
- Mender's unique approach aligns with increasing demands for accountability from brands and reflects a shift towards responsible and ethical business practices.
- Their focus on local impact and transparency showcases the belief that doing good for the environment and communities is not only ethical but also beneficial for business.
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BluSmart Breaks Down, Groww Eyes $200 Mn & More
- BluSmart, an EV ride-hailing startup, faces challenges as its key leasing customer, Gensol Engineering, gets downgraded to 'Junk.' BluSmart's fleet ownership is now under a new third-party lessor, putting it at the mercy of competitors like Uber India.
- BluSmart's losses, leadership uncertainties, and operational issues have weakened its position as a challenger to Ola-Uber in India's ride-hailing market.
- Investment tech unicorn Groww plans to raise $200 million in a pre-IPO round from GIC fund and Tiger Global at a valuation of $6.5 billion.
- MobiKwik, a fintech firm, enters the investment tech space by setting up a wholly owned subsidiary to compete with Zerodha and Groww.
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Beyond credit scores: Digital solutions transforming India’s credit underwriting
- Digital solutions are transforming India's credit underwriting process, replacing manual labour with tech-driven solutions.
- Traditional underwriting methods based on credit scores and documented financial records often exclude a large segment of the population.
- Digital credit underwriting utilizes alternative data sources and behavioral patterns to make informed decisions about creditworthiness.
- With digital systems, financial institutions have seen increased approval rates and reduced default rates.
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Meesho’s in-house logistics boost; FirstCry eyes global expansion
- JSW Steel surpasses Nucor Corp to become world's highest-valued steelmaker with over $30 billion market capitalisation amid global steel market uncertainties.
- Tata Steel integrates AI with over 550 models to enhance production efficiencies.
- Jindal Stainless acquires 9.62% stake in M1Xchange for enhanced digital supply chain financing.
- Indian government's Vehicle Scrapping Policy aims to reduce auto component prices by 30%.
- Meesho reports significant efficiency gains through its in-house logistics channel Valmo, handling 50% of daily orders.
- Meesho created 85,000 jobs and saw 187 million users placing 1.3 billion orders in nine months.
- FirstCry plans global expansion, investing Rs 146 crore in GlobalBees Brands for gradual infusion.
- Panel at SheSparks 2025 discusses tackling workplace bias with measures like sponsorship for women and conscious bias evaluation.
- Dell Technologies reduces headcount by 10% in fiscal 2025 while focusing on diversity and inclusion.
- BlackRock integrates private investments into its portfolios to expand into alternative assets.
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Hyderabad-based Equal is simplifying financial data sharing with consent-based solutions
- Equal, a Hyderabad-based startup, aims to simplify financial data sharing processes for individuals, SMEs, and financial institutions.
- Founded in 2022 by Keshav Reddy and Rajeev Ranjan, Equal focuses on areas like KYC, fraud prevention, income validation, and compliance.
- The startup provides identity verification and consent-driven financial data sharing solutions to enhance accessibility and drive financial inclusion.
- Equal's products include the KYC Aggregator and the Account Aggregator, which streamline customer onboarding and enable secure data sharing.
- The platform ensures privacy, security, and compliance by integrating with over 50 ID databases and 4,000+ API providers.
- Krishna Prasad joined as a co-founder in 2024 to contribute expertise in technology and data security, further strengthening Equal's offerings.
- The company's technology encrypts, normalizes, and intelligently routes data for efficient identity verification and financial information sharing.
- Equal's acquisition of OneMoney enhances consent-driven financial data sharing, emphasizing user control over personal data.
- With clients like WeWork, Larsen & Toubro, and TVS, Equal follows a per-transaction pricing model and has processed millions of data transactions monthly.
- Having raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Prosus Ventures, Equal plans to expand into insurance, banking, and AI-driven risk assessment by June 2025.
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I created a website to save your side project
- Juan created Bounty Coders, a solution for side projects that are dying due to lack of time or energy.
- Bounty Coders is a website where challenges/tasks can be posted, allowing developers to compete and provide solutions.
- The platform offers easy registration, peer review, and a fun process tailored for developers.
- Challengers make a deposit for the prize, receive competing solutions, and choose a winner based on votes and critiques.
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Online retail to grow on the back of quick commerce, hyper-value commerce: Bain & Co report
- The Indian e-retail market is expected to grow to over $60 billion in GMV, driven by quick commerce and hyper-value commerce.
- Hyper-value commerce, which refers to ultra-low price assortment, has grown from 5% to over 12% of e-retail GMV in 2024.
- Lower-middle-income consumers in Tier II and smaller cities, as well as Tier III cities, are driving the demand for entry-level products in affordable price points.
- The trend-first commerce is on the rise, with frequent launches of affordable, trendy collections across various categories such as apparel, beauty, electronics, and luggage.
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World Bank's IFC backs Alteria Capital’s short-term Venture Debt fund
- The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has joined Alteria Capital as an anchor investor in its Shorter Duration Scheme (SDS).
- The SDS fund will address urgent liquidity needs of high-growth startups in sectors such as fintech, electric vehicles, and consumer brands.
- The fund plans to deploy capital over three years, targeting sustainable business models in underserved segments.
- In January, Trifecta Capital announced the first close of its fourth venture debt fund, with a proposed size of Rs 2,000 crore.
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