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Happy Diwali Folks!

...and may you have a bountiful new year.

Oct 20 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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Fredun Pharma acquires Wagr.ai

Fredun Pharmaceuticals Limited today announced the strategic acquisition of all assets of Wagr, a petcare platform with patented pet fitness tracking…

Oct 9 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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The Cantabil Story

How Vijay Bansal built a Rs 2500 crore retail fashion brand starting from a small general store in Haryana—a masterclass on learning value addition, and…

Oct 1 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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September 2025

Fredun Pharma raising ₹153 crores

The company's vertical integration from being a pharmaceuticals manufacturer to growing own consumer brands finds investor backing.

Sep 27 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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The Fredun Story

Fredun Medhora has built a ₹500 crore revenue pharmaceuticals-to-consumer company, compounding at 30% CAGR over 17 years. He believes his company has…

Sep 4 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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July 2025

Inventing New Materials

Students of Indian Institute of of Space Technology built and launched an actual rocket while still in college—nobody has since. After a stint in ISRO…

Jul 31 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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June 2025

Janitri raises $1.4 million pre-series A led by Ashish Kacholia

Maternal healthcare technology company secures capital to enter the consumer segment. Also participating in the pre-series A round are the tal64…

Jun 6 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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The Sova Health Story

Sova's neural net engine processes thousands of data points to generate personalised probiotics for each of their customers. An unlikely partnership is…

Jun 5 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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May 2025

The Venture Dairy Story

After exiting a $500 million by sales firm he helped build, Trevor Tomkins visited dairy farms across 5 continents, found the same broken system…

May 29 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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DocPharma Update

I spoke to Shashank Rai of DocPharma as part of a meeting with a member of our syndicate. I have narrated the conversation and the salient points that…

May 17 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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Relationship Building Playbook: Prachura Padakannaya

Unlike physical assets that depreciate over time, relationships can become more valuable as they mature. Read the story of Prachura Padakannaya, a…

May 6 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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AI-BPO: The SubVerse AI Interview

Can AI + Voice Solve Real Life Problems like a human customer care agent? IIT-Bombay grads Rishi Kumar, Tanmay Lad, and Nilkanth Parmar are building…

May 5 • 

Priyadarshan Banjan

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