The Quick Commerce Graveyard: Zepto Is Winning, But What Does Victory Cost?
Ten-minute deliveries have rewritten urban grocery retail in India, but unit economics reveal hidden subsidies.
Rohan Mehta
Finbytes Newsroom Correspondent covering Startups and Technology for Finbytes Media & Research.
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Rohan Mehta has 10 published dispatches in the Finbytes archive, spanning Startups and Technology.
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10 dispatchesThe UPI Profit Paradox: Why PhonePe and Google Pay Cannot Monopolize Monetization
With 85% transaction share but zero interchange fees, payment giants construct merchant lending moats to survive.
Sequoia’s Last India Call: What Peak XV’s Portfolio Cleanup Reveals About 2026 Venture Returns
Venture giant marks down secondary blocks, cleans balance sheets, and prepares legacy portfolios for market reality.
The Big Story: Startup Trail Is Changing How India Builds, Funds, and Scales
From bootstrap discipline in Coimbatore to enterprise AI infrastructure in Bengaluru, founders embrace unit economics.
Startups6 min read
Read DispatchThe Big Story: The Big Decode Parses Architectural Shifts in Financial Technology
From account aggregators to open network protocols, transactional plumbing in India is undergoing unprecedented transformation.
Technology6 min read
Read DispatchValuation Reset Hits 72 Startups Across Growth Stages as Down-Rounds Accelerate
Late-stage technology firms accept protective liquidation preferences to extend operational runways into 2027.
Startups7 min read
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India Semiconductor Mission: Inside the Fab Construction Timelines and Supplier Ecosystems
Subsidized packaging units and pilot fabrication facilities in Dholera and Sanand navigate global equipment bottlenecks.
The B2B SaaS Efficiency Playbook: Net Dollar Retention Above 115% Becomes Sole Metric
Cross-border software companies based in Chennai and Pune navigate enterprise spend consolidation with disciplined customer acquisition.
Startups6 min read
Read DispatchHardware Foundries and Aerospace Ventures Attract Patient Sovereign Capital
Strategic defense and photonics startups secure patient equity commitments from public-private technology funds.
AI Inference Cost Deflation: How Local LLMs Lower Underwriting Latency in Consumer Credit
Financial applications deploy fine-tuned open-weight language models on private domestic cloud clusters.
Technology5 min read
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