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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
TopicGrocery Startup

Topic: Grocery Startup

Zepto becomes first startup in India to surpass billion-dollar valuation mark in a year

The grocery startup said it raised $200 million in fresh funding 'in the midst of the deepest downturn in capital markets in over a decade' from US-based investment firms.

Store to door in 8 mins, but online grocery shoppers don’t care about speed. It’s price, quality

Quick-delivery apps may need to alter business models to compete with conventional ones, it says. 61 per cent of online customers are willing to wait 3-24 hours for their groceries.

Grocery startup Zepto, founded by 2 Indian teenagers, crosses over Rs 6,800 cr valuation

The teens, both 19, dropped out of Stanford University to return to India. The Mumbai-headquartered company reached its valuation within nine months of beginning 10-minute deliveries.

Instant grocery delivery start-up Zepto doubles value to Rs 4,300 crore

The start-up’s newest funding comes 45 days after a previous capital raise of Rs 450 crore at Rs 1,700 crore valuation.

On Camera

Indian universities follow the same template on sexual assault—cover up, blame the victim

The institutional default is not the protection of students and staff, but damage control. You see it play out at SAU, IIT-BHU, RG Kar, and Durgapur.

What’s keeping homegrown consulting firms from taking on Big 4? Here’s what ICAI chief has to say

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India president Charanjot Singh Nanda, a stakeholder in govt's plans to promote home-grown consulting firms, speaks on what is holding back domestic firms.

Precise & proven: The Tomahawk, America’s prized missile wanted by Kyiv & feared by Kremlin

After initially showing interest in supplying the long-range missile to Ukraine, Trump appeared hesitant following his meeting with Zelenskyy, a day after his phone call with Putin.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.