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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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With Nykaa IPO, Falguni Nayar gets her own story to become a billionaire start-up CEO

Nayar, a former investment banker, owns about half of the company with her husband and children. If the Nykaa IPO goes as planned, the value of their stake could exceed $2 bn.

Something nearly tore Mariwala family apart. Timely IPO saved it from hostile takeover

In 'Harsh Realities: The Making of Marico' entrepreneur Harsh Mariwala and management expert Ram Charan zoom in on the journey of the company - from its establishment in 1987 - to becoming a leading international FMCG giant.

Beauty & fashion startup Nykaa plans to seek $4 billion valuation in IPO

The company, founded by Falguni Nayar, plans to sell just more than 10% of the equity, which could raise $400 million or more.

Amid IPO tech boom, SEBI considers rules change that hold controlling shareholders accountable

SEBI chairman Ajay Tyagi says that while current concept of holding founders accountable is unique to India, a controlling shareholder regime for representing an entity is more logical.

IPOs of Paytm, South Korea’s KakaoBank reveal Gen Z’s vision of banking

Internet-based businesses are raising funds at a record pace, making use of the boost given by the pandemic to all things digital.

Zomato gains nearly 66%, closes at Rs 126 in trading debut

Compared with the IPO price of Rs 76, Zomato surges in its trading debut Friday. This is a boon for China's Ant Group, which is benefiting from its early investments in Indian companies, including Zomato and Paytm.

Will Zomato deliver? IPO listing today will be barometer for India’s unprofitable unicorns

Zomato has generated a seldom-seen frenzy among the investment community. Investors will now get a taste of the food delivery giant when it debuts today after a $1.3 billion IPO.

Zomato, Flipkart, Paytm — flush with unicorns, India’s tech moment arrives

With China's crackdown on internet companies and India’s 625 million internet users just dipping their toes into the world of social networking & ecommerce, investors are turning their attention to India.

Paytm seeks approval for record IPO of Rs 16,600 cr amid strong investor demand for unicorns

Paytm was last valued at $16 billion. If it hits its target, the IPO would be India's largest stock market debut ever, surpassing the debut of state-owned Coal India Ltd.

Is Zomato IPO like Virar local? Should delivery guy tip you? Memes go nuts amid unicorn frenzy

The broader buzz around Zomato, which has a $1.3 billion initial public offering, spilled out from financial circles into the social media space & could push other startups to list.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.