Homebound startups restructure; offline push by D2C brands
Happy Wednesday! Homegrown startups are stepping on the pedal for their move back home. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
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Happy Wednesday! Homegrown startups are stepping on the pedal for their move back home. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.
For Harshil Mathur, a nine-to-six corporate job was always dull, as he loves tackling new challenges every day. This drive led the IIT-Roorkee graduate to launch Razorpay in 2014, along with fellow alumni Shashank Kumar. The Bengaluru-based startup, now valued at $7.5 billion (approx Rs 63,000 crore), was once seen as an average idea and was rejected by 100 banks.
The pandal caught fire during the bursting of firecrackers, eyewitnesses said.
The deceased were identified as Sunil Paswan (26), Lila Devi (23), Kanchan Devi (26), Siddhanth Kumar (4), Shashank Kumar (3) and Sakshi Kumari (5). Three cows were also killed in the fire, police said
The incident happened around 11.15 pm on Thursday in Alinagar in Bahera police station area, they said.