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SuperK has a playbook for solving India’s small-town retail problem
Investors are betting on the value retail chain’s franchise model to disrupt the retail market in small-town India. By the looks of it, the six-year-old startup seems to have gotten a lot of things right.
17 Aug 2025
Jumbotail to raise money at unicorn valuation as it acquires Solv
The B2B e-commerce platform is set to raise $120 million at a $1 billion valuation from SC Ventures, Invus and others.
27 Mar 2025
The many lessons from failed Indian kirana tech startups
Not too long ago, several firms set out to bring neighbourhood stores online, hoping to fix pandemic-disrupted supply chains. Today, there’s a pervading sense that they misread the market.
14 Nov 2023
Khatabook can’t lend enough to justify its valuation
Small loan ticket size, unreliable data and a predominantly digital presence are pushing back the kiranatech startup’s efforts to monetize its business through credit.
01 May 2023
Reliance Retail’s wins and losses with kiranas
The neighbourhood stores were to be a pillar of Reliance Retail’s industry-disrupting omnichannel strategy. But things may not have worked out exactly as planned.
28 Feb 2023
Dukaan wants to be a real SaaS company
The startup came out of the collapse of the kirana tech fad and is taking on Shopify. But investors are cagey and Dukaan has a long way to go.
26 Sept 2022