The D2C market in India has seen new brands mushrooming across the country, serving different industries, right from health and wellness, to food and beverage, to clothing and fashion. What keeps these D2C startups afloat is the generous funding from…
As a founder, one of the most important activities you’d be engaging in to grow your business, and even spend months preparing for, would be funding. Per studies by TechCrunch, companies raise nearly three rounds before they get to Series…
Premium D2C Personal Care brand Zlade has raised 1.1 Crores from Velocity, India’s largest revenue-based financier, across 3 rounds of financing. Pune-based Zlade was founded in 2015 and is one of India’s leading brands in the shaving and manscaping category.…
For most startup founders, angel investors are truly angels in disguise as they help their business stay afloat and grow. Angel investing is the type of funding where wealthy individuals with prior experience in startups invest in budding startups in…
Per a survey by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the trends for online shopping have changed tremendously since the pandemic. While many brands have had to revamp their business models to ensure business continuity, one brand had…
As an entrepreneur, you would have come across the term “angel investing” quite often in your pre-seed funding phase. While you might have some ideas about what angel investing is, it is easy to get confused with the different funding…
The stories of founders who built bootstrapped empires are inspiring. However, not every brilliant mind has the capital to make that happen. While some do start off with the savings they have, as the business grows, the need for more…
The bootstrapped giant series is based on Velocity’s deep-rooted belief that small but viable business ideas can scale and be highly profitable without VC Funds or angel investments. Inspired by the mantra that chasing customer satisfaction is always more profitable…
We are excited to announce the launch of D2C Industry Benchmarks for businesses in India. The D2C Industry Benchmarks will help businesses put their performance metrics in context, offering insights into the segment-level benchmarks. It will help D2C businesses gain…
Just 5 years ago, many articles were written about it being the end of startups. Fast-forward to today: India has seen twenty times more startups in five years, many of them going on to become unicorns! While a great idea…
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