Articles categorized as "Special Features"
Glimpse into the Indian ed-tech landscape
Jun 27, 2018
Indian ed-tech investment has seen a gradual increase with new players such as Reliance entering the space, signalling untapped potential The intersection between educational content and interactive technology is the…
Total Environment’s Success Strategy: Authentic Approach, Meticulous Attention to Detail & Evoking Positive Emotions
Apr 03, 2018
Backed by PremjiInvest & Brookfield Asset Management Inc, Total Environment is defying design norms in India’s real estate industry by creating customised, sustainable living spaces for its customers. While it began…
Anecdotes From This Investor-Turned-Entrepreneur
Jan 17, 2018
In an interview with Smart CEO, Bala Parthasarathy, serial entrepreneur and investor, takes us through the various stages of his professional life, the lessons he has learnt and unlearnt along the way…
“When there is a choice between speed and perfection, choose speed first.”
Oct 24, 2017
Sunil K Goyal has a passion for early-stage ventures which led him to invest in nine start-ups on his own before he set up YourNest as an early-stage venture…
Tech Transforming Retail Distribution
Oct 24, 2017
Shotang addresses the retail industry’s need for a solution to better manage their supply chain through its mobile app. Retailing and trading is perhaps one of the oldest professions in our…
Quality and Affordability – The Two Keys for Success
Oct 24, 2017
New Delhi based Oncquest Laboratories grew from an R&D lab and has made a niche for itself in molecular diagnostics as well as oncology. Dr. Ravi Gaur, MD (Pathology), COO…
“Home healthcare is a marriage of logistics and front-end healthcare services, along with a strong backbone of technology”
Oct 24, 2017
Mahindra Partners funded Medwell Ventures’ chief Vishal Bali talks about the company’s hub-and-spoke model, raising US $35 million over three years, and why home healthcare won’t go the…
“Pega India is the most advanced innovation centre for the entire world wide operation”
Oct 10, 2017
Suman Reddy, MD of Pegasystems India talks about the role played by the Indian company in the global arena and its future growth plans… A NASDAQ listed company, Pegasystems Inc develops applications…
“Land acquisition is a major challenge for any real estate player”
Jul 27, 2017
Operating in the industrial warehousing space, Embassy Industrial Parks is a joint venture between the Embassy Group and Warburg Pincus. It’s CEO, Anshul Singhal, talks about the market for industrial warehousing…
Structured Acceleration
Apr 10, 2017
Ganapathy Venugopal, co-founder & CEO, Axilor Ventures, takes us through his firm’s accelerator program and the key takeaways for budding entrepreneurs through this program. Axilor Ventures, an accelerator and a…