Poornima Kavlekar has been associated with The Smart CEO since the time of launch and is the Consulting Editor of the magazine. She has been writing for almost 20 years on a cross section of topics including stocks and personal finance and now, on entrepreneurship and growth enterprises. She is a trained Yoga Teacher, an avid endurance Cyclist and a Veena player.
Poornima Kavlekar Featured in #Special Features
Mar 07, 2017
Nishith Rastogi set up Locus.sh, a logistics management platform, with the intention of simplifying logistics solutions. Shortly, it aims to launch a self-serve version of its solution which will eliminate…
Poornima Kavlekar Featured in #Growth Enterprise
Mar 07, 2017
Affordable eye care player, Specsmakers, aims to set up 500 stores by the year 2020 by going deeper into the current market and entering new markets such as Hyderabad and Pune. It…
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Improving credit delivery in India
Feb 06, 2017
Ribbit Capital and Omidyar Network funded ZestMoney is a technology company that facilitates EMI payment option for products purchased online or offline through its partner merchants without the need for a credit…
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Focus on greater transaction experience
Feb 06, 2017
Nirvana and Faering Capital India-backed Transerv, a payments enabler, was setup with the goal of building unique payments experience which not only facilitates payments but also delivers convenience and engagement to…
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Feb 06, 2017
Set up with transparency as its core policy, PolicyBazaar.com is an online insurance comparison portal that has sold about Rs.1000 crore of premium since its inception in 2008. Over the…
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“We believe our biggest competitor is cash.”
Feb 06, 2017
Paynear Solutions, a transactions processing company which builds solutions for payment processing, customer and store management, aims to serve more than one million merchants and process billions of transactions in the coming…
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Paying attention to unit economics
Feb 06, 2017
Omidyar Network, IIFL Seed Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Aspada Investment Company funded NeoGrowth facilitates digital lending to consumer facing small businesses and aims to build a sustainable competitive advantage around achieving scale…
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How MobiKwik serves 40 million end users
Feb 06, 2017
MobiKwik, an Indian wallet major with a network of over 2,50,000 direct merchants and 40 million users, is taking strong strides towards realising its vision of digitalising India and head…
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Expense management for enterprise customers
Feb 06, 2017
Angel Prime-backed Happay, a business expense management solutions company, aims to take its product deeper into the B2B segment and handle all their expense management needs. It also plans to onboard…
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A retail platform for mutual funds
Feb 06, 2017
Faering Capital-backed Funds India is a platform focused on mutual funds for retail investors. It is all set to expand its customer reach across the country and plans to enhance its…
