Apoorva Mittal

Oct 12, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Apoorva Mittal

Established brands are latching on to the luxury buyers’ desire to modernise heirlooms. “It was my first luxury bag that I got hand-painted after meeting the artist, Maleka Shah, at an exhibition and liking her work,” says Tolia, 64, who runs a family business in Mumbai. Her collection of personalised luxury pieces include a tan Bottega Veneta tote adorned with a hand-painted dragon and a once-tarnished Yves Saint Laurent bag reinvented with Chinese mosaic hand-painting.

Sep 30, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Apoorva Mittal

Growing up watching her mother run a small shop in the suburb of Mulund in Mumbai, Hardika Shah developed a keen awareness of the challenges small businesses in India faced in accessing capital.With over two decades of experience as a technology consultant in cities like Chicago, San Francisco, Singapore and Sydney, she gained valuable insights into addressing this issue with the help of technology.In 2011, she founded Kinara Capital that focuses on providing unsecured loans to micro, small...

Sep 28, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Shantanu Sharma |Apoorva Mittal

Sky has never been the limit for them. Almost a decade ago, Sameer Joshi, a fighter pilot, and Julius Amrit, an IIT-IIM alumnus, were part of Team Indus that geared up for an audacious challenge—land a rover on the Moon. Though they didn’t clinch the Google Lunar XPrize, they earned enough funds, as finalists, to dream big. In 2018, Joshi and Amrit launched a defence startup, NewSpace Research and Technologies (NRT), in Bengaluru.

Sep 21, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Apoorva Mittal

Mumbai: A fresh wave of 'enabler' startups is transforming India's booming quick commerce (Qcomm) ecosystem, sparked by rapid growth of hyperlocal startups , coupled with the entry of new startups, established e-commerce firms, and new-age brands racing to shorten delivery times.Several early-stage venture firms are actively evaluating investment opportunities in this burgeoning space, ET has learnt."There are obviously some overlaps with e-commerce, and hence, some existing enabling...

Sep 7, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Apoorva Mittal

On a sweltering Janmashtami morning in Mumbai Sudarshan Pawar ’s breakfast differs from his parents' traditional fare. Instead of the usual vrat foods, the 30-year-old adds a scoop of cocoa and ragi protein powder to his smoothie. This is his source of protein, as no non-vegetarian food is prepared at home on this day.“Three years ago, I barely thought about protein,” says Pawar, an avid runner and cyclist.