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Harichandan Arakali

Bangalore

Tech and Innovation Editor at Forbes India

Editor — Tech and Innovation @ForbesIndia. Videos, Podcast host, producer. Longform storyteller. Always want to understand the big picture.

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  • 2 weeks ago | forbesindia.com | Harichandan Arakali

    At TCS, total contract value for BFSI was $4 billion, which was roughly the same as a year ago. In the latest Q4, BaNCS, the company’s core banking software product, won four contracts and saw four go-lives, Samir Seksaria, the company’s CFO, said on the company’s earnings call on April 10. In addition to the perennial demand for saving money and consolidating the number of vendors, banks and financial institutions are proactively addressing tech obsolescence, Seksaria said.

  • 1 month ago | forbesindia.com | Harichandan Arakali

    With increased consumer awareness about EVs (electric vehicles) in India, the two-wheeler market, especially, is ready for its inflection point. And with the Tesseract, “the design is there, the performance is there, and the features are there, and some features that have never been offered in a two-wheeler before”, claims Rajmohan. This scooter is equipped with a front-facing radar that scans the way ahead and alerts the rider with haptic feedback on the handlebars.

  • 1 month ago | forbesindia.com | Harichandan Arakali

    Gupta had started looking at tech-led startups from around 2011, and by 2013, he moved the firm’s India base to Bengaluru. Some early tech-led bets Bessemer made include Anunta, Indian Energy Exchange, Snapdeal, Remedinet, Taxiforsure, and Matrimony.com, StartupCentral noted in a report in 2014.

  • 1 month ago | forbesindia.com | Harichandan Arakali

    In this episode, Amit Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Yulu Bikes, talks about the opportunity for his company to scale on the back of the rise of quick commerce in India's metros and large cities. Gupta also talks about the many lessons from having painstakingly built an asset-heavy business — an approach that's not the first preference of VC investors — to the point where the company turned EBITDA positive, last year.

  • 1 month ago | forbesindia.com | Harichandan Arakali

    The sale being ‘secondary’ means Zepto itself isn’t raising any money by selling its shares, but some existing investors and employees can encash their holdings in the company. Zepto is seeking a deal for the sale that would value it at $5 billion, which was the private value investors placed on the Bengaluru startup in its last funding round last year.

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Arakali Harichandan
Arakali Harichandan @ArakaliHari
14 Apr 25

RT @ForbesIndia: With its new launch, the Tesseract, a futuristic, high-performance EV built for urban India, Bengaluru-based Ultraviolette…

Arakali Harichandan
Arakali Harichandan @ArakaliHari
14 Apr 25

RT @ForbesIndia: While artificial intelligence is on everyone's mind, Vishal Gupta, Bessemer's long-standing partner in India, paints a can…

Arakali Harichandan
Arakali Harichandan @ArakaliHari
11 Apr 25

RT @ForbesIndia: .@YuluBike has evolved into a provider of low-speed electric scooters to hyperlocal delivery agents. As quick commerce eme…