Praveen Gopal Krishnan

Bangalore, San Francisco

Featured in: Favicon

arxiv.org

scroll.in

mathrubhumi.com Favicon

ft.lk

the-ken.com

Articles

Rethinking retail investing in India for the next decade

3 weeks ago | the-ken.com | Rohin Dharmakumar |Praveen Gopal Krishnan

A retail investor in India has no shortage of opportunities and support today. There are more instruments to pour capital into than a few years ago, and platforms offer analytical tools to give users a leg up—if they know how to use these features. That hasn’t made investing easier. There’s immense volatility. Many stocks have shallow liquidity. Easy money is no longer easy to get. And some age-old advice no longer applies.
Why Ola Electric went from leader to laggard in record time

Jan 20, 2025 | the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |Rohin Dharmakumar |Praveen Gopal Krishnan |Olina Banerji

Last week, Ola Electric’s shares saw a three-day slump after the Central Consumer Protection Authority asked the company for more documents for its investigation against it post receiving thousands of consumer complaints. But shares going up and down is regular stuff right? Not for Ola Electric. The company went public in August 2024 at a debut price of Rs 76 becoming the only startup that went public at a lower price.
10-minute delivery is making Zepto, Swiggy, and Blinkit disrupt themselves

Jan 13, 2025 | the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |Praveen Gopal Krishnan |Olina Banerji |Sudeshna Ray

2024 was the year of the 10-minute delivery. We think we didn’t need it but the likes of Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, and Blinkit proved us wrong. While other companies were struggling to find funding, these quick-commerce companies were raising billions of dollars and reporting double-digit, sometimes even triple-digit annual growth rates. In December, Zomato’s quick-commerce subsidiary, Blinkit made a strategic move in the rapidly growing quick food delivery market space.
“There’s an app for that”-Swiggy, Zepto, and Blinkit

Jan 11, 2025 | the-ken.com | Praveen Gopal Krishnan

Move beyond cliched presents this holiday season. Instead, gift something that fuels intellect and inspires change. Share the joy of knowledge with your dear ones. Gift Now Dang, you’re out of gift subscriptions We currently limit the number of free gift subscriptions per subscriber. You’ll get more when you renew your subscription. In the meantime, if you want to tell someone about The Ken, gift them a story. Not now, thanks.
AI comes to annihilate India’s SaaS companies

Dec 11, 2024 | the-ken.com | Rohin Dharmakumar |Praveen Gopal Krishnan |Olina Banerji |Sudeshna Ray

Move beyond cliched presents this holiday season. Instead, gift something that fuels intellect and inspires change. Share the joy of knowledge with your dear ones. Gift Now Dang, you’re out of gift subscriptions We currently limit the number of free gift subscriptions per subscriber. You’ll get more when you renew your subscription. In the meantime, if you want to tell someone about The Ken, gift them a story. Not now, thanks.
The quick-commerce monster demands greater sacrifices

Dec 7, 2024 | the-ken.com | Praveen Gopal Krishnan

As 10-minute deliveries eat bigger chunks of the retail pie, two big use-cases emerge The Nutgraf is a paid weekly emailer that explains fundamental shifts in business, technology and finance that happened over the last seven days in India. In a way you’ll never forget. Subscribe here Good morning [%first_name |Dear Reader%], I imagine we’ll look back at 2024 as the year when quick commerce really took off in India. Just consider what happened this year.
Why Mamaearth is stuck with dead stock and mounting losses

Nov 26, 2024 | the-ken.com | Snigdha Sharma |Alifiya Khan |Aayush Agarwal |Praveen Gopal Krishnan

In the June quarter of 2024, Honasa Consumer, the maker of Mamaearth, decided to launch this new project called Project Neev. The idea was to bring about a foundational change in the way the company operates, especially distribution. For context, Mamaearth hit the bourses in October last year when everyone else who had IPO plans had decided to hold them off for a bit. But Varun Alagh, the CEO and co-founder of Mamaearth, was of the firm opinion that the timing was perfectly ripe.
Makemytrip’s legacy

Nov 23, 2024 | the-ken.com | Praveen Gopal Krishnan

If there ever was an underrated Indian startup hero, it’s Makemytrip The Nutgraf is a paid weekly emailer that explains fundamental shifts in business, technology and finance that happened over the last seven days in India. In a way you’ll never forget.
The beginning of India’s elite, rich, tech class

Nov 16, 2024 | the-ken.com | Praveen Gopal Krishnan

What is good for the ecosystem? The Nutgraf is a paid weekly emailer that explains fundamental shifts in business, technology and finance that happened over the last seven days in India. In a way you’ll never forget. Subscribe here Good morning [%first_name |Dear Reader%], Last week, a Bengaluru tech company finally went public. I’m glad for Swiggy. It’s about time.
Can venture capitalists do no wrong?

Nov 15, 2024 | the-ken.com | Rohin Dharmakumar |Nathan Narde |Rounak Kumar Gunjan |Praveen Gopal Krishnan

Rajiv: So, the market view. One, India’s GDP is very different from the US or China, I think all of us have to agree. And as much as a lot of us—founders, VCs—try to increase it, it is going to increase only at a particular pace, which has a lot of other factors going into it. Two, the VC industry in India is 15 years old, like Manav was talking about. In the US, it is 50–60 years old.