Abhinav Prakash

Yes, everything in the age of AI is an API. And as AI evolves, the need for well designed and secure APIs will become even more crucial in the ecosystem #postman #ageofAPIs #noAIwithoutAPI

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Highperformr.ai, a marketing SaaS startup floated by former Freshworks executives Ramesh Ravishankar and Srivatsan Venkatesan, has raised $3.5 Mn (INR 29.2 Cr) in a seed funding round 👇 The startup’s first product, Highperformr for Teams, leverages generative AI and LLMs to help B2B businesses maximise their return on investment (ROI) on social media campaigns. The fresh capital will be deployed to further the startup's research and development activity, build the platform's native AI capabilities, and expand its distribution network. To read more in detail, click here: https://lnkd.in/gV8tqWyU #startups #fundraising #growth #saas

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Venture capitalists and BizDateUp co-founders Jeet Chandan and Meet Jain have acquired an undisclosed stake in IPO-bound foodtech giant Swiggy through an off-market secondary deal. Founded in 2020, BizDateUp allows angel investors to invest in Indian startups with a minimum of INR 1 lakh and recently launched a INR 200 crore fund for technology investments. The firm raised over $10 million from more than 1,000 angel investors in FY24. This move comes as several celebrities, including cricketers Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan, tennis player Rohan Bopanna, director Karan Johar, and actor Ashish Chowdhry, have also invested in Swiggy ahead of its IPO. Notably, Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit have previously acquired stakes in the company. Read full story here: https://lnkd.in/gM8sEWSZ #foodtech #startups #ipo #swiggy #foodindustry #news #latestnews LinkedIn News India Linkedin News Ashu Agrawal

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Watching someone struggle with something you've built is both humbling and enlightening. When Prashant and I introduced the initial version of prd2proto.ai, we thought we were onto something. Upload a PRD and boom—your prototype is ready! Made sense, right? After all, it's in the name. But as we sat down with our early access users, we noticed a sharp edge: many didn't have a PRD ready or found it a hassle to create one in another tool just to use our app. They dropped off, and we felt that sting. Garry Tan captures this perfectly: "When you make software, you have to watch at least 10 people use it. Sit next to them and say absolutely nothing... WATCH USERS AND CRINGE AND THEN FIX IT. SAND DOWN THE EDGES." We listened, we cringed, and we learned. Today, we're excited to share that we've updated prd2proto.ai with a chat interface! Now, you can talk through your ideas—think of it as a product assistant right inside the app. No barriers, no prerequisites - just a seamless way to bring your vision to life. Check out the video below to see what's changed. We've been holding off on opening prd2proto.ai to more people until we got this right. Now that we have, more invites are heading out this week! A huge thank you to everyone who's been patiently waiting on our waitlist. And if you want to be part of this journey and help shape how the product evolves, sign up here for early access: https://prd2proto.ai/ #ProductDesign #BuildInPublic #StartupJourney

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Appcharge, the leading direct-to-consumer platform, is excited to share a $26 million Series A funding round, led by Creandum, with participation from Supercell, BITKRAFT Ventures, Moneta Ventures and Corundum, alongside existing investors Play Ventures, Glilot Capital Partners, and angel investors. This new funding marks Appcharge's next step in driving the DTC movement forward. Web stores have become ubiquitous—our recent industry report confirms this trend—but the DTC space still has so much room to grow. Maor Sason Roei Barassi Or Ben Shimon Gil Tov-Ly To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.org #funding #startup #SeriesA #Appcharge

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Like to order deliveries from the comfort of your own home? Zepto's recent $665 million funding will now allow the company to set up even more store across India to serve you better. Read all about it only in my new article at Entrepreneur India. . . . Follow and connect for more industry news and updates . . . #News #Update #Zepto #Funding #Investment #EntrepreneurIndia #AdityaPranMahanta https://lnkd.in/gYvATrUE

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🌟 Avoiding Hiring Mishaps: The Power of Defining KRAs Early 🚀 Many startup founders face the challenge of hiring the right talent, only to encounter difficulties once the person is onboarded and deemed a "bad hire". While cultural fit and chemistry are crucial, one of the biggest pitfalls lies in expectation management. Often, founders haven't thoroughly considered the Key Result Areas (KRAs) of the role, leading to misunderstandings and mismatched expectations. Why Knowing KRAs Before Hiring is Paramount? 🎯 In the fast-paced world of talent acquisition, understanding KRAs before extending an offer isn't just important—it's essential. Here's why: 1. 👌🏽Clarity Breeds Success: Clearly defined KRAs provide a roadmap for both founder and employees, setting the stage for success from day one by outlining specific goals, objectives, and expectations. 2. 🤝Alignment of Expectations: When candidates grasp their KRAs, alignment between organizational goals and individual aspirations occurs, fostering purpose and direction, thereby enhancing motivation and engagement. 3. 💪🏼Performance Management: KRAs serve as benchmarks for evaluating performance and progress. With predefined metrics and milestones, employers can objectively assess contributions and identify areas for development. 4. 👆🏼Resource Optimization: By delineating KRAs, organizations optimize resource allocation and streamline workflow. Employees know precisely where to focus their efforts, maximizing productivity and efficiency. 5. 🔺Continuous Improvement: KRAs foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning. Regular reviews and feedback sessions enable employees to track performance, address challenges, and refine their skills. In essence, knowing KRAs before hiring establishes a mutually beneficial relationship between founder and employees—one built on clarity, alignment, and accountability. #TalentAcquisition #HRBestPractices #EmployeeEngagement Sayan Ghosh🦄 Prateek Agarwal (Pre-seed investor) Rajvardhan Mohite

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🚨Swiggy IPO gets oversubscribed led by QIB bids Swiggy’s IPO was oversubscribed 1.07 times by the third day, driven largely by QIBs, who oversubscribed their portion 1.52 times. Retail investors subscribed to 97% of their portion, while Non-Institutional Investors (NIIs) made bids for 22% of their allocation. Swiggy's employee quota also saw strong demand, with a subscription rate of 1.38 times. Swiggy raised around Rs 5,085 crore (approx. $605 million) from anchor investors like HDFC, ICICI, SBI, and global players including Fidelity and BlackRock. by Akshita Toshniwal | #SwiggyIPO #IPO #QIB #RetailInvestors #Foodtech Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/ggm_piMt

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If you doubted the rise of India as a powerhouse, Pine Labs, a significant fintech player, is now relocating its headquarters from Singapore to India following approval from a Singapore court. This strategic shift mirrors other successful Indian startups like PhonePe, Razorpay, and Groww, embracing the trend of ‘reverse flipping’. The move signifies growing confidence in the Indian market and its potential. Key factors enabling this move include: - Favorable economic policies - Growing domestic market - Increasing investor confidence - Greater certainty of an exit at a higher valuation - Ease of accessing capital - Regulatory changes - Maturing capital markets - Cost-effective listing process All great signs for India! #India #Fintech #PineLabs #Startups #BusinessGrowth

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'GenAI is easier to say in the boardroom and difficult to get right for many SaaS companies'. When speaking to multiple technology providers, we have observed this as well. I will go further to suggest that many existing players will find it difficult to move to agentic workflows meaningfully. Beyond document summarization, and basic AI uses. The real problem is not technology. It is the company's DNA and processes, and a large installed base of customers. Going from building deterministic systems to building non-deterministic systems with high accuracy is a different skill set and hard to pivot to quickly. #aiagents #genai

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50 Lakh+ Revenue in 2 months with Zero marketing spend ❗ Two months ago, we quietly soft-launched IWannaBuild, and the journey so far has been nothing short of amazing! What started as a platform to list tools has now transformed into an AI-driven product development platform with multiple service offerings. Here’s what makes this milestone even more special: 👉 We achieved this with zero marketing spend. 👉 All growth has been organic, driven purely by content creation. IWB has always been about building a transparent and effective product development ecosystem, and instead of starting from scratch, we ran a pilot using existing tools. The results? Over ₹50 lakh in revenue generated in just two months! This validation has set the stage for us to now build the full platform, and we can’t wait to officially launch it soon. A heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported us through this journey, this is just the beginning! Muhammed Shajar C Musthafa K U #AI #ProductDevelopment #OrganicGrowth #ContentCreation #Innovation

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Mass products or limited-quality product?🤔 That’s the question Saumya Kabra founder of Confetti Gifts , posed to Mohit Yadav (founder Minimalist ) during our Elevate Cohort 1. Want to learn from the best D2C founders? Fill out the form in comments to join us for Cohort 2. Take your business to the next level! 💼✨ #letsElevate #D2CInsider

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We hosted Ashutosh Garg, co-founder of Eightfold, on our SaaS from Scratch podcast series with Vani Kola, Managing Director at Kalaari Capital. Ashutosh shared invaluable advice for SaaS founders: > Target markets with sufficient size to support substantial growth, rather than focusing solely on niche markets. > Pay close attention to market reactions and engagement levels when validating your startup's potential. > Genuine excitement is evident when people can naturally expand on your idea themselves. > Observe body language cues to gauge the true level of interest in your idea. Tune in to the episode to learn more from Ashutosh's wealth of experience and expertise in the SaaS space. #SaaSFromScratch #KalaariCapital #VaniKola

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How can startups get covered by media (outside of funding) . Michelle Kumar gives out some tips on Table Talk with Aishwarya Suresh and me

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Amazon-backed SaaS startup LeadSquared reported a marginal 0.73% YoY increase in its net loss to INR 162.24 Cr in FY24.

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🚨 Announcing Sortment We’ve been working on this for a bit now. And the cat is finally out of the bag. We’re expanding from checkout experience to broader "customer experience", from D2C brands to all B2C companies, from India to the world Sortment is “a next-generation marketing platform” There are three reasons why we are building Sortment Reason 1: Life of marketers is changing Whenever I walk into a local business, I get a warm and friendly feeling. This is almost impossible for a larger company to deliver Marketers in such companies who own “customer experience” are faced with a big challenge Users leave a lot of crumbs of data, be it when they browse products, raise support tickets, engage, or buy something Problem is this is too much data and sits in different silos The user still expects the brand to know all of this & be relevant in each experience they create, be it online or offline interactions With exponential rise in brands vying for shortening attention of users, this is not an easy problem to solve Sortment tries to solve exactly this I will let Ankit and Ishan share the other reasons (Link in the comments) To know more, check us out on https://sortment.com/

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AI-powered SaaS startup Clientell has raised $2.5 Mn in a seed round of funding led by Blume Ventures 👇 Founded in 2021, the Saahil Dhaka and Neil Sarkar-led startup helps businesses improve revenue generation efficiency by introducing AI copilots to boost their go-to-market (GTM) execution and optimise pipeline governance and forecasting. The Bengaluru-based startup claims to have helped growth-stage SaaS companies and large pharmaceutical companies make data-backed decisions and streamline their business strategies. Its primary users are the Chief Revenue Officers and Go-to-market leaders of the aforementioned companies. #fundraising #saas #startups

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