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Founded in 2015 by Rajesh Yabaji, Chanakya Hridaya and Ramasubramaniam, BlackBuck is an online trucking logistics platform that was started with a mission to re-imagine and simplify trucking, by matching shippers with truckers. It helps shippers organise trucks, have real-time visibility and have end-to-end freight management. The company claims that one in three trucks in India uses its services. Its customers include Coca Cola, Asian Paints, HUL and Tata Group.

Every Mamaearth product is tested by us and our children: Founders Varun and Ghazal Alagh

Founded in 2016 by husband-wife duo Varun and Ghazal Alagh, Mamaearth has emerged as one of the hottest new-age consumer brands in India, riding the direct-to-consumer wave, where brands sell to consumers directly from their website or via e-commerce platforms. It offers more than toxin-free, natural products, including bamboo-based baby wipes, face masks, lotions, and hair care products.While it started out with as a skincare startup focussed on baby care, it has expanded to adult categories in recent years, also stepping up its offline presence via distribution and dedicated stores. On the Bits to Billions show, Varun and Ghazal Alagh spoke about how their infant's skin condition inspired them to start up, how Mamaearth is coping with inflation, how every product is tested and plans for an India IPO

Schools are our karmabhoomi, tuitions are band aids: LEAD founders Sumeet Mehta & Smita Deorah

On this episode of Bits to Billions: The Unicorn Story, Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth catches up with edtech unicorn LEAD’s founders Sumeet Mehta and Smita Deorah. LEAD helps school classrooms use online learning tools and works with thousands of affordable private schools in Tier 2 and 3 cities, providing tech-based solutions to schools and teachers to improve learning outcomes for children. LEAD recently raised $100 million at a valuation of $1.1 billion, catapulting it to the coveted unicorn status

Bits to Billions | Naveen Tewari's 15 year startup marathon: From IIT Kanpur to building two unicorns- InMobi & Glance

It's been quite a startup marathon for Naveen Tewari who grew up in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in a family that was steeped in academia. While his father was a professor at IIT Kanpur, his grandmother was the first woman professor in the same institution. Tewari, himself a graduate of IIT Kanpur and Harvard Business School, had a professional stint at McKinsey before starting up. Naveen Tewari in fact is the founder of two unicorns- InMobi and Glance, a subsidiary of InMobi group that also owns the app Roposo. InMobi is the first unicorn to come out of India. In this episode of Bits to Billions, Tewari spoke to Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth on why many Indian unicorns face an existential crisis, the funding winter, why back to office is crucial and the future of live commerce.