Sayani Bhattacharjee

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𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔, 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒁𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒐 𝑴𝒊𝒙-𝑼𝒑! 🎂 Clicked on the Bedroom → Pillows section expecting soft, cozy options, instead was greeted with balloons, banners and party poppers! Looks like Zepto is redefining comfort by adding a festive twist to my bedroom shopping experience. Zepto you’re definitely keeping things interesting but can’t wait to see those comfy pillows back where they belong! #ProductManagement #UserExperience #Zepto #TechQuirks

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Damn. Zepto is at it again, set to raise yet another huge funding round 💰 This time, they're pulling in $310M at a boosted valuation of $5B. And get this - it's happening barely a month after their $665M Series F… So what’s driving this funding? ➝ Expansion and Competition: Zepto's gearing up to take on the big players like Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart, and newcomer Flipkart Minutes. This cash injection is their "ammunition" in the quick-commerce battleground. ➝ Aggressive Growth: Zepto's aiming to set up 700 dark stores by March 2025, up from the roughly 250 they have today./ ➝ Market Share Push: While they have an impressive Gross Order Value (GOV) of $1.5B, they are still chasing market leaders like Blinkit, which has a GOV of roughly $2.3B. ➝ Product Explosion: Zepto's product range is expanding quickly, jumping from 3,000 to 10,000 SKUs, so logically, they need money to support this expansion ➝ Supersized Stores: Bigger is better, right? Zepto's new dark stores are set to grow from 3,500 to 4,000 square feet. More space = more products = more $$$. That's all well and good, but what's really interesting to me is their funding frequency: they are raising capital every six months on average… The most obvious reason for this raise? IPO prep. CEO Aadit Palicha's playing the long game, viewing this as a "balance sheet building exercise" for their upcoming IPO. This funding round will also increase Zepto's valuation to $5 billion, a 40% jump from its last round just over a month ago, potentially positioning it better for a better IPO (or maybe another fundraise, depending on the markets). --- Thanks for reading! If you found this breakdown informative, there's more where that came from: ➝ Follow me here for regular updates and insights. ➝ Don't miss out on Up n' Running - your daily dose of Indian market breakdowns. Subscribe now to stay in the loop! https://lnkd.in/gfVRTF8W

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Customer Testimonial - Kuku FM (Series C, ~$70 Million Funded) KukuFM calls CodeAnt AI (YC W24) a game-changing innovation in streamlining their code review process. As a leader in India’s audio storytelling, KukuFM offers exclusive audiobooks and premium content to millions. They trust CodeAnt AI to help developers save time on reviewing code's intent, quality and security issues. CodeAnt AI summarizes each pull request, flagging code quality and security issues within 30 seconds of creation. What sets us apart? With 20,000+ out-of-the-box code quality checks across 30+ languages, our AI catches even the trickiest edge cases. Special thanks to Aman Bapna for championing our journey! 🙌 Want to try it? Get 7-days free trial - link is in the comments below. #AI #AICodeReview #CyberSecurity #codequality #cleancode #KukuFM #CodeAntAI #GameChanger

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My social team asked my opinion on evergreen offers for BFCM…but really I have no opinion on it at all. There's a lesson here: Founders have so much pressure to have strong or controversial takes on everything, but not everything needs 137 opinions. I’m happy to let people with skin in the game take this one. For opinions, please see: Barry Hott: “If you make ads that only follow current content trends, the shelf life will be shorter, but if you make powerful evergreen ads, they can live longer. David Herrmann: “Just run your evergreen ads.” Alex Cooper: “Make offer ads. But keep making evergreen ads. Good evergreen ads can and will still work during promotional periods.” Kody Nordquist: “Tips for BFCM- Test evergreen ads. Test evergreen ads with a banner. Test best performing landing pages throughout the year.” TL;DR - people I respect say evergreen ads sound like the move :) Tag anyone I'm missing. 🫡

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I am happy to announce that Nector has partnered with LimeChat, the leading WhatsApp journeys app! This integration unlocks a powerful new way for Shopify brands to engage customers through personalized WhatsApp conversations. Here's what this means for you: Deeper customer connections: Build stronger relationships through personalized, two-way conversations on WhatsApp, the most popular messaging platform globally. Enhanced engagement: Drive loyalty and repeat purchases with targeted campaigns and automated journeys triggered by customer behavior in your Shopify store. Seamless experience: Manage your customer loyalty program and WhatsApp communication within the familiar Limechat interface. This partnership will benefit Shopify brands looking to leverage the power of conversational commerce. We're excited to see how you'll use this integration to take your customer relationships to the next level! Aniket Bajpai Nikhil Gupta Ayush Shukla Avinash Kanive Triyon Sengupta #Nector #Limechat #Shopify #CustomerLoyalty #ConversationalCommerce If you are looking for quick workflows & templates you can check out: https://nector.io/e-books

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Email outreach is far from dead! At BotMast we were all in on WhatsApp for conversions, believing it to be the go-to channel across industries. But here’s the surprise we realised that in certain sectors, email marketing has outshined not just WhatsApp, but pretty much all other channels too! I genuinely feel that the magic lies in personalized emails and specifically when they’re tailored right, they deliver amazing results. And the best part? We’ve taken it a step further by automating the entire process. From scraping data to crafting personalised mails and sending out thousands of emails at scale—effortlessly. This discovery has been a game-changer, and it’s opened our eyes to the untapped potential of email outreach. #EmailMarketing #LeadGeneration #Automation #DigitalOutreach

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Who says small team can't build kickass product These folks #engineered the product grounds-up in 7 months and shaped it for commercial launch! #Culture in the team: 1. No one is manager - every engineer has authority to act like a product owner and design think the product design before the build. 2. Nothing is offered on plate - everyone builds the feature grounds-up and nothing is offered on plate (epic, user story, user experience playbooks). Feature direction is given, how to get that to the end is what they have to think and deliver 3. Own it - if a feature is picked, that engineer will own end to end, rather than bouncing or breaking the feature between multiple folks. Own the complete feature lifecycle from the concept to production 4. Learn fast - no one is perfect but everyone need to set quarterly benchmark of what's next (skills!). Learn on the job and learn it fast. Mono-skill will not work, engineer need to be full stack! 5. Deliver fast / Velocity - sprints cycles are reduced from 2 weeks to a week, and they have to thrive in that delivery velocity. Constantly challenge the velocity and self-evolve. It's okay, you might mess up here and there, but you will learn and evolve fast. 6. Be friends - you are not here as employees, you are here as cult, a force, as bonded friends who can look after each other. Share workloads, share problems, share success! 7. ZERO politics - speak up openly !  Without connected, high velocity team, nothing meaningful can be achieved. #proud

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🌟 Our Journey So Far 🌟 It's been 2 months since we launched our fintech app (SimpliFin), and what a journey it has been! 🚀 We've learned so much about how people invest and manage their finances, and it's been incredibly insightful. From day one, our goal was to help users create a smart investment strategy that works for them. We've seen a diverse range of investment styles and preferences, and each user's journey has taught us something new. 📈 🔹 Here are a few key takeaways: - Educational Content: Users highly value the educational resources we've provided. This has motivated us to create more in-depth content and investment guides to help you make informed decisions. - Feature Requests: Users want more insights into which credit cards to pick based on their lifestyle. Additionally, many users have asked for the ability to get a pre-configured portfolio based on their profile to make investing even easier. - User Feedback: Many users have already saved some amount for their goals, and they've asked us to factor this into our recommendations. We're working on incorporating this feedback to provide more personalized advice. We’re excited about the future and continuously working to improve the app based on your feedback. Your journey and success are what drive us every day. 🙌 If you haven't already, we'd love for you to give our app a try and let us know what you think. Your insights and experiences are invaluable to us as we strive to make investing smarter and easier for everyone. Thank you for being part of our journey. Together, let's make smart investing a reality for all! 💡📊 Download the App today: * Google Play Store - https://lnkd.in/eS2cDS5e * Apple App Store - https://lnkd.in/grJ5QbJX #Fintech #Investing #SmartInvesting #FinancialFreedom #TechInnovation #StartupJourney #Simplifin

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Arjun Vijay Imagine ordering a Dosa Pan at 00:45 AM because your old ones handle broke, or a Mixer Grinder at 6:45 AM when your current one suddenly malfunctions. Picture yourself needing a mosquito bat in a remote Airbnb late at night, or the convenience of having 10kg bags of rice delivered straight to your door without carrying the carts to parking lot neither carrying in lifts, not to mention daily grocery runs and last-minute orders of socks or underwear before heading to outstation. These are all my real experiences, showing how quick commerce is set to completely transform traditional e-commerce. The new era has already begun, and it's just a matter of time before everyone catches up.

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We just dropped a new feature where you can turn your whatsapp conversations with customers into content. If you're like me, a lot of the times when explaining things to customers in chat, you realise that hey actually this could be a good post. Now with Cleve, turning that into a post is as easy as: 1/ Screenshot it 2/ Add it as an image to Cleve 3/ Click Generate I've included a step by step guide in the carousel below 👇 So yes, Cleve now has Vision capabilities - it can read your images, derive additional context and understand what's going on. This takes us one step closer to our goal of becoming the second brain for content creation. Btw I cannot express how cool this feels and I'm really glad we managed to figure this out. Since launching it I've been personally dropping all kinds of images into Cleve recently to repurpose. Event pics, chat screenshots, IG stories screenshots, comments on posts, etc. It can be really surprising to see what Cleve comes up with. For a limited time, we're making this available on the free tier. Play around with it and let me know what you think :) ♻️ Repost if you find this helpful

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🚀 🚀 🚀 Zepto Bags $665 Million in Funding, Doubling Valuation to $3.6 Billion: Quick Commerce Battle Intensifies 🚀 🚀 🚀 Zepto has recently secured a whopping $665 million in a new funding round, more than doubling its valuation to $3.6 billion post-money. This significant influx of capital sets the stage for an intensifying battle in the quick commerce sector, with Zepto poised to go head-to-head with formidable rivals such as Zomato -owned Blinkit , the public-markets-bound Swiggy Instamart, and Tata Digital – owned bigbasket.com , all of which are aggressively scaling their operations. In a recent CNBC-TV18 Interview Aadit Palicha, Co-Founder & CEO of Zepto, delved into their growth blueprint and future plans. ✒️ Key Takeaways from the interview: 1️⃣ Strategic Investments: The new funding will be strategically deployed to enhance Zepto’s technological capabilities, expand its geographic footprint, and streamline its delivery infrastructure to offer even faster and more reliable services to customers. 2️⃣ Competitive Edge: Palicha emphasized Zepto’s focus on innovation and customer satisfaction as the core pillars driving their rapid growth. By leveraging advanced analytics and a robust supply chain network, Zepto aims to stay ahead of the competition in the highly competitive quick commerce market. 3️⃣ Future Outlook: Looking ahead, Zepto is committed to continually improving its service offerings, expanding into new markets, and maintaining its growth trajectory. The company’s strategic roadmap includes further investment in cutting-edge technology and partnerships to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience. #QuickCommerceWars #FundingFrenzy #BillionDollarValuation #BattleOfTheGiants #IntenseCompetition #ScalingUpFast #MarketDisruption #TechInvestments #EvolvingEcosystem

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Meet Savio Martin & Aaditya Nalawade. Two 17-year-old young builders. Their app just went viral helping them make $10,000 in just 2 days. Within a week, they are now at $17,000 Monthly Recurring Revenue. How did they do this? A simple formula = A solid Consumer AI product (app/website) + Hyper-growth marketing with TikTok & Instagram. Savio & Aaditya spent some quality time understanding a market. They then noticed a problem they could solve in the beauty industry through AI. They built out Glow AI, An AI beauty coach that helps you get personalized beauty plans, and partnered with top content creators in the same space to help promote their app. As soon as they launched, these content creators promoted Glow AI on their platform with millions of followers, helping them reach to $10,000 in MRR in just 2 days. In return, these content creators got a % of the revenue. This same model can be replicated for self-generated content. This same formula has helped many folks like: - Arib Khan: who’s building a portfolio of apps through 24labs.ai (Crayo- $6 million ARR, Musicfy - $1.5 million ARR) - Declan Gessel, Derrick Cai, & Phillip Fernandez: who are also building a portfolio of apps through Slam.Ventures (Jotbot.ai - $400k in sales) I’m soon publishing an article about the new wave of Consumer AI apps. So, stay tuned! If you are a young builder working on building a Consumer AI product, DM me. We at LocalHost would love to fund you! I’m personally working on a project in this space, so if you’d like to collaborate hit me up!

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Just updated the setting to display most recent posts by default on my LinkedIn feed. Things got interesting and posts with low or no likes have started showing up. https://lnkd.in/dJhGygMz

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Zepto is not only a 10 min grocery delivery platform,but also a 1 week feature delivery platform. a genuine conversation between a po and an engineer... po: X feature needs to be developed and delivered how much time do you require?🤠 Developer: At least 1 month of dev🙂 Po: ek week dega😌, and yes it is QA include 😗. ps: learning on peak and feature delivery speed is god level 🙏.

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🚀 Swiggy's IPO DRHP is a gold mine of data 📊 Average Order Value (AOV): Swiggy Food Delivery: ₹428 Instamart: ₹460 Dineout: ₹3,129 📈 User Growth & Engagement: 112.73 million users have transacted on Swiggy's platform as of June 30, 2024. Monthly Transacting Users (MTUs) for Food Delivery and Quick Commerce continue to rise, hitting 15.99 million in Q1 FY25 Swiggy One membership (5.7 million members) shows an impressive 7.4x order frequency, nearly double the platform average of 4.5x. 💼 Operational Scale: Swiggy works with 223,671 monthly transacting restaurant partners and 457,249 monthly transacting delivery partners, reflecting its massive operational scale and reach. Active Dark Stores increased to 557, supporting the Quick Commerce business and ensuring rapid deliveries.

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If you can’t think of systems that are effective in both b2b and b2c, here are a few l have found usable : 1. Reiterations - As a b2c business, you focus so much on iterating. (We see it daily on instagram, zomato etc.), so why not for the b2b businesses as well? - You can work on reiterating the features based on surveys and calls. 2. Daily stand ups - Every company needs it. No, I’d say every person needs it. You need accountability. For me, they play a role of clarity - where I set my agenda to work. It has a tainted reputation, but it is build for the right purpose. 3. Talk more ‘In Retrospective’ - Meaningless meetings are a big no. But when you launch a feature AND have some data, sitting down with your team is important to talk about what worked and what didn’t. #b2b #b2c #agilemethods

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The Co-founder of Snapdeal | AceVector Group and Titan Capital - Kunal Bahl introduced the term 'Indicorns' At #TechSparks2024, challenging the obsession with #unicorns in India. He critiqued how the startup definition has become synonymous with a 'mythical creature'- an idea shaped in Silicon Valley, not by India’s realities. 'Why unicorn? Why $1 billion? No one truly knows,' he remarked, the definition of startup has become the mythical creature nobody has seen before & the terminology someone has defined in west someone in sillicon valley that is not ours! We as country India not in fragile state & we are strong foundation, not fragile ecosystem. He emphasized the need to celebrate what is authentically Indian - our successes, built on our own benchmarks, rather than adopting metrics and terms from the West. Why should our milestones be measured in another’s currency, or by foreign standards? It’s time for new terminology that resonates with India's startup ecosystem and its unique realities. The term 'Indicorn' defines a company with ₹100 crore in revenue, in the last 15 years and profitable. He argued that while aiming for billion-dollar valuations may seem unrealistic for many startups founders when they are doing 10 , 20 lacs or even 1 cr revenue imagining what bilion dollar valuation company will take them to build is unreal & you just dont know what will it take , what is the framework! But building a company with ₹100 crore revenue and which is profitable is not only achievable but also a more meaningful measure of success. Reaching this milestone, he assured, means creating a lasting, enduring company - one that is not reliant on the whims of investors and third-party opinions. He urged the Indian startup community to embrace the idea of Indicorns, not Unicorns, and to become ambassadors of this new paradigm - one that reflects the true spirit and strength of India's entrepreneurial ecosystem. YourStory Media Shradha Sharma Indicorns #IndianEntrepreneurship #CelebrateIndianSuccess #BuildInIndia #IndiaFirst #HomegrownInnovation #100CroreClub #ProfitableGrowth #LocalBenchmarks

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