India
Sep 15, 2025
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18 min read
Fake growth. Unpaid creators. $120M dream gone.
Jul 6, 2025
23 min read
How BYJU'S went from $22B to $0 after spending $2.5B on acquisitions, taking $1.2B loan, and $533 million of the loan went missing...
May 18, 2025
20 min read
How BluSmart went from the biggest EV ride-hailing platform to the biggest financial scandal in India
May 11, 2025
Spoiler: Debt was just the finale. The real mistake started much earlier...
Apr 13, 2025
16 min read
How WeTrade became WeCrash in just 14 months
Apr 6, 2025
You taught us how not to “Dunzo it”
Feb 2, 2025
How FrontRow mistook a short-term trend for real demand
Dec 8, 2024
14 min read
How Muvin's big bet on UPI failed because of regulatory changes
Nov 17, 2024
15 min read
How Kenko Health died due to Indian bureaucracy (an insurance license that's almost impossible to get)
Nov 10, 2024
How GoMechanic collapsed after investors found out they fabricated financial records (that went unnoticed for 2 years)
Oct 6, 2024
How Greenikk died because of fake PMF (it was too late to pivot)
Sep 29, 2024
How ShopX lost the game and went from $100M to bankruptcy
Sep 15, 2024
How Yumist got cooked in India despite raising $3M in funding
Aug 11, 2024
How StayZilla went from 18,000 to 0 listings (a $34M mistake)
Jul 28, 2024
Why Bluelearn returns 70% of capital to investors (after raising $4M)
Jul 14, 2024
13 min read
How ZestMoney went from $450M to $0
Jul 7, 2024
How Lido Learning went bust after raising $23.5 million, 1,200 employees laid off, investors lost money, and customers felt cheated.
Apr 14, 2024
11 min read
Here's why Lumos, the IoT startup, failed in less than a year...