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Ayanti Bera is a Senior Correspondent at The Financial Express, based in Bengaluru, India’s startup capital. With over a decade of experience in business journalism, she specialises in the high-growth sectors of startups, deep-tech, and consumer internet. Her reporting is characterised by a “mechanics-of-business” approach, often going beyond funding announcements…Read More
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Ayanti Bera is a Senior Correspondent at The Financial Express, based in Bengaluru, India’s startup capital. With over a decade of experience in business journalism, she specialises in the high-growth sectors of startups, deep-tech, and consumer internet. Her reporting is characterised by a “mechanics-of-business” approach, often going beyond funding announcements to investigate unit economics, regulatory hurdles, and long-term corporate sustainability.

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Ayanti Bera Industry Experience
  • Year of Experience: 10
  • Qualification, Degree/Other Achievements:

    Bachelor’s degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies from St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management specialising in Multimedia Journalism from Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.

  • Previous Experience:

    Before joining the Indian Express Group, she held key roles at:

    • Reuters: Where she covered global technology and corporate news, gaining a disciplined, data-first perspective.
    • Informist Media: Specialising in real-time financial news and the debt/equity markets.
    • The CapTable: Serving as a Staff Writer, where she developed a “keen eye” for the intricacies of investor ecosystems and new-age companies.

    Now at The Financial Express, she anchors the publication’s Bengaluru bureau, tracking the city’s most ambitious tech ventures from seed stage to IPO.

  • Industry Experience:

    Ayanti is a trusted voice for C-suite insights, known for her high-profile interviews with leaders such as Beerud Sheth (Gupshup), Madhusudan E (KreditBee), and Prashanth Prakash (Accel). Her reporting is frequently “exclusive,” breaking news on valuation markdowns (e.g., Fidelity’s 80% markdown of Gupshup) and large-scale corporate restructuring.

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Gaurav Singh Kushwaha is the Founder and CEO of BlueStone
Unexpected spark: How Gaurav Singh Kushwaha engraved tech into fine jewellery

An outsider’s eye, an engineer’s mind — and a jewellery business built from scratch

By Ayanti Bera
June 7, 2026 21:41 IST
Puneet Agarwal, co-founder and CEO, Moneyview
FE Best Bank Awards 2026: Moneyview named best fintech-lending platform

Moneyview has built a profitable business by going into smaller cities, thinner files and faster growth

By Ayanti Bera
June 6, 2026 01:22 IST
Dominance Amid Delay: How PhonePe is Building a Financial Empire While its IPO Waits
FE Best Bank Awards 2026: PhonePe named best fintech payment platform

From pioneering UPI adoption to building a full-stack fin services ecosystem, PhonePe is playing a long game

By Ayanti Bera
June 5, 2026 06:00 IST
Sabyasachi Goswami, CEO of Perfios
Perfios named best fintech regulatory tech

Perfios is quietly becoming the technology backbone of India’s financial system

By Ayanti Bera
Updated: June 7, 2026 08:30 IST
From losses to profits: Oyo’s strategy reset begins to pay off

Oyo reported FY25 profit growth and its twelfth consecutive Ebitda-positive quarter as premiumisation, global expansion and cost controls strengthened profitability…

By Ayanti Bera
Updated: June 3, 2026 19:54 IST
Beyond Order Execution: VCs Bank on AI Brokerages Like Sahi and Trackk to Guide 50 Million New Traders
VCs back new-age brokers betting on investor guidance

Startups target Gen Z users, active traders and AI-led discovery as incumbents dominate market access

By Ayanti Bera
June 1, 2026 01:15 IST
IndiQube Targets Premium Tier-1 Micro Markets
IndiQube bets on deeper play in tier-1 micro markets

Flexible workspace provider IndiQube is focusing 80% of its growth on high-demand tier-1 micro markets like Bengaluru and Mumbai.

By Ayanti Bera
May 22, 2026 00:13 IST
Siddharth Bhagat, Director - Beauty, Amazon India 
‘Over 50% of premium beauty demand coming from tier 2/3 cities’: Siddharth Bhagat, Director – Beauty, Amazon India 

Amazon India is aggressively expanding its premium beauty portfolio by adding 100 international brands. Driven by social media discovery and…

By Ayanti Bera
May 21, 2026 17:19 IST
Rahul Guha, MD & CEO API Holdings
‘Expect PBT break-even for the group co by Q4 FY27’: Rahul Guha, MD & CEO API Holdings 

API Holdings CEO Rahul Guha discusses the group’s roadmap to profitability, highlighting PharmEasy’s recent monthly break-even and Thyrocare’s 50% PAT…

By Ayanti Bera
Updated: May 9, 2026 17:08 IST
SEBI Proposes Dollar Bonds and Tax-Saving Instruments for Online Platforms to Boost Retail Debt Participation
OBPPs see slow uptake for proposed bond expansion

SEBI’s new consultation paper suggests allowing Online Bond Platform Providers (OBPPs) to offer overseas-listed bonds and Section 54EC tax-saving bonds.

By Ayanti Bera
May 8, 2026 18:06 IST
Ram Shriram’s Next Orbit: Google’s Early Backer Propels Skyroot as India’s First Space-Tech Unicorn
From Google to Skyroot, Ram Shriram backs another frontier bet

Early Google investor now finds himself linked to India’s first private space unicorn

By Ayanti Bera
May 7, 2026 17:52 IST
Vaibhav Gupta CEO Udaan
‘We expect net profitability in 18 months’: Vaibhav Gupta, CEO, Udaan

Udaan CEO Vaibhav Gupta reveals the strategic pivot that helped the B2B giant cut EBITDA burn by 40% in FY26.

By Ayanti Bera
Updated: May 4, 2026 15:53 IST
Former Swiggy CTO’s trading app Sahi raises $33 million

Trading startup Sahi raises $33 million in Series B funding led by Accel as it scales AI-driven tools and expands…

By Ayanti Bera
April 29, 2026 16:50 IST
V3 Ventures to invest Rs 300 crore annually in consumer startups
V3 Ventures to invest Rs 300 crore annually in consumer startups

The firm, which invests from seed to Series A, deployed about Rs 250 crore last year across 12 companies.

By Ayanti Bera
April 25, 2026 05:56 IST
Pixxel targets 100-satellite capacity in next one year

Pixxel plans to scale satellite manufacturing capacity to 100 units as demand for hyperspectral data grows, while exploring fresh funding…

By Ayanti Bera
Updated: April 23, 2026 14:26 IST
Sirona charts recovery path after founder-led buyback
Sirona charts recovery path after founder-led buyback

In FY25, Sirona’s revenue from operations declined from Rs 100 crore to Rs 77 crore, with market share eroding across…

By Ayanti Bera
April 22, 2026 11:42 IST
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RBI’s proposed digital payments fraud safeguards face pushback: Industry presents alternatives to blanket transaction limits

Industry stakeholders have proposed risk-based alternatives to RBI’s draft UPI fraud safeguards, warning that blanket cooling-off periods and transaction limits…

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April 20, 2026 22:45 IST
The original arbitrage opportunity has, in effect, shifted – from price differences between exchanges to access gaps across investors.
Exclusive | Big Idea: Arbitrage to access

From spotting manual inefficiencies to building a scaled retail platform, Upstox’s journey tracks India’s shift to digital market access.

By Ayanti Bera
April 20, 2026 13:46 IST
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