Correspondent

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी

Startups correspondent

Meera Joshi covers Indian startups and the people who own them. Not starstruck. Unmoved by unicorn talk.

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Workers stacking green plastic produce crates under a tin-roof mandi shed with tomatoes visible, early morning haze and wet concrete floor, a handheld device clipped to one crate, no logos or readable text

Ninjacart Closes Seed Milestone on Mandi Crate Temperature Tags for Karnataka Tomato Cooperatives

Ninjacart hit a seed-linked milestone funding mandi crate temperature tags for Karnataka tomato cooperatives, tying Bluetooth probes on collection-centre pallets to spoilage alerts before loads reach Bengaluru retailers.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 19, 2026India

A cramped kirana back office with a desktop PC, paper GST folders and a thermal printer on a metal desk, afternoon light through a barred window, dusty shelves of cartons behind, no logos or readable text

Startups

CredFlow Bengaluru Closes Seed on GST E-Invoice Reconciliation for Kirana Chains

CredFlow Bengaluru closed a seed round to reconcile GST e-invoice IRNs with kirana POS ledgers, pitching nightly matchers that flag cancelled IRNs before distributors cut credit lines to small chains.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 19, 2026India