Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=q8IynpXsoRu Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Can Skyroot Aerospace Win the Global Space Business?? - Indian Startups News 323 [B6kUUcJLjAl] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT - 📲 Download the Finanjo App to track your subscriptions, split payments, and now - book a free 1-on-1 consultation with a loan expert through our new 'Borrow' feature. Skyroot Just Made India the 3rd Country to Reach Orbit With a Private Rocket 🚀 This week: Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram 1 launch, Ashneer Grover's new fintech bet, the quick commerce discount wars, Zerodha's big move into investment banking, and this week's funding roundup. Skyroot's Orbital Breakthrough Last week, a rocket lifted off from Sriharikota — and it wasn't ISRO. Skyroot Aerospace became the first private Indian company to reach Earth's orbit, making India only the third country after the US and China to pull this off with a private rocket. We break down how a 2020 policy shift opened up India's space sector to private players, how Skyroot's four-stage Vikram 1 stacks up against SpaceX's early rockets, and why the company's next challenge — turning engineering success into commercial contracts — might be even harder than the launch itself. Plus: what Vikram 2 (3x the payload capacity) means for Skyroot's 2027 roadmap. Ashneer Grover's Next Venture After ZeroPe, Ashneer Grover is back with Fund My Staff — a platform where employers act as guarantors for their employees' personal loans. We look at the real problem this is trying to solve, especially for blue-collar workers locked out of formal credit. Quick Commerce & Fintech News Eternal CEO Albinder Dhindsa says the quick commerce discount wars may be nearing their limit Zerodha files for a Category-I merchant banking licence, stepping into SBI Capital Markets and Kotak Investment Banking territory BigBasket scales back from 76 cities to ~40 as it retreats from the quick commerce fight This Week's Funding Roundup ($173M total) SolarSquare (rooftop solar) — $53M Series C, backed by MS Dhoni's family office Veriqus (wealthtech for financial advisors) — ~$40.1M Plazza (instant medicine delivery) — $15M Series A Carpl.ai (AI for radiology/medical imaging) — $10M Series A 🔔 Subscribe to Backstage with Millionaires for weekly deep dives into Indian startups, business case studies, and the stories behind India's biggest founders. 📌 Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 00:45 Skyroot's Historic Orbital Launch 05:32 – Ashneer Grover's Fund My Staff 07:25 – Quick News Items 09:00 – This Week's Funding News #Skyroot #IndianStartups #StartupNews #ISRO #Fintech #QuickCommerce #VentureCapital UrpW8foy8sf KqeSJHLpkrx dlmUhwbOUrZ hMgm6YKI6Hy Bbh9UaZfcnj fKykVRn9VKa
- 📲 Download the Finanjo App to track your subscriptions, split payments, and now - book a free 1-on-1 consultation with a loan expert through our new 'Borrow' feature. Skyroot Just Made India the 3rd Country to Reach Orbit With a Private Rocket 🚀 This week: Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram 1 launch, Ashneer Grover's new fintech bet, the quick commerce discount wars, Zerodha's big move into investment banking, and this week's funding roundup. Skyroot's Orbital Breakthrough Last week, a rocket lifted off from Sriharikota — and it wasn't ISRO. Skyroot Aerospace became the first private Indian company to reach Earth's orbit, making India only the third country after the US and China to pull this off with a private rocket. We break down how a 2020 policy shift opened up India's space sector to private players, how Skyroot's four-stage Vikram 1 stacks up against SpaceX's early rockets, and why the company's next challenge — turning engineering success into commercial contracts — might be even harder than the launch itself. Plus: what Vikram 2 (3x the payload capacity) means for Skyroot's 2027 roadmap. Ashneer Grover's Next Venture After ZeroPe, Ashneer Grover is back with Fund My Staff — a platform where employers act as guarantors for their employees' personal loans. We look at the real problem this is trying to solve, especially for blue-collar workers locked out of formal credit. Quick Commerce & Fintech News Eternal CEO Albinder Dhindsa says the quick commerce discount wars may be nearing their limit Zerodha files for a Category-I merchant banking licence, stepping into SBI Capital Markets and Kotak Investment Banking territory BigBasket scales back from 76 cities to ~40 as it retreats from the quick commerce fight This Week's Funding Roundup ($173M total) SolarSquare (rooftop solar) — $53M Series C, backed by MS Dhoni's family office Veriqus (wealthtech for financial advisors) — ~$40.1M Plazza (instant medicine delivery) — $15M Series A Carpl.ai (AI for radiology/medical imaging) — $10M Series A 🔔 Subscribe to Backstage with Millionaires for weekly deep dives into Indian startups, business case studies, and the stories behind India's biggest founders. 📌 Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 00:45 Skyroot's Historic Orbital Launch 05:32 – Ashneer Grover's Fund My Staff 07:25 – Quick News Items 09:00 – This Week's Funding News #Skyroot #IndianStartups #StartupNews #ISRO #Fintech #QuickCommerce #VentureCapital UrpW8foy8sf KqeSJHLpkrx dlmUhwbOUrZ hMgm6YKI6Hy Bbh9UaZfcnj fKykVRn9VKa