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6 resources from yourstory.com we point founders to, and the questions each answers.

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India Free Intermediate

Why we picked it A rare look at the actual acquisition criteria one of India's top roll-ups uses, straight from the source - the closest thing to a checklist for whether your brand is roll-up-ready.

What D2C Brands Aggregator GlobalBees Looks For In A Startup To Invest

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  • GlobalBees targets digital-first brands with $1M-$20M in revenue across personal care, home, beauty, food, lifestyle.
  • Founded 2021 by Nitin Agarwal, New Delhi-based, reached unicorn status within a year.
  • Evaluates brands on growth potential plus how well shared category infrastructure could accelerate them.
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India Free Beginner

Why we picked it The single best overview comparing GlobalBees, Mensa Brands, Upscalio and Evenflow side by side - the fastest way to understand the competitive landscape of Indian roll-ups before deciding who to talk to.

How These Startups Are Using the Thrasio Model to Help D2C Brands Scale

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  • GlobalBees and Mensa Brands both achieved unicorn status within a year of launch.
  • Multiple well-funded roll-ups compete for the same pool of profitable D2C brands in India.
  • Each roll-up has slightly different category and stage preferences worth matching to your brand.
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India Free Intermediate

Why we picked it A real Indian founder story showing the private-label-to-own-manufacturing decision in action, when the couple couldn't find a clean/vegan skincare maker, they built the capability themselves.

This D2C Couple Built Their Own Factory After Failing to Find a Manufacturer

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  • A thin supplier base can be a product opportunity
  • When to stop searching and build capability
  • The economics of owning vs outsourcing manufacturing
  • Grounded Indian D2C context, not generic theory
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India Free Beginner

Why we picked it Puts GetVantage, Klub, Velocity and other Indian RBF players side by side, which is exactly the comparison a founder needs before picking a lender rather than defaulting to whichever one ran a LinkedIn ad at them.

5 Revenue-Based Financing Platforms Enabling Early-Stage Startups

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  • RBF lets founders raise capital by pledging a percentage of future revenue, no equity given up.
  • Different platforms specialise by ticket size, sector and disbursal speed.
  • Repayment is tied directly to sales performance, not a fixed EMI schedule.
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India Free Beginner

Why we picked it The origin-story companion to the tactical playbook, it shows the insight behind a 'Made in India, for the world' brand (India exports great tea in bulk at single-digit margins; owning the brand captures the value) that any founder weighing export should internalize. URL marked unverified: the page is live but blocks automated fetches.

How a Delhi Entrepreneur Built Vahdam, an Indian Tea Brand That Sells to the World

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  • Vahdam's wedge: build the missing homegrown brand instead of exporting in bulk
  • Digital-first, D2C-led global model with no channel spillage
  • Roughly half of revenue comes from the US, showing what a focused first market can become
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India Free Intermediate

Why we picked it The real story of one of India's leading sustainable packaging suppliers, useful both as a supplier lead and as a case study in what 'sustainable' actually costs and scales to.

Sustainable Packaging Provider Bambrew Readies for the Next Phase

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  • Bambrew supplies plastic alternatives to Amazon, Flipkart and more
  • India's biodegradable packaging market is growing fast
  • A real Indian sustainable-packaging vendor, not just a trend piece
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