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From Burn To Breakdown: 25 Startups That Shut Down In 2025

This is the India-specific companion to the theory: a plain accounting of 25 Indian startups that folded in 2025, with the actual reasons (capital crunch, weak unit economics, losses that outran revenue growth, an inability to raise the next round). It makes the growth-at-any-cost and discount-driven trap concrete with names like Otipy, BharatAgri, and Blip. Useful for founders building in India who want to see how these mistakes play out here, not just in a Silicon Valley essay.

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