Riya Agarwal

Riya Agarwal explores where creators meet commerce and content meets growth at Hobo.Video. She decodes the power of UGC and digital branding. At FoundLanes, she tracks new business ideas, founder stories, Startup Case studies and India’s startup pulse. Basically? If it’s trending, scaling, or disrupting, she’s writing it.
She dives deep into what’s working and why in the creator economy. Her lens is sharp, her curiosity sharper. When she’s not writing, she’s probably bingeing YouTube ad breakdowns or decoding the next D2C wave.

Elevation Capital Buys 2.03 Lakh Wakefit Shares Pre-IPO

Just before Wakefit’s public market debut, Elevation Capital has acquired 2.03 lakh shares via secondary transaction at ₹1,600 per share, an investment worth ₹32.54 crore.

While Wakefit plans to raise ₹468 crore through fresh issuance and an Offer for Sale of 5.8 crore shares, Elevation isn’t selling a single share.

The message is clear: this isn’t short-term speculation. It’s long-term conviction.

With 117 stores on the roadmap and ₹971 crore in revenue over the first 9 months of FY25, Wakefit’s IPO is more than just a listing, it’s a signal of scale.

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Foxconn Gets Taiwan Nod for $2.2B India, US Push

Foxconn is doubling down on India and the US with a massive $2.2 billion investment.
$1.49B will go to India for a new smartphone parts plant, adding to its earlier iPhone production push.
New facilities are coming up in Tamil Nadu and near Bengaluru, with plans for 20 million units a year. They’re also entering semiconductors and batteries, building out a full tech ecosystem. Meanwhile, $735M is headed to the US for server and data center hardware.
A global shift is underway—and India’s at the center of it.

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