Bengaluru Startup Funding 2025 Guide
Raising capital for a startup in Bengaluru in 2025 is a different exercise from what it was three years ago. The market has corrected, investor expectations have tightened and the founders who are closing rounds are the ones who come prepared with real financial models, clear unit economics and a genuine understanding of what investors […]
Colonial Architecture of Bengaluru
Bengaluru’s colonial period began in earnest in 1799 when British forces captured Seringapatam, the capital of Tipu Sultan’s kingdom and extended their administrative control across the former Mysore territory. The city they encountered was already a substantial settlement with a well organised market district, a stone fort, a botanical garden of considerable scientific interest and […]
Malleshwaram Neighbourhood Guide
There are parts of Bangalore that feel like they were designed for the city’s present. Malleshwaram feels like it was designed for its residents. That is a distinction worth holding onto as you walk through it. It explains why the neighbourhood works the way it does and why people who grew up there carry it […]
Bangalore’s Best Seasonal Hill Stations
Bangalore’s position on the Deccan Plateau means it sits at the edge of a landscape that changes dramatically as you move toward the Western Ghats. Within 60 to 200 kilometers of the city, you move from the flat, open plateau into ranges of hills covered in coffee, spice, and mixed forests. This geography makes Bangalore […]
Bangalore Food Culture and Why the City’s Diverse Tastes Matter
Bangalore has always been a city that resists easy definitions. It is a place where a software engineer from Chennai shares a lunch table with a garment worker from North Karnataka. A Malayali breakfast joint sits two doors down from a Punjabi dhaba and the food on any given street tells you more about the […]
Bengaluru Remains the Top Choice for India’s Tech Talent
Ask any startup founder in India what their single biggest operational challenge is and the answer is almost always the same. Finding and keeping the right people is the priority. Bengaluru has spent three decades building an answer to that problem at a scale no other Indian city has matched. With over 400,000 software engineers […]
Kempe Gowda I the architect of early Bengaluru
The name Kempegowda appears across Bengaluru with remarkable frequency. It is found on the international airport, on major roads, on public squares and on institutional buildings across the city. For many of the millions of residents and visitors who encounter this name daily, it registers only as a geographical marker or a label attached to […]
A Guide to the Koramangala Neighbourhood
Koramangala has one of the loudest reputations of any neighbourhood in Bangalore. It gets written about constantly in coverage of India’s startup ecosystem, mentioned in every conversation about where young professionals want to live and photographed endlessly along its food streets. That volume of attention has made it easy to mistake the reputation for the […]
Bangalore’s 10 Best Places for Every Traveler
Bangalore holds more variety within its boundaries than most Indian cities of comparable size. In the space of a single day you can walk through a 250-year-old botanical garden, visit a Dravidian style temple, browse contemporary art in a heritage mansion and end the evening at a rooftop restaurant overlooking the city’s lights. The 10 […]
Top Bengaluru Neighbourhoods for IT Professionals in 2026
Choosing where to live in Bengaluru is one of the most consequential decisions you will make when you move to the city. It determines how much you pay in rent, how long you spend on the road every day and whether you come home energised or exhausted. Bengaluru has grown in several directions at once […]