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Zappfresh beat bigger rivals to the stock market. So, why won’t investors bite?

Zappfresh may have beaten online meat rivals Licious and FreshToHome to the public markets. But its undersubscribed SME IPO reveals deeper cracks in India’s startup funding landscape and the fragility of India’s online meat sector.

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Zappfresh beat bigger rivals to the stock market. So, why won’t investors bite?

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Zappfresh beat bigger rivals to the stock market. So, why won’t investors bite?

Zappfresh may have beaten online meat rivals Licious and FreshToHome to the public markets. But its undersubscribed SME IPO reveals deeper cracks in India’s startup funding landscape and the fragility of India’s online meat sector.

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