MUMBAI, 13th October, 2025 – Dezerv, a technology-driven wealth management platform, today announced ₹350 crore in Series C funding, bringing its total capital raised to over ₹850 crore. The all-primary round was backed entirely by Dezerv’s existing marquee investors —…
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Some industries collapse quietly. The music business didn’t. In 1999, it was worth $22 billion. Fifteen years later, piracy had gutted its revenues by 40%. The internet made music free, and global box office earnings were double the size of…