कोशिश गोल्ड - मुक्त

Tech firms tap services for reach, products for profit

Mint New Delhi

|

November 20, 2025

Urban Co, MyGate, HealthifyMe, Paytm rely on service-linked products to drive repeat use

- Sakshi Sadashiv

Tech firms tap services for reach, products for profit

These new-age technology companies are building large service-driven user bases and monetizing them through higher-margin hardware and product lines.

(REUTERS)

Quick commerce made Swiggy and Zomato indispensable, while electric vehicles gave Ola a clear purpose. Now, the next wave of Indian tech startups—Urban Company, MyGate, HealthifyMe, Paytm, and others—are adopting a similar template: providing services for reach, but selling products to make money.

But, without the depth of legacy players, the platforms are starting small, relying on the still-evolving service-attach model to drive stickiness and bring repeat usage, indirectly strengthening business economics.

Home-services platform Urban Company, which made a stellar stock-market debut on 17 September, is seeing measurable traction for its home-solutions brand Native, which contributed about ₹75 crore, or roughly 11%, to its revenue of ₹380 crore for the September quarter. The products business has expanded fourfold from ₹29 crore in 2023-24 to ₹116 crore in 2024-25.

Mint New Delhi से और कहानियाँ

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

Airport connectivity row: Telcos urge Trai to step in

COAI seeks a cap on charges for in-building mobile networks at public places such as airports

time to read

3 mins

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Infy joins peers on IT's recovery road

Pipeline of large deals, increasing demand spark optimism

time to read

2 mins

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

Macquarie, Actis, others vie for stake in Gentari India biz

Global private equity firms Macquarie, Actis, Sembcorp, and strategic investors such as Serentica Renewables and JSW Group are evaluating bidding for a 50% stake in Malaysian energy firm Gentari's India business, three people aware of the development said.

time to read

2 mins

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

Infosys joins peers on IT sector's road to recovery

slowest among peers-TCS and HCLTech grew 0.58% and 4.09% on a sequential basis to end with $7.51 billion and $3.79 billion, respectively.

time to read

1 mins

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

Quiet tussle over a key spectrum band

A central project to modernize India's emergency communications for police, fire and disaster response is caught in a web -the home ministry wants a chunk of the valuable 700MHz spectrum for its ₹20,000-crore project, while the telecom department suggests other options, since there is no spectrum left to share.

time to read

3 mins

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

Govt weighs tax sops to boost green bonds

Investor interest in sovereign green bonds has been steadily declining over the past two years, forcing the central government to think up new ways to get them going.

time to read

3 mins

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

Saks Global files for bankruptcy, undone by debt and a luxury slump

The parent of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy protection, barely a year after an ambitious bet on luxury department stores brought the two storied retailers together in what was supposed to be a powerhouse deal.

time to read

5 mins

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

The obscure bank collapse that sent Iran into a tailspin

Bad loans to regime cronies brought down Ayandeh Bank, accelerating a long-running financial crisis

time to read

8 mins

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Govt looks to sustain Iran basmati exports

India's basmati rice trade with

time to read

1 min

January 15, 2026

Mint New Delhi

Mint New Delhi

Rishab Bajaj emerges as key face of Bajaj Auto's EV push

The next generation at the country's fourth-largest two-wheeler maker, Bajaj Auto, is taking shape, with Rishab Nayan Bajaj playing a central role in the company's latest launch of its new electric vehicle (EV) at its facility in Akurdi, Pune.

time to read

2 mins

January 15, 2026

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size