Conversations with the women shaping India’s future. Lumikai has launched Alpha Women, a new podcast series hosted by Founder and Managing Partner Salone Sehgal. The series spotlights candid, long-form conversations with women shaping India’s most important industries across venture capital, tech, media, law, and business. Some of the most consequential careers in India have been built by women whose decisions never get told in their own words. Alpha Women is built to change

The fifth edition of Lumikai’s State of India Interactive Media Report landed with significant pickup across India’s leading business and technology press, with several findings driving the broader conversation around where consumer attention and spend are shifting. Among the most widely covered findings was India’s microdrama market crossing $300 million in revenue just over a year after launch, and projected to reach $4.5 billion by 2030. Much of the coverage highlighted th

In a recent conversation with The Offline Network , Niyaz Laiq, Partner at Lumikai , reflected on what he is seeing up close while working with founders across interactive media, gaming and digital platforms. His observations point to a consumer internet landscape that is being reshaped by new formats and the steady integration of AI across products. One of the clearest signals is the rise of microdramas. What was a negligible category until recently has scaled to $300 millio

India’s interactive media economy has reached $13.8Bn , growing at 17% year-on-year , driven by 877Mn smartphone users and the steady rise of formats that are interactive, participatory, and built for mobile-first behaviour. A year ago, micro-dramas barely registered as a category in India. Today, they are a $300Mn market . That single data point reflects a broader shift playing out across the ecosystem, as a new generation of users moves beyond passive consumption toward fo

In the 4th episode of Lumikai Pixels Blueprint × Outlook Respawn , Saurabh Pandey, Founder and CEO of Eloelo Group , reflects on building one of India’s fastest-growing social entertainment platforms and the thinking that shaped its expansion into a multi-product ecosystem. Drawing from his journey from leading category P&Ls at Flipkart to building Eloelo, Saurabh outlines how the company evolved into a four-product group with Eloelo, StoryTV, Master and Connecto, each addres

Lumikai has led a $1.5 million seed investment in NPrep, an AI-powered, video-first learning platform focused on nursing education and career outcomes. The investment reflects a growing focus on specialised, outcome-driven learning platforms that combine strong content with adaptive technology. Founded by AIIMS Jodhpur alumni Prince Kaushik, Utkarsh Paliwal and Gourav Khurana, NPrep addresses a clear gap. Nursing exam preparation in India remains largely offline and standardi