Appraisal: Funding winter or not, startups loosen purse strings to reward top talent
India’s startup companies are rewarding and ringfencing critical talent more than ever, amid continuing job cuts and a shift in focus to profitability from business growth in a sector hit by a protracted funding winter.Companies such as UpGrad, Plum, Simplilearn, Eruditus, Shiprocket, Urban Company, CashKaro and Simpl are rewarding their top performers with disproportionately high increments, stock options, performance-related bonuses, non-monetary incentives, larger or global roles and accelerated promotion…