D2C food brand Anveshan eyes Rs 150-200 crore funding; valuation may more than doubleAnveshan is in advanced talks to raise Rs 150-200 crore from Vertex Ventures and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Ban...
19 Mar, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
Zerodha's Nithin Kamath names his 'best investment'. How it could lead to healthier meals on Indian platesZerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath has highlighted what he calls his “best investment” through the Rainmatter initiative, focusing on regener...
18 Sep, 2025, 07.07 PM IST
Ex-Wipro techie gives up thriving career to be farmer. Now, achieves Rs 300 crore revenue, backed by Zerodha foundersShashi Kumar, a former tech professional, co-founded Akshayakalpa Organic, a certified organic dairy enterprise in India. Leaving his 17-ye...
25 Dec, 2024, 11.39 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding falls 70% to $102 million this weekInvestments in startups dropped about 70% on year due to the funding squeeze, totaling $102.1 million across 26 different deals. Companies ...
12 Jan, 2024, 07.40 PM IST
ETtech In-depth: Zerodha's Rainmatter gets into heart of investing via road not takenZerodha is trying to change the way Indians manage their wealth. With Rainmatter, the startup is trying to change the way Indians eat, stay...
18 Oct, 2023, 08.44 PM IST
Antibiotic resistance, death of bees & loss of organic carbon: Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath's green warning to the worldNithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha, has shared alarming facts about sustainability and the environment. He highlighted the dangers o...
18 Sep, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
Akshayakalpa Organic to raise $15 million in Series B funding roundAkshayakalpa plans to aggressively invest in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad markets, expand into new geographies of Pune, Mumbai and Koc...
08 Sep, 2022, 03.25 PM IST
Dairy.com acquires dairy tech startup Mr. MilkmanAmerica’s leading dairy services provider Dairy.com, has acquired Mr.Milkman, India's leading last-mile dairy supply chain SaaS platform. M...
05 Oct, 2021, 09.38 PM IST
Investors now can't seem to get enough of fresh food startupsA huge spike in sales rev up investor interest in the booming space
27 Oct, 2020, 05.53 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2020: Samunnati reaps rewards for tackling big challengesScale and complexity of challenges in agri-finance that firm attempts to tackle clinched them the award.
24 Aug, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2020: Nominees for Woman Ahead, Social EnterpriseA look at the shortlisted startups for the Woman Ahead and Social Enterprise categories for The Economic Times Startup Awards 2020.
18 Aug, 2020, 09.00 AM IST
Getting more than 15 million business users in India each month: WhatsAppGlobally, WhatsApp said it has more than 50 million people using WhatsApp Business each month. WhatsApp also said starting Thursday, it lau...
09 Jul, 2020, 05.11 PM IST
Swiggy, Zomato, other food delivery cos growing appetite for a healthier biteSwiggy and Zomato said they are doubling down on the health food segment while cloud kitchen operators such as Rebel Foods and Freshmenu ha...
02 Mar, 2020, 08.50 AM IST
Meet the companies bringing you fresh and unadulterated premium milkFast-growing demand has encouraged a bunch of young entrepreneurs to enter the premium milk business.
12 Aug, 2018, 07.20 AM IST
Indian dairy sector set for overhaul; to move from processors to producersAccording to Ladderup, the Indian dairy sector generated revenue of $55 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach $118 billion by 2017.
08 Jul, 2014, 06.01 AM IST
'Technopreneurs' take agriculture-related ventures to reap farm gainA new crop of professionals with expertise in technology is taking to agriculture-related ventures in India.
16 Sep, 2013, 12.15 PM IST
- Wipro's former employees quit job to set up milk dairy
The milk dairy will be set up at a cost of Rs 15 cr on 24 acres, and 300 marginal farmers will be selected to supply milk to the dairy.
24 May, 2011, 06.03 AM IST