Hari Menon exits BigBasket; Sarvam cofounder on fresh fundingBigBasket's longtime leader Hari Menon has stepped down as CEO. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
16 Jun, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
Sarvam: When US slams the door, India begins to find its own openingSarvam AI’s rise to a $1.5 bn valuation after raising $234 mn marks a major milestone for India’s push toward AI sovereignty. The funding c...
16 Jun, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Startup investing in India: Why angel investing is high-risk, illiquid, and suitable only for patient investors with diversified portfoliosIndian startup investing, once fueled by easy money, now demands caution due to market volatility and inherent risks. While success stories...
08 Jun, 2026, 11.28 AM IST
From financial services to healthcare, enterprises driving AI adoption in India are all in Mumbai: TEAMOn the eve of Mumbai Tech Week, Sharad Sanghi of Neysa AI, Aakrit Vaish of Activate, and Naiyya Saggi of EDT spoke with ETtech editor Samid...
28 May, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
Instant househelp orders jump; Agnikul eyes new fundingHappy Monday! Instant house help startups collectively reached three million monthly bookings in April. This and more in today's ETtech Mor...
11 May, 2026, 07.42 AM IST
China’s Meta backlash renders Manus model ‘officially dead’Beijing's order for Meta to unwind its $2 billion takeover of AI startup Manus signals a new era of regulatory scrutiny for China's tech in...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.05 AM IST
From ₹1K gigs to ₹70 lakh hustle: Techie quits moonlighting to reclaim LifeA young platform engineer from a tier-3 college revealed his intense moonlighting journey, juggling two remote roles to earn Rs 70 lakh ann...
21 Apr, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Canva unveils new platform, transitions to ‘AI platform with design tools’ from ‘design platform with AI tools’Design giant Canva unveiled its AI-native platform, Canva 2.0, powered by its own models. This shift transforms it into an AI platform with...
17 Apr, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
Unicorn sightings become rare as VCs shun that leap of faithInvestors are going back to the same list of startups they have already backed to write bigger cheques leading to new unicorn sightings bec...
07 May, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Startup funding in 2021 defied all odds, shows Nasscom reportIn 2021, startups raised over 2x of what they raised in 2019 and 3x of what was raised in 2020, the report stated. As the country saw massi...
21 Jan, 2022, 01.43 PM IST
Paytm - the hottest startup of 2020: Wizikey reportInterestingly, as per the The Hottest Startups of 2020 report, all the top ten startups on the list are unicorns, namely Paytm, Dream11, Zo...
10 Dec, 2020, 06.44 PM IST
Indian tech companies witness $38 bn investments during COVID-19 times: Amitabh KantSpeaking in a session of the three-day TiE Global Summit being held virtually, Kant said the Indian startup ecosystem witnessed launch of m...
08 Dec, 2020, 10.04 PM IST
GeoIQ raises first round of funding from 9Unicorns9Unicorns, India's first idea-phase accelerator VC fund, led the seed investment in GeoIQ.
24 Nov, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Chinese investments in Indian start-ups grow 12 times to USD 4.6 bn in 2019: GlobalDataThere has been a 12 times growth of Chinese investments in startups over the past 4 years to $ 4.6 bn in 2019.
28 Jun, 2020, 11.09 AM IST
$1bn startups, flush with funds, hire bigAmong roles, sales, marketing and operations are seeing the highest growth of around 50%.
22 Jun, 2019, 11.31 AM IST
Mu Sigma’s chairman Dhiraj Rajaram re-emerges as controlling shareholderThe share buyback was aided by a $400-million credit line from a consortium of four global banks led by Barclays against Rajaram’s shares a...
12 Jul, 2017, 12.12 AM IST
Bengaluru is home to 5 of India's 8 unicorn startupsThe city has built on its impressive IT services legacy to emerge as the tech entrepreneurial hub of the nation by playing host to five of ...
12 Oct, 2015, 11.31 AM IST