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Startup registrations cross 1.8 lakh mark, as 22,000 new entities join in 2025However, 6,019 recognised startups shut shop as of July 18, 2025, according to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs data. This comes as the co...
India mints only five unicorns so far; investors say 2021-style boom unlikely to returnBesides macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical issues, investors turned more cautious after the exuberant period of 2021, prioritising ...
Jumbotail hits $1 billion valuation in new funding led by Standard Chartered's investment armJumbotail has also completed its acquisition of Solv India, a B2B commerce and financial services platform incubated by SC Ventures. The fr...
BlueStone’s pre-IPO glow up; PE funds go tech shoppingAhead of its listing, BlueStone is poised to become India’s next unicorn through a secondary deal. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning ...
IPO-bound BlueStone geared for unicorn tagBluestone is preparing for its public market debut. 360 One and Centrum Wealth are facilitating secondary deals. These deals amount to Rs 3...
Zetwerk gears up for IPO in 12–24 monthsManufacturing unicorn Zetwerk plans to go public within 12–24 months and will begin IPO preparations this fiscal year. CEO Amrit Acharya st...
D2C startup funding in India fell 18% in 2024 to $757 million: ReportIndian D2C startups raised $757 million in 2024, down 18% from 2023 and less than half of 2022’s total, reflecting investor caution, market...
With startup & ecomm rush, B-schools see a busy hiring seasonThis hiring season saw a substantial rise in job offers at top B-schools from startups and ecommerce companies like Zomato, Flipkart, and A...
Trifecta Capital announces first close of Rs 2,000-crore Fund-IVTrifecta Capital has already secured almost half of its target corpus, with signed commitments and ongoing talks, according to managing par...
EV unicorn Ather eyes $2.4 billion for IPO; prepares updated document filingAther IPO: The EV maker expects a spurt of 80% in value from previous funding. Zerodha cofounder Nikhil Kamath, an investor in the company,...
60% of Indian unicorn founders achieved $1-billion valuation in maiden attempt: reportIn the last two years, companies such as quick commerce platform Zepto, non-banking lender InCred, Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s artificia...
Startups raise $10 billion in July-September quarter, down 15% QoQ: reportAccording to the market intelligence firm, this marks a 30% fall in the number of deals at 229 from 318 in the April-June quarter. PhysicsW...
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $1.47 billion in August; up 89% on yearThe funds were raised by startups, largely in the early and late stages, across 86 rounds. In July 2024, startups raised around $718 millio...
Peak XV, Steadview, and Think Investments line up to fund jewellery retailer Bluestone in pre-IPO roundJewellery retailer Bluestone is in talks with Peak XV Partners, Steadview Capital, and Think Investments for a $100 million pre-IPO round. ...
Bluestone’s new investors; states & semicon hubsHappy Tuesday! New investors are finalising Bluestone’s pre-IPO funding round. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Top startup & tech stories this weekWelcome to a brand new edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter. The week was packed with important stories broken by our repor...
Bluestone's unicorn round; Sorin’s Rs 1,350-crore fundHappy Wednesday! Omnichannel jewellery startup Bluestone is nearing unicorn status with a potential $100-million pre-IPO investment. More o...
Bluestone may turn unicorn in pre-IPO funding roundThis funding round will more than double ominchannel jewellery retailer Bluestone's valuation from around $450 million in September 2023. B...
100Unicorns launches second fund, eyes $200-million targetThe fund is looking to support more than 200 startups across sectors like SaaS, direct-to-consumer (D2C), fintech, electric vehicles (EV), ...
Karnataka polls: Startup founders, VCs vote in Bengaluru for better infra and R&DStartup promoters and investors also participated in the voting process. Venture-builder platform GrowthStory’s founder K Ganesh cast his v...