Sweatshirts in the C-suite: The era of Gen Z CEOs unfolds as we enter 2026Gen Z graduates are increasingly launching startups, with 40% of top college alumni opting for entrepreneurship. Venture capital firms are ...
31 Dec, 2025, 05.00 AM IST
'Felt surreal': Indian-origin Mercor cofounder, two others become youngest self-made billionairesAI startup Mercor achieved a $10 billion valuation, with its 22-year-old co-founders becoming the world's youngest self-made billionaires. ...
02 Dec, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
IPO watch: Lenskart's final day rush; Groww gets early tractionLenskart's IPO closed on a strong note with heavy bids from institutional and retail investors alike. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
04 Nov, 2025, 08.44 PM IST
Two Indian Americans beat Zuckerberg’s record as youngest self-made billionaireAdarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha cofounded San Francisco-based AI recruiting platform Mercor, which recently raised $350 million at a $10-bi...
03 Nov, 2025, 10.13 PM IST
The 19-Year-Old Mumbai Whiz Kid Who Created Supermemory, the Silicon Valley-Shaking Next-Gen AI Memory StartupSupermemory, which was created by Mumbai wunderkind Dhravya Shah and invested in by Google's leading AI executives, is transforming how art...
21 Oct, 2025, 11.01 AM IST
Former Meta executives raise $15 million for AI assistant startupThe round was led by Rob Toews at Radical Ventures, with participation from other investors like Felicis, "AI godmother" Fei-Fei Li, and Go...
27 Mar, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
No oversight: inside a boom-time startup fraud and its unravelingThe absence of controls at HeadSpin is part of an increasingly noticeable pattern at Silicon Valley startups that have run into trouble. Ov...
23 Dec, 2023, 12.41 PM IST
Explained: VCs insisting on responsible AI in startupsMore than 35 VC firms and some 15 tech sector companies have voluntarily signed up for Responsible AI Commitments
20 Nov, 2023, 01.54 PM IST
San Francisco's new venture capital hotspot: a national park a world away from downtownVenture capital firm Headline used to be in one of San Francisco's most eye-catching skyscrapers: the pyramidal Transamerica building that ...
08 Jul, 2023, 03.58 PM IST
Temasek, Toyota back climate biotech firm Living CarbonThe biotech's $21 million Series A round was also backed by the world's biggest automaker Toyota and venture firms Lowercarbon Capital and ...
17 Jan, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
Alternative data insights startup Synaptic secures $20 million in fundingThe current capital infusion will not only increase its reach extensively and help to expand to more markets and geographies but also help ...
31 May, 2022, 09.00 AM IST
Petasense: This tiny startup offers a big push to Modi's 'Make in India'Petasense is one of the 10 most disruptive machine-learning startups in the world, tracking a machine's health just as a Fitbit tracks a us...
11 Aug, 2017, 06.44 PM IST
Canva sets sights on 1 million user base in India by 2016India has become the fourth-largest market for us. We already have 1,50,000 users in India who have created more than one million designs i...
13 Oct, 2015, 10.17 PM IST
Meet 13 new European 'unicorn' startups that were valued over $1 billion last yearOver the last year, 13 startups became unicorns - companies with $1 billion-plus valuations - according to research bank GP Bullhound.
16 Jun, 2015, 12.24 PM IST
Investors expand capital funds to support startupsThese funds are looking to bridge the gap between abundant seed funding and slightly scarcer venture capital in India’s booming startup eco...
20 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST