‘Don’t expect flowers in India’: VC backs Sridhar Vembu, says return call not for most NRIsVenture capitalist Hemant Mohapatra clarified Sridhar Vembu's call for Indian-Americans to return, emphasizing it's a mission for nation-bu...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.14 AM IST
Hard Reset: India’s AI investment boom masks a deeper battle for survivalEven as AI startups continue to raise top dollar, some are scrambling to rebuild business models and keep pace with the disruption, investo...
24 Mar, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Do agentic AI startups need to differentiate?The agentic AI space is evolving rapidly, with OpenAI’s Operator and China’s Manus AI leading innovations. While AI models are becoming com...
25 Mar, 2025, 10.43 AM IST
India must choose: Import AI breakthroughs or create them, says Lightspeed’s Hemant MohapatraIndia invests just 0.7% of GDP in research, significantly lagging the 2.4% in China or 3.5% in the United States. Israel, at over 5%, far o...
04 Feb, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Drone delivery startup Airbound raises $1.7 million in seed funding led by LightspeedAirbound will use the seed funds to deploy its R&D efforts and venture into medical deliveries, specifically routine deliveries such as tra...
14 Nov, 2024, 04.30 PM IST
A video star is born: OpenAI’s Sora stuns with AI actMany believe OpenAI's Sora could transform a swathe of creative industries — from filmmaking and advertising to graphic design and game dev...
17 Feb, 2024, 08.44 AM IST
Thena raises $5 million in seed funding led by LightspeedThena enables clients’ messaging platforms to be used at scale for business-to-business communications by helping customer-facing teams man...
24 May, 2023, 07.02 PM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to meet Pope Francis in Vatican City, potential investors in Dubai during 11-day foreign trip"He will also meet WFP Director David Beasley and other senior office-bearers of the organisation and have detailed discussions on partners...
18 Jun, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
Sequoia India, Lightspeed join $6 million round of Yield Guild Games India unitThe company plans to use the capital raised to focus on platform growth, onboarding Indian gamers to the web3 world of play-to-earn. It als...
19 Jan, 2022, 12.52 PM IST
Millennials in India will invest in crypto not stocks, says Lightspeed India's Hemant Mohapatra"Many of these markets have under-performing equity markets with no aspirational stock symbols that the young investors want to own," Heman...
12 Nov, 2021, 10.36 PM IST
SC collegium recommends 16 names for elevation as judges of 4 High CourtsAs per the statements uploaded on the apex court website on Thursday, the collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of four judicia...
30 Sep, 2021, 12.35 PM IST
Assume innocence until proven guilty, suspicion can't take place of proof, says Supreme Court"The mere fact that the deceased was lying dead at a room held by the accused respondent No 1 and that the accused respondents had informed...
21 Feb, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
VC money flows to WFH solutions startups as remote work takes rootCompanies that enhance human touch in the absence of workplace interaction catch investors' eye
08 Dec, 2020, 10.09 AM IST
Lightspeed raises $275 million for third India fundThe Silicon Valley-based firm has till date deployed about $750 million in India across two dedicated funds and its global arm.
18 Aug, 2020, 08.04 AM IST
India calling! Chance to look for exciting work here, says industryAlthough tech companies are fighting to get such executives to hold on to their jobs, it is just not worth the risk anymore, he said. Trump...
24 Jun, 2020, 07.32 AM IST
Hudhud: Odisha government ready for post-cyclone operationsAs a precautionary measure, around 2.33 lakh people had been evacuated from vulnerable areas to safe places in ten districts in view of Hud...
13 Oct, 2014, 10.53 AM IST
- Belgian co plans Rs 1,100 cr venture in India
To ride on the steel sector boom in the country, multinational Lhoist Belgium has decided on a major investment of Rs Rs 1,100 crore in Ind...
27 Jun, 2006, 07.00 PM IST