D2C brands' festive scramble; UPI's consent hurdleEmerging direct-to-consumer brands are competing for the festive spotlight on busy online storefronts. This and more in today's ETtech Morn...
05 Aug, 2025, 07.33 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding surges 170% YoY to $238 million this weekThe funds were raised by startups, mostly in the early and late stages, through 23 rounds. In the same week last year, $88.3 million was ra...
16 Aug, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
Eruditus plans India flip; Ayodhya boost for spiritual appsIndian IT majors are eyeing upcoming US federal contracts as several large deals are set for renewal in the next two quarters. While it is ...
22 Jan, 2024, 08.01 AM IST
With Irdai opening doors, insurtech firms look to transform into general insurersInsurtech firms such as Bengaluru-based Onsurity and Pune-based Loop Health help employers offer group health policies to their employees a...
22 Jan, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
In depth: How can India's women-led startups beat gender funding gap?W hen Indian businesswoman Aditi Bhutia Madan recalls her childhood in Darjeeling, she remembers pine forests, Himalayan sunrises and her g...
28 Jun, 2023, 08.37 AM IST
2021 Year In Review | The Year Of The UnicornWhat was for a better part of a decade a trickle developed into a stampede as almost 39 startups achieved billion-dollar valuations this ye...
13 Jan, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Swiggy, Lenskart raise funds this weekFood delivery platforms made headlines this week.
23 Jul, 2021, 08.03 PM IST
The dynamics of fintech & MSME allianceSpeaking of the present scenario, one can still witness an inherent aversion to formal financial services on the part of small businesses. ...
09 Sep, 2017, 01.44 PM IST
IFC invests $3m in AI-focused fund of pi Ventures nowNewly-raised fund will be used to invest in AI, machine learning & IoT companies
25 May, 2017, 08.10 AM IST
Stellaris' maiden fund ventures out with $10 million from IFCMove comes a few months after Stellaris made first close of $100-m fund earlier this year
11 May, 2017, 08.19 AM IST
pi Ventures in the limelight with fresh fund flowpi Ventures had also received capital from the Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) besides family offices from the USA, Cana...
23 Mar, 2017, 08.07 AM IST
pi Ventures to get IFC equity for its maiden fundThe investment is through the IFC Startup Catalyst program and is intended to support local innovation and entrepreneurship.
22 Mar, 2017, 02.49 PM IST
World Bank's IFC plans aggressive foray into startups at Series-A levelThe IFC has, of late, been bullish on expanding its venture capital portfolio, with its venture investment portfolio standing at around $50...
28 Feb, 2017, 09.08 AM IST
Infuse Ventures raises Rs 110 crore, soon to reach Rs 125 croreInfuse, a venture catalyst housed at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad's CIIE, has raised Rs 110 crore in the last 10 months of...
20 Mar, 2014, 01.29 PM IST