D2C silver jewellery brand Unniyarcha raises Rs 10 crore led by SauceThe startup plans to use the funding for branding and marketing, expanding its manufacturing and supply chain capacity, and adding new prod...
24 Sep, 2026, 12.10 PM IST
VCs hungry for kitchen startups; Vala Afshar’s blueprint for India’s AI futureHappy Thursday! Venture capital investors are betting on the premiumisation wave wafting into Indian kitchens. This and more in today’s ETt...
24 Sep, 2026, 07.21 AM IST
Paincare startup Betterhood raises Rs 11.5 crore in round led by Sauce VCThe company plans to use the funds to expand its product portfolio, distribution across quick commerce and modern retail, its content and p...
23 Sep, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
E-bike maker Ultraviolette raises $85 million, ropes in Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan as investor, advisorThe funding has come in at a time when the startup is preparing to launch two new models and expand into more international markets.
23 Sep, 2026, 01.18 PM IST
Zerodha’s Nikhil Kamath lives in 7,000 sq ft apartment at Bengaluru’s Kingfisher Towers, featuring panoramic skyline views, floor-to-ceiling windows, a wooden-decked balcony, modern art, concierge services, private parking and advanced securityNikhil Kamath house tour: Nikhil Kamath lives in a large apartment located in Kingfisher Towers, a prestigious area of Bengaluru. The apart...
23 Sep, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
AI startup Demoverse raises $600K to let consumers co-create products with brandsDemoverse secured six hundred thousand dollars in pre-seed funding led by Lumikai. This platform uses artificial intelligence to let consum...
22 Sep, 2026, 12.32 PM IST
Tiger Global-backed used-car sales platform Spinny files confidentially for Rs 3,000-crore IPOThe company, which competes with the likes of SoftBank-backed Cars24, is in expansion mode and may utilise the fresh capital from its publi...
22 Sep, 2026, 10.16 AM IST
Beyond product-market fit: The real challenges of scaling a startupProduct-market fit can prove that a startup has found demand. Scaling it successfully requires a different set of decisions around people, ...
22 Sep, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
ETSA 2026: Emergent shifting focus from AI software to business automation, says CEO Mukund JhaThe company is testing agents that can remain active in the background, monitor business metrics and help with tasks such as cash-flow anal...
21 Sep, 2026, 09.53 AM IST
IIT Madras professor Jhunjhunwala wants PLI to be more startup friendlyPLI should be opened to smaller companies, with incentives tied to meaningful domestic value addition rather than the ability to make large...
21 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Value commerce startup CityMall in talks to raise Rs 400-500 crore led by Jungle Ventures: SourcesCityMall’s push into ecommerce in smaller towns and cities comes at a time when larger 10-minute delivery players such as Flipkart Minutes ...
21 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
India has chip design talent, but lacks global sales skills: Endiya Partners' Sateesh AndraEngineers based in India have taped out chips that have shipped in billions for companies such as Qualcomm, Infineon, NXP, Texas Instrument...
20 Sep, 2026, 06.12 PM IST
Talent, not design software, is the biggest bill for chip startups: Cadence's Jayashankar NarayanankuttyNarayanankutty told ET AI during SEMICON India 2026 that India needs more engineers across the semiconductor ecosystem, including design an...
19 Sep, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: DheyaTech, Firi lead weekly startup funding at $16 millionSeed-stage deals accounted for 71.2% of the capital raised during the week, while early-stage rounds made up the remaining 28.8%. There wer...
18 Sep, 2026, 08.30 PM IST
Beauty and personal care quick commerce startup Firi raises $3 million led by 360 One AssetThe company plans to use the funds to expand into makeup, fragrances and other beauty categories and add more dark stores as it plans to de...
16 Sep, 2026, 11.27 AM IST
AI-focused VC firm Activate closes maiden fund at $105 millionThe investment platform comprises an $85 million early-stage fund and $20 million deployed through dedicated growth-stage vehicles. The ear...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Mid-tier VCs rewrite playbooks to chase India's deeptech betsSo far in calendar year (CY) 2026, deeptech startups have attracted $574 million across 61 deals, which is almost 84% of the $679 million r...
14 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST