India’s late-stage funding crunch shrinks cheques, cuts valuationsThe squeeze in late-stage funding remains prevalent in India, showing no signs of reversing. Late-stage startup funding fell 38% year-on-ye...
08 Sep, 2026, 02.00 PM IST
Shilpa Shetty beats Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni: 10 celebrities with the highest number of startup investment roundsShilpa Shetty Kundra leads Tracxn’s ranking of celebrity startup investors with 10 disclosed funding rounds between 2021 and 2026 YTD. MS D...
08 Sep, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
Late-stage funding squeeze; ISRO opens up spaceHappy Tuesday! India’s late-stage funding market is tightening, with investors writing smaller cheques and pushing for lower valuations. Th...
08 Sep, 2026, 07.49 AM IST
Udaan to buy Swiggy’s Lynk; India’s BRICS tech pushUdaan is set to acquire Swiggy-owned Lynk Logistics. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
07 Sep, 2026, 07.50 PM IST
Voice AI startup Navana raises Rs 40 crore from Ronnie Screwvala, othersNavana successfully raised forty crore rupees in its recent funding round, aimed at broadening its presence in the banking and financial se...
07 Sep, 2026, 07.48 PM IST
Satellite imaging startup Pixxel bags $100 million from Temasek, othersPixxel has raised $100 million in the largest funding round in India’s spacetech sector, co-led by Temasek and Seraphim. The latest round t...
07 Sep, 2026, 09.16 AM IST
AIFs seek status quo as 'foreign control' rules go for a recastLocal alternative investment funds have warned regulators about proposed changes. These changes could significantly impact capital inflows ...
07 Sep, 2026, 01.00 AM IST
Piyush Goyal urges innovators to build social solutionsPiyush Goyal encouraged innovators to create affordable, sustainable social impact solutions. He highlighted lake cleaning initiatives in h...
07 Sep, 2026, 12.01 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: River, Navi lead August tech funding at $887 million, down 27% on-yearSlice led the week with $100 million, followed by Ultrahuman at $70 million, Yuma Energy at $35 million and Groww MF at $20.7 million. Info...
04 Sep, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Sneaker brand Comet raises Rs 100 crore led by VerlinvestComet has raised Rs 100 crore in a Series B round led by Verlinvest, with existing investors Elevation Capital and Nexus Venture Partners a...
04 Sep, 2026, 04.17 PM IST
Layoffs at Uber; Astrobase eyes fresh fundraiseUber will cut thousands of jobs in a restructuring move. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
03 Sep, 2026, 04.51 PM IST
ISM 2.0 paradox: Tough IP rules might leave startups starving for global cashThe India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 was notified on Monday. The domestic chip design industry welcomed the large, updated design-link...
03 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Astrobase in talks to raise $40-50 million led by Peak XV at $300 million valuation: sourcesThe talks come weeks after Astrobase unveiled Everest, an 80-tonne-class, 800 kN full-flow staged combustion (FFSC) rocket engine, in what ...
02 Sep, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
Deeptech boom leaves most lab-stage startups strandedA survey by the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association showed that only 15% of deeptech funds back companies at technology readin...
01 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Three South Indian medtech startups win HealthSprint 2026Three innovative South Indian medtech startups, BioCipher Labs, Prodancy, and Mykare.ai, have triumphed in the HealthSprint 2026 initiative...
29 Aug, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Third Wave, Airbound lead weekly funding at $208 million, down 56% on-yearIndian tech and startup funding stood at $207.7 million across 20 rounds in the week ended August 28, down 6.3% from the previous week. Thi...
28 Aug, 2026, 09.57 PM IST
Industrial47 raises Rs 85 crore in first close of debut fund to back frontier-tech startupsThe fund is targeting a corpus of Rs 150 crore, with a Rs 50 crore greenshoe option. It plans to invest Rs 2-10 crore in 15-20 companies ac...
27 Aug, 2026, 05.15 PM IST