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
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
Will address concerns of employees, says ISRO chief Narayanan on privatisation concernsISRO Chairman V Narayanan addressed concerns regarding privatisation of the space agency. He clarified that ISRO remains a government organ...
07 Sep, 2026, 05.16 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
Piper Serica eyes Rs 180-220 crore deployment across four-six deeptech startups this fiscalThe investment firm's new Bharat Tech Fund, a Category II AIF, targeting a corpus of Rs 600 crore, alongside a greenshoe option of Rs 200 c...
06 Sep, 2026, 08.25 PM IST
Satwik-Chirag clinch China Masters titleIndian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured the China Masters title. They rallied to defeat China's He Ji Ting and Ren Xi...
06 Sep, 2026, 04.37 PM 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
Rentomojo to go public at Rs 4,246 crore valuation; up 5x from last private roundThrough its public offering, Rentomojo is raising Rs 150 crore in fresh capital, while investors including Accel, Chiratae Ventures and Val...
04 Sep, 2026, 09.11 PM IST
PM-SETU scheme to upgrade 48 Karnataka ITIs with Rs 241 croreThe PM-SETU scheme will follow a hub-and-spoke model, with four ITIs attached to each of 12 hubs. One hub each has been selected in Bengalu...
04 Sep, 2026, 08.39 PM IST
Karnataka signs MoU with INQ Innovation Global to strengthen collaboration with New South WalesThe state of Karnataka is joining forces with New South Wales in Australia to bolster their innovation ecosystems. This agreement will faci...
04 Sep, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
Semicon startup Makr Microsystems raises Rs 10.2 crore from Bluehill VC, Artha Venture FundThe startup’s main technology — Acoustic Atomic Force Microscopy (AAFM) — uses acoustic signals and a scanning probe to gather information ...
03 Sep, 2026, 08.15 PM IST
Can an NRI be a nominee for PPF, NSC or SCSS? Here’s what happens to the money after the account holder diesNRIs can now be nominees for India's small-savings schemes like PPF and NSC, a change from 2023. While they can receive proceeds, repatriat...
03 Sep, 2026, 03.43 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
Musk’s $60 billion Cursor bet has an Indian link: Meet 26-year-old Aman Sanger caught in Sam Altman feudAman Sanger, the 26-year-old co-founder of AI coding startup Cursor, is at the centre of Elon Musk’s $60 billion SpaceX acquisition. Born t...
02 Sep, 2026, 02.23 PM IST
Ultrahuman raises $60 million led by Qualcomm Ventures at $360 million valuationQualcomm Ventures is investing about Rs 143 crore in the latest tranche, while Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, or Labcorp, is p...
01 Sep, 2026, 07.43 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