Policy blueprint proposes entrepreneurship mission to create 10 lakh enterprises, upto 50 lakh jobsIt also proposed a flagship role for the Ministry of Education, recommending that entrepreneurship courses culminate in students attempting...
19 Aug, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
Investors in limbo as government’s deeptech fund disbursal stretches onBack in June, ET reported about 20 Indian investors, including Ideaspring and Chiratae, were lined up for capital allocation. These VCs, in...
19 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Geospatial startup NeoGeo raises $20 million in funding from SBI’s Neev II Fund, Aavishkaar CapitalFounded in 2019, NeoGeo provides geospatial intelligence solutions to government and corporate clients across natural resource management, ...
18 Aug, 2026, 01.25 PM IST
Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO saysThe $61 million Series B funding round comes months after the Defense Department declared Anthropic a "supply-chain risk" in March, a ruptu...
18 Aug, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2026: Nominees for Comeback KidThis award celebrates failure and recognises those who have survived to tell the tale. It will be given to entrepreneurs who rebuilt or lau...
18 Aug, 2026, 10.59 AM IST
Anthropic revenue run rate tops $65 billionThe AI startup's latest revenue run rate - a metric that projects annual performance by extrapolating current sales levels - was up from ...
18 Aug, 2026, 08.18 AM IST
Wispr Flow raises $280 million at $2 billion valuation, Peak XV joins new roundSan Francisco-based voice AI startup Wispr Flow has raised $280 million at a $2 billion valuation, nearly tripling its valuation from its p...
17 Aug, 2026, 10.18 PM IST
Presenting the jury for The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026Meet the high-powered jury that will pick the winners of the ET Startup Awards 2026.
17 Aug, 2026, 11.27 AM IST
Unveiling The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026 high-powered juryWe’re back with the 12th edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA). However hectic it gets for the ETtech team, the thrill of sif...
17 Aug, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
Why Zerodha's Nithin Kamath is asking founders to stop leading with AIZerodha founder Nithin Kamath has warned startup founders that simply highlighting AI in investor pitch decks is no longer a differentiator...
15 Aug, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Yulu, Centricity lead weekly funding at $109 million, down 50% on-yearIndian startups raised $109.4 million across 11 funding rounds during the week ended August 14, led by electric mobility startup Yulu and w...
14 Aug, 2026, 09.38 PM IST
Deeptech fund Bluehill.VC raises Rs 408 crore for maiden frontier-tech fundChennai-based Bluehill.VC has raised Rs 408 crore for its initial deeptech venture fund. The firm has already deployed approximately Rs 100...
13 Aug, 2026, 12.21 PM IST
Accel raises $3.5 billion to invest in emerging global AI startupsThe firm, which has backed artificial intelligence companies including Anthropic, Cursor and Perplexity, has raised four separate funds ded...
12 Aug, 2026, 09.19 PM IST
Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $400 million at $13.3 billion valuationMenlo Ventures and the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund co-led the round. Tencent, Balderton Capital and other new investors from Europe, ...
12 Aug, 2026, 09.12 PM IST
High AI stakes push Indian VCs to rejig funding playbooksAverage investments in AI startups have increased to $3-5 million at the seed level and upwards of $10 million in Series A rounds, said inv...
11 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: River, Sarvam rounds lift startup funding to $314 million this weekEarly-stage deals accounted for 58.4% of the capital raised during the week, while late-stage rounds made up 37%. Seed stage startups compr...
07 Aug, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
Sidbi tweaks startup fund rules, nudges VCs to draw capital fasterSidbi has moved from a fixed formula for venture funds to tap capital for startup investments to a graded formula allowing them to call a l...
05 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST