Sweatshirts in the C-suite: The era of Gen Z CEOs unfolds as we enter 2026Gen Z graduates are increasingly launching startups, with 40% of top college alumni opting for entrepreneurship. Venture capital firms are ...
31 Dec, 2025, 05.00 AM IST
Zepto expands Esop pool by $170 million to over $500 millionThe quick commerce startup is looking to float its IPO in the next few quarters. In the run-up to the share sale, it closed a $450 million ...
16 Oct, 2025, 10.12 PM IST
Zepto closes $450-million round led by US pension fund Calpers; valuation hits $7 billionThe startup’s valuation grew to $7 billion after a financing round that drew existing backers Goodwater Capital and General Catalyst, the B...
16 Oct, 2025, 09.51 PM IST
Industrial analytics startup Infinite Uptime raises $35 million from Avataar Ventures, othersNew York-based funds StepStone Group and LGVP, besides existing investors Tiger Global and GSR Ventures, participated in the funding round ...
11 Mar, 2025, 10.36 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $1.71 billion in June 2024, marking a 148% on-year increaseThe fundraise was done by startups in the early and late stages across 85 rounds, said private market intelligence platform Tracxn.
28 Jun, 2024, 07.36 PM IST
Salesforce challenger Creatio raises $200 million, becomes 'unicorn'The funding, led by Sapphire Ventures, came after Creatio's revenue increased at 50% annually for a few years.
26 Jun, 2024, 06.30 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding soars to $748.5 million this weekStartups raised $748.5 million in the third week of June, with Mumbai-based Zepto securing $665 million. This marked an eightfold increase ...
21 Jun, 2024, 07.46 PM IST
Pocket FM's 'Insta Empire' garners Rs 100 crore revenuePocket FM derives a majority of its revenue from microtransactions, which allow users to pay for shows that they want to watch. The audio s...
19 Jun, 2024, 03.38 PM IST
Germany is the most preferred non-English-speaking job destinationGermany tops the list among non-English-speaking countries in a recent ranking of the most attractive places to work, with Australia leadin...
25 Apr, 2024, 02.08 PM IST
Pocket FM completes first ever Esop buyback worth $8.3 millionPocket FM completes $8.3 million Esop buyback for 800 employees, with 25% Esops vested in the first year. Recently raised $103 million from...
01 Apr, 2024, 06.06 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding in March falls 37% to $623 millionTechnology startups raised $622.5 million in March 2024, a 37% decline from the previous year. Blume Ventures was a prominent investor, sup...
29 Mar, 2024, 06.47 PM IST
Pocket FM raises $103 mn in Series D round from Lightspeed, Stepstone GroupPocket FM, a prominent audio entertainment platform, has secured $103 million in Series D funding led by Lightspeed, along with Stepstone G...
20 Mar, 2024, 03.48 PM IST
Quick commerce startup Zepto raises over $31 million in extended funding roundThe fundraise was at the same valuation as the last funding round in August, when it raised $200 million at a $1.4 billion valuation, becom...
08 Nov, 2023, 03.30 PM IST
Zepto sees 14x surge in FY23 revenue while losses tripleThe Mumbai-based company incurred a loss of Rs 1,272 crore in FY23, over three times wider than the Rs 390.4 crore posted in the previous y...
26 Oct, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
Unicorn drought ends as Zepto raises $200 million at $1.4 billion valuationThe timing of Zepto’s fundraise is significant given the slump in investments into growth- and late-stage startups on the one hand and the ...
26 Aug, 2023, 12.43 PM IST
Suresh Prabhu sets out to woo superfunds from AustraliaAustralia’s superannuation fund, valued at $1.92 trillion as on December 2017, is one of the world’s largest and has exposure in various in...
24 Jun, 2018, 11.04 PM IST
- Citi to sell private equity businesses
Citigroup says it has agreed to transfer the management of its private equity businesses to two private equity firms.
13 Jul, 2010, 07.21 PM IST