Lenskart Rs 1,857-crore block deal: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, ICICI Prudential, SBI MF among buyers as Alpha Wave exitsLenskart Solutions experienced institutional transactions totaling Rs 1,857 crore on August 28. Numerous domestic and global investors purc...
28 Aug, 2026, 08.25 PM IST
IndiGo Ventures to invest in Indian firm Sarvam to expand AI use in aviationIndiGo Ventures is investing in Sarvam, an Indian artificial intelligence company. This investment supports their ongoing partnership focus...
28 Aug, 2026, 05.27 PM IST
Infosys invests in AI enterprise procurement startup AerchainInfosys has invested an undisclosed amount in Bengaluru-based AI procurement startup Aerchain through its Infosys Innovation Fund. Founded ...
28 Aug, 2026, 12.18 AM 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
Faithtech startup InstaAstro raises $12 million in round led by Singularity AMC and Artha VentureThe fresh capital will be used to fuel the company's global expansion while strengthening its presence beyond North India, founder and chie...
27 Aug, 2026, 04.31 PM IST
TILT launches Rs 250 crore impact-first venture fund to back India’s 'Next Billion'TILT is targeting India’s ‘Next Billion’- underserved, lower-income Indians who are gaining greater access to markets, technology and finan...
27 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2026 | Midas Touch: Sauce VC’s winning recipe earns Manu Chandra the prizeSauce VC founder and managing partner Manu Chandra has won the Midas Touch award for Best Investor at the ET Startup Awards 2026. The jury ...
27 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Lightspeed exits PhysicsWallah in Rs 550 crore block deal with 30% returnThe transaction gives Lightspeed a relatively modest return from its nearly two-year investment in PhysicsWallah. The investor had put abou...
26 Aug, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
Ringg AI raises $10 million in funding from Peak XV Partners, othersFounded in 2023 by Siddharth Tripathi, Kali Charan Vemuru and Utkarsh Shukla, the startup counts Policybazaar, CRED, Flipkart, Groww and Pr...
26 Aug, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
Sector-focussed funds look to ride deeptech wave, expand horizonsSector-focussed venture capital funds are widening their investment horizons as more founders build in deeptech areas such as robotics, spa...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.29 AM IST
VCs chase deeptech; AI takeaways from ET's WLFHappy Monday! Specialist VC funds are expanding beyond their traditional sectors to invest more in deeptech. This and more in today’s ETtec...
24 Aug, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
D2C skincare brand Asaya raises Rs 88 crore funding at Rs 400 crore valuationDirect-to-consumer (D2C) skincare brand Asaya has raised Rs 88 crore at a post-money valuation of Rs 400 crore from RPSG Capital and other ...
24 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
VCs becoming marginal in AI cycle, enterprises should invest in the sector: Peak XV’s Shailendra Singh“Every large enterprise should be investing in AI,” Singh said at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum in New Delhi. Pointing to HCLTech’...
23 Aug, 2026, 04.45 PM IST
$400bn to $2tn: India’s alternative asset boom set to grow 5x by 2034, report showsIndia's alternative investment market could exceed two trillion dollars by 2034. High-net-worth individuals and family offices are driving ...
23 Aug, 2026, 10.32 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Navi leads weekly funding as startups raise $221 millionIndian startups raised $221 million across 17 rounds during the week ended August 21, led by Sachin Bansal-founded Navi’s $100 million fund...
21 Aug, 2026, 08.42 PM IST
- E-bike maker Ultraviolette in talks to raise $45-50 million: Sources
Ultraviolette had raised $45 million from Zoho Corporation and Italy-based investment firm Lingotto last December as part of this round. In...
21 Aug, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Josh Kushner’s Thrive Fund grows sevenfold to $3.7 billion on AI betsThe letter highlights an investing strategy that Thrive pioneered in the venture capital industry: concentrating on a small subset of compa...
15 Aug, 2026, 12.44 PM IST