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Inside the jury shaping the One Of A Kind Startup AwardsThe One of a Kind Startup Awards 2026, presented by The Economic Times and Cashfree Payments, is seeking India's most promising internet-fi...
India's women-led tech startups secure $1.1 billion funding in 2025: ReportWomen co-founded tech startups in India saw funding stabilise at USD 1.1 billion in 2025. Despite fewer deals, average investment amounts g...
Verlinvest leads race for minority stake in Eye FoundationVerlinvest is poised to acquire a 20% stake in Eye Foundation for approximately $100 million, valuing the Indian eye hospital chain at Rs. ...
Third Wave Coffee posts 67% rise in FY24 revenue, but losses doubleThe WestBridge Capital-backed company spent Rs 12 crore on selling and marketing in FY24 as compared to Rs 2 crore a year ago. Rent costs a...
Blue Tokai Coffee gets a Verlinvest flavourVerlinvest is set to invest Rs 200 crore in Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters at a Rs 1,200-crore valuation. Existing investors Hemendra Kothari’s...
12 Flags Group takes a sip of Blue TokaiThe investment by 12 Flags comes at a time when cafe chains in India are growing faster than quick service restaurants (QSRs), fuelled by y...
Rakesh Kapoor-backed 12 Flags invests in Blue Tokai; its first investment in IndiaIn addition to new-age specialty coffee chains such as Blue Tokai, Third Wave and Slay, there are legacy brands such as Tata Starbucks, Cos...
Blue Tokai revenue surges 70% in FY23; loss up 3.5 times as firm expands footprintSpecialty coffee brand Blue Tokai saw its total expenses balloon to Rs 166 crore in FY23 from Rs 90 crore in the previous fiscal primarily ...
Third Wave Coffee lays off employees months after fundraiseThird Wave confirmed the layoffs to ET in a statement, saying that it was a “one-time restructuring exercise to consolidate our teams”.
Starbucks to brew a mix of expansion, affordability to compete with rivalsStarbucks, the world's largest coffee retailer operating in India through Tata Consumer Products, is strategically shifting its focus towar...
Snacking brand Sweet Karam Coffee secures $1.5 million in funding from Fireside VenturesFounded by husband-wife duo Anand Bharadwaj and Nalini Parthiban, along with Srivatsan Sundararaman and Veera Raghavan, Sweet Karam Coffee ...
Third Wave Coffee raises $35 million in funding round led by CreaegisThird Wave Coffee cofounder and chief executive Sushant Goel confirmed the new funding without providing any details. Creaegis closed a $42...
Speciality coffee company Abcoffee raises $2 million in funding from Tanglin Venture Partners, othersAbcoffee currently has 10 outlets in Mumbai and Delhi, and plans to inaugurate two more in Mumbai by the end of this month. Anand emphasise...
Koo seeks fresh funding, strategics; Dunzo further delays paying salaries, will move out of Bengaluru HQHomegrown microblogging platform Koo is looking for fresh funding or a strategic partnership to further its “next phase of growth,” cofound...
It's the cafe chains that the young are flocking toCafe chains in India are now growing faster than quick service restaurants (QSR) as younger, aspirational consumers increasingly prefer to ...
ETtech Deals Digest: Indian startups raised $565 million this week, PhonePe’s funding lifts gloomHere is a list of startups that got funded this week.
Specialty coffee startup Blue Tokai raises $30 million in funding led by A91 PartnersBlue Tokai’s latest capital raise comes on the back of other new age specialty coffee firms also drawing increased consumer and investor in...
Bhavik Koladiya sues Ashneer Grover; govt extends feedback deadline for draft gaming rulesKoladiya founded the fintech firm in 2017 with Shashvat Nakrani, his schoolteacher's son. In 2018, they began searching for a chief executi...
Pitch problems: How a VC stumped meAsking for money is never easy. In this column, entrepreneurs talk about how angel investors and VCs stumped them with hard questions durin...
Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters raises first seed fundingThe company is expected to realise Rs 2 crore from its sales in the current financial year and in last three years its sales have been doub...