Lightspeed’s Ravi Mhatre & Bejul Somaia on India’s AI opportunity; The rise of NSFW appsHappy Monday! Lightspeed’s top brass has laid out the firm's AI thesis for India. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
23 Feb, 2026, 07.14 AM IST
Air taxi startup ePlane eyes $40-50 million round, Speciale Invest co-leadsDeeptech investor Speciale Invest is in discussions to co-lead the private round, along with other investors, sources said. The Chennai-bas...
23 Feb, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
IIMA Ventures, Jaivel Aerospace launch fund to back early-stage defence, aerospace startupsIIMA Ventures, backed by IIM Ahmedabad, has partnered with Jaivel Aerospace to launch a new fund supporting early-stage aerospace and defen...
13 Oct, 2025, 10.18 AM IST
Deeptech startup Plenome Technologies raises Rs 6.5 crore from Indian, global investorsThe IIT Madras-incubated startup bagged the seed funding from Luxembourg-based Ovington Capital, UAE-based AADI, and Manish Gandhi, who has...
25 Jul, 2025, 07.00 PM IST
World Economic Forum features 10 Indian startups as Tech Pioneers; spacetech wins bigThe selected startups will now work closely with WEF’s platforms to contribute to global discussions on technology, sustainability, and inc...
24 Jun, 2025, 09.24 PM IST
Indian electric aircraft startup ePlane to supply air ambulances in over $1 billion dealUnder the non-binding agreement, the company will provide electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to ICATT, an air ambulance...
19 Feb, 2025, 03.37 PM IST
TCS, ePlane Company in partnership to build e-aviation ecosystemIIT Madras-incubated startup, The ePlane Company, partners with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop scalable solutions for electric ...
09 Jan, 2025, 09.34 AM IST
eVTOL player ePlane raises $14 million, anticipates parallel aviation industry & new jobsFounder of the startup and IIT-Madras aerospace engineering professor Satya Chakravarthy told ET that the government's support and announce...
14 Nov, 2024, 05.52 PM IST
Anicut Capital picks up over $6 million from SIDBI startup fundSIDBI is an existing investor in Anicut Capital and has invested in both of its debt funds. The bank had invested Rs 140 crore (about $16.9...
05 Sep, 2023, 04.18 PM IST
BluJ Aero secures $2.25 million in funding led by Endiya PartnersAviation startup BluJ Aero has raised $2.25 million in a seed funding round to develop a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft powe...
27 Jun, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
Java Capital launches Rs 75 crore seed-stage fundJava said it will lead and participate in investments into startups looking to raise pre-seed to pre-series A funding across sectors includ...
12 Dec, 2022, 07.20 PM IST
Seed stage investment firm Speciale Invest raises Rs 286 croreThe firm, which focuses on deep tech and enterprise technologies startups, is looking to back more than 20 companies through pre-seed and s...
06 Apr, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
The ePlane Company raises $5 million funding from Speciale Invest, Micelio, othersThe fresh lease of funds would help bolster the hiring of top-tier talent, advance R&D and continue to gain airworthiness provision and ini...
10 Jan, 2022, 02.01 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2021: FamPay wins the Best on Campus awardFamPay’s product gained traction during the Covid-19 pandemic as it enabled teenagers to own a quasi-digital banking account where parents ...
27 Sep, 2021, 06.30 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2021: Nominees for Best on CampusThe award will showcase a startup whose impact can be judged both by the idea and the execution. The founders should have been students who...
22 Sep, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Carbon-fiber startup Fabheads raises Rs 8 crore in pre-Series A funding roundFabheads, a deeptech startup that manufactures carbon fiber parts, will use the funding to strengthen its R&D team, building a global sales...
18 May, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
The ePlane Company raises $1 million to build a flying electric taxiThe funding is expected to help The ePlane Company through the prototype stage of building a flying electric taxi with a range of 200 km an...
03 Mar, 2021, 02.38 AM IST