2025 Year in Review: Smaller seed funds reap bumper harvest on exitsWhile attention through the year was largely centred on marquee, bulge-bracket IPOs and billion-dollar secondaries involving large global f...
24 Dec, 2025, 07.41 AM IST
Clock’s ticking for digital lenders as VC funding plunges 50% in 2025Funding into digital lending startups slumped to $462 million between January and August 2025 from $1.1 billion a year earlier, according t...
24 Sep, 2025, 10.39 AM IST
Top tech and startup stories this weekWelcome to a new edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter packed with the most important stories this week. Let’s take a look.
26 Jul, 2025, 07.49 AM IST
As fintech lenders chase secured credit options, VCs up their betsAs unsecured lending slows, investor interest is shifting to secured lending platforms, attracting significant venture capital. Startups ar...
19 Jun, 2025, 06.01 AM IST
Lenskart’s Peyush Bansal on global expansion; Easebuzz hits home runHappy Wednesday! Lenskart CEO Peyush Bansal spoke to ET about building a global brand, IPO plans and more. This and other top stories in to...
05 Mar, 2025, 07.25 AM IST
Digital lending sector sees slowdown in growth, higher bad loans as regulator increases scrutinyFintech lenders in India anticipate rising bad loans as regulatory scrutiny tightens on unsecured lending. The RBI has unofficially urged t...
05 Dec, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
Unsecured loans in focus, fintechs see NBFC credit taps drying upLarge NBFCs like Aditya Birla Finance and Poonawalla Fincorp have informed the fintech startups they do business with that they will no lon...
08 Dec, 2023, 09.17 PM IST
Kissht parent reports Rs 95.5 crore profit in FY23, revenue doubles to Rs 1,037 croreAccording to the company, the growth in revenues comes as it doubled down on new merchant acquisitions. Further, profit pools increased as ...
23 Oct, 2023, 09.28 PM IST
Tech earnings a mixed bag in Q3 & other big stories this weekMost of the listed tech companies have seen stock valuations halve as investors dumped them in favour of established businesses.
11 Feb, 2023, 07.29 AM IST
Google unveils Bard, Baidu announces Ernie in AI chatbot battle; Paytm up 20% as investors repose confidenceIt’s been barely three months since OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT went live, and we already have Big Tech firms throwing their hat in the ring t...
07 Feb, 2023, 08.35 PM IST
More cost cuts at Indian startups as funding plummets; LazyPay, Kissht hit by Govt app banFaced with a severe fund crunch, big and small startups are now shedding non-core businesses as part of further steps to cut costs. While i...
07 Feb, 2023, 07.37 AM IST
RBI’s UPI-credit card linking plan is not adding up for banks, fintechAt present, about 50 million people avail instant loans across banks, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and digital lending fintechs th...
10 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Paytm: The AftermathPaytm's wretched market debut -- after it conducted India's biggest IPO -- has already sent ripples through India's wider fintech and start...
23 Nov, 2021, 11.22 AM IST
Using Buy Now, Pay Later scheme for your purchase? This is what will happen if you default on paymentMost of these borrowers are either young consumers or people who do not have any formal credit line like credit cards or EMI cards for maki...
10 Nov, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
Nippon India invests Rs 50 crore in Endiya PartnersEndiya Partners is investing in Intellectual Property-led Indian product startups that are globally relevant.
17 Aug, 2020, 01.20 PM IST
IFC commits $10 million investment in Endiya Partners-IIEndiya said its investment strategy addresses a funding gap in the venture capital spectrum in India between Angel and Series A investments...
10 Aug, 2020, 01.51 PM IST
NBFC cash crunch stings fintech firmsCapital Float’s funding talks with PayU got stuck due to doubts about its asset quality.
27 Jul, 2019, 02.03 PM IST