Need AI friend? Companion startups are a click awayAccording to a report from IT industry body Nasscom, the global AI companion market is estimated to have touched $28 billion in size this y...
07 Oct, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Suits & Sayings: Pharma magnate's big bash for grandkids; bank boss threatens to stop ESOP for non-performers; tycoon gets ready to host Cartier familyET’s weekly roundup of the wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors and policy parlours.
27 Feb, 2023, 10.23 AM IST
Robotics startup Miko acquires 70% stake in Square Off, eyes $100 million revenue by next yearSneh Vaswani, Miko’s cofounder and chief executive officer (CEO), said the acquisition is a natural fit for two companies that share a pass...
05 Oct, 2022, 01.53 PM IST
Stride Ventures expects final close of second fund in next two monthsExercising the green shoe option allows a venture capital or private equity firm to raise capital over and above its original target corpus...
04 May, 2022, 08.00 PM IST
New edtech unicorn; Twitter locks Congress accountsEruditus’ mammoth funding has made it a unicorn, thrice over. Twitter locks Congress accounts days after complying with India IT rules. A b...
13 Aug, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
The hottest job in tech startupsTwo decades ago, it seemed you couldn't walk down a street in Bengaluru without bumping into a software engineer. Today, one of the hottest...
13 Aug, 2021, 06.33 AM IST
Miko raises $28 million in Series B roundMiko creates personal robots which are used as companion robots for children. The company witnessed a three-times increase in use over the ...
12 Aug, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
Stride Ventures launches second fund to invest in early to late-stage startupsStride Ventures India Fund II has a corpus of Rs 1,000 crore with a greenshoe option of Rs 875 crore to invest in early- to late-stage star...
25 May, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Byju’s $1-bn funding, Amazon’s $250-mn India fundIn this week's ETtech Deals Digest, India’s biggest edtech startup cannot stop raising funds, and the world’s largest online retailer canno...
16 Apr, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
Essential confusionAlso in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: PhonePe is planning to enter the stockbroking business, A look at how Nykaa's valuation and cap ta...
15 Apr, 2021, 08.32 AM IST
Miko robotics gets Rs 50 crore funding from IvyCap Ventures, othersThe robotics startup will use the funding from investors IvyCap Ventures, Chiratae Ventures and YourNest Capital for product development an...
14 Apr, 2021, 07.04 PM IST
Stride Ventures raises Rs 85 crore from SIDBIThe funds received from SIDBI will be deployed through Stride's maiden fund - Stride Venture India Debt Fund I.
12 Nov, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
Stride Ventures leads $2M debt round in Sugar CosmeticsThis is Stride Ventures' tenth investment from its maiden fund that was launched in 2019.
22 Oct, 2020, 09.10 AM IST
Robot maker Miko raises Rs 23 crore in pre-series B led by Stride VenturesAfter Miko's US expansion earlier last year, it has scaled its user base in more than 90 countries, it said. The company also said it had s...
13 Oct, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
Robot maker Miko raises 53 cr in Series A investmentThe company will use the fresh round of funding for market expansion in North America, UK and the Middle East.
13 Aug, 2019, 07.40 PM IST
A robot as a child's companion? Emotix's Miko takes baby stepsPaired with a phone, this versatile bot can hold conversations with children, do fun things like tell stories or sing songs and answer gene...
01 Dec, 2017, 04.24 PM IST
Invento Robotics: Meet the humanoid 'Mitra' which declared GES 2017 openThe founders of Invento Robotics wanted to revolutionise Indian education. A year later their bot is rubbing shoulders with the PM Modi & I...
01 Dec, 2017, 04.20 PM IST