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Kuku FM's parent confidentially files for Rs 3,500 crore IPOAudio and video platform Kuku has confidentially filed draft papers with Sebi for a Rs 3,500 crore IPO. The company aims for a Rs 15,000 cr...
Indian founders flip Y Combinator’s $25,000 AI tokens for quick bucksA grey market for discounted AI credits has emerged following Y Combinator's Startup School in India. Attendees are selling free credits fo...
Scoop: Ex-Peak XV trio launches Mettle Capital, targets $350–400 million fund to back Indian startupsThree former Peak XV Partners, Ashish Agrawal, Ishaan Mittal, and Tejeshwi Sharma, have launched Mettle Capital. The new venture capital fu...
Lightspeed eyes new India fund, plans smaller corpus of $300–350 million amid AI focusThe venture capital firm, which was initially looking to raise as much as $500 million for its fifth India fund, has now cut the target siz...
Groww investors reap bumper returns; Lightspeed’s India rethinkHappy Wednesday! Groww delivered strong gains to early investors after the IPO lock-in expired. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dis...
Razorpay eyes omnichannel focus for offline push: sourcesOnline payments firm Razorpay has scaled back its offline expansion plans due to sluggish growth in the vertical. Following its Ezetap acqu...
Payments companies see PoS pause on war-related imports squeezeIndia's digital payments sector faces a critical shortage of new point-of-sale (PoS) terminals due to disruptions in imports from China and...
PoS terminal supply squeeze; Skyroot CEO on unicorn flightHappy Friday! The point-of-sale (PoS) supply has dried up in India as the West Asia conflict squeezes imports. This and more in today's ETt...
Pixxel & Sarvam take AI to orbit; Fintechs flock to Gift CityHappy Tuesday! Spacetech startup Pixxel is joining forces with AI company Sarvam to launch an orbital data centre satellite — bringing comp...
New-age B-school report highlights strong startup placements and early offersMesa School of Business, a startup-focused, AI-first institution backed by Elevation Capital, has released independently audited placement ...
Acko plans confidential IPO filing to raise $250 million; targets $2.5 billion valuationDigital insurer Acko is gearing up for a confidential IPO, aiming to raise approximately $250 million and seeking a valuation between $2-2....
Pine Labs acquires ecommerce enabler Shopflo for Rs 88 croreDigital payments major Pine Labs has acquired ecommerce enabler Shopflo Technologies for Rs 88 crore, aiming to strengthen its online merch...
I never wanted to be a VC: Harshita Arora on why she joined YC as its youngest general partnerHarshita Arora, 24, makes history as Y Combinator's youngest general partner. She initially joined as a visiting partner, finding her calli...
Y Combinator comes to India with Startup School, draws a crowd, faces some teething troublesY Combinator's inaugural Startup School in India drew over 2,000 aspiring founders, eager to learn from established entrepreneurs like Zept...
Razorpay set for confidential IPO filing; valuation may fall to around $5 billionThe fintech startup, last valued at $7.5 billion, is expected to be questioned on growth sustainability and the road to profitability; Walm...
Every rupee saved in supply chain costs goes back to customers: Zepto's Aadit Palicha at YC Startup SchoolZepto aims to be India's top grocery delivery platform in the next four to five years. Cofounder Aadit Palicha believes this success could ...
Regulations slow growth but reward patient founders: Razorpay’s Harshil Mathur at YC Startup SchoolRazorpay CEO Harshil Mathur highlighted the advantages of operating in regulated spaces, noting the company's explosive growth in India's p...
Nervous Indian fintechs push Anthropic for access to MythosOne97 Communications, Razorpay Software and Pine Labs are among the Indian companies that have pushed the San Francisco-based AI developer ...
Is Rs 70 LPA salary common for Bengaluru techies? Entrepreneur gives a breakdown of real salaries, ‘80% of engineers earn….’A startup founder debunked the notion of ₹70 lakh salaries being routine in Bengaluru's tech sector, highlighting that such high pay is con...
Large AI firms hoovering maximum funding, not enough for smaller startups: Y Combinator’s Ankit GuptaAnkit Gupta spoke to ET ahead of the accelerator’s Startup School event in Bengaluru on April 18 — the first in India. In order to tap aspi...