Startups spot a cool opening as ACs become everyday needAir-conditioners are becoming an essential purchase in India, attracting startups like Helium and Optimist into a market long dominated by ...
15 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
D2C air conditioner startup Helium raises $2 million from India QuotientThe D2C startup will initially deploy the fresh funds to scale manufacturing, build inventory, and strengthen go-to-market efforts before s...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
D2C homeware brand Nester raises Rs 19 crore led by Fireside Ventures, OTP VenturesNester has raised Rs 19 crore in a pre-series A round led by Fireside Ventures and OTP Ventures. The round also saw participation from Sade...
11 Feb, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
Consumer brand startup EDT raises $1.4 million in funding, led by Sauce VCThe startup is positioning itself as a new-age brand that blends design, technology, and a 'better-for-you’ proposition, such as a material...
16 Dec, 2025, 06.01 AM IST
Beyond Appliances raises $2 million in round led by Fireside VenturesDharana Capital and angel investors Livspace cofounders Saurabh Jain and Ramakant Sharma, Design Cafe founder Shezan Bhojani and former chi...
25 Nov, 2024, 08.49 AM IST
Zomato picks up 8% stake in kitchen appliances startup ByondnxtEarlier in March 2022, Zomato paid $5 million for a 16.66% stake in Mukunda Food founded by Eashwar Vikas, who also founded Byondnxt. Mukun...
22 Oct, 2024, 08.01 PM IST
Smart appliances firm Karban raises Rs 8.9 crore seed round led by All In Capital, Titan Capital and RainmatterKarban Envirotech, a firm that manufactures energy-efficient electronic appliances, has raised a seed funding of Rs 8.93 crore. Titan Capit...
24 Apr, 2024, 11.14 AM IST
IIT-incubated startup SustLabs aims for $100 million ARR in next five yearsSustLabs, founded by Kaushik Bose and Soumya Bhattacharya in 2016, provides an AI stack which makes energy meters smart which can sense and...
19 Mar, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
Govt notifies online gaming rules; Binny Bansal's fund leads Rs 300 crore infusion into CurefoodsThe referee has finally notified the final rules for online gaming. On Thursday, the government unveiled a number of measures to regulate t...
06 Apr, 2023, 08.55 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Ray of sunshine amid funding winter for Indian startupsAs the funding winter continues to trouble Indian startups, there is a tiny glimmer of hope in form of grants and potential investment.
11 Nov, 2022, 05.53 PM IST
Zerodha arm Rainmatter invests in home appliance company UpFounded by Mahek Mody, IIT Bombay alumnus and ex-chief of staff at Ather Energy, and Mohit Sharma, ex-head of engineering at Chaayos, the c...
10 Nov, 2022, 02.15 PM IST
Venture capitalist Tim Draper leads investment in Bengaluru startup UpA firm backer of cryptocurrency, Draper is known for his early investments in companies such as Tesla, Angelist, Coinbase, Switch, Skype an...
11 Oct, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
Chennai startup's dosa printer goes viral but not everyone is liking itEvochef, a Chennai-based startup, has launched an automatic dosa maker. Netizens have mixed reactions, and we present both sides of the spe...
25 Aug, 2022, 12.18 PM IST
Atomberg Technologies raises undisclosed sum from Ka EnterprisesFounded by Manoj Meena and Das in 2012, Atomberg currently sells energy-efficient brushless DC electric motor fans. It has a fully integrat...
16 Sep, 2021, 07.35 PM IST
FirstBuild inks pact with T-Works to set up centreFirstBuild is an online and physical community dedicated to designing, engineering, building, and selling the next generation of major home...
11 Sep, 2018, 03.00 PM IST
Intex plans Rs 60 crore investment in IoT, technology startupsThe company’s immediate focus is to hunt for IT-enabled startups in the healthcare and Internet of Things domains.
26 Jan, 2018, 07.31 AM IST
For Godrej, future runs through this innovation cellBhaskar believes that when customers get tired of the 'avalanche of features', appliance companies with a focus on how `humans interact wit...
01 Dec, 2015, 04.17 AM IST