Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion: ReportAmazon is reportedly in talks to acquire artificial-intelligence startup Decart for about $7 billion. The acquisition would give Amazon sig...
12 Oct, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2026 | List when the business is predictable, and stay transparent after: Groww, Meesho foundersThe advice from the two founders, during a panel discussion at The ET Startup Awards moderated by Samidha Sharma, came as a number of start...
12 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Winners of The ET Startup Awards 2026 to be feted todayHappy Friday! The who's who of the startup ecosystem will come together in Bengaluru today to honour the winners of The Economic Times Star...
09 Oct, 2026, 07.44 AM IST
Lifestyle accessories brand DailyObjects raises Rs 332 crore funding at Rs 1,050 crore valuationThe funding round consists of primary and secondary capital. Early investor Roots Ventures partially exited in this round, realising an 18x...
08 Oct, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
Is it possible to beam solar power from space to Earth? Virginia startup Overview Energy gets Pentagon funding for its 2028 targeting testCollecting solar energy in space was never the biggest problem. Getting that power to the right place on Earth was. On September 30, 2026, ...
08 Oct, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
IVCA joins Headstart as co-host of Bharat Pitchathon 2026; launches national DeepTech founder intelligence initiativeIVCA has announced a collaboration with Headstart Network Foundation to enhance India's DeepTech entrepreneurship ecosystem. This partnersh...
08 Oct, 2026, 05.27 PM IST
Karnataka, IVCA explore co-investment framework to accelerate DeepTech commercialisationThe Bharat DeepTech Roundtable took place in Bengaluru, organized by the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association. It brought toget...
08 Oct, 2026, 05.20 PM IST
US government, Google join Zuckerberg-backed Biohub in $1.8 billion push for AI biology dataThe US government and tech heavyweights Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are joining nonprofit Biohub to build open datasets to tr...
07 Oct, 2026, 09.51 PM IST
Wealthtech startup Zomint raises Rs 36 crore from Lightspeed, Prime Venture PartnersFounded in September 2025 by Aman Mittal, a former executive at Flipkart and Pine Labs, and Shavir Bansal, who started personal finance con...
07 Oct, 2026, 02.11 PM IST
RDI fund: Call for proposals to reopen after review, to boost Viksit Bharat 2047, says TDB SecretaryIn an effort to align with India's 2047 development goals, the Research, Development, and Innovation Fund was launched by Prime Minister Na...
06 Oct, 2026, 04.52 PM IST
Nvidia’s $20 billion Groq deal under fire: Why shareholders are suingIn a striking legal development, two ex-Groq engineers have taken Nvidia to court over alleged mismanagement of their technology and person...
06 Oct, 2026, 10.22 AM IST
Karnataka govt’s Innoverse identifies seven startups for deeptech scale-up programmeThe programme will support startups with market access, capital mobilisation, policy support, and access to technology and scale-up infrast...
02 Oct, 2026, 07.49 PM IST
Former Elevation Capital partner Mayank Khanduja joins Silicon Valley VC Bessemer in IndiaKhanduja, who left Elevation Capital in January, will focus on early-stage investments at Bessemer, working with founders from their first ...
01 Oct, 2026, 01.05 PM IST
How 25 students of Gurgaon-based college raised Rs 60 crore funding in deep tech and space ventures in a dayTwenty-five startups from Gurugram-based Masters’ Union University received soft funding commitments worth Rs 60.5 crore. The startups pres...
30 Sep, 2026, 10.41 PM IST
AI firm EliseAI valued at $4 billion in latest funding roundThe funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Sap...
29 Sep, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
IIT Madras-backed deeptech fund raises Rs 450 crore in first close, invests Rs 55 crore in four startupsThe fund, which has a target corpus of Rs 1,000 crore including a Rs 400 crore greenshoe option, achieved its first close within three mont...
27 Sep, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
India’s startup cash keeps finding one address, with $4.4 billion going to BengaluruBengaluru secured $4.4 billion in startup funding during the first nine months of 2026. Total startup funding in India reached $10.3 billio...
25 Sep, 2026, 02.03 PM IST