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Afore Capital began backing pre-seed startups in 2017; 8 years later, its portfolio was valued at $13.5 billion and it had returned $47 million to investorsAfore Capital is changing how it backs new businesses. Its new $185 million fund will support both startups with clear business plans and f...
Meet Shruti Gandhi, who launched Array Ventures in 2016; 8 years later, her first fund had returned all its capital to investorsGandhi announced the achievement in a year-end update in February 2025. It claimed that Array Ventures fully returned its 2016 Fund I in th...
How Elon Musk’s $3.5 trillion Tesla–SpaceX merger could rewrite the rules of his business empire and shift who holds the powerIn an ambitious move, Elon Musk is contemplating merging Tesla with SpaceX, a deal poised at roughly $3.5 trillion. Public sentiment appear...
Algebra Ventures closed a $54 million fund; 4 years later, six portfolio companies were valued at over $350 millionIts first fund invested in reportedly 21 startups across Egypt and the wider Middle East and North Africa region. The portfolio included bu...
Chapter Home raises Rs 63 crore from Bessemer, Stride Ventures, othersThe startup plans to use the capital to strengthen product development, expand into new categories, invest in technology and brand building...
Legal AI startup Legora raises $550 million at $8.8 billion valuation in Atreides-led roundThe round was led by Atreides Management. New investors, including Baron Capital, Capital Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Gl...
AI startup Simplismart in talks to raise $40-50 million; valuation may tripleSimplismart, an innovative AI infrastructure startup, is in talks to secure between $40 and $50 million in funding, which could potentially...
Innovist revenue nearly tripled to Rs 686 crore in FY26 ahead of L’Oreal dealL’Oreal announced in June that it would acquire a majority stake in Innovist, the parent of brands such as Bare Anatomy, Chemist at Play an...
Even Healthcare raises $50 million, triples Series A valuationSilicon Valley-based Khosla Ventures, an early backer of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, first invested in the company in its $5-million seed round i...
Who is Rex Salisbury? Man who started Cambrian Ventures; by 2025, its $20 million First Fund had backed 33 startups, about half reaching Series ASalisbury's Cambrian Ventures has one simple task, and that is focusing on early-stage financial technology companies. They are commonly kn...
VC’s remark on deeptech sets off a debate on where India’s capital should go“In a decade we will realize most of the deeptech is a grift,” Maini wrote, adding that quick services and quick commerce companies will do...
10-minute househelp startups & their crore-sized lossesLatest financials reported by Snabbit and Urban Company on Friday point to heavy cash burn in the race to deliver household services within...
Rafael Nadal built a tennis academy in 2016; nine years later, he sold a 44.9% stake for about €94 millionRafael Nadal is not just a tennis champion but a savvy entrepreneur as well. He founded the Rafa Nadal Academy, enhancing both athletic tra...
AI agent startup RapidCanvas raises $29 million from Vertex Ventures, othersHitachi Ventures and existing investors Accel, Peak XV Partners, Valley Capital Partners and Titanium Ventures participated, taking the sta...
India’s family offices bet on homegrown AI firms to gain groundIndia’s tech landscape is witnessing an influx of investments from family offices and wealthy individuals. Key players like Premji Invest a...
In 2019, Susa Ventures raised a $90 million fund; 6 years later, its reported assets had reached $265 millionA venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, Susa Ventures was founded in 2013. The firm backs early-stage companies. It also...
Andreessen Horowitz lays off majority of portfolio recruiting teamIn a surprising operational pivot, Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capital player in Silicon Valley, has downsized its recruiting te...
AI agents are the next race in consumer AI
‘AI agents will need solid data foundation to deliver results’Fragmented data pipeline traps AI tools inside corporate silos, Databricks JAPAC head Simon Davies tells Tanya Pandey & Surabhi Agarwal. Wh...
- CoinSwitch Ventures goes global as BlackLane Capital, plans to back startups with cheques of up to $5 million
CoinSwitch’s investment arm, CoinSwitch Ventures, has rebranded as BlackLane Capital, expanding beyond crypto and Web3 to invest in early-s...