Funding

OpenAI in talks with UAE funds, BlackRock for $30 billion funding round

UAE investment funds have discussed investing as much as $10 billion altogether, while OpenAI is seeking capital at a valuation of about $1.4 trillion

Updated On: 06 Oct 2026 | 10:21 PM IST

TDB pauses accepting applications under RDI fund amid capital constraints

TDB closes fresh RDI funding call as strong demand from deep-tech projects outpaces available capital, despite an additional ₹1,000 crore allocation taking its total to ₹3,000 crore

Updated On: 30 Sep 2026 | 8:21 PM IST

Prime Focus-backed Brahma AI raises $150 million at $2 billion valuation

Brahma AI is an AI-native enterprise technology company focused on audiovisual content across media and entertainment, sports, healthcare, and advertising.

Updated On: 23 Sep 2026 | 10:05 AM IST

Sneaker startup Comet raises ₹100 crore in Series B led by Verlinvest

Elevation Capital and Nexus Venture Partners also participated, while Urban Company's Abhiraj Singh Bhal, Snap's Ajit Mohan and entrepreneur Anand Ahuja joined as angel investors

Updated On: 04 Sep 2026 | 5:53 PM IST

Kepler Aerospace raises $8 mn seed round led by Blue Ashva Capital

The seed round will fund deployment of the company's first six swarming ISR satellites and support expansion of its mission operations and avionics-as-a-service businesses

Updated On: 01 Sep 2026 | 2:21 PM IST

Vodafone Idea capex plan gets fillip from ₹6.4K crore bank funding

Hopeful of closing discussions with banks, confident of raising additional funds, says CEO Abhijit Kishore

Updated On: 11 Aug 2026 | 11:18 PM IST

Jio Credit, others raise ₹2,520 crore via corporate bond issuances

Companies tap the debt market ahead of the RBI's monetary policy review, with market participants expecting stronger primary activity next month

Updated On: 30 Jul 2026 | 11:14 PM IST

National Education Policy falls short 6 yrs after landmark reform: Experts

Six years after NEP 2020, experts say uneven funding, institutional capacity gaps and unfinished reforms continue to slow its implementation across India

Updated On: 29 Jul 2026 | 11:15 PM IST

BUSINESSNEXT secures $40 million funding to expand autonomous banking

The autonomous banking platform will use the funds for research and development and expansion into Australia and New Zealand, while strengthening its private AI capabilities

Updated On: 23 Jul 2026 | 8:05 AM IST

Modest venture capital funding for high-tech startups; 2026 shows hope

VC funding in India's chip and space startups is picking up in 2026 as the government's Semicon 2.0 push boosts investor confidence

Updated On: 23 Jul 2026 | 6:58 AM IST

India's fintech sector raises $2 bn in H1 2026, led by late-stage funding

Funding in India's fintech sector rose 42 per cent year-on-year to $2 billion in H1 2026, with late-stage companies accounting for four-fifths of the total capital raised

Updated On: 16 Jul 2026 | 10:58 PM IST

Laundry infra company Quick Clean raises ₹133 crore in Series B round

Stakeboat Capital led the ₹133 crore Series B round, with existing investors participating, as Quick Clean plans AI-led expansion across India and overseas markets

Updated On: 16 Jul 2026 | 6:00 AM IST

Commercial papers explained: How companies raise short-term funds

Companies raised a record ₹5.37 trillion through commercial papers in the first quarter of FY27. Here's what they are, who issues them and why their use is rising

Updated On: 14 Jul 2026 | 4:04 PM IST

RDI fund's first cohort of startups aims to plug country's deep-tech gaps

The first five startups backed under the government's RDI fund will develop indigenous technologies in space, defence, healthcare, batteries and biotechnology through milestone-based financing

Updated On: 08 Jul 2026 | 5:29 PM IST

Rentomojo secures Sebi approval for IPO with Rs 150-crore fresh issue

Online rental and subscription platform Rentomojo Ltd has received Sebi's go-ahead for its proposed initial public offering (IPO), an update with the regulator showed on Monday. The proposed IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 150 crore and an Offer for Sale (OFS) of 2.84 crore equity shares by existing shareholders, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP). The regulator received the company's draft papers on April 1 and gave its observations on July 6, the update showed. In Sebi parlance, the issuance of observations implies its approval to float the IPO. According to the draft papers, the company proposes to utilise the net proceeds from the fresh issue towards payment of loans, payment of lease rentals or licence fees for warehouses and experience stores, and general corporate purposes. Rentomojo operates a technology-driven, direct-to-consumer online rental and subscription platform for furniture and home appliances. As of September

Updated On: 06 Jul 2026 | 7:21 PM IST

Deeptech startup QOSMIC raises $3.3 million in seed funding round

QOSMIC, a Bengaluru-based deep-tech company building optical communication infrastructure for space, said on Wednesday that it raised USD 3.33 million in a seed funding round. The funding will accelerate the company's work to build the data layer of the space economy, the network that carries information between satellites, orbital data centres, and the ground network. In a statement, Shreyaans Jain, co-founder and CEO of the company, said, "The next decade of the space economy will be defined by data. Satellites are becoming exponentially more capable, but the infrastructure connecting them to Earth has not kept pace." "We believe optical communications will become as fundamental to space infrastructure as fibre optics became to the internet. This funding enables us to accelerate that transition and build the connectivity layer that the next generation of space applications will rely on," he added. Founded in 2025, QOSMIC is building laser-based communication systems that enable .

Updated On: 25 Jun 2026 | 12:06 AM IST

SaffronStays secures $3.5 million funding led by Infinity Ventures

The hospitality startup will use the funds to expand across leisure destinations, invest in technology and strengthen its portfolio of managed holiday homes

Updated On: 24 Jun 2026 | 11:47 PM IST

India seeks $2.5 billion funds from World Bank, ADB for infra growth

World Bank and Asian Development Bank are in discussions to disburse loans worth $1.5 billion and $1 billion, respectively, with announcements likely within the next two months

Updated On: 18 Jun 2026 | 11:08 AM IST

India needs a complete sovereign AI stack, not just models: Bessemer

Bessemer Venture Partners says India's AI ambitions must extend from compute and data infrastructure to agents, services and robotics

Updated On: 15 Jun 2026 | 10:02 PM IST

Coralogix raises $200 million as AI drives demand for observability tools

The data and AI platform said the Series F round values the growing role of monitoring software in managing increasingly complex AI workloads

Updated On: 03 Jun 2026 | 8:30 PM IST