Start- Ups

The private investment firm has invested in these AI companies from January 1, 2021, to date, participating in 19 funding rounds ranging from seed-stage investments to mature Series F rounds

Funding led by Version One Ventures will help the Bengaluru and Detroit-based startup expand in the US and scale AI foundation models for industrial robot arms

Funding led by Pravega Ventures and Shastra VC will support global expansion, strengthen AI capabilities and accelerate product development across defence and commercial maritime markets

Serial entrepreneur says AI-native platform integrates work, knowledge and execution into a single suite to help enterprises realise productivity gains

The development comes a week after Hari Kumar, who was the then CBO, resigned from the company

The partnership aims to identify, support and scale Indian deep-tech and space-tech startups by connecting founders with specialised networks, investors and global growth opportunities

Backed by HCLTech and the IndiaAI Mission, Sarvam's rise reflects growing confidence in India's ability to build indigenous AI models, infrastructure and applications

IIM-Calcutta has unveiled an initiative, allowing its MBA students to pursue entrepreneurial ventures without permanently foregoing campus placements, said a statement from the institute on Saturday. The initiative was announced by IIM-Calcutta Director Alok Kumar Rai at a ceremony on Friday to induct 480 students into its 63rd MBA batch. He said that students who choose to spend a year building start-ups instead of participating in campus placements will be eligible to return to the institute's placement process the following year if they desire so. The new batch comprises 67 per cent men and 33 per cent female students, with 41 per cent freshers and 59 per cent having prior work experience, the statement said. Students from engineering backgrounds account for 54.7 per cent of the batch, followed by commerce (11.5 per cent), science (10.27 per cent) and arts (10 per cent), while the remaining students are from other disciplines. The Freshers' Welcome ceremony was attended by Gane

Prasanna Kumar walked away from the corporate life to solve the supply chain problem he saw as a child and built VilCart - an e-com startup for 100,000 kirana stores across rural South India

The fintech and payments industry is preparing a proposal for RBI seeking safe harbour provisions to protect compliant licensed entities from liabilities and retrospective regulatory action

GalaxEye founder Suyash Singh and his co-founders spent five years building Drishti, a satellite that sees through clouds even at night, and which was launched earlier this month on a SpaceX rocket

India's data-protection framework offers some guardrails but leaves wide room for interpretation in how those rules apply to AI training

Swiggy told stock exchanges it had failed to win the shareholder approval needed to amend its Articles of Association, a key step in its efforts to qualify as an IOCC

Funding will help AIoT startup scale infrastructure monitoring platform, expand deployments, and strengthen partnerships across water, energy, and industrial sectors

Accel-led funding round backs Oolka's plan to scale AI financial agents and expand into a full-stack consumer finance platform in India

Venture capital firms in India are creating structured programmes to help AI startups enter the US market, offering capital, relocation support, and access to networks and customers

Home services platform Snabbit has raised USD 56 million (about Rs 530 crore) in a funding round co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investments' Unicorn Growth Fund, and Bertelsmann India Investments, the company said on Tuesday. Existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and Lightspeed also participated in the round. Snabbit Founder and CEO Aayush Agarwal told PTI that the company plans to utilise the fund to build a strong balance sheet as it is gearing up to expand service in micro markets and foray into new categories in near future. "We have raised USD 56 million in Series D round funding, led by SIG, along with Mirae and Bertelsmann. This also marks Miraeas first investment from the Unicorn Growth Fund that was recently launched. We already have strong investors like Lightspeed, Elevation, and Nexus. Bertelsmann, which led our previous round, is doubling down significantly," Agarwal said. Global marketplace investor FJ Labs also participated in the fund

The government on Saturday issued detailed guidelines for operationalisation of the second tranche of Rs 10,000 crore fund of funds (FoF) scheme for startups. The guidelines include mechanisms for fund deployment, governance, and monitoring, with the objective of improving the efficiency of capital flows into India's startup ecosystem, the commerce and industry ministry said. The scheme will be implemented through commitments to SEBI-registered Category I and II Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), which will invest in DPIIT-recognised startups. "This approach is expected to ensure disciplined capital allocation, crowding-in of private investments, and wider access to funding across sectors, stages, and geographies," it said. The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), it said, will act as the initial Implementation Agency and will undertake execution through a structured AIF selection and monitoring process. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Indian startup bets on agentic AI for governments and enterprises as adoption scales across sectors, driven by multilingual capabilities, high-volume interactions, and sovereign AI infrastructure

India emerges as a leader in AI's application layer, with startups driving real-world deployment, enterprise adoption and revenue generation, says SenseAI Ventures