Start Ups

Qcom platform Blinkit introduces Bharat Yatra national common mobility card

Blinkit now delivers the Rs 50, zero-KYC Bharat Yatra NCMC card across major cities, making metro and bus travel easier with a single RuPay-powered mobility card

Nivaan Care raises $7 million to expand pain management clinics in India

Series A round led by Sorin Investments backs the rollout of minimally invasive, single specialty centres

Cropin unveils AI agriculture platform to rewire global food supply chains

New ecosystem with Google, BCG, Wipro and others aims to reduce climate, data and procurement risks in agriculture

SpotDraft raises $8 mn from Qualcomm Ventures in Series B extension round

Funds to deepen AI capabilities and expand enterprise presence across key global markets

Startups seek tax clarity after SC ruling on Tiger Global spooks investors

The startup group has asked the government to reassure global investors of a stable investment environment, asking it to issue a clarification that pre-2017 investments would not face taxes

Amagi is likely one of India's largest tech-driven, AI-first IPOs: Accel

Accel partners Shekhar Kirani and Rachit Parekh on why they're holding their Amagi stake post-IPO, the reopening of India's tech listing window, and where they're placing AI bets

Trai's number mandate for debt collection may have unintended consequences

Trai's move to shift debt collection calls to the 1600 series aims to curb fraud, but lenders warn it could force greater reliance on physical recovery methods

Payoneer India gets RBI in-principle nod as cross-border payment aggregator

RBI's in-principle approval allows Payoneer India to expand cross-border payment services for importers and exporters, even as 19 entities have already received full PA-CB authorisation from regulator

Kitchenware startup Cumin Co. raises $5 mn in pre-Series A funding round

The direct-to-consumer kitchenware brand has raised $5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Fireside Ventures to expand R&D-led product portfolio and strengthen supply chain, innovation capabilities

AI startup Emergent raises $70 million in SoftBank, Khosla-led round

The firm has raised $100 million in seven months, with over 5 million users creating and shipping products in more than 190 countries

Whizzo raises $15 mn in Series A round to scale technical textiles platform

Fundamentum-led Series A backs materials-science research, in-house IP and expansion of an Asia-wide manufacturing network

Clean energy platform LNK Energy launched with ₹10,000 cr investment

They said the company will focus on supporting sustainable growth, responsible industrial development, and long-term energy security for India

India's top 20 startups dominated valuations, fundraising in 2025

While the average valuation of the top 20 startups was $1.78 billion, the remaining 80 had an average valuation of just $0.42 billion, nearly one-fourth of the top cohort

Datanomics: Consumption, not technology, powers India's startup boom

A decade into Startup India, most Indian unicorns are clustered in consumer and finance, highlighting limited depth in enterprise tech and frontier technologies like AI

Guj, Arunachal, Goa top states in ecosystem for startups: DPIIT ranking

The exercise is aimed at supporting states and Union territories (UTs) in developing their startup ecosystem and learning from each other's best practices

Unacademy retreats from offline expansion as founder bets on digital growth

Gaurav Munjal plans to franchise or sell physical centres while folding Airlearn into the company's core online platform

Snabbit steps up senior hiring as it scales home-services business

Quick home-services platform brings on Pync's founding team as it expands into new categories and cities

Aule Space raises $2 mn to develop satellite life extension jetpacks

Aule Space has raised $2 mn in pre-seed funding led by pi ventures to build autonomous satellite jetpacks that dock with geostationary

India's startups turn to AI applications in 2026 after missing infra boom

Venture investors and startup executives are betting on services, enterprise tools in 2026 after missing the infrastructure boom

CarDekho Group-backed Carrum raises Series A funding from Uber

The fleet management startup operates over 3,000 vehicles in several Tier 1 cities and aims to scale operations with the new capital