Start Ups

ElevenLabs raises $500 million in Series D, valuation jumps to $11 bn

Sequoia-led funding round triples voice-AI startup's valuation as it expands beyond speech into full audio stack

Varaha raises $45 million in Series B round led by WestBridge Capital

Climate-tech firm to use fresh capital to expand globally, deepen science capabilities and scale biochar-focused industrial partnerships

Scrapping of courier export cap brings cheer to logistics, ecom players

The scrapping of the Rs 10 lakh per-consignment cap on courier exports in the Union Budget 2026 is expected to ease bottlenecks for MSMEs and D2C startups and improve cross-border e-commerce economics

Most of our users have never seen a line of code in their life Mukund Jha

Emergent CEO Mukund Jha explains how Emergent went from zero to $50 million in seven months by letting business owners build their own software

Peak XV Partners announces leadership changes, sharpens focus on AI

Venture capital firm Peak XV Partners has reshuffled senior leadership, promoted Abhishek Mohan as general partner, and renewed its strategic focus on artificial intelligence

Loop AI raises $14 mn in Series A funding round led by Nyca Partners

Enterprise AI platform Loop AI has raised $14 million in a Series A round led by Nyca Partners to expand its product suite and scale teams across the US and India

Easy Home Finance raises $30 million in Series C led by Investcorp

Mortgage-technology lender plans pan-India expansion as investors double down on India's housing finance growth

IAN Alpha Fund invests ₹25 crore in D-Propulse to boost testing, R&D

D-Propulse is building an indigenous rotating detonation engine (RDE)-based propulsion system

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