Startup

The missing half of India's tech policy

As the government deploys public capital into frontier technologies, its expert investment committees need two improvements to deliver the intended outcomes

India remains key priority as Adyen expands beyond payments: Gary Yang

Adyen's APAC President Gary Yang says India remains a key priority market, with plans to deepen its payments capabilities while expanding into fraud mitigation, loyalty, and usage-based billing

Policy reforms, risk capital fuel India's fast-growing space-tech ecosystem

Space-tech funding has surged as policy reforms, government-backed risk capital and access to Isro infrastructure allow private companies to move from development to commercial deployment

What Makes A Founder Worth Backing? Kavita Gupta On AI, FOMO & Investing | Manager’s Mantra

In this episode of Manager’s Mantra, venture capitalist Kavita Gupta discusses how investors judge founders, why experience can matter more than degrees, and what she looks for before writing a cheque

Handpickd eyes Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune expansion, targets 3-5x growth

The fresh produce platform plans to scale its zero-inventory model into three more metros and is targeting three-fold to five-fold year-on-year growth

Ultraviolette plans ₹779 crore Tamil Nadu plant as EV demand surges

The Hosur facility will initially produce 250,000 electric two-wheelers annually and can scale to 500,000 units as the company targets India's growing mass-market EV segment

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

Adobe acquires Indian AI automation startup Rilo to boost agentic push

The deal marks Adobe's second known acquisition of an Indian firm as it expands its push into agentic marketing and AI-powered automation

Alteon plans aircraft that can stay airborne for months without fuel

Bengaluru startup Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that use dynamic soaring, inspired by albatross flight, to remain airborne for months and monitor oceans continuously

Whatfix CEO Khadim Batti, a prominent SaaS entrepreneur, passes away

Batti helped build Whatfix into a global enterprise software company and was a mentor to India's startup community

Deep-tech startup Zenergize raises ₹33.5 cr in pre-Series A funding round

With this fundraise, the company has raised Rs 50.5 crore to date. It had earlier raised Rs 17 crore in a seed funding round

India's venture capital recovery looks anaemic as deal value grows just 5%

Deal value grows 5% against a 161% global surge in the first seven months

Down But Not Out: Style overwhelms substance in tales of startup failure

This book on founders and their failures offers flashes of genuine insight but feels incomplete

VC firm Piper Serica marks first close of Rs 800 crore Bharat Tech fund

The venture capital firm has secured Rs 300 crore in commitments and plans to back 21-22 engineering-led fintech and deep-tech companies at the Series A and select Series B stages

Sarvam ropes in Mistral founding team member Devendra Chaplot as adviser

Sovereign AI startup appoints former Mistral and xAI executive as adviser as it expands globally and builds a one trillion-parameter foundation model

AI startup Freehand raises $75 million for supply-chain expansion

Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital co-lead funding as startup expands AI agents that automate procurement and supply-chain spending for Fortune 500 companies

AI travel startup 30 Sundays raises $6.7 million in Bessemer-led round

The company, which uses conversational AI to plan and book overseas holidays, will use the funds to expand into new markets and grow its engineering team

Bezos backs this AI startup to discover new materials for chipmaking

CuspAI initially started out with a focus on finding new materials for carbon capture and water purification

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

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