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Netcon Tech invests in Nikitek to revolutionise airport baggage handling

This move will transform the way baggage handling is done at airports, delivering a seamless, digitally enabled and eco-friendly travel experience, Netcon said

Anthill Ventures seeks to raise $100 mn for private credit cross-fund

The $1.7 trillion global private credit market has become a serious rival to mainstream lending, attracting investors by offering higher rates of returns

Former BharatPe COO Bahl-led Eternal Capital launches Rs 120 crore VC fund

The fund has been uniquely structured to democratise and simplify access to early-stage institutional deals in start-ups

Why the failed delivery of Rs 187 ice cream, cost Swiggy more than Rs 5,000

The customer sought Rs 10,000 as compensation and an additional Rs 7,500 in litigation expenses from Swiggy for its failure to deliver the ice cream and subsequent refusal of a refund

Artificial intelligence startups face rough financial reality check

Investors have poured $330 billion into about 26,000 AI and machine-learning startups over the past three years, according to PitchBook

Indian startup funding declines 3.1% to $2.3 billion in Q1 CY2024

The country saw the creation of two unicorns - companies valued at over $1 billion - during the quarter, namely Ola Krutrim and fintech Software as a Service (SaaS) firm Perfios

Metal recycling startup Runaya aims to generate $1 bn in revenue by FY30

The company is also looking at an IPO. But Agarwal said, it was not an urgent priority. It would happen whenever the timing is right

Income tax notices lead to stress among startups, executives and investors

The notices were served under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act. They have clubbed the investments made in the startups, along with the revenue, to calculate the tax, according to the sources

BS Manthan: Never had a funding winter, says Sanjeev Bikhchandani

The comment from Bikhchandani--who's sometimes referred to as the father of Indian startups-came in the backdrop of Indian startup funding hitting a seven-year low in 2023

Audio streaming platform Pocket FM completes 1st ESOP buyback worth $8.3 mn

Pocket FM's valuation almost doubled after its latest funding round to about $750 million, up from $390 million when it previously raised $65 million in its Series C round in March 2022

Krutrim AI models improving almost every week, says company executive

The startup aims to address the inherent hallucination issue in AI models by leveraging user feedback from its beta program

Zomato CEO Goyal marries Mexican model-turned entrepreneur Grecia Munoz

Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal, who recently made headlines over the launch of a 'Veg Only' service catering to vegetarians, has tied the knot for the second time with Mexican model-turned entrepreneur Grecia Munoz, sources said. Goyal, 41, was previously married to Kanchan Joshi. They were reportedly studying in the same department in IIT Delhi. "Grecia has been in India running her own startup in the luxury consumer products space. She used to be a model, yes. They got married a couple of months ago," a source told PTI. Grecia's Instagram bio reads, 'Born in Mexico now at home in India'. She has been the winner of the Metropolitan Fashion Week, 2022. Earlier this week, facing a huge backlash over plans for separate green uniforms for a new vegetarian-only food delivery service, Goyal said the company will roll back the plan, and all delivery persons will continue to sport the current red shirts/t-shirts. The Zomato CEO rolled back the green-coloured 'Pure Veg' fleet for

Fintech startup Yenmo secures $500,000 investment from Y Combinator

Yenmo offers a full-stack API (application programming interface) solution for other companies to integrate loans against mutual funds into their products

End of funding winter? Indian startups set to raise $8-10 billion this year

In 2022, Indian startups raised a total investment of $25 billion. In 2021 the fund raised a new high of $41.4 billion, according to Tracxn

A M Naik family office invests in medtech firm S3V Vascular Technologies

The Series B funds raised from Naik and other investors would be used to set up a state-of-the-art integrated manufacturing facility for neurovascular devices in Karnataka

IndiGo's Gangwal invests $20 mn in manufacturing services startup Zetwerk

Gangwal started his airline career with United Airlines in 1984. He co-founded IndiGo along with his friend Rahul Bhatia in 2006 with one aircraft

With Microsoft's support, this French co is gearing up to challenge OpenAI

Mistral has announced a partnership with Microsoft, just like OpenAI and has also launched its own LLM

Spyre PropTech Venture rolls out the first phase of Rs 400 crore fund

The maiden fund is set to invest in early and growth stage companies with ticket sizes ranging from Rs 2-8 crore in early stages and Rs 15-40 crore in growth stage series A and B rounds

72% fewer Indian fintech startups incorporated in 2023 than in 2021: Report

There have been around 30 acquisition deals in the Indian fintech space in 2023 and 20 out of these were done by large companies with over 1,000 employees or funding of over $50 million

Startup launches AI-backed education, health, edutainment content service

A start-up has recently announced that it will provide curated education, health, and edutainment services targeting specific needs using artificial intelligence. The start-up platform called Ascend, which is backed by the Accolade Group, claims to be the first knowpedia (Knowledge pedia). "We are the world's first knowpedia and, currently, focused on health, education, and edutainment. We are using AI and human intervention to provide targeted, curated services and content for individual requirements, which are not available now. We are trying to tap this space," Accolade Knowledge CEO Monika Lahiri said. "Our app will deliver AI-backed solutions for the common man, by aggregating and creating curated content tailored to an individual and offer skill development for re-employability, she said. It is projected that there will be a lot of job redundancy due to the deployment of AI by corporates and businesses, she said. Another Silicon Valley start-up has tied up with Accolade to .