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Indian Startup Funding and Acquisitions: March 31 – April 5, 2025-thumnail

Indian Startup Funding and Acquisitions: March 31 – April 5, 2025

By Shrija Roy

PC: UK Safer Internet Center In the week of March 31 to April 5, 2025, Indian startups raised huge funding and made a lot of strategic acquisitions. Funding Highlights Relative

News

April 5, 2025

Delhivery Acquires 99.4% Stake in Ecom Express for Rs 1,407 Crore in Major Logistics Shake-Up-thumnail

Delhivery Acquires 99.4% Stake in Ecom Express for Rs 1,407 Crore in Major Logistics Shake-Up

By Shrija Roy

PC: Google Play  Delhivery Limited has made a major move towards consolidation in the Indian logistics sector by announcing that it is acquiring a 99.4% stake in Ecom Express Limited

News

April 5, 2025

Wellbeing Nutrition Secures Rs 25 Crore in Debt Funding -thumnail

Wellbeing Nutrition Secures Rs 25 Crore in Debt Funding 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indian Retailer  D2C health and wellness startup, Wellbeing Nutrition has raised Rs 25 crore (around Rs 3 million) in debt funding. Pharmaceutical major ACG-Capsules and angel investors Maheshwari Investors

News

April 4, 2025

Jai Kisan Secures Extended Series B Investment Amid Rural Fintech Expansion-thumnail

Jai Kisan Secures Extended Series B Investment Amid Rural Fintech Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Today  The rural fintech startup, Jai Kisan has raised Rs 26.5 crore from its extended Series B round from the existing investors – Unitary Fund, Mirae Asset Venture

News

April 4, 2025

DriverShaab Secures Rs 2.82 Crore in Pre-Series A Funding to Expand Mobility Solutions-thumnail

DriverShaab Secures Rs 2.82 Crore in Pre-Series A Funding to Expand Mobility Solutions

By Shrija Roy

PC: Jaipur Times DriverShaab, a Kolkata based B2B mobility solutions provider, has taken Rs 2.82 crore as a pre Series A round of funding led by Firstport Capital while Inflection

News

April 3, 2025

Scapia Secures $40 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Fintech-Travel Innovation-thumnail

Scapia Secures $40 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Fintech-Travel Innovation

By Shrija Roy

PC: India Tech Desk Through its Series B funding round led by newly minted investors Peak XV Partners, Bengaluru travel fintech company Scapia’s $40 million has successfully raised to help

News

April 3, 2025

Fur Jaden Secures Rs 9.5 Crore Pre-Series A Funding to Accelerate Growth and Redefine Luggage Industry-thumnail

Fur Jaden Secures Rs 9.5 Crore Pre-Series A Funding to Accelerate Growth and Redefine Luggage Industry

By Shrija Roy

PC: Fur Jaden Lifestyle luggage brand Fur Jaden has raised about Rs 9.5 crore (about Rs 1.1 million) in its pre-Series A funding round backed by Gruhas Collective Consumer Fund

News

April 2, 2025

Yatrikart Secures Strategic Investment from MMG Group at Rs 100 Crore Valuation-thumnail

Yatrikart Secures Strategic Investment from MMG Group at Rs 100 Crore Valuation

By Shrija Roy

PC: yatrikart.com MMG Group, the Indian partner of the world’s largest brands such as McDonald’s and Coca-Cola, has made a strategic investment in this Yatri Kart expanding rapidly as a

News

April 2, 2025

Indian Luxury Watch Brand Argos Raises Rs 6.5 Crore in Angel Funding to Expand Operations-thumnail

Indian Luxury Watch Brand Argos Raises Rs 6.5 Crore in Angel Funding to Expand Operations

By Shrija Roy

PC: Agros Watches Indian luxury watch brand Argos Watches has raised Rs 6.5 crore (about $780,000) in an angel funding round that has valued the firm at Rs 45 crore

News

April 2, 2025

Wendor Secures $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Propel Smart Vending Expansion-thumnail

Wendor Secures $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Propel Smart Vending Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: www.hospemag.me An innovative smart vending startup Wendor has raised $2.5 million in seed funding round. The massive investment in Wendor indicates the increase in the market’s interest in automated

News

April 1, 2025

IndiQube Secures SEBI Approval for ₹850 Crore IPO-thumnail

IndiQube Secures SEBI Approval for ₹850 Crore IPO

By Shrija Roy

PC: indiqube.com IndiQube gets SEBI nod to proceed with ₹850 crore initial public offering The IPO is of ₹750 crore fresh issue and an OFS of ₹100 crore from the

News

April 1, 2025

Tvaster Genkalp Secures $1.25 Million in Pre-Series A Funding to Advance Manufacturing Solutions-thumnail

Tvaster Genkalp Secures $1.25 Million in Pre-Series A Funding to Advance Manufacturing Solutions

By Shrija Roy

PC: TICE News The manufacturing technology startup Tvaster Genkalp managed to secure pre-Series A funding totaling $1.25 million. The substantial financial asset seeks to drive the company toward groundbreaking innovations

News

April 1, 2025

Prosus Tech FoundHER Challenge Empowers Women-led Startups in India-thumnail

Prosus Tech FoundHER Challenge Empowers Women-led Startups in India

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrepreneur  In partnership with Encubay and VAIA Climate, Prosus has launched Tech FoundHER Challenge in India, a precursor to bridge the funding gap for women startups in tech ecosystem.

News

March 31, 2025

Hood Transforms into KnotDating: A New Era in Professional Matchmaking-thumnail

Hood Transforms into KnotDating: A New Era in Professional Matchmaking

By Shrija Roy

PC: Brides Today  Rounding off its strategic pivot to an AI-powered matchmaking service, Hood, which has been previously recognized as a pseudonymous social networking platform, has renamed itself KnotDating. The

News

March 31, 2025

Indian Startup Funding and Acquisitions: Week in Review (Mar 24 – Mar 29, 2025)-thumnail

Indian Startup Funding and Acquisitions: Week in Review (Mar 24 – Mar 29, 2025)

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Indian Wire With 23 startups having raised approximately $152.49 million over the past week, March 24 to March 29, there was a dynamic flurry of activity in terms

News

March 29, 2025

Koparo Raises Rs 14.5 Crore in Extended Pre-Series A Round-thumnail

Koparo Raises Rs 14.5 Crore in Extended Pre-Series A Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indian Retailer  Koparo secured Rs 14.5 crore (equivalent to $1.7 million) from pre-Series A funding despite using eco-friendly house cleaning products in Delhi as its main focus. Koparo received

News

March 29, 2025

Abound Raises $14 Million Seed Funding to Empower Indians in the US with a Unified Financial Super-App-thumnail

Abound Raises $14 Million Seed Funding to Empower Indians in the US with a Unified Financial Super-App

By Shrija Roy

PC: Tech in Asia  The financial super-app Abound successfully obtained $14 million during its seed funding period to serve Indians living in the United States. NEAR Foundation served as the

News

March 27, 2025

2am VC Launches Fund II to Boost Indian Startup Ecosystem-thumnail

2am VC Launches Fund II to Boost Indian Startup Ecosystem

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medial Early stage venture capital firm 2am VC has formally announced the launch of its second fund 2am VC Fund II. With this new fund, the firm plans to

News

March 27, 2025

OSSO Secures $250,000 in Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Orthopaedic Care-thumnail

OSSO Secures $250,000 in Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Orthopaedic Care

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medial A newly graduated cutting edge health startup with focus on orthopaedic care has successfully raised $250,000 in its pre seed funding round. The founders fund of Blume Ventures

News

March 27, 2025

MobiKwik Ventures into Stock Broking with New Subsidiary-thumnail

MobiKwik Ventures into Stock Broking with New Subsidiary

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Today  To bring a new entrant into the securities broking sector, MobiKwik has brought its wholly owned subsidiary, MobiKwik Securities Broking Private Limited (MSBPL). It is another expansion

News

March 26, 2025

VAHDAM India Secures $3 Million Funding from SIDBI Venture Capital-thumnail

VAHDAM India Secures $3 Million Funding from SIDBI Venture Capital

By Shrija Roy

The tea brand from India, VAHDAM India, flying its wings in the D2C niche, raised $3 million (approx Rs 25 crore), which was fundraised from SIDBI Venture Capital. This also

News

March 26, 2025

Antithesis Raises ₹5 Crore in Pre-Seed Funding to Fuel Growth-thumnail

Antithesis Raises ₹5 Crore in Pre-Seed Funding to Fuel Growth

By Shrija Roy

PC: PR Newswire Pre seed funding round worth ₹5 crore (about $582,000) is secured by the beauty and personal care brand Antithesis. Two of the largest investors took the lead

News

March 26, 2025

Grow Indigo Secures $10 Million to Expand Sustainability Programs in India-thumnail

Grow Indigo Secures $10 Million to Expand Sustainability Programs in India

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inc42  Agritech startup Grow Indigo has raised $10 million from British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance group and impact investor. This will allow the company to scale

News

March 25, 2025

Gramiyaa Secures Rs 7.2 Crore in Pre-Series A Funding to Expand Cold-Pressed Oil Production-thumnail

Gramiyaa Secures Rs 7.2 Crore in Pre-Series A Funding to Expand Cold-Pressed Oil Production

By Shrija Roy

PC: Gramiyaa Homegrown Ventures led the pre-Series A round of funding backed by Campus Fund and Mumbai Angels, with a total fund of Rs 7.2 crore, which has been raised

News

March 25, 2025

Ola Electric Subsidiary Resolves Insolvency Dispute with Rosmerta Group-thumnail

Ola Electric Subsidiary Resolves Insolvency Dispute with Rosmerta Group

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Today  This is a big win for India’s electric vehicle sector as Ola Electric Mobility Ltd has resolved its financial dispute with vehicle registration service provider Rosmerta Digital

News

March 25, 2025

Apna Mart Secures ₹214 Crore Funding from Accel and Fundamentum-thumnail

Apna Mart Secures ₹214 Crore Funding from Accel and Fundamentum

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  Omnichannel grocery and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) chain Apna Mart has successfully raised ₹214.5 crore, having been led by Fundamentum Partnership Fund and Accel. The infusion of capital

Investment & Funding

March 24, 2025

Parliamentary Panel Calls for Improved Oversight and Timely Funding for Medak Industrial Area-thumnail

Parliamentary Panel Calls for Improved Oversight and Timely Funding for Medak Industrial Area

By Shrija Roy

PC: Greater Kashmir  The need for proper funding in time, and better monitoring of the development of the Medak Industrial Area in Telangana has recently been stressed by the parliamentary

News

March 24, 2025

Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (Mar 17 – Mar 22)-thumnail

Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (Mar 17 – Mar 22)

By Shrija Roy

PC: IdeaBuddy Between March 17 to March 22 of 2025 Indian startups obtained approximately $176.44 million in funding through 25 investment deals. A total of $176.44 million funding came from

Investment & Funding

March 22, 2025

Regional OTT App Stage Secures $12.5 Million in Series B Funding-thumnail

Regional OTT App Stage Secures $12.5 Million in Series B Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Exchange4media Regional language-focused OTT platform Stage has successfully raised $12.5 million in its Series B funding round, marking another milestone in the company’s journey to redefine digital content consumption

Investment & Funding

March 21, 2025

PayU Acquires 43.5% Stake in Mindgate Solutions to Strengthen Its Digital Payments-thumnail

PayU Acquires 43.5% Stake in Mindgate Solutions to Strengthen Its Digital Payments

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  Mindgate Solutions, a Mumbai-based digital payments firm, has a joint venture with fintech company PayU, a leading player under the global consumer internet group Prosus which is

News

March 20, 2025

Speech Therapy Startup Iyaso Secures Pre-Seed Funding-thumnail

Speech Therapy Startup Iyaso Secures Pre-Seed Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Tracxn Emerging startup Iyaso has bagged pre seed funding successfully and this will surely be a milestone on its quest to revolutionise speech and communication therapy. This investment will

Investment & Funding

March 20, 2025

My Pahadi Dukan Secures Pre-Seed Funding Led by Inflection Point Ventures-thumnail

My Pahadi Dukan Secures Pre-Seed Funding Led by Inflection Point Ventures

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inflection Point Ventures  My Pahadi Dukan is a direct to consumer (D2C) brand which aims to promote true Himalayan health and well being products, and has raised a pre

Investment & Funding

March 20, 2025

IIT Madras Alumni Donates ₹5 Crore to AquaMAP for Water Management Solutions-thumnail

IIT Madras Alumni Donates ₹5 Crore to AquaMAP for Water Management Solutions

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Indian Express  Distinguished alumnus of IIT Madras, Dr. Parasuram Balasubramanian has donated ₹5 crore to IIT Madras for its Centre for Water Management and Policy (AquaMAP) with a

Investment & Funding

March 19, 2025

Venturi Partners Launches $225 Million Fund II to Back Consumer-Focused Brands in India and Southeast Asia-thumnail

Venturi Partners Launches $225 Million Fund II to Back Consumer-Focused Brands in India and Southeast Asia

By Shrija Roy

Venture capital firm Venturi Partners has launched its second fund, Fund II, with a corpus of $225 million, which is the second fund that they have announced. The move signals

Investment & Funding

March 19, 2025

iHub Robotics Secures Rs 4.3 Cr in Pre-Seed Funding to Boost Humanoid Robotics Manufacturing-thumnail

iHub Robotics Secures Rs 4.3 Cr in Pre-Seed Funding to Boost Humanoid Robotics Manufacturing

By Shrija Roy

PC: Hindustan Metro iHub Robotics, a humanoid robotics startup, has raised Rs 4.3 crore ($520K) in pre-seed funding from US investors. The company raised $20 million in the same round

Investment & Funding

March 18, 2025

Go Zero Secures ₹30 Crore in Series A Funding Round-thumnail

Go Zero Secures ₹30 Crore in Series A Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: Viestories  The ice cream brand Go Zero has rallied together ₹30 crore (approximately $3.4 million) in its Series A funding round. Existing investors, DSG Consumer Partners, Saama Capital and

Investment & Funding

March 18, 2025

Mohali-Based Shoe Care Brand SHOEGR Raises $100,000 in Funding-thumnail

Mohali-Based Shoe Care Brand SHOEGR Raises $100,000 in Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indian Startup News  Shoe care brand for Mohali, SHOEGR, has successfully raised $100,000 in pre-seed funding round led by early-stage startup accelerator, PedalStart. This funding is a milestone for

Investment & Funding

March 17, 2025

Chai Kings Secures $3 Million in Series A Funding-thumnail

Chai Kings Secures $3 Million in Series A Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indian Retailer Chennai-based chain retail chain, Chai Kings, manages to raise Rs 24 crore (approximately $3 million) in its Series A funding round. A.V. Thomas and Co. (AVT), which

Business

March 17, 2025

Funding Report of Indian Startups This Week: (9-15) March -thumnail

Funding Report of Indian Startups This Week: (9-15) March 

By Shrija Roy

PC: IndiaFilings This week, the funding atmosphere has collected a total of $429, which is typical in the Indian startup world, a really amazing week, which is a record. Investors

Insights

March 15, 2025

Neural Defend Secures Pre-Seed Funding to Combat Deepfake Threats-thumnail

Neural Defend Secures Pre-Seed Funding to Combat Deepfake Threats

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inflection Point Ventures  Neural Defend acquired over $600,000 through its pre-seed funding round thanks to Inflection Point Ventures (IPV) and contributions from MIT SBXI, Techstars and Soonicorn Ventures.  Neural

Brands

March 13, 2025

Salman Khan and Sachin Tendulkar Join Purple Style Labs in New Funding Round-thumnail

Salman Khan and Sachin Tendulkar Join Purple Style Labs in New Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: Snackfax Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar have joined Purple Style Labs, as reported by Entrackr, in an exciting development for the fashion indo , where

Brands

March 12, 2025

Allo Health Secures Rs 16 Crore in Pre-Series A Funding-thumnail

Allo Health Secures Rs 16 Crore in Pre-Series A Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: SocioTab The sexual health oriented startup, Allo Health, has managed to close Rs 16 crore (roughly $1.83 million) in pre-Series A funding round. The round was led by Rainmatter,

Healthcare

March 12, 2025

WeSkill Secures Pre-Seed Funding to Enhance Upskilling Platform -thumnail

WeSkill Secures Pre-Seed Funding to Enhance Upskilling Platform 

By Shrija Roy

PC: The StartupLab WeSkill, an upskilling platform for the edtech sector, has successfully onboarded pre-seed funding rounds to enable the expansion of its offerings as well as to scale up.

Education

March 12, 2025

Change Engine Accelerator Program to Invest $5 Million in Early-Stage AI Startups-thumnail

Change Engine Accelerator Program to Invest $5 Million in Early-Stage AI Startups

By Shrija Roy

PC: THE Journal This is a major effort to help spur the ever-growing artificial intelligence (AI) wave by adding $5 million to the early stage AI startups through its Change

Brands

March 11, 2025

User Base Trends: Groww and Zerodha Experience Declines While PhonePe Gains Traction-thumnail

User Base Trends: Groww and Zerodha Experience Declines While PhonePe Gains Traction

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Today In an unexpected move within the Indian fintech space, two of the leading investment platforms Groww and Zerodha witnessed a drop in the number of their users

Brands

March 11, 2025

DSP Group Acquires Volt Money to Enhance Fintech Offerings-thumnail

DSP Group Acquires Volt Money to Enhance Fintech Offerings

By Shrija Roy

PC: ANI News With this acquisition, DSP Group makes a significant development in the fintech space by acquiring Volt Money, a mutual fund based platform that provides instant secured loans.

Brands

March 10, 2025

Indian Startups Funding This Week (01-08) March -thumnail

Indian Startups Funding This Week (01-08) March 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Portal System  Startups from India accessed funding amounting to $386 million throughout the March 3 to March 8 period of 2025. The current week’s funding surpasses the previous week’s

News

March 8, 2025

Mamaearth Allocates 3.59 Lakh Shares Under ESOP Scheme-thumnail

Mamaearth Allocates 3.59 Lakh Shares Under ESOP Scheme

By Shrija Roy

PC: ForgeFusion  Recently, the well known brand Mamaearth stated that it has allocated 3.59 lakh shares under its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This move is in line with the

News

March 7, 2025

JITO Incubation Centre Concludes Cohort 11, Opens Applications for Cohort 12-thumnail

JITO Incubation Centre Concludes Cohort 11, Opens Applications for Cohort 12

By Shrija Roy

PC: Gust Success has been wrapped up by the JITO Incubation Centre for its 11th batch, of which it made the announcements of the incubed startups and at the same

News

March 7, 2025

Fitch Ratings: Reduced Risk Weights Won’t Immediately Boost Funding for NBFCs-thumnail

Fitch Ratings: Reduced Risk Weights Won’t Immediately Boost Funding for NBFCs

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  While the recent reduction in risk weights for banks’ lending to non bank financial companies (NBFCs) and the microfinance sector has been expected to help these sectors

Investment & Funding

March 6, 2025

TAC Infosec Shares Rally 5% to Hit Upper Circuit, Recovering Recent Losses-thumnail

TAC Infosec Shares Rally 5% to Hit Upper Circuit, Recovering Recent Losses

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  TAC Infosec stock experienced impressive growth as it reached the maximum trading limit at INR 1,210.20 intraday on March 5, 2025 and its value improved by 5%

News

March 5, 2025

D2C Brand XYXX to Raise INR 30 Crore for Business Expansion-thumnail

D2C Brand XYXX to Raise INR 30 Crore for Business Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indian Retailer  The direct-to-consumer brand XYXX plans to raise INR 30 crore to expand its business operations through its strategy to build market presence. The newly obtained funding will

Investment & Funding

March 4, 2025

M2P Fintech in Talks to Acquire Distressed AI Startup Vue.ai-thumnail

M2P Fintech in Talks to Acquire Distressed AI Startup Vue.ai

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medial M2P Fintech continues negotiations to buy Vue.ai as this AI startup deals with major financial instability. The acquiring business must happen now when Vue.ai wants to develop its

AI

March 4, 2025

Beams Fintech Fund Leads $70 Million Funding Round in InsuranceDekho-thumnail

Beams Fintech Fund Leads $70 Million Funding Round in InsuranceDekho

By Shrija roy

The insurtech organization InsuranceDekho received a major funding round that provided $70 million as capital from headquarters in Gurugram. The funding stems from a partnership between Beams Fintech Fund together

Investment & Funding

March 4, 2025

Rupifi to Raise INR 1,215 Crore in Bridge Funding Round-thumnail

Rupifi to Raise INR 1,215 Crore in Bridge Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indian Startup News  B2B fintech startup Rupifi obtains backing from significant investors like Bessemer Venture Partners to acquire INR 1,215 crore ($146 million) in bridge funding. The company uses

Investment & Funding

March 3, 2025

Ola Electric to Lay Off 1,000 Employees Amid Restructuring Efforts-thumnail

Ola Electric to Lay Off 1,000 Employees Amid Restructuring Efforts

By Shrija Roy

Source: Moneycontrol  The prominent electric scooter manufacturer, Ola Electric, is looking to lay off over 1,000 employees as well as contract workers as it gears up to launch one of

Business

March 3, 2025

Weekly Indian Funding and Acquisitions News Roundup  (Feb 22-28)-thumnail

Weekly Indian Funding and Acquisitions News Roundup  (Feb 22-28)

By Shrija Roy

PC: Holland FinTech The Indian startup environment is experiencing an element of difficulty because VC funding shows continued decrease after the previous week. A reduction in venture capital funding continues

Investment & Funding

March 1, 2025

Rishabh Pant Invests in Skincare Brand Amantyacare-thumnail

Rishabh Pant Invests in Skincare Brand Amantyacare

By Shrija Roy

PC: Instagram  Indian cricket player Rishabh Pant gained media attention through his investment in Amantyacare skincare company after the brand received pre-seed funding from undisclosed sources. The collaboration targets quick

Brands

February 28, 2025

Ola Electric Sells 25,000 Units in February, Strengthens Market Leadership with 28% Share-thumnail

Ola Electric Sells 25,000 Units in February, Strengthens Market Leadership with 28% Share

By Shrija Roy

Ola Electric Sells 25,000 Units in February, Strengthens Market Leadership with 28% Share PC: E2India Sales figures of the Ola Electric electric scooters made a big splash in the month

Business

February 28, 2025

KiranaPro Partners with ZuperAI to Enhance Retail Solutions with AI Technology-thumnail

KiranaPro Partners with ZuperAI to Enhance Retail Solutions with AI Technology

By Shrija Roy

PC: CXOToday.com KiranaPro established a strategic business alliance with ZuperAI to include AI-powered retail market solutions as part of its platform through this partnership. The joint effort between KiranaPro and

AI

February 27, 2025

Pickkup Secures $500K in Seed Funding Led by WE Founder Circle-thumnail

Pickkup Secures $500K in Seed Funding Led by WE Founder Circle

By Shrija Roy

PC: Yourstory.com Pickkup obtained $500,000 through its seed funding round backed by major contributions from WE Founder Circle. The acquired funding permits the company to build up its operational capabilities

Investment & Funding

February 27, 2025

Astrogate Labs Secures $1.3 Million in Pre-Series Funding Led by Piper Serica-thumnail

Astrogate Labs Secures $1.3 Million in Pre-Series Funding Led by Piper Serica

By Shrija Roy

PC: Yourstory.com Astrogate Labs succeeded in raising $1.3 million through its pre-Series funding round which Piper Serica Angel Fund led as the primary investor. The funding allows Astrogate Labs to

Investment & Funding

February 27, 2025

Quick Clean Secures ₹50 Crore in Series A Funding to Expand Linen Management Solutions-thumnail

Quick Clean Secures ₹50 Crore in Series A Funding to Expand Linen Management Solutions

By Shrija Roy

PC: Google Quick Clean, one of the premier health and hospitality linen management solutions, has come off with ₹50 crore ($5.7 million approximately) in its Series A funding round. The

Investment & Funding

February 26, 2025

Paytm Partners with DPIIT to Support Fintech Startups Through Mentorship and Funding-thumnail

Paytm Partners with DPIIT to Support Fintech Startups Through Mentorship and Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Paytm  Under this strategic partnership, the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT) has taken the initiative to bring in change in the start-up ecosystem that aims

Business

February 26, 2025

Dodo Payments Secures $1.1 Million Seed Funding to Enhance Cross-Border Payment Solutions-thumnail

Dodo Payments Secures $1.1 Million Seed Funding to Enhance Cross-Border Payment Solutions

By Shrija Roy

PC: TapstartX Start up Dodo Payments has raised $1.1 million in seed funding, with the aim of providing global merchant of record services for India and emerging markets. Antler and

Investment & Funding

February 25, 2025

Zomato Invests ₹1,500 Crore in Blinkit to Strengthen Quick Commerce Segment-thumnail

Zomato Invests ₹1,500 Crore in Blinkit to Strengthen Quick Commerce Segment

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Financial Express  Food tech giant Zomato has poured investment of about ₹1,500 crore (approximately $178 million) into its quick commerce subsidiary Blinkit, it has announced. Zomato had just

Brands

February 25, 2025

Geniemode Secures $50 Million in Series C Funding to Fuel Global Expansion-thumnail

Geniemode Secures $50 Million in Series C Funding to Fuel Global Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indian Retailer  The B2B cross-border e-commerce startup Geniemode successfully attracted funding of over $50 million in its Series C funding round through leadership by Multiples Alternate Asset Management with

Investment & Funding

February 24, 2025

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (Feb 17 – Feb 22)-thumnail

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (Feb 17 – Feb 22)

By Shrija Roy

Indian startups obtained $184.4 million during 22 funding rounds from February 17 to February 22, 2025 with ten stages for growth and twelve stages for early development. Total startup funding

Business

February 22, 2025

Head Digital Works Acquires Adda52 for ₹491 Crore-thumnail

Head Digital Works Acquires Adda52 for ₹491 Crore

By Shrija Roy

PC: Free Recharge Tricks The parent company Head Digital Works (HDW) announced its acquisition of its subsidiary Deltatech Gaming through which it controls the famous online poker platform Adda52. HDW

Brands

February 21, 2025

MobiKwik Acquires 3.39% Stake in Blostem Fintech-thumnail

MobiKwik Acquires 3.39% Stake in Blostem Fintech

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Financial Express  MobiKwik the Indian digital payments leader executed the acquisition of Blostem Fintech control to develop innovative financial solutions through its 3.39% ownership. MobiKwik demonstrates its dedication

Brands

February 21, 2025

Anant Ambani: The Green Business Heir And Animal Advocate With A Golden Heart-thumnail

Anant Ambani: The Green Business Heir And Animal Advocate With A Golden Heart

By Shrija Roy

Introduction Anant Ambani has been one of a kind and a most fascinating individual. While business savvy, innovation, and empire-building industry have been the signature of the Ambani family, Anant

Business

February 21, 2025

NOTO Ice Cream Secures ₹15 Crore in Funding for Expansion and Innovation-thumnail

NOTO Ice Cream Secures ₹15 Crore in Funding for Expansion and Innovation

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Hard Copy NOTO Ice Cream obtained ₹15 crore during its recent funding round which Inflection Point Ventures (IPV) led as its main investor together with JITO and Lets

Brands

February 20, 2025

Dogsee Chew Secures $8 Million in Series B Funding for Global Expansion-thumnail

Dogsee Chew Secures $8 Million in Series B Funding for Global Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: www.dogseechew.in The premium natural pet treat brand Dogsee Chew secured $8 million in Series B funding by leading investor Ektha.com and additional investments from Shivanssh Holdings and Poddar Family

Business

February 20, 2025

Healthfab Raises $1 Million Funding to Promote Sustainable Menstrual Care-thumnail

Healthfab Raises $1 Million Funding to Promote Sustainable Menstrual Care

By Shrija Roy

The Bengaluru startup Healthfab which leads menstrual hygiene innovation secured $1 million through pre-Series A funding from different investors. The funding round was initiated by Mistry Ventures while BeyondSeed joined

Brands

February 19, 2025

PayU Appoints Pramod Rao as Chief Risk Officer-thumnail

PayU Appoints Pramod Rao as Chief Risk Officer

By Shrija Roy

PC: BW People PayU India appointed Pramod Rao as its Chief Risk Officer to fill this strategic position. The company announced this strategic move when readying its long anticipated Initial

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February 19, 2025

Tesla Spots Indian Opportunities, Starting Hires-thumnail

Tesla Spots Indian Opportunities, Starting Hires

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Independent  Tesla Inc. headed by Elon Musk has begun formal recruitment in India, the country that represents its first entry in the developing indigenous electric vehicle market. The

Brands

February 18, 2025

Sirona Takes Back Brand from The Good Glamm Group-thumnail

Sirona Takes Back Brand from The Good Glamm Group

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Arc In a dramatic twist of events, Sirona, one of the leading players in the feminine hygiene segment, has managed to buy back its brand from The Good

Brands

February 18, 2025

BYTES Raises Money from Nikhil Kamath’s WTFund-thumnail

BYTES Raises Money from Nikhil Kamath’s WTFund

By Shrija Roy

PC: Social Nation BYTES, an innovative startup focused on AI-powered Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for two-wheeler mobility, has announced its emergence from stealth mode with the successful acquisition of

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February 17, 2025

Udaan Raises $75 Million from M&G and Lightspeed-thumnail

Udaan Raises $75 Million from M&G and Lightspeed

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  B2B e-commerce pioneer Udaan has been able to raise $75 million in a Series G equity funding round, led primarily by its largest investors, M&G Prudential and

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February 17, 2025

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (Feb 10 – Feb 15)-thumnail

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (Feb 10 – Feb 15)

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inc42 During the week of February 10 to February 15, 2025, Indian startups raised a total of around $375.52 million in 32 deals, including both growth-stage and early-stage investments.

Investment & Funding

February 15, 2025

First Super-Speciality Hospital Inaugurated by Pristyn Care in South Delhi-thumnail

First Super-Speciality Hospital Inaugurated by Pristyn Care in South Delhi

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  Pristyn Care, one of the leading surgery-centric healthcare organizations in Gurugram, has opened its first super-speciality hospital in South Delhi. The strategic move reflects the company’s dedication to

Healthcare

February 15, 2025

Sachin Bansal Steps Down as CEO to Become Executive Chairman as Navi Hires New CEOs-thumnail

Sachin Bansal Steps Down as CEO to Become Executive Chairman as Navi Hires New CEOs

By Shrija Roy

PC: Fortune India In a major leadership overhaul, Sachin Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart and CEO of Navi Technologies and Navi Finserv, has announced stepping down to take on the position

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February 15, 2025

Venus Pipes Reports 22% Drop in Q3 Profit, Revenue Up by 11%-thumnail

Venus Pipes Reports 22% Drop in Q3 Profit, Revenue Up by 11%

By Shrija Roy

PC: MoneyLife Venus Pipes & Tubes, one of the top manufacturers and exporters of stainless steel pipes and tubes, has seen a 22% drop in net profit during the December

Brands

February 14, 2025

PMI Electro Mobility Raises ₹250 Crore Funding for EV Growth-thumnail

PMI Electro Mobility Raises ₹250 Crore Funding for EV Growth

By Shrija Roy

PC: Truck and Bus Builder  PMI Electro Mobility Solutions, a leading electric commercial vehicle company, has raised ₹250 crore in funding from a group of investors led by Authum Investment

Brands

February 14, 2025

Lizzie Chapman Resigns as Co-Founder of Reliance-Funded Swiffy Labs-thumnail

Lizzie Chapman Resigns as Co-Founder of Reliance-Funded Swiffy Labs

By Shrija Roy

PC: Mint Lizzie Chapman, Swiffy Labs co-founder, has officially resigned from her operational position at the Reliance-funded financial services infrastructure startup. The move follows Chapman’s desire to concentrate on other

Business

February 13, 2025

SpotDraft Raises $54 Million in Series B Funding Round-thumnail

SpotDraft Raises $54 Million in Series B Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

SpotDraft, a top contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, has raised $54 million in its Series B funding round, with Vertex Growth Singapore and Trident Partners leading the investment. The round

Brands

February 13, 2025

Lucidity Raises $21 Million Series A Round Led by WestBridge Capital-thumnail

Lucidity Raises $21 Million Series A Round Led by WestBridge Capital

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Wire Lucidity, a multi-cloud storage management platform, has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round. WestBridge Capital led the round, with existing investor Alpha Wave joining

Investment & Funding

February 13, 2025

Rapido Earns ₹250 Crore from Series E Funding Round, Led by Prosus-thumnail

Rapido Earns ₹250 Crore from Series E Funding Round, Led by Prosus

By Shrija Roy

Rapido, a world brand in the ride-hailing sector, announced that Prosus has raised ₹250 crore (about $29.7 million) in Series E funding. This investment comes in 7 months after the

Business

February 12, 2025

Croft Beverages Raised $125K in Pre-Seed Funding to Support Sustainable Tea Production-thumnail

Croft Beverages Raised $125K in Pre-Seed Funding to Support Sustainable Tea Production

By Shrija Roy

Croft Beverages, an exciting new sustainable tea company, has managed to raise a sum of $125,000 from a pre-seed funding round. This deal, including both equity and debt, has been

Business

February 11, 2025

Peak XV’s Shailesh Lakhani and Abheek Anand to Leave-thumnail

Peak XV’s Shailesh Lakhani and Abheek Anand to Leave

By Shrija Roy

In the venture capital industry, a great development has recently been witnessed when two of Peak XV’s key managing partners announced their decision to leave the organization. This was a

Business

February 11, 2025

Rupeeflo Secures $1 Million Funding to Enhance Financial Access for NRIs-thumnail

Rupeeflo Secures $1 Million Funding to Enhance Financial Access for NRIs

By Shrija Roy

Rupeeflo, a fintech startup aimed at simplifying banking and investment processes for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), has successfully raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by

Business

February 10, 2025

Finnable Set to Raise ₹30.55 Crore in New Funding Round-thumnail

Finnable Set to Raise ₹30.55 Crore in New Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

Finnable, a Bengaluru-based digital lending platform, is gearing up for a significant funding round, aiming to raise approximately ₹30.55 crore (around $3.7 million) in a Series B financing effort. The

Business

February 10, 2025

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (Feb 03 – Feb 08)-thumnail

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (Feb 03 – Feb 08)

By Shrija Roy

According to recent reports, during February 3 to February 8, 2025, Indian startups collectively raised close to $137 million in funding within 23 deals. This funding round includes five growth-stage

Business

February 8, 2025

PhonePe Group Exits Account Aggregator Business-thumnail

PhonePe Group Exits Account Aggregator Business

By Shrija Roy

Dialling up the news: PhonePe, one of India’s dominant digital payment platforms, announced its exit from the business of Account Aggregator. Instead of continuing its own operations in this segment,

Business

February 8, 2025

RediffPay Reaches Milestone in Digital Payments by Improving Financial Inclusion Offerings-thumnail

RediffPay Reaches Milestone in Digital Payments by Improving Financial Inclusion Offerings

By Shrija Roy

Infibeam Avenues Limited, a prominent player in the fintech sector, has achieved a significant milestone by securing a license from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for its digital

News

February 7, 2025

TrueFoundry Raises $19 Million in Series A Funding for AI Deployment Optimization-thumnail

TrueFoundry Raises $19 Million in Series A Funding for AI Deployment Optimization

By Shrija Roy

TrueFoundry, a pioneering platform dedicated to the deployment and scaling of artificial intelligence (AI) applications, has successfully secured $19 million in its Series A funding round. This significant investment was

News

February 7, 2025

Astra Security Secures $2.7 Million in Funding Led by Emergent Ventures-thumnail

Astra Security Secures $2.7 Million in Funding Led by Emergent Ventures

By Shrija Roy

Astra Security is a cybersecurity platform that specializes in AI-driven penetration testing. This firm has been able to secure $2.7 million growth capital funding through Emergent Ventures. Other participating investors

Business

February 6, 2025

NUA Raises ₹35 Crore to Scale Up Retail Business-thumnail

NUA Raises ₹35 Crore to Scale Up Retail Business

By Shrija Roy

And hygiene products-focused digital-first brand NUA bagged a big win for the wellness space for women as it closed a pre-series C funding of ₹35 Cr. The money leader in

Business

February 6, 2025

Fitspire Raised $1 Million in Pre-Series A Round to Accelerate Growth-thumnail

Fitspire Raised $1 Million in Pre-Series A Round to Accelerate Growth

By Shrija Roy

Fitspire, a next-generation player in the health nutrition and protein supplements space, has managed to raise $1 million through a pre-Series A funding round. This investment is focused on driving

Business

February 5, 2025

Kunal Shah’s CRED and Newtap to Lead ₹550 Crore Investment in NBFC Arm-thumnail

Kunal Shah’s CRED and Newtap to Lead ₹550 Crore Investment in NBFC Arm

By Shrija Roy

In a major development for the fintech space, Kunal Shah’s CRED, along with Newtap, has announced plans to lead a ₹550 crore investment in the NBFC arm of CRED. This

News

February 5, 2025

Bhavish Aggarwal Launches Krutrim AI Labs with ₹2,000 Crore Funding-thumnail

Bhavish Aggarwal Launches Krutrim AI Labs with ₹2,000 Crore Funding

By Shrija Roy

The CEO of Ola, Bhavish Aggarwal announced investment into his new venture Krutrim at the staggering figure of ₹2,000 crores which he says would focus on artificial intelligence that specifically

Business

February 4, 2025

OYO to Invest Over ₹530 Crore in UK’s Premium Properties-thumnail

OYO to Invest Over ₹530 Crore in UK’s Premium Properties

By Shrija Roy

OYO, a prominent hospitality player, has announced that it will be investing £50 million (approximately ₹536.95 crore) in the United Kingdom over the next three years. The strategic move would

Business

February 4, 2025

Shadowfax Secures ₹34 Crore in Series F Funding Amid IPO Plans-thumnail

Shadowfax Secures ₹34 Crore in Series F Funding Amid IPO Plans

By Shrija Roy

Logistics firm Shadowfax has achieved a major milestone by raising ₹34.2 crore (approximately $4 million) in its Series F funding round. This fundraise comes almost 11 months after the company

Business

February 3, 2025

Solarium Green Energy to Open SME IPO for ₹105 Crore on 6 February-thumnail

Solarium Green Energy to Open SME IPO for ₹105 Crore on 6 February

By Shrija Roy

Solarium Green Energy, one of the most recognized players in the solar solutions market, is getting ready to launch its SME initial public offering (IPO) on 6 February 2025. The

Business

February 3, 2025

Union Budget 2025: ₹10,000 Crore Fund of Funds for Startups-thumnail

Union Budget 2025: ₹10,000 Crore Fund of Funds for Startups

By Shrija Roy

PC: UMKM To strengthen the Indian startup ecosystem, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the setting up of a new Fund of Funds worth ₹10,000 crore in her budget speech on

News

February 1, 2025

Union Budget 2025-26: More Impetus on Education and Infrastructure-thumnail

Union Budget 2025-26: More Impetus on Education and Infrastructure

By Shrija Roy

PC: MoneyVox The Union Budget for 2025-26, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has outlined significant investment in the name of bolstering the education sector in India. The budget makes

News

February 1, 2025

Budget 2025: Government to Focus on MSMEs-thumnail

Budget 2025: Government to Focus on MSMEs

By Shrija Roy

In the Union Budget 2025 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Indian government has announced a strong commitment to prioritizing the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector. This

Business

February 1, 2025

Spiritual and Devotion Platform Utsav Raises ₹6.35 Crore in Funding Round-thumnail

Spiritual and Devotion Platform Utsav Raises ₹6.35 Crore in Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

Spiritual and devotion-focused platform, Utsav, has successfully raised ₹6.35 crore in a funding round led by Equanimity Investments. Through this investment, Utsav has successfully marked a new milestone, especially as

Business

January 31, 2025

Paras Chopra to Launch Advanced AI Lab in India After $200 Million Exit-thumnail

Paras Chopra to Launch Advanced AI Lab in India After $200 Million Exit

By Shrija Roy

Paras Chopra, a successful entrepreneur known for Wingify, will establish an advanced AI lab in India after he recently exited the company for $200 million. It is the next step

Business

January 31, 2025

OfBusiness Converts Into Public Company Ahead of IPO-thumnail

OfBusiness Converts Into Public Company Ahead of IPO

By Shrija Roy

OfBusiness, one of the prominent procurement platforms for industrial goods and services, has become a public limited company. The move is part of the company’s preparations for its much-awaited initial

Business

January 30, 2025

Trifecta Capital Announces the First Close of Rs 2,000 Crores Fund IV-thumnail

Trifecta Capital Announces the First Close of Rs 2,000 Crores Fund IV

By Shrija Roy

Trifecta Capital, a leading venture debt firm in India, has achieved the first close of its fourth and largest venture debt fund with a target corpus of Rs 2,000 crore.

Business

January 30, 2025

Accel, Prosus, and Bessemer Representatives Quit The Good Glamm Group-thumnail

Accel, Prosus, and Bessemer Representatives Quit The Good Glamm Group

By Shrija Roy

India’s leading content-to-commerce platform, Good Glamm Group, is seeing its governance significantly transform as three leading investors’ representatives leave the company board in a wave. Accel, Prosus, and Bessemer are

Business

January 29, 2025

Atomicwork Raises $25 Million Series A Funding in Deal Led by Khosla Ventures and Z47-thumnail

Atomicwork Raises $25 Million Series A Funding in Deal Led by Khosla Ventures and Z47

By Shrija Roy

Atomicwork, a B2B SaaS startup, has raised $25 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures and Z47, formerly Matrix Partners India. Other notable investors who

Investment & Funding

January 29, 2025

Zepto Completes Reverse Flip from Singapore to India-thumnail

Zepto Completes Reverse Flip from Singapore to India

By Shrija Roy

Zepto, the quick commerce unicorn, has successfully completed its reverse flip from Singapore to India, a strategic move aimed at simplifying its corporate structure and aligning its operations with Indian

Business

January 28, 2025

OYO-Owned Innov8 Raises ₹110 Crore at ₹1,000 Crore Valuation-thumnail

OYO-Owned Innov8 Raises ₹110 Crore at ₹1,000 Crore Valuation

By Shrija Roy

Innov8, a coworking space provider owned by OYO, has successfully raised ₹110 crore in a funding round, achieving a valuation of ₹1,000 crore. This funding round was oversubscribed by 2.7

Business

January 28, 2025

Sridhar Vembu Steps Down As CEO, Continues as Chief Scientist at Zoho-thumnail

Sridhar Vembu Steps Down As CEO, Continues as Chief Scientist at Zoho

By Shrija Roy

PC: CNBC TV18 Sridhar Vembu, the founder and a long time CEO of Zoho Corporation, recently announced that he will end his position as chief executive and move to Chief

News

January 27, 2025

Dressfolk Raises Funding from Eternal Capital, Mamaearth’s Ghazal Alagh, and Others-thumnail

Dressfolk Raises Funding from Eternal Capital, Mamaearth’s Ghazal Alagh, and Others

By Shrija Roy

PC: Textile Insight Dressfolk, a handloom clothing brand, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a recent round led by Eternal Capital. Notable investors participating in the round include

Investment & Funding

January 27, 2025

Ultrahuman Reports Threefold Growth in FY24 Revenue, Losses Decline by 45%-thumnail

Ultrahuman Reports Threefold Growth in FY24 Revenue, Losses Decline by 45%

By Shrija Roy

Ultrahuman, a top player in health and wellness, reported big earnings for the 2024 fiscal year. Its income jumped to ₹620 crore, three times more than the year before. This

Business

January 25, 2025

MedTech Startup Svastek Raises ₹2 Crore in Funding Led by IAN Group-thumnail

MedTech Startup Svastek Raises ₹2 Crore in Funding Led by IAN Group

By Shrija Roy

Svastek, an innovative MedTech startup, is looking to develop high-tech healthcare solutions. It has successfully secured ₹2 crore in a round of funding led by the Indian Angel Network (IAN)

Business

January 25, 2025

Oben Electric Raises ₹50 Crore in Series A Funding Round-thumnail

Oben Electric Raises ₹50 Crore in Series A Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

Oben Electric, the electric motorcycle manufacturing startup based out of India, has raised ₹50 crore in its Series A funding round. Ambis Holding US led the funding round with participation

Business

January 25, 2025

AstroTalk Enters D2C Vertical, Eyes ₹1,250 crore Revenue in FY25-thumnail

AstroTalk Enters D2C Vertical, Eyes ₹1,250 crore Revenue in FY25

By Shrija Roy

AstroTalk, a market leader in astrology and horoscope consultation, intends to make a bold jump into the D2C vertical. Moving into 2025, the company has carved out an aspirational revenue

News

January 24, 2025

Pune Startups Raise $395 Million in 2024, Witness 10% Dip in Funding-thumnail

Pune Startups Raise $395 Million in 2024, Witness 10% Dip in Funding

By Shrija Roy

Pune-based startups have raised a total of $395 million (approximately ₹3,414 crore) in 2024, across 70 funding rounds. The figure marks a 10% dip from the $437 million that was

Business

January 23, 2025

Ati Motors Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding-thumnail

Ati Motors Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding

By Shrija Roy

Innovative player in the industrial robotics sector, Ati Motors has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The round is led by Walden Catalyst Ventures and NGP Capital, which has

Business

January 23, 2025

PharmEasy Co-founders Resign: A New Beginning for the Firm-thumnail

PharmEasy Co-founders Resign: A New Beginning for the Firm

By Shrija Roy

Significant movement was witnessed within PharmEasy’s leadership, as its three co-founders, namely Dharmil Sheth, Dhaval Shah, and Hardik Dedhia, have stepped away from their management positions. On the other hand,

Business

January 22, 2025

L’Oréal and Others Infuse ₹65 Crore into Deconstruct-thumnail

L’Oréal and Others Infuse ₹65 Crore into Deconstruct

By Shrija Roy

Deconstruct, the science-backed beauty brand, has raised ₹65 crore in a funding round, which will prove transformational for the beauty and personal care markets. The investment was led by L’Oréal’s

Business

January 22, 2025

Accel and Kae Capital Lead $2.6 Million Funding in Compliance Management Startup BPR Hub-thumnail

Accel and Kae Capital Lead $2.6 Million Funding in Compliance Management Startup BPR Hub

By Shrija Roy

BPR Hub, a cloud-based compliance management startup, raised $2.6 million from Accel and Kae Capital in a funding round. The new funding would further boost its ability to serve small

Business

January 21, 2025

Ex-Zepto Executive Raises $5.5 Million for Quick Commerce Startup Snabbit-thumnail

Ex-Zepto Executive Raises $5.5 Million for Quick Commerce Startup Snabbit

By Shrija Roy

In a development that can bring revolution in quick commerce space, Snabbit, a startup by former Zepto executive, has raised $5.5 million in a seed funding round. The investment has

Business

January 21, 2025

BlueMedix Raises $5 Million Pre-Series Funding-thumnail

BlueMedix Raises $5 Million Pre-Series Funding

By Shrija Roy

BlueMedix, the largest retail pharmacy chain in Eastern India, has managed to secure a pre-series funding of $5 million. This round, led by a prominent Dubai-based family fund, was closed

Business

January 20, 2025

ProcureYard Secures Funding, Turns Profitable-thumnail

ProcureYard Secures Funding, Turns Profitable

By Shrija Roy

ProcureYard is an AI procurement platform based in Gurugram and Bengaluru. The startup has secured seed funding worth $1.72 million. According to reports, this seed round was led by Powerhouse

Business

January 20, 2025

Indian Startup Funding This Week (January 13 – 18)-thumnail

Indian Startup Funding This Week (January 13 – 18)

By Shrija Roy

Indian startups are experiencing steady funding until now this year. From the date of January 13 to 18, startups raised a total of $308.1 million across 24 deals. Although the

Business

January 18, 2025

Zomato Invests ₹500 Crore In Its Quick Commerce- Blinkit-thumnail

Zomato Invests ₹500 Crore In Its Quick Commerce- Blinkit

By Shrija Roy

Zomato has invested ₹500 crore (nearly $60 million) in its quick commerce branch, Blinkit. This recent funding round gets Zomato’s total investment in Blinkit to ₹2,800 crore. This happened from

Business

January 17, 2025

Negen Capital and Vyom Wealth led the funding round worth ₹36 crore for WeVOIS-thumnail

Negen Capital and Vyom Wealth led the funding round worth ₹36 crore for WeVOIS

By Shrija Roy

WeVOIS, a startup focused on waste management, has successfully raised ₹36 crore (approximately $4.2 million) in a Series A funding round. This funding was led by Negen Capital and Vyom

Business

January 17, 2025

Recur Club Launches ₹150 Crore Fund to Boost D2C Brands in Quick Commerce-thumnail

Recur Club Launches ₹150 Crore Fund to Boost D2C Brands in Quick Commerce

By Shrija Roy

The prominent debt marketplace, Recur Club specifically targeting those startups and SMEs, has said that it is launching a ₹150 crore fund to accelerate the growth of Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) brands

Business

January 16, 2025

Adani Group Stocks Surge Following Hindenburg Research Shutdown-thumnail

Adani Group Stocks Surge Following Hindenburg Research Shutdown

By Shrija Roy

Adani Group stocks surged significantly on January 16, 2025, after news broke out that Hindenburg Research was closing down its shop. Investors see this as a boost in the confidence

Business

January 16, 2025

Fambo Raises ₹21 Crore Fund to Scale-Up Agritech-thumnail

Fambo Raises ₹21 Crore Fund to Scale-Up Agritech

By Shrija Roy

Agritech startup Fambo has raised ₹21 crore (about $2.4 million) in a seed funding round led by EV2 Ventures. The round also saw participation from Rajesh Sawhney, founder and CEO

News

January 16, 2025

ShareChat to Trim Workforce Following Annual Performance Review-thumnail

ShareChat to Trim Workforce Following Annual Performance Review

By Shrija Roy

One of the popular Indian social media platform ShareChat has announced its intentions to cut around 5% of its staff as part of its annual performance review cycle. According to

Business

January 15, 2025

D2C Skincare Brand Foxtale Expands Horizons in Series C Funding-thumnail

D2C Skincare Brand Foxtale Expands Horizons in Series C Funding

By Shrija Roy

Foxtale, a fast growing direct-to-consumer (D2C) skincare brand, has recently made headlines by securing $30 million in its Series C funding round. It was led by the renowned Japanese beauty

News

January 15, 2025

TyrePlex Raises ₹20 Crore Funding from PeerCapital and Titan Capital-thumnail

TyrePlex Raises ₹20 Crore Funding from PeerCapital and Titan Capital

By Shrija Roy

TyrePlex, an innovative online platform for the sale and service of tires, has raised ₹20 crore in a funding round led by PeerCapital and Titan Capital. The investment is a

Business

January 15, 2025

Riceberg Ventures Raises $20M Fund to Invest in Deeptech Startups-thumnail

Riceberg Ventures Raises $20M Fund to Invest in Deeptech Startups

By Shrija Roy

Riceberg Ventures is a global early-stage venture capital firm. It has just announced the establishment of a dedicated deeptech fund worth $20 million. The fund will be used to invest

Business

January 14, 2025

New Pincode App from PhonePe Seeks Role in Quick Commerce Market-thumnail

New Pincode App from PhonePe Seeks Role in Quick Commerce Market

By Shrija Roy

The company, leading in digital payments in India, PhonePe launched a new app called Pincode. This is the entry of the company into the quick commerce market. It offers 15-minute

Business

January 14, 2025

BGauss Raises Rs 161 Crore Funding to Accelerate Growth in Electric Two-Wheeler Market-thumnail

BGauss Raises Rs 161 Crore Funding to Accelerate Growth in Electric Two-Wheeler Market

By Shrija Roy

BGauss, an electric two-wheeler manufacturer, raised a successful funding round and received an investment of Rs 161 crore (approximately $18.6 million) from Bharat Value Fund (BVF). The investment comprises primary

Business

January 14, 2025

Zepto Secures NCLT Approval for Reverse Merger, Moves Toward IPO-thumnail

Zepto Secures NCLT Approval for Reverse Merger, Moves Toward IPO

By Shrija Roy

Zepto, one of Mumbai-based quick-commerce firm, just had the blessings from the NCLT or National Company Law Tribunal for big reverse merger move; however, which paved the path in allowing

Business

January 13, 2025

Groww Plans IPO Valued Between $6 Billion and $8 Billion-thumnail

Groww Plans IPO Valued Between $6 Billion and $8 Billion

By Shrija Roy

Fintech unicorn Groww is getting ready to go public by raising its valuation to between $6 billion and $8 billion in its initial public offering. This places Groww at the

Business

January 13, 2025

Quash Raises $635,000 in Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Software Testing-thumnail

Quash Raises $635,000 in Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Software Testing

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based startup Quash, which specializes in automated software testing, has secured $635,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Arali Ventures. Other notable investors who participated in the funding round

Business

January 11, 2025

Indian Startups Raised $466.45 Million in Funding: Weekly Report (06 – 11 Jan)-thumnail

Indian Startups Raised $466.45 Million in Funding: Weekly Report (06 – 11 Jan)

By Shrija Roy

The Indian startup ecosystem saw a massive spurt in funding from the week of January 6 to 11, 2025, as 27 startups collectively raised around $466.45 million. Growth stage funding

Business

January 11, 2025

Supreme Court Stays GST Notices, Providing Relief to Online Gaming Industry-thumnail

Supreme Court Stays GST Notices, Providing Relief to Online Gaming Industry

By Shrija Roy

In a major legal development for the online gaming industry in India, the Supreme Court has stayed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) show-cause notices issued to multiple gaming companies.

News

January 10, 2025

Groww Reaches 13 Million Active Users, Solidifying Market Leadership as Zerodha Faces Slowdown-thumnail

Groww Reaches 13 Million Active Users, Solidifying Market Leadership as Zerodha Faces Slowdown

By Shrija Roy

Groww, a fintech unicorn, has crossed 13.16 million active clients as of December 2024, marking a significant milestone in the Indian stockbroking landscape. According to data released by the National

Business

January 10, 2025

Practo Reaches ₹3,500 Crore GMV in FY24 and Cuts EBITDA Losses by 82%-thumnail

Practo Reaches ₹3,500 Crore GMV in FY24 and Cuts EBITDA Losses by 82%

By Shrija Roy

Practo, a leading digital healthcare company, has achieved a gross merchandise value (GMV) of ₹3,500 crore for the fiscal year ending March 2024. This achievement marks the company’s robust growth

News

January 10, 2025

Innovaccer Raises $275M in Series F Funding Round-thumnail

Innovaccer Raises $275M in Series F Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

Innovaccer Inc., a health AI company headquarterd in both Noida and San Francisco, has raised $275 million in its Series F round of funding, which includes primary and secondary investments.

Business

January 10, 2025

BluSmart Mobility Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding Round-thumnail

BluSmart Mobility Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

BluSmart Mobility is an innovative EV ride-hailing and charging infrastructure firm that is reportedly raising ₹425 crore or roughly $50 million for its Series B funding round. This is the

Business

January 9, 2025

Waycool Raises $13 Million Debt from Grand Anicut-thumnail

Waycool Raises $13 Million Debt from Grand Anicut

By Shrija Roy

Waycool, a major player in the B2B food and agritech market, has also announced its plans to raise ₹110 crore in debt from Grand Anicut. That is the second round

Business

January 9, 2025

PhonePe and Google Pay Dominate UPI Transactions in December as Paytm Faces Challenges-thumnail

PhonePe and Google Pay Dominate UPI Transactions in December as Paytm Faces Challenges

By Shrija Roy

The Indian UPI landscape has recorded some great improvements in December 2024, with both PhonePe and Google Pay consolidating their stronghold on the country’s transaction volumes. According to recently released

Business

January 8, 2025

Otipy Launches Pilot Program for Electric Carts to Sell Fresh Produce-thumnail

Otipy Launches Pilot Program for Electric Carts to Sell Fresh Produce

By Shrija Roy

Otipy, one of the leading farm-to-fork companies, has finally made a big push toward modernising the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables. It has started testing electric carts in Gurugram.

Business

January 8, 2025

Moonrider Secures $2.2 Million Funding to Revolutionize Electric Tractors-thumnail

Moonrider Secures $2.2 Million Funding to Revolutionize Electric Tractors

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based electric tractor startup Moonrider has raised $2.2 million (approximately ₹19 crore) in a seed funding round co-led by Micelio Fund and AdvantEdge Founders, with contributions from various angel investors.

Investment & Funding

January 8, 2025

Bakingo Sees ₹208.7 Cr Revenue for FY24 With Margin Loss-thumnail

Bakingo Sees ₹208.7 Cr Revenue for FY24 With Margin Loss

By Shrija Roy

Online bakery brand, Gurugram-based Bakingo reported very impressive fiscal-end results March 2024 to close the FY at ₹208.7 crore, in terms of revenues. While its revenue numbers indicate a great

Business

January 8, 2025

Oben Electric Raises $6 Million in Series A Funding in Expansion of its Electric Motorcycle Operation-thumnail

Oben Electric Raises $6 Million in Series A Funding in Expansion of its Electric Motorcycle Operation

By Shrija Roy

Oben Electric, emerging electric motorcycle play, has also successfully raised the ₹50 crore, which is an equivalent of roughly $6 million, with a Series A funding round. This round was

Investment & Funding

January 7, 2025

MobiKwik Reports ₹291 Crore Revenue and ₹3.5 Crore Loss in Q2 FY25-thumnail

MobiKwik Reports ₹291 Crore Revenue and ₹3.5 Crore Loss in Q2 FY25

By Shrija Roy

MobiKwik, the leading fintech platform, announced its financials for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 (Q2 FY25), which indicates a significant revenue growth despite net loss. The company reported

Business

January 7, 2025

Zomato’s Shares Plummets by 5% on Jefferies Downgrade from ‘Buy’ to ‘Hold’-thumnail

Zomato’s Shares Plummets by 5% on Jefferies Downgrade from ‘Buy’ to ‘Hold’

By Shrija Roy

A critical market drift comes as Zomato’s shares plunge by 5% to settle at ₹253 today as Jefferies cut its rating for the quick-commerce firm from “buy” to “hold” due

Business

January 7, 2025

Consint.AI Raises ₹5 Crore in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Health Insurance with Generative AI-thumnail

Consint.AI Raises ₹5 Crore in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Health Insurance with Generative AI

By Shrija Roy

Consint.AI, a health insurance startup that uses Generative AI for fraud detection and risk management, has raised ₹5 crore in seed funding. The round was led by Equanimity Ventures and

Business

January 6, 2025

Kerala Gets ₹34.8 Cr Funding for Green Hydrogen Pilot Project-thumnail

Kerala Gets ₹34.8 Cr Funding for Green Hydrogen Pilot Project

By Shrija Roy

A much-needed push for renewable energy, the Kerala government has won a ₹34.8 crore funding for its path-breaking green hydrogen pilot project. The amount forms part of the central government’s

Business

January 6, 2025

Proptech Startup Spintly Raised ₹3.5 Crore in the Extension Round of Seed Funding-thumnail

Proptech Startup Spintly Raised ₹3.5 Crore in the Extension Round of Seed Funding

By Shrija Roy

Spintly, a proptech startup specializing in smart building solutions, has raised ₹3.5 crore in an extended seed funding round. The round was led by Spyre VC, with notable investors such

Business

January 6, 2025

Vahdam Teas reduces losses by 68% to ₹18 cr in FY24-thumnail

Vahdam Teas reduces losses by 68% to ₹18 cr in FY24

By Shrija Roy

The D2C tea brand based in Delhi, Vahdam Teas, has witnessed considerable betterments in its earnings over the fiscal year 2024. The company was successful in reducing losses by a

Business

January 6, 2025

Oyo Raises $65 Million from Ritesh Agarwal’s Redsprig Innovation Partners-thumnail

Oyo Raises $65 Million from Ritesh Agarwal’s Redsprig Innovation Partners

By Shrija Roy

Oyo, one of the leading hospitality companies, has managed to raise ₹550 crore or $65 million from Redsprig Innovation Partners, an entity owned by the company’s founder, Ritesh Agarwal. This

Business

January 4, 2025

Indian Startups Raise $14 Million This Week Amid Funding Slowdown: Weekly Report -thumnail

Indian Startups Raise $14 Million This Week Amid Funding Slowdown: Weekly Report 

By Shrija Roy

In the first week of January 2025, Indian startups collectively raised $14 million across five deals, marking a 46% decrease from the previous week’s total of $26 million from six

Business

January 4, 2025

Arya.ag Reports ₹340 Crore Revenue in FY24, Profit Surges 2.5 Times-thumnail

Arya.ag Reports ₹340 Crore Revenue in FY24, Profit Surges 2.5 Times

By Shrija Roy

Arya.ag, a leading agritech startup based in Noida, has achieved significant financial milestones in the fiscal year 2024, reporting a revenue of ₹340 crore, an 18% increase from the previous

News

January 3, 2025

Seed-stage startup funding surged 31% year-on-year to $893 million in 2024-thumnail

Seed-stage startup funding surged 31% year-on-year to $893 million in 2024

By Shrija Roy

The Indian startup ecosystem continues to show resilience and growth, with seed-stage funding showing a remarkable 31% year-on-year increase, reaching $893 million in 2024. This is part of a broader

News

January 3, 2025

Fittr Reports Flat Revenue Growth in FY24 but Manages Significant Reduction in Losses-thumnail

Fittr Reports Flat Revenue Growth in FY24 but Manages Significant Reduction in Losses

By Shrija Roy

Fittr is a community-based health and fitness marketplace. Since scaling up operations was a tremendous challenge, its revenue performance for fiscal 2024 ending March is flat. The company funded by

News

January 3, 2025

Traya Hits ₹236 Crore in Revenue for FY24, Turned Profitable-thumnail

Traya Hits ₹236 Crore in Revenue for FY24, Turned Profitable

By Shrija Roy

Traya, a direct-to-consumer health and wellness brand that has a niche position with hair loss solutions, achieved fantastic financials in the fiscal year ending March 2024. The company headquartered in

News

January 2, 2025

NestAway co-founder files FIR alleging fraud against major investors-thumnail

NestAway co-founder files FIR alleging fraud against major investors

By Shrija Roy

The co-founder of the leading home rental platform, NestAway, Amarendra Sahu, has taken a crucial legal step by filing a First Information Report (FIR) against some of its top investors

News

January 2, 2025

Suniel Shetty-Backed Klassroom Edutech Secures Funding to Enhance AI Initiatives-thumnail

Suniel Shetty-Backed Klassroom Edutech Secures Funding to Enhance AI Initiatives

By Shrija Roy

Innovative education OTT platform Klassroom Edutech has managed to raise an undisclosed amount in its Pre-Series A round led by ah! Ventures. LetsVenture, Hem Securities, Meteor Ventures, and Growth Sense

News

January 2, 2025

Treebo Hotels Crosses ₹100 Crore Revenue Mark-thumnail

Treebo Hotels Crosses ₹100 Crore Revenue Mark

By Shrija Roy

Treebo Hotels, a Bengaluru-based premium-budget hotel chain, said it had crossed the ₹100 crore revenue mark for the fiscal year ending March 2024. The good news came with a catch-the

Business

December 31, 2024

Guestara Secures Pre-Seed Funds to the Tune of $500K to Upscale Guest Management Solutions-thumnail

Guestara Secures Pre-Seed Funds to the Tune of $500K to Upscale Guest Management Solutions

By Shrija Roy

With headquarters in Gurugram, a startup-Guestara- successfully bagged $500,000from its pre-series round of fundraising by investor-Sanjay Ghare- towards developing high-end AI driven innovative solutions catering to the automation of operations;

Business

December 31, 2024

Chaayos Ends FY24 Flat, but This Time With a Profit in EBITDA-thumnail

Chaayos Ends FY24 Flat, but This Time With a Profit in EBITDA

By Shrija Roy

Chaayos, India’s popular tea café chain, has announced an otherwise difficult yet noteworthy fiscal year 2024 (FY24), where operational scale was flat and the company did report positive EBITDA. The

Business

December 31, 2024

NumberOne Academy Raises ₹3 Crore in Pre-Seed Funding-thumnail

NumberOne Academy Raises ₹3 Crore in Pre-Seed Funding

By Shrija Roy

NumberOne Academy, an enablement platform from Kochi focused on SME empowerment, has raised ₹3 crore in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by T.I.G.E.R and Santosh Nair, making

News

December 30, 2024

Pristyn Care Reports 33% Revenue Growth, Hits ₹601 Crore in FY24-thumnail

Pristyn Care Reports 33% Revenue Growth, Hits ₹601 Crore in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Pristyn Care, one of the most significant surgery-focused hospital chains in India, has recorded a spectacular revenue growth of 33%, with revenues crossing ₹601 crore for the fiscal year ending

News

December 30, 2024

Mswipe Faces Growth Challenges in FY24, Reports ₹46 Crore Loss-thumnail

Mswipe Faces Growth Challenges in FY24, Reports ₹46 Crore Loss

By Shrija Roy

Mswipe, a Mumbai-based B2B payment service provider, has faced significant challenges in growth for the fiscal year 2024 (FY24), culminating in a net loss of ₹46.2 crore. Despite these challenges,

News

December 30, 2024

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (23 – 28 December)-thumnail

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (23 – 28 December)

By Shrija Roy

The Indian startup ecosystem saw a flurry of activity in the week of December 23-28, 2024, as nine startups collectively raised around $47.7 million in funding. This week’s deals included

Investment & Funding

December 28, 2024

Shiprocket to Raise $26 Million in Series E Round Extension-thumnail

Shiprocket to Raise $26 Million in Series E Round Extension

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based logistics and supply chain enabler, Shiprocket, is looking to raise ₹219 crore (approximately $26 million) as part of an extension to its ongoing Series E funding round. The investment

News

December 27, 2024

Leanworx raises ₹8.3 crore in seed funding led by YourNest Venture-thumnail

Leanworx raises ₹8.3 crore in seed funding led by YourNest Venture

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based startup Leanworx has raised ₹8.3 crore (approximately $1 million) in seed funding to enhance its innovative solutions for the manufacturing sector. The funding round was led by YourNest Venture

News

December 27, 2024

Zetwerk Aims for Strategic ESOP Expansion Before IPO-thumnail

Zetwerk Aims for Strategic ESOP Expansion Before IPO

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based B2B e-commerce unicorn Zetwerk has announced the addition of fresh employee stock options worth around $64 million (₹541 crore) under its ESOP Plan 2018. This marks the first ESOP

News

December 27, 2024

Motilal Oswal Invests ₹100 Crore in Captain Fresh-thumnail

Motilal Oswal Invests ₹100 Crore in Captain Fresh

By Shrija Roy

Motilal Oswal Wealth Limited has made an investment of ₹100 crore, or approximately $12 million, in Bengaluru-based B2B seafood startup Captain Fresh. This is the second investment round the company

News

December 26, 2024

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Invests ₹3,000 Crore in SMFG India Credit-thumnail

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Invests ₹3,000 Crore in SMFG India Credit

By Shrija Roy

In a major push to its Indian operations, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has announced a capital infusion of ₹3,000 crore into SMFG India Credit Co. Ltd. The investment, which

News

December 26, 2024

Exotel has reported flat growth in FY24 but significant loss reduction-thumnail

Exotel has reported flat growth in FY24 but significant loss reduction

By Shrija Roy

Exotel, a Bengaluru-based cloud telephony platform, has announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2024 (FY24), reflecting a modest revenue growth but a significant improvement in its financial health.

News

December 26, 2024

ShopKirana faces scaling challenges in FY24, narrows losses by 30%-thumnail

ShopKirana faces scaling challenges in FY24, narrows losses by 30%

By Shrija Roy

ShopKirana, a B2B e-commerce company meant to link retailers with brands, said the company has had a difficult fiscal year 2024 in which its gross revenue declined. Gross revenue fell

News

December 24, 2024

LEAD Achieves ₹350 Crore Revenue Milestone in FY24 and Reduces Losses by 56%-thumnail

LEAD Achieves ₹350 Crore Revenue Milestone in FY24 and Reduces Losses by 56%

By Shrija Roy

Digital learning solutions provider LEAD has announced a significant achievement for the fiscal year ending March 2024, having crossed the ₹350 crore revenue mark with reported revenues of ₹351 crore.

News

December 24, 2024

Greaves Electric Files DRHP for ₹1,000 Crore IPO-thumnail

Greaves Electric Files DRHP for ₹1,000 Crore IPO

By Shrija Roy

Greaves Electric, the parent entity of electric vehicle (EV) maker Ampere, formally filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with India’s Securities and Exchange Board to raise ₹1,000 cr in an

News

December 24, 2024

Curefoods Reports ₹635 Crore Income in FY24, Halves Losses-thumnail

Curefoods Reports ₹635 Crore Income in FY24, Halves Losses

By Shrija Roy

Curefoods, a leading player in the Indian cloud kitchen sector, has announced impressive financial results for the fiscal year 2024 (FY24). The Bengaluru-based company reported a substantial income of ₹635

Business

December 23, 2024

Zomato Becomes the First Indian Startup to be Inducted into Sensex 30-thumnail

Zomato Becomes the First Indian Startup to be Inducted into Sensex 30

By Shrija Roy

This is a landmark achievement for the Indian startup ecosystem, with Zomato becoming the first Indian startup to be inducted into the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex 30. It is

Business

December 23, 2024

Mintifi Reports Impressive Financial Growth in FY24-thumnail

Mintifi Reports Impressive Financial Growth in FY24

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Kredible The prominent supply-chain financing startup, Mintifi, recently disclosed notable fiscal year 2024 profits, with the firm generating profit after tax of ₹92.5 crore on revenue of ₹384

News

December 23, 2024

Indian Startups Funding Weekly Report: (16-21) December -thumnail

Indian Startups Funding Weekly Report: (16-21) December 

By Shrija Roy

Between December 16 and 21, 2024, Indian startups collectively secured $171.2 million across 20 funding deals. Compared to the previous week, which had raised $635.8 million in 25 deals, this

News

December 21, 2024

Ampere’s Revenue Falls by 46% in FY24 as Losses Rise 11-Fold-thumnail

Ampere’s Revenue Falls by 46% in FY24 as Losses Rise 11-Fold

By Shrija Roy

Ampere, a subsidiary of Greaves Electric Mobility, an electric vehicle manufacturing company, has seen the most drastic decline in its financial performance for the fiscal year 2024, or FY24. In

News

December 20, 2024

IntrCity Generates ₹320 Crore In Revenue in FY24 And Nears Break-Even-thumnail

IntrCity Generates ₹320 Crore In Revenue in FY24 And Nears Break-Even

By Shrija Roy

Travel-tech brand IntrCity, parent company to SmartBus and RailYatri, has hit the milestone of a massive turn in its financial journey during fiscal year 2024 (FY24). The firm delivered revenue

News

December 20, 2024

Gaurav Maheshwari Joins as CFO of InCred Finance-thumnail

Gaurav Maheshwari Joins as CFO of InCred Finance

By Shrija Roy

InCred Finance, the consumer and MSME lending arm of the InCred Group, announced the appointment of Gaurav Maheshwari as its Chief Financial Officer, effective December 16, 2024. This strategic move

News

December 20, 2024

India Accelerator Launches Cohort’25 with $8-10 Million Funding Commitment-thumnail

India Accelerator Launches Cohort’25 with $8-10 Million Funding Commitment

By Shrija Roy

India Accelerator (IA), which is one of the most well-recognized seed-stage startup accelerators in the country, has formally initiated its 2025 Cohort, promising to invest anything between $8 million to

News

December 19, 2024

Q2 FY25 Indian OTA Performance: MMT, Ixigo, EaseMyTrip, and Yatra-thumnail

Q2 FY25 Indian OTA Performance: MMT, Ixigo, EaseMyTrip, and Yatra

By Shrija Roy

The Indian OTA segment has seen a strong comeback in Q2 FY25 due to the rising travel demand and the so-called “revenge travel” phenomenon. This turnaround has been quite impactful

News

December 19, 2024

KKR Invests in Rebel Foods to Fuel Expansion-thumnail

KKR Invests in Rebel Foods to Fuel Expansion

By Shrija Roy

Rebel Foods, one of the main players of foodtech industry, bagged an amount of unseen investment from a global investing company KKR. Rebel Foods had closed its biggest round so

News

December 19, 2024

Keka Reports ₹78 Crore Revenue for FY24, But Losses Surge 2.8 Times-thumnail

Keka Reports ₹78 Crore Revenue for FY24, But Losses Surge 2.8 Times

By Shrija Roy

Hyderabad-based HR tech platform Keka has reported its financial performance for the fiscal year ended March 2024. The company’s revenue went up 62% in the year-on-year scale, which is ₹78

News

December 18, 2024

Godrej hikes its stake in Zunroof with fresh ₹20 Cr investment-thumnail

Godrej hikes its stake in Zunroof with fresh ₹20 Cr investment

By Shrija Roy

In a strategic move to strengthen its foothold in the renewable energy sector, Godrej has raised its stake in Gurugram-based rooftop solar startup Zunroof with a fresh investment of ₹20

News

December 18, 2024

MobiKwik makes a strong stock market debut with 59% premium-thumnail

MobiKwik makes a strong stock market debut with 59% premium

By Shrija Roy

MobiKwik, the fintech platform that has been in the news for its digital wallet and payment services, has made a remarkable debut on the stock exchange by listing at ₹444

News

December 18, 2024

Mars Veterinary Health Invests in Crown Vet to Bolster Veterinary Care in India-thumnail

Mars Veterinary Health Invests in Crown Vet to Bolster Veterinary Care in India

By Shrija Roy

A firm known as Crown Veterinary Services, which has more times been referred to as Crown Vet, has just announced having attracted a private investment amount whose it wouldn’t disclose.

News

December 17, 2024

Gameberry Reports ₹93 Crore PAT, Shares 10% Revenue with Moonfrog Amid Ongoing Dispute-thumnail

Gameberry Reports ₹93 Crore PAT, Shares 10% Revenue with Moonfrog Amid Ongoing Dispute

By Shrija Roy

Gameberry, a leading mobile gaming company known for its popular titles such as Ludo Star and Parchisi Star, has reported impressive financial results for the fiscal year 2024 (FY24). The

News

December 17, 2024

Aye Finance Files DRHP for ₹1,450 Crore IPO as Elevation Capital Skips OFS-thumnail

Aye Finance Files DRHP for ₹1,450 Crore IPO as Elevation Capital Skips OFS

By Shrija Roy

Aye Finance, one of the leading microlending platforms that is backed by Capital G, has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for

News

December 17, 2024

upGrad Reports ₹1,876 Crore Gross Revenue for FY24, Significant EBITDA Loss Reduction-thumnail

upGrad Reports ₹1,876 Crore Gross Revenue for FY24, Significant EBITDA Loss Reduction

By Shrija Roy

Edtech major upGrad has announced impressive financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2024, reporting a gross revenue of ₹1,876 crore. This is a significant milestone for the Mumbai-based

News

December 16, 2024

SanchiConnect and YourNest invest ₹48 crore in eight start-ups through Velocity Accelerator program-thumnail

SanchiConnect and YourNest invest ₹48 crore in eight start-ups through Velocity Accelerator program

By Shrija Roy

SanchiConnect, a deep-tech enablement network, has partnered with YourNest Venture Capital to invest ₹48 crore in eight innovative startups under its Velocity Accelerator Program. The acceleration program is designed to

News

December 16, 2024

Indian Startups Raise $635 Million in Funding This Week-thumnail

Indian Startups Raise $635 Million in Funding This Week

By Shrija Roy

Between December 9 and December 13, 2024, Indian startups collectively raised $635.3 million through 24 deals. It’s a healthy 155% week-to-week improvement over the earlier week where Indian startups bagged

News

December 14, 2024

Zepto Reports Rs 5,747 Crore in Expenditure Against Rs 4,454 Crore Revenue in FY24-thumnail

Zepto Reports Rs 5,747 Crore in Expenditure Against Rs 4,454 Crore Revenue in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Zepto, the quick commerce platform that has become synonymous with rapid delivery services, on Tuesday released its financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2024. The company reported a

News

December 14, 2024

Sarvagram Secures Funding with Legal Expertise from Khaitan & Co.-thumnail

Sarvagram Secures Funding with Legal Expertise from Khaitan & Co.

By Shrija Roy

Sarvagram is one of the promising fintech start-ups working on providing financial services to the rural and semi-urban population of India. It has managed to garner a large amount of

News

December 13, 2024

Shiprocket increases the employee stock option pool by $19 million-thumnail

Shiprocket increases the employee stock option pool by $19 million

By Shrija Roy

It aims to significantly enhance the retention of employees by elevating employee engagement-Shiprocket, the leading logistics and supply chain enablement services firm, in a boost move for ensuring its high

News

December 13, 2024

Clear Achieves 93% Revenue Growth to Rs 210 Crore in FY24; Reports Losses-thumnail

Clear Achieves 93% Revenue Growth to Rs 210 Crore in FY24; Reports Losses

By Shrija Roy

Clear, formerly known as Cleartax, has witnessed a significant financial turnaround in its latest fiscal year with an impressive 93% revenue growth that has touched Rs 210 crore for FY24.

News

December 13, 2024

Rebel Foods Raises $210 Million in Series G Funding Led by Temasek-thumnail

Rebel Foods Raises $210 Million in Series G Funding Led by Temasek

By Shrija Roy

In a significant development for the foodtech sector, Rebel Foods announced that it had closed its Series G funding round, with $210 million raised in the process. The Singapore-based global

News

December 12, 2024

Scripbox Bags ₹84.33 crore revenue in FY24 with 44.4% growth, also cuts employee cost by 38%-thumnail

Scripbox Bags ₹84.33 crore revenue in FY24 with 44.4% growth, also cuts employee cost by 38%

By Shrija Roy

Wealth management platform Scripbox has achieved a significant revenue growth to ₹84.33 crore for the fiscal year ending March 2024. This is an increase of 44.4% from ₹58.4 crore of

News

December 11, 2024

Huge demand for MobiKwik IPO; subscribed 4X in just 4 hours-thumnail

Huge demand for MobiKwik IPO; subscribed 4X in just 4 hours

By Shrija Roy

MobiKwik, a fintech platform originated from Gurugram, has begun its initial public offering on good investor demand. The public issue was subscribed four times in just four hours from the

News

December 11, 2024

Haber Raises $44 Million in Series C Funding to Scale AI-Powered Robotics-thumnail

Haber Raises $44 Million in Series C Funding to Scale AI-Powered Robotics

By Shrija Roy

Haber, a B2B robotics manufacturer specializing in AI-driven industrial automation, closes $44 million in series C funding. Led by the significant investors Creaegis, BEENEXT, and Accel, the round is $38

News

December 11, 2024

Amazon India has started a pilot for quick commerce in Bengaluru-thumnail

Amazon India has started a pilot for quick commerce in Bengaluru

By Shrija Roy

E-commerce leader Amazon India is set to enter the fast-growing quick commerce segment with a pilot service in Bengaluru, moving straight into competition with players such as Swiggy Instamart, Blinkit

News

December 10, 2024

MPL Acquires CloudFeather Games to Strengthen Gaming Infrastructure-thumnail

MPL Acquires CloudFeather Games to Strengthen Gaming Infrastructure

By Shrija Roy

MPL, one of the leading skill-gaming platforms, the Mobile Premier League has gained a significant stake in CloudFeather Games-a company. This is backed by Lumikai. The strategic move is aimed

News

December 10, 2024

Redcliffe Labs gets ₹350 cr in revenue for FY24 while significantly cutting losses-thumnail

Redcliffe Labs gets ₹350 cr in revenue for FY24 while significantly cutting losses

By Shrija Roy

Redcliffe Labs, an online diagnostic platform backed by Leapfrog Investments, reported the milestone for the fiscal year ending March 2024, at ₹348.38 crore. This marks a growth of 11% compared

News

December 10, 2024

Pixxel Secures $24 Million in Series B Funding, Accelerating Hyperspectral Satellite Launch-thumnail

Pixxel Secures $24 Million in Series B Funding, Accelerating Hyperspectral Satellite Launch

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  Bengaluru and California-based spacetech startup Pixxel said on Tuesday it closed another $24 million in funding under the Series B round, following new investors M&G Catalyst and

News

December 9, 2024

CASHe Reports 95% Profit Drop Amid 16% Revenue Surge for FY24-thumnail

CASHe Reports 95% Profit Drop Amid 16% Revenue Surge for FY24

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  Personal loan and digital lending platform, CASHe, headquartered at Mumbai, has announced its financial performances for the fiscal year concluded in March 2024. For a company that

News

December 9, 2024

Ranjit Babu Leaves Amazon India Consumer Electronics Leadership Role-thumnail

Ranjit Babu Leaves Amazon India Consumer Electronics Leadership Role

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Today  Ranjit Babu, who headed consumer electronics at Amazon India, has reportedly left the company. This is the latest in a series of high-profile exits from the e-commerce

News

December 9, 2024

Indian Startups Funding Activity In This Week (2-7) December-thumnail

Indian Startups Funding Activity In This Week (2-7) December

By Shrija Roy

Between December 2 and December 7, 2024, the Indian startup ecosystem saw a strong uptick in funding. Startups collectively raised about $249.6 million in 18 deals. That is an impressive

News

December 7, 2024

Plum Insurance Reports 2.5X Revenue Growth and Significant Loss Reduction in FY24-thumnail

Plum Insurance Reports 2.5X Revenue Growth and Significant Loss Reduction in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Plum Insurance, an employee benefits and healthcare platform that has the backing of Tiger Global, has managed to put on quite an impressive show for the fiscal year ending March

News

December 7, 2024

Roto Rudra Bags 400 Orders for Solar Pumping Solutions in Australia, South Africa, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra-thumnail

Roto Rudra Bags 400 Orders for Solar Pumping Solutions in Australia, South Africa, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra

By Shrija Roy

Roto Rudra, one of the prominent players in the renewable energy sector, announced having bagged 400 orders for its solar pumping solutions. This order bagging shows the growing demand for

News

December 7, 2024

Wakefit Logs ₹66 Crore EBITDA in FY24; Revenue Growth Happens Alongside Strong Expansion-thumnail

Wakefit Logs ₹66 Crore EBITDA in FY24; Revenue Growth Happens Alongside Strong Expansion

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based home furniture and sleep solutions company Wakefit has delivered a successful fiscal year 2024 (FY24), with Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) of ₹65.9 crore. The positive

News

December 6, 2024

Orange Health Labs raised $12 million in a funding round led by Amazon Smabhav-thumnail

Orange Health Labs raised $12 million in a funding round led by Amazon Smabhav

By Shrija Roy

PC: Viestories  Orange Health Labs is the latest innovative health care startup that has bagged a funding round worth $12 million led by Amazon Smabhav. This milestone comes at a

News

December 6, 2024

MobiKwik to Raise ₹572 Crore in IPO after Significant Valuation Cut-thumnail

MobiKwik to Raise ₹572 Crore in IPO after Significant Valuation Cut

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  In recent days, the Gurugram-based fintech company, MobiKwik filed its Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI, under the proposed fresh equity infusion worth ₹572 crore with the

News

December 6, 2024

Uniphore Expands Its AI Capabilities Through Acquisition of ActionIQ and Infoworks-thumnail

Uniphore Expands Its AI Capabilities Through Acquisition of ActionIQ and Infoworks

By Shrija Roy

Enterprise-class, AI-native company Uniphore announces strategic acquisitions of two data companies, ActionIQ and Infoworks, in pursuit of creating an even more comprehensive, end-to-end Enterprise AI platform to deliver what it

News

December 5, 2024

K12 Techno Services Achieves ₹430 Crore Revenue in FY24 and Turns EBITDA Positive-thumnail

K12 Techno Services Achieves ₹430 Crore Revenue in FY24 and Turns EBITDA Positive

By Shrija Roy

K12 Techno Services, the company behind the Orchids school brand, has shown excellent financial performance in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Reporting a revenue of ₹429.2 crore, the firm

Investment & Funding

December 5, 2024

The Money Club Raises $2.5M in Series A Funding to Increase Financial Inclusion-thumnail

The Money Club Raises $2.5M in Series A Funding to Increase Financial Inclusion

By Shrija Roy

The Money Club, an innovative on-demand liquidity platform, has raised $2.5 million in a Series A round led by Prudent Investment Managers. The funding round included investments from high-net-worth individuals

News

December 5, 2024

The Indus Valley Secures ₹23.1 Crore in Pre-Series A Funding Led by DSG Ventures-thumnail

The Indus Valley Secures ₹23.1 Crore in Pre-Series A Funding Led by DSG Ventures

By Shrija Roy

The Indus Valley, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) kitchenware startup based in Chennai, has successfully raised ₹23.1 crore in its pre-Series A funding round, marking a significant milestone for the company after

News

December 4, 2024

Mosambee Posts FY24 Revenue of ₹240 Crore; Profit Climbs 87%-thumnail

Mosambee Posts FY24 Revenue of ₹240 Crore; Profit Climbs 87%

By Shrija Roy

Pine Labs-backed Mosambee, which provides mobile point-of-sale solutions, has also done well. For the fiscal year ended March 2024, Mosambee has witnessed growth, garnering ₹240 crore revenue, up a strong

News

December 4, 2024

Shilpa Shetty-Backed WickedGud Raises ₹20 Crore to Expand Healthy Food Offerings-thumnail

Shilpa Shetty-Backed WickedGud Raises ₹20 Crore to Expand Healthy Food Offerings

By Shrija Roy

WickedGud, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) food products brand co-founded by Bhuman Dani has raised ₹20 crore in a funding round led by Orios Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from

News

December 4, 2024

CarDekho Group Witness Revenue Dip; InsureDekho Records Strong Growth-thumnail

CarDekho Group Witness Revenue Dip; InsureDekho Records Strong Growth

By Shrija Roy

The CarDekho Group, a firm running a set of car platforms including CarDekho, InsuranceDekho, BikeDekho and PriceDekho among others, said its topline for FY2024 declined a modest 3.5%. Its operating

News

December 3, 2024

Bumboo Raises Angel Funds for Scaling Sustainable Waste Management Solutions-thumnail

Bumboo Raises Angel Funds for Scaling Sustainable Waste Management Solutions

By Shrija Roy

PC:Yourstory.com Imaga Trade and Craft Pvt Ltd owned waste management startup, Bumboo has managed to close its first round of angel funding. It managed to raise funding from the hands

News

December 3, 2024

Pathway secured $10 million in seed funding led by TQ Ventures-thumnail

Pathway secured $10 million in seed funding led by TQ Ventures

By Shrija Roy

Pathway, a new data company focused on building live AI systems, has raised $10 million in its seed funding round. The funding round was led by TQ Ventures, and it

News

December 2, 2024

RaptorX Raised Rs 4 Cr In Pre-Seed Funding To Develop Fraud Prevention Solutions-thumnail

RaptorX Raised Rs 4 Cr In Pre-Seed Funding To Develop Fraud Prevention Solutions

By Shrija Roy

Mumbai-based fraud prevention software platform RaptorX has managed to close the pre-seed round worth Rs 4 crore. PeakXV Spark, EagleWings Ventures, and Point One Capital co-led the round, with participation

News

December 2, 2024

Weekly Update Of Funding in Indian Startups (25 – 30 Nov)-thumnail

Weekly Update Of Funding in Indian Startups (25 – 30 Nov)

By Shrija Roy

Between November 25 and 30, 2024, the Indian startup ecosystem experienced a slowdown of the funding activities. Here, as a total of 18 startups managed to raise an estimated $54.43

News

November 30, 2024

Anandamoy Roychowdhary Steps Down from Peak XV After 11 Years-thumnail

Anandamoy Roychowdhary Steps Down from Peak XV After 11 Years

By Shrija Roy

Anandamoy Roychowdhary, a senior partner at Peak XV Partners, formerly Sequoia Capital India, has left the firm after more than 11 years. This marks the second senior-level exit in the

News

November 30, 2024

Crisis of Cleartrip As Rs 988 Crore Spent Has Yielded Rs 97 Crore in FY24-thumnail

Crisis of Cleartrip As Rs 988 Crore Spent Has Yielded Rs 97 Crore in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Cleartrip, the online travel agency owned by Flipkart, reported significant financial challenges for the fiscal year ending March 2024. According to its annual financial statements, the company spent a staggering

News

November 29, 2024

Nazara’s NODWIN Gaming Acquires Trinity Gaming for ₹24 Crore-thumnail

Nazara’s NODWIN Gaming Acquires Trinity Gaming for ₹24 Crore

By Shrija Roy

Nazara Technologies-backed NODWIN Gaming has announced the acquisition of gaming agency Trinity Gaming in a deal valued at ₹24 crore or approximately $2.8 million. This strategic move will see Trinity

News

November 29, 2024

Zomato Raises ₹8,500 Crore Through QIP to Fund Expansion Programs-thumnail

Zomato Raises ₹8,500 Crore Through QIP to Fund Expansion Programs

By Shrija Roy

Zomato Limited successfully raised ₹8,500 crore through a Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP) of equity shares, which marks a significant step in the strategic funding of the company. The offer opened

News

November 29, 2024

Bloom Hotels Reports ₹250 Crore Revenue in FY24 with Profit Surge of 2.3 Times-thumnail

Bloom Hotels Reports ₹250 Crore Revenue in FY24 with Profit Surge of 2.3 Times

By Shrija Roy

Bloom Hotels, a prominent player in the hospitality sector, has announced remarkable financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2024, showcasing a revenue of ₹250 crore. This figure represents

News

November 28, 2024

Althion bags ₹3.6 crore in pre-series A funding for its water-tech solutions-thumnail

Althion bags ₹3.6 crore in pre-series A funding for its water-tech solutions

By Shrija Roy

The water-tech startup Althion from Hyderabad was able to successfully raise ₹3.6 crore in its pre-Series A funding round. IAN Group-powered BioAngels were the leading players here. Other investors who

News

November 28, 2024

Homversity Raises $1 Million in Pre-Series A Round to Disrupt Students Housing-thumnail

Homversity Raises $1 Million in Pre-Series A Round to Disrupt Students Housing

By Shrija Roy

Homversity, a fast-rising platform focused on student housing networks, has raised a pre-Series A funding worth $1 million. Leading the round was Shur-UP, with notables Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), Value

News

November 28, 2024

Ladies Who Lead Secures $1 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Led by Nithin Kamath’s Rainmatter-thumnail

Ladies Who Lead Secures $1 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Led by Nithin Kamath’s Rainmatter

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Entrepreneurs  Members-only women professionals and leaders’ platform Ladies Who Lead has raised $1 million in its pre-Series A funding round. Led by Rainmatter, the investment firm founded by

News

November 27, 2024

Uber Launches Loyalty Program ‘Uber One’ in India to Engage More with Customers-thumnail

Uber Launches Loyalty Program ‘Uber One’ in India to Engage More with Customers

By Shrija Roy

Uber, one of the biggest ride-hailing companies, launched the loyalty program ‘Uber One’ in India, aiming at improving the company’s engagement with its customers. The company introduced its users to

News

November 27, 2024

ALT Mobility Raises $10 Million in Series A to Drive Expansion of Electric Vehicle Leasing Business-thumnail

ALT Mobility Raises $10 Million in Series A to Drive Expansion of Electric Vehicle Leasing Business

By Shrija Roy

It was a major fillip to the electric vehicle business after Delhi-based commercial EV leasing and asset management company ALT Mobility received $10 million funding under its Series A funding.

News

November 27, 2024

A new Gen AI-powered multilingual voice bot launched by Meesho for improved customer service-thumnail

A new Gen AI-powered multilingual voice bot launched by Meesho for improved customer service

By Shrija Roy

Meesho, a leading horizontal e-commerce platform, has developed a new Gen AI-powered multilingual voice bot, which promises to drive personalized, human-like customer support at scale and cater to the needs

News

November 26, 2024

True Diamond Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Lab-Grown Jewelry-thumnail

True Diamond Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Lab-Grown Jewelry

By Shrija Roy

True Diamond, a promising startup in the lab-grown diamond sector, has successfully raised $1 million in a seed funding round. The funding round saw participation from Titan Capital, Huddle Ventures,

News

November 26, 2024

EV firm Bounce On Way To report over Rs 150 Cr revenue by FY25-thumnail

EV firm Bounce On Way To report over Rs 150 Cr revenue by FY25

By Shrija Roy

Bounce-which is one of the Bengaluru-based electric scooter makers-is likely to post a really sharp rise in its financial performance, targeting an annualized revenue of more than ₹150 crore for

News

November 25, 2024

Lendingkart Posts ₹1,090 Cr Revenue for FY24, Registers Decline in Profit-thumnail

Lendingkart Posts ₹1,090 Cr Revenue for FY24, Registers Decline in Profit

By Shrija Roy

Lendingkart, a leading non-banking financial company (NBFC) with specialization in work capital and business loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India, today announced its results for the fiscal

News

November 25, 2024

Prime Venture Partners Leaded Funding Round in Elchemy of $5.6 Million-thumnail

Prime Venture Partners Leaded Funding Round in Elchemy of $5.6 Million

By Shrija Roy

Yet another milestone acquisition in a boost for the Indian startup ecosystem: Elchemy, a cross-border specialty chemical distribution platform, has raised $5.6 million, approximately ₹47 crore, from Prime Venture Partners

News

November 25, 2024

Zomato Secures Shareholder Approval to Raise ₹8,500 Crore via QIP-thumnail

Zomato Secures Shareholder Approval to Raise ₹8,500 Crore via QIP

By Shrija Roy

In a major move aimed at furthering its competitive edge in the foodtech and quick commerce space, Zomato has obtained shareholder consent for raising ₹8,500 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement,

News

November 23, 2024

Weekly Update: Funding and Acquisition in Indian Startups (18 – 23 Nov)-thumnail

Weekly Update: Funding and Acquisition in Indian Startups (18 – 23 Nov)

By Shrija Roy

Indian startups saw significant investment during the week of November 18 to 23, 2024, while at least 23 startups collectively raised about $595.86 million in total funds. Compared to the

News

November 23, 2024

Binny Bansal Resigns from PhonePe Board; Quits All Firms Controlled by Walmart-thumnail

Binny Bansal Resigns from PhonePe Board; Quits All Firms Controlled by Walmart

By Shrija Roy

A significant development in the Indian tech landscape is that Binny Bansal, the cofounder of Flipkart, has resigned from the board of directors of PhonePe. This development marks Bansal’s complete

Business

November 22, 2024

8i Ventures To Expand Early-Stage Investment Program With Origami Initiative-thumnail

8i Ventures To Expand Early-Stage Investment Program With Origami Initiative

By Shrija Roy

The early-stage venture capital fund, 8i Ventures, recently opened the applications for the second edition of its pre-seed funding program, Origami, to back innovative early-stage founders. The new edition is

Business

November 22, 2024

Zepto Secures $350 Million in Funding, Totaling $1.35 Billion for 2024-thumnail

Zepto Secures $350 Million in Funding, Totaling $1.35 Billion for 2024

By Shrija Roy

Zepto, the rapidly growing quick commerce company, has successfully raised $350 million in its latest funding round, bringing its total capital raised in 2024 to an impressive $1.35 billion. This

Business

November 22, 2024

Teachmint More Than Doubles Revenue, Reduces Losses to ₹82 Crore in FY24-thumnail

Teachmint More Than Doubles Revenue, Reduces Losses to ₹82 Crore in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based SaaS edtech firm Teachmint reported impressive financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2024 with remarkable doubling of its revenue and significant reduction in losses. As per its

Business

November 21, 2024

Zopper Raises $25M in Series D Funding To Further Enhance Insurance Distribution Platform-thumnail

Zopper Raises $25M in Series D Funding To Further Enhance Insurance Distribution Platform

By Shrija Roy

Noida-based insurtech firm Zopper has bagged $25 million in Series D funding from Elevation Capital, Dharana Capital, and Blume Ventures. According to reports, this funding marks a major milestone for

Business

November 21, 2024

CredFlow Raises $3.7 Million in Pre-Series B Funding to Enhance Cash Flow Solutions for SMEs-thumnail

CredFlow Raises $3.7 Million in Pre-Series B Funding to Enhance Cash Flow Solutions for SMEs

By Shrija Roy

PC: Omidyar Network India CredFlow, a Delhi-based fintech startup, has successfully secured $3.7 million (approximately ₹31.2 crore) in a pre-Series B funding round. This round was co-led by existing investors

News

November 21, 2024

Doodhvale Farms Raises $3 Million in Series A Funding to Expand Dairy Operations-thumnail

Doodhvale Farms Raises $3 Million in Series A Funding to Expand Dairy Operations

By Shrija Roy

Doodhvale Farms, a Delhi-based dairy startup, raised $3 million in Series A funding co-led by Atomic Capital and Singularity Early Opportunities Fund. Bharat Founders Fund, Indigram Labs Foundation, along with

Business

November 20, 2024

Taqtics Raises $1.2 Million in Seed Funding to Improve SaaS Offering-thumnail

Taqtics Raises $1.2 Million in Seed Funding to Improve SaaS Offering

By Shrija Roy

Taqtics is an exciting SaaS company that brings help to improve business store operations, having raised an initial seed funding round of $1.2 million. Its leadership round was performed by

News

November 20, 2024

Billion Hearts secures $4 Million funding round led by Blume Ventures-thumnail

Billion Hearts secures $4 Million funding round led by Blume Ventures

By Shrija Roy

Billion Hearts, a new consumer tech startup co-founded by Mayank Bidawatka, has just concluded a successful round of funding amounting to $4 million raised with prominent early stage venture capitalist

Business

November 20, 2024

Baanhem Ventures raises ₹3.3 Crore in funding from Kumar Vembu’s Mudhal Partners-thumnail

Baanhem Ventures raises ₹3.3 Crore in funding from Kumar Vembu’s Mudhal Partners

By Shrija Roy

Baanhem Ventures, the engineering minds behind the business reality TV show Startup Thamizha, has successfully raised ₹3.3 crore through a new funding round led by GoFrugal Technologies founder Kumar Vembu

Business

November 19, 2024

CADRE ODR Secures $200K in Pre-Series A Funding for Online Dispute Resolution-thumnail

CADRE ODR Secures $200K in Pre-Series A Funding for Online Dispute Resolution

By Shrija Roy

CADRE ODR, an innovative online dispute resolution (ODR) platform, has just completed its round of raising $200,000, and this has been raised in an ongoing pre-Series A funding round. The

News

November 19, 2024

Paper Boat Reports ₹585 Crore Revenue in FY24, Cuts Losses by 48%-thumnail

Paper Boat Reports ₹585 Crore Revenue in FY24, Cuts Losses by 48%

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based beverage firm Paper Boat has secured revenue of ₹585 crore for the fiscal year ending March 2024, as against ₹504 crore in FY23, a 16% year-on-year growth that will

Business

November 19, 2024

The Sleep Company Revenue Jumps 2.5X to ₹312 Crore in FY24-thumnail

The Sleep Company Revenue Jumps 2.5X to ₹312 Crore in FY24

By Shrija Roy

The D2C mattress and sleep solutions company, The Sleep Company, said that its revenue witnessed a fantastic growth at 2.5X for the fiscal year ended March 2024. Revenue from operations

Business

November 18, 2024

HealthKart Rises to $153 Million and Completes First-Ever ESOP Buyback-thumnail

HealthKart Rises to $153 Million and Completes First-Ever ESOP Buyback

By Shrija Roy

HealthKart, the largest omnichannel nutrition platform, has raised $153 million in a funding round led by ChrysCapital and Motilal Oswal Alternates, that have been joined by existing investor A91 Partners

Business

November 18, 2024

Park+ Reports ₹ 131 Crore Revenue in FY24 with Stable Losses-thumnail

Park+ Reports ₹ 131 Crore Revenue in FY24 with Stable Losses

By Shrija Roy

The Gurugram-based provider of personal mobility solutions, Park+, reported revenues of ₹131 crore as it comes out with its fiscal performance for March 2024, which reflects a commendable year-on-year rise

Business

November 18, 2024

mCaffeine Reports Revenue Decline to ₹193 Crore in FY24-thumnail

mCaffeine Reports Revenue Decline to ₹193 Crore in FY24

By Shrija Roy

mCaffeine, a most promising personal care and beauty brand due to its range of caffeine-infused skincare and haircare solutions, announced that it had experienced a revenue loss in the fiscal

News

November 16, 2024

Sugar Cosmetics Records ₹505 Cr Revenue with ₹76 Cr in Losses for FY24-thumnail

Sugar Cosmetics Records ₹505 Cr Revenue with ₹76 Cr in Losses for FY24

By Shrija Roy

Indian direct-to-consumer (D2C) beauty brand Sugar Cosmetics reported its quarterly financials. Here are the fiscal 2024 results and revenue, which stand at ₹505 crore. Growth was upped 20% from the

Business

November 16, 2024

Indian Startups Funding This Week (November 11-16)-thumnail

Indian Startups Funding This Week (November 11-16)

By Shrija Roy

Indian startups have had an eventful week, raising a total sum of around $182.62 million by 24 of them. The Indian startup ecosystem still attracts investor confidence with three growth-stage

Investment & Funding

November 16, 2024

Burger Singh Has Reported ₹78 Crore Revenue in FY24, but a Six-Time Jump in Losses at ₹125 Crore-thumnail

Burger Singh Has Reported ₹78 Crore Revenue in FY24, but a Six-Time Jump in Losses at ₹125 Crore

By Shrija Roy

Indian quick-service restaurant chain Burger Singh has announced FY24 results, which have been accounted for up to March 31. Much as revenue has grown at ₹77.7 crore, a gain in

Business

November 15, 2024

Vecmocon Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Enhance Vehicle Intelligence Solutions-thumnail

Vecmocon Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Enhance Vehicle Intelligence Solutions

By Shrija Roy

PC: TechCrunch  Delhi-based vehicle intelligence firm Vecmocon Technologies claims to have raised $10 million in the initial tranche of its Series A funding. The round saw EIF leading it, along

News

November 15, 2024

Hydrogen Mem-Tech Won Strategic Funding for Latest in Clean Hydrogen Production-thumnail

Hydrogen Mem-Tech Won Strategic Funding for Latest in Clean Hydrogen Production

By Shrija Roy

Hydrogen Mem-Tech is a Norway-based start-up firm focused on hydrogen separation technology raises strategic funding co-led by Peak Sustainability Ventures and London-based AP Ventures, bringing it an important partner in

Business

November 15, 2024

LegalKart raises $920k in funding for AI-powered legal solutions-thumnail

LegalKart raises $920k in funding for AI-powered legal solutions

By Shrija Roy

Gurugram-based legal tech startup, LegalKart, that focuses on emerging areas in the legal tech space, has raised ₹6.5 crore in funding led by IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre. The firm had

Business

November 14, 2024

Inflection Point Ventures Made the Investment of $250,000 Into SAAS Startup Mushin Innovative Labs-thumnail

Inflection Point Ventures Made the Investment of $250,000 Into SAAS Startup Mushin Innovative Labs

By Shrija Roy

Mushin Innovative Labs is a Delhi-based SaaS startup that has raised $250,000 in its seed funding round led by IPV. This raised amount will further be utilized in developing sales

Business

November 14, 2024

Giva Reports 66% Growth in Revenue; Reaches ₹ 274 crore in FY24-thumnail

Giva Reports 66% Growth in Revenue; Reaches ₹ 274 crore in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based jewelry startup Giva reported today that operating revenue for the fiscal ending March 2024 stood at ₹274 crore, higher by 66% from ₹165 crore in the previous fiscal year.

Business

November 14, 2024

VC Grid leads a $1 million seed round into Pikndel-thumnail

VC Grid leads a $1 million seed round into Pikndel

By Shrija Roy

Pikndel, a same-day delivery service company from Delhi has completed seed funding worth $1 million funded by VC Grid, who led the round. This round saw participation from some diversified

Business

November 13, 2024

Funstop Games Raises $5 Million in Series A Funding to Expand Casual Gaming Portfolio-thumnail

Funstop Games Raises $5 Million in Series A Funding to Expand Casual Gaming Portfolio

By Shrija Roy

Funstop Games, a nascent casual gaming studio headquartered in Delhi, has raised $5 million through its Series A funding co-led by 360 ONE Asset and InfoEdge Ventures. That is indeed

Business

November 13, 2024

Rapido During FY24, revenue almost touched ₹650 crores, while the losses were narrowed to 45%-thumnail

Rapido During FY24, revenue almost touched ₹650 crores, while the losses were narrowed to 45%

By Shrija Roy

Rapido, the backed mobility unicorn by Prosus, has said that its operating revenue has risen to nearly ₹ 650 crore for FY24. This has reflected a growth of 46.3% year-on-year

News

November 13, 2024

Infibeam Achieves Rs 1,000 Crore Revenue for Q2 FY25-thumnail

Infibeam Achieves Rs 1,000 Crore Revenue for Q2 FY25

By Shrija Roy

Infibeam Avenues Ltd, headquartered in Ahmedabad and offering digital payments and e-commerce solutions, achieved a major milestone as its revenues crossed ₹1,000 crore during the second quarter of fiscal year

Business

November 12, 2024

Jupiter’s Revenue Surges 7X in FY24 as Losses Taper Off-thumnail

Jupiter’s Revenue Surges 7X in FY24 as Losses Taper Off

By Shrija Roy

As a result, the Neo-banking startup Jupiter has shown stellar financial growth in FY 2024 with sevenfold growth in its operating revenue. The company, promoted by Peak XV Partners, said

Business

November 12, 2024

Former Skechers Executive Sumit Maloo Join Neeman’s as CFO-thumnail

Former Skechers Executive Sumit Maloo Join Neeman’s as CFO

By Shrija Roy

Hyderabad-based sustainable footwear startup Neeman’s recently appointed a former executive from Skechers as its chief financial officer, Sumit Maloo. At a time when the company is planning to scale its

Business

November 12, 2024

Bhanzu Secures $16.5 Million Funding Led by Epiq Capital to Enhance US Presence and Invest in AI-thumnail

Bhanzu Secures $16.5 Million Funding Led by Epiq Capital to Enhance US Presence and Invest in AI

By Shrija Roy

Edtech startup Bhanzu has raised $16.5 million funding in a round led by venture capital firm Epiq Capital. This gives Hyderabad-based the company a valuation of around $120-122 million. Mumbai-based

Business

November 11, 2024

Groww Enters Into 12.59 Million Active Users, Tightening the Lead Over Zerodha-thumnail

Groww Enters Into 12.59 Million Active Users, Tightening the Lead Over Zerodha

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-headquartered stock broker Groww has achieved an impressive milestone as a member of the Indian fintech ecosystem, seeing a meteoric rise in its active user base – it now stands

Business

November 11, 2024

Amazon India Marketplace Clocks ₹588 Crore Adjusted EBITDA in FY24-thumnail

Amazon India Marketplace Clocks ₹588 Crore Adjusted EBITDA in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Amazon India’s marketplace has delivered a fiscal year of ₹588.6 crore adjusted EBITDA in FY 2024, marking a strong reflection of the group’s continuing growth trajectory. The momentum towards consolidated

News

November 11, 2024

Amagi Reports Strong Growth and Reduced Losses, Eyes IPO-thumnail

Amagi Reports Strong Growth and Reduced Losses, Eyes IPO

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru headquartered cloud media SaaS technology company Amagi has turned out to report impressive growth while losing much less compared to the past fiscal year recently closed. The company had

Business

November 9, 2024

Weekly Report of Startup Funding and Acquisitions in India (Nov 4 – 9, 2024)-thumnail

Weekly Report of Startup Funding and Acquisitions in India (Nov 4 – 9, 2024)

By Shrija Roy

During the week of November 4 to 9, 2024, the Indian startup ecosystem was witness to strong funding activity wherein 25 startups raised about $138.7 million. This week’s funding was

Business

November 9, 2024

Ola Electric Posts Q2 Results As Net Loss Narrows to ₹495 Crore, Revenue Surges 39%-thumnail

Ola Electric Posts Q2 Results As Net Loss Narrows to ₹495 Crore, Revenue Surges 39%

By Shrija Roy

Ola Electric filed its earnings results for the September quarter of FY25 reporting net loss of ₹495 crore. According to the report, this is said to be narrower than what

Business

November 8, 2024

Perfios Achieves 37.1% Revenue Growth, Reaches Unicorn Status in FY24-thumnail

Perfios Achieves 37.1% Revenue Growth, Reaches Unicorn Status in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Perfios, a SaaS-based B2B fintech firm has set the bar pretty high with tremendous growth in the fiscal year ending March 2024 where the revenue has recorded a staggering 37.1

Business

November 8, 2024

Everest Fleet Posts 120.7% Revenue Increase, Remains Profitable Despite Shifting Operating Environment-thumnail

Everest Fleet Posts 120.7% Revenue Increase, Remains Profitable Despite Shifting Operating Environment

By Shrija Roy

Uber-funded mobility startup Everest Fleet has reached the desired milestone in its growth trajectory, with over two-fold growth in revenue with equally impressive profit margins in FY23-24 ending March 2024.

Business

November 8, 2024

Thesys Secures $4 Million Funding to Revolutionize User Experience with AI-thumnail

Thesys Secures $4 Million Funding to Revolutionize User Experience with AI

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based AI start-up Thesys has raised $4 million in funding led by venture capitalist Together Fund. Eight other venture capital firms have also joined the company as investors. This funding

Business

November 7, 2024

Nexstem Secures $3.5 Million for Further Development of Brain-Computer Interface Technology-thumnail

Nexstem Secures $3.5 Million for Further Development of Brain-Computer Interface Technology

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup Nexstem recently raised $3.5 million in funding, co-led by prominent investors including InfoEdge, Zupee, Smile Group, and duo Nikhil Kamath and Abhijeet Pai from Gruhas. This funding

Business

November 7, 2024

Boldfit Closes ₹110 Crore Round to Develop Products, Enhance Brand Visibility-thumnail

Boldfit Closes ₹110 Crore Round to Develop Products, Enhance Brand Visibility

By Shrija Roy

Boldfit, a direct-to-consumer fitness startup, has brought in ₹110 crore (~ USD 13 million) in a new round of funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. This significant investment highlights growing

Business

November 7, 2024

AstroTalk Sees Amazing Growth in FY24, Thanks to Surging Popularity of Astrology-thumnail

AstroTalk Sees Amazing Growth in FY24, Thanks to Surging Popularity of Astrology

By Shrija Roy

Astrology continues to boom in India. The latest digital astrology consultancy platform to rise to the top is AstroTalk. Based out of Noida, this platform has managed to register a

Business

November 6, 2024

Lenskart Reports 43% Revenue Growth Amid Rising Costs and Strategic Expansion-thumnail

Lenskart Reports 43% Revenue Growth Amid Rising Costs and Strategic Expansion

By Shrija Roy

The revenue from operations in the fiscal year ending March 2024 has seen an increase of 43 percent, with the overall revenues being a tad slower at 2.5X year-over-year growth

Business

November 6, 2024

Jar Reports 5.6X Revenue Growth Amid Strategic Cost Management-thumnail

Jar Reports 5.6X Revenue Growth Amid Strategic Cost Management

By Shrija Roy

Jar, the Tiger Global-backed gold savings platform, reported its fiscal year that ended March 2024 earnings with a staggering 5.6X growth in operating revenue and a 15 percent reduction in

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November 6, 2024

Udaan Sees Flat Revenue, Valuation Contraction as the Company Cuts Cost-thumnail

Udaan Sees Flat Revenue, Valuation Contraction as the Company Cuts Cost

By Shrija Roy

Udaan, a Bengaluru-based B2B e-commerce platform, is struggling at the operational level with its scale. The revenues have flattened for the fiscal year 2024. Valuation that had touched a peak

Business

November 5, 2024

Innovartan Learning Solutions Raised ₹5 Crore Pre-Seed Funding to Revamp School -thumnail

Innovartan Learning Solutions Raised ₹5 Crore Pre-Seed Funding to Revamp School 

By Shrija Roy

Education Ed-tech startup Innovartan Learning Solutions has raised the pre-seed funding of ₹5 crores led by some influential investors Gokul Rajaram and Amit Singhal. This is a great step for

Business

November 5, 2024

Turtlemint Raises $120M in Series E Funding-thumnail

Turtlemint Raises $120M in Series E Funding

By Shrija Roy

Turtlemint has garnered many headlines lately for its significant feats that it has made recently. The insurtech firm was able to raise $120 million in the Series E funding round

Business

November 4, 2024

Viraa Care Raises $108,000 in Pre-Seed Funding to Expand Health-Tech Platform-thumnail

Viraa Care Raises $108,000 in Pre-Seed Funding to Expand Health-Tech Platform

By Shrija Roy

Infancy and pediatric nutrition health-tech platform, Viraa Care managed to secure a pre-seed funding round worth $108,000 from a group of European angel investors. The newly raised funds follow the

Investment & Funding

November 4, 2024

Cashfree Reports Modest Revenue Growth Amid Regulatory Challenges-thumnail

Cashfree Reports Modest Revenue Growth Amid Regulatory Challenges

By Shrija Roy

Cashfree Payments, one of the major players in the digital payments space, reported flat revenue growth for the fiscal year ending March 2024. The company’s revenue from operations increased by

Business

November 4, 2024

MyGate Reports 35% Revenue Growth, Significant Loss Reduction in FY24-thumnail

MyGate Reports 35% Revenue Growth, Significant Loss Reduction in FY24

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  The community management app MyGate has come up with very impressive financial results for the fiscal year 2024. The operating revenue has achieved a 35% growth year-on-year. Moreover,

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October 30, 2024

Code B Publishes an Analytical Review On AI Funding In 2024 Of Main Trends And Investment Patterns-thumnail

Code B Publishes an Analytical Review On AI Funding In 2024 Of Main Trends And Investment Patterns

By Shrija Roy

Code B published an analytical review on AI funding in 2024, covering important trends and investment patterns in this field. A new study on the ways in which venture capital

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October 30, 2024

Adani Enterprises: Revenue Up 16%, Profit Up 664% in Q2-thumnail

Adani Enterprises: Revenue Up 16%, Profit Up 664% in Q2

By Shrija Roy

The results announced by Adani Enterprises were spectacular for the second quarter of FY25, posting consolidated net profits at Rs 1,742 crore with a whopping 664% year-on-year increase. When the

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October 29, 2024

ElasticRun Reports 48.6% Fall in Gross Collections While Narrowing Losses-thumnail

ElasticRun Reports 48.6% Fall in Gross Collections While Narrowing Losses

By Shrija Roy

Gross collections at the Pune-based logistics unicorn ElasticRun, or Ntex Transportation Services Private Limited, were surprisingly down 48.6% on the fiscal year that ended March 2024. The firm meanwhile managed

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October 29, 2024

Increase In Corporate Funding For Energy Storage Space As Venture Capital Deals Slide Further-thumnail

Increase In Corporate Funding For Energy Storage Space As Venture Capital Deals Slide Further

By Shrija Roy

PC: Mercom India  New Delhi: Money from corporates flooded the energy storage sector that reported $17.6bn in 83 deals till 27 September 2024 as per a report compiled from Mercom

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October 29, 2024

Vridhi Home Finance raises ₹310 Crore in Series B funding led by Norwest Venture Partners-thumnail

Vridhi Home Finance raises ₹310 Crore in Series B funding led by Norwest Venture Partners

By Shrija Roy

Vridhi Home Finance, a rising housing finance company, recently closed its Series B round with ₹310 crore raised by Norwest Venture Partners as the lead investor. The founders and existing

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October 29, 2024

Flipkart Internet Reports Strong Growth and Reduced Losses in FY24-thumnail

Flipkart Internet Reports Strong Growth and Reduced Losses in FY24

By Shrija Roy

Flipkart Internet Private Limited, the B2B arm of Walmart-owned Flipkart, said that the gross revenue stood at impressive 26.4 percent growth with gross revenues having crossed Rs 70,000 crore for

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October 28, 2024

Agritech Arya.ag Raises $19.8 Million from DFC for Agritech Operations-thumnail

Agritech Arya.ag Raises $19.8 Million from DFC for Agritech Operations

By Shrija Roy

A leading agritech platform, Arya.ag, has received an agreement worth $19.8 million from the United States International Development Finance Corporation, DFC. This is part of a debt facility that will

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October 28, 2024

COOX, A home Services Platform, Secures $125,000 In Funding-thumnail

COOX, A home Services Platform, Secures $125,000 In Funding

By Shrija Roy

On the on-demand home services landscape, an interesting development: startup COOX, known for its name and associated diversity in service offerings, has just closed a seed funding round worth $125,000.

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October 28, 2024

IDFC First Bank Q2 Results: Standalone Net Profit Declines 73% YoY to Rs 201 Crore Due to Provisions, NII Rises 21%-thumnail

IDFC First Bank Q2 Results: Standalone Net Profit Declines 73% YoY to Rs 201 Crore Due to Provisions, NII Rises 21%

By Shrija Roy

IDFC First Bank had reported a substantial drop in its standalone net profit for the second quarter of the fiscal year. It recorded a decline of 73% year on year

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October 26, 2024

Indian Start-ups Weekly Funding Report Of October 21-26-thumnail

Indian Start-ups Weekly Funding Report Of October 21-26

By Shrija Roy

PC: Vestbee Altogether 21 Indian startups raised around $187 million in funding during the week from a mix of growth and early-stage investments. This week had four growth-stage deals worth

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October 26, 2024

AquaExchange’s FY24 Revenues Exceeds Rs 100 Cr-thumnail

AquaExchange’s FY24 Revenues Exceeds Rs 100 Cr

By Shrija Roy

PC: Institute of Entrepreneurship Development AquaExchange, the full-stack aquaculture tech firm based out of Bhimavaram, has announced operating revenue growth by 36% year on year at ₹104.88 crore for the

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October 25, 2024

India’s VC Funding jumps 50% In Q1-Q3 2024, Driven By A Rise In Large-scale Investments-thumnail

India’s VC Funding jumps 50% In Q1-Q3 2024, Driven By A Rise In Large-scale Investments

By Shrija Roy

PC: Bizcommunity Venture capital funding has seen a remarkable year-on-year uptick of 50.4% in the first three quarters of 2024, rising to $8.3 billion, with data gathered by GlobalData revealing

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October 25, 2024

Go Digit General Insurance Posts Modest growth Even As Expenses Rise In Q2 FY25 Of The Company-thumnail

Go Digit General Insurance Posts Modest growth Even As Expenses Rise In Q2 FY25 Of The Company

By Shrija Roy

PC: Pune.News Go Digit General Insurance Ltd on Monday announced the Q2 FY25 results, in which operating revenues grew marginally but registered challenges of slowing premium income and mounting costs.

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October 24, 2024

NG EarSafe Raises ₹1.06 Crore in Seed Funding for Health-Conscious Audio Technology-thumnail

NG EarSafe Raises ₹1.06 Crore in Seed Funding for Health-Conscious Audio Technology

By Shrija Roy

PC: Viestories  NG EarSafe, a pioneer of high-end open-ear headphones, has secured ₹1.06 crore of seed funding from Inflection Point Ventures. The strategic investment will boost brand awareness and market

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October 24, 2024

Blinkit Unveils EMI Facility to Enhance Consumer Experience, Drive Growth-thumnail

Blinkit Unveils EMI Facility to Enhance Consumer Experience, Drive Growth

By Shrija Roy

PC: Finshots In quick commerce, the leading player Blinkit launched the Equated Monthly Instalment (EMI) payment option for its customers. It will allow them to pay orders above ₹2,999 via

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October 24, 2024

GMR Group Raises ₹6,300 Crore Debt Funding from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority-thumnail

GMR Group Raises ₹6,300 Crore Debt Funding from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  On Wednesday, GMR Group said it had raised ₹6,300 crore in debt funding from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Proceeds would be utilized in refinancing the

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October 23, 2024

WishNew Wellness Claims $5.65 Million Valuation Following $250,000 in Angel Funding Round Led by Ankit Khnadelwal-thumnail

WishNew Wellness Claims $5.65 Million Valuation Following $250,000 in Angel Funding Round Led by Ankit Khnadelwal

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  The young wellness brand, WishNew Wellness, launched 2022 by Karan Khurana and Pranshu Singh claimed a valuation of $5.65 million on achieving its latest round of angel funding,

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October 23, 2024

Moglix Sees Humble 5.5% Revenue Growth in FY24 on Reduced Losses-thumnail

Moglix Sees Humble 5.5% Revenue Growth in FY24 on Reduced Losses

By Shrija Roy

PC: Linqto Moglix, the B2B digital e-commerce platform, reported a modest revenue growth of 5.5 percent in FY24, down from a strong FY23 at 82.6 percent. Even though that slowdown

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October 23, 2024

Zomato Reports 68.5% Revenue Growth in Q2 FY25 Amid Competitive Landscape-thumnail

Zomato Reports 68.5% Revenue Growth in Q2 FY25 Amid Competitive Landscape

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  Foodtech and quick commerce leader Zomato has announced a bumper quarter-on-quarter growth at 68.5% in operating revenues at ₹4,799 crore for the second quarter FY25 from

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October 22, 2024

DriveU Reports 66% Revenue Growth And Reaches Profitability In FY24-thumnail

DriveU Reports 66% Revenue Growth And Reaches Profitability In FY24

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  DriveU today declared the culmination of fiscal year ending March 2024 with impressive revenue growth of 66 percent. Again, as in the previous year, this revenue growth has

News

October 22, 2024

Paytm Reports ₹1,660 Crore Revenue in Q2 FY25, Highlights Improved Financial Performance -thumnail

Paytm Reports ₹1,660 Crore Revenue in Q2 FY25, Highlights Improved Financial Performance 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Mint One97 Communications Limited, the parent company of Paytm, continues to demonstrate resilience and growth in the dynamic financial landscape, as evidenced by its robust performance in the second

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October 22, 2024

PhonePe Meets Pivotal Milestones With Good Finances And Astute ilInvestment In FY24-thumnail

PhonePe Meets Pivotal Milestones With Good Finances And Astute ilInvestment In FY24

By Shrija Roy

PC: VCCircle  PhonePe, which is a digital payments platform, continued to gain great deals of limelight by the fiscal year end of March 2024. Almost a billion dollars in funding

News

October 21, 2024

Groww Continues Rapid Growth Trajectory with Strong Financial Performance in FY24-thumnail

Groww Continues Rapid Growth Trajectory with Strong Financial Performance in FY24

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inc42 One of the leading full-stack financial services platforms, Groww, which was funded by Tiger Global, today announced impressive growth and financial success for fiscal year ended March 2024.

News

October 21, 2024

Deepinder Goyal Ventures into Health Tracking and Mental Wellness with New Venture, Continue-thumnail

Deepinder Goyal Ventures into Health Tracking and Mental Wellness with New Venture, Continue

By Shrija Roy

PC: Moneycontrol  Co-founder and CEO of Zomato Deepinder Goyal has founded a personal venture called Continue, supposed to deal with health tracking, mental wellness, etc in his more ambitious diversification

News

October 21, 2024

Stellapps Technologies Raises $26 Million in Series C Funding Round-thumnail

Stellapps Technologies Raises $26 Million in Series C Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  The latest development in the dairy tech space was Stellapps Technologies securing Series C funding in the form of $26 million. The funding round involved equity

News

October 21, 2024

Report For Latest Deals in Startup Funding in India: Key Highlights of October 12 to 18-thumnail

Report For Latest Deals in Startup Funding in India: Key Highlights of October 12 to 18

By Shrija Roy

PC: re.cap In entrepreneurship, high-value funding is the holy grail to be able to scale with a startup and leave a mark in a respective industry. A lot happened in

News

October 19, 2024

Yu Raises INR 55 Crore in Series B Funding Round to Accelerate Expansion and Innovation-thumnail

Yu Raises INR 55 Crore in Series B Funding Round to Accelerate Expansion and Innovation

By Shrija Roy

In yet another major development in the instant food and beverage products segment, Yu, an emerging firm in the same space, has managed to raise INR 55 crore in a

Business

October 18, 2024

8i Ventures Exits M2P Fintech Investment with 12x Returns-thumnail

8i Ventures Exits M2P Fintech Investment with 12x Returns

By Shrija Roy

Venture capital firm 8i Ventures has hogged the limelight in the investment world with an eventful exit from M2P Fintech, where it managed to garner a staggering 12x returns after

Business

October 18, 2024

Eruditus raises $150 mln in the Series F funding round led by TPG’s The Rise Fund-thumnail

Eruditus raises $150 mln in the Series F funding round led by TPG’s The Rise Fund

By Shrija Roy

Edtech unicorn Eruditus has closed a Series F funding round, securing $150 million in investments. TPG’s The Rise Fund is leading the investment drive. Existing investors Softbank Vision Fund 2,

Investment & Funding

October 18, 2024

Febi.ai Raises $2 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Round-thumnail

Febi.ai Raises $2 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

Febi.ai, an accounting and tax management platform, has just closed its $2 million pre-series A funding round with the investment that came from luminaries such as investment house Lumis Partners,

Investment & Funding

October 17, 2024

WROGN Raises $9 Mn Funding-thumnail

WROGN Raises $9 Mn Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Retails Updates Aditya Birla Digital Fashion Ventures Ltd (ABDFVL) raised its stake in direct-to-consumer fashion brand WROGN by 15.74% by way of a fresh investment of around Rs 75

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October 17, 2024

Slice Raises Rs 71.7 Cr Funding -thumnail

Slice Raises Rs 71.7 Cr Funding 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inc42 Lending and payments startup Slice has significantly strengthened its financial muscles by bringing in a hefty amount of Rs 71.7 crore ($ 8.6 million) from founder and CEO,

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October 17, 2024

BharatPe Rides High on Stomping Growth and Strategic Diversification-thumnail

BharatPe Rides High on Stomping Growth and Strategic Diversification

By Shrija Roy

PC: CNBC TV18 In the shifting paradigm of fintech, BharatPe has made a place for itself, marking phenomenal growth coupled with strategic steps towards an embedded strong presence. Its FY24

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October 16, 2024

Josh Emerges as a Dominant Player in India’s Short Video Entertainment Landscape-thumnail

Josh Emerges as a Dominant Player in India’s Short Video Entertainment Landscape

By Shrija Roy

PC: digital terminal  The dynamic realm of short video entertainment in India has witnessed significant shifts, with the recent merger of MX TakaTak and the pivot of Chingari, leading to

News

October 16, 2024

Primus Senior Living Raises $20 Million in Seed Funding Round-thumnail

Primus Senior Living Raises $20 Million in Seed Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  In the latest development highlighting growing focus on elder care and senior living solution innovation, Bengaluru-based startup Primus Senior Living has successfully bagged a seed funding

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October 16, 2024

Navi Finserv Has Secured A $24.5 Million Loan Securitization Real With Goldman Sachs-thumnail

Navi Finserv Has Secured A $24.5 Million Loan Securitization Real With Goldman Sachs

By Shrija Roy

PC: VCCircle  Navi Finserv, in furtherance of its plans to boost its financial muscles and improve its market position, successfully closed a $24.5 million loan securitization transaction with Goldman Sachs

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October 15, 2024

Tractor Junction Reports Inching Ahead in FY24-thumnail

Tractor Junction Reports Inching Ahead in FY24

By Shrija Roy

PC: John Deere India A favorable development for the agricultural machinery sector, as reported by Tractor Junction: a report has emerged with excellent financial performance of the year 2024 with

News

October 15, 2024

Evenflow Raises Funds for Expansion-thumnail

Evenflow Raises Funds for Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  E-commerce roll-up platform Evenflow has raised an undisclosed amount in a bridge round from serial entrepreneur Shail Patel and existing investors in the course of its ongoing Series

News

October 15, 2024

Giva Raises Rs 255 Crore In Series B Funding-thumnail

Giva Raises Rs 255 Crore In Series B Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indian Retailer  Giva, the Indian omnichannel jewelry startup, announced a $34 million extended Series B round, building on a strong indicator of the Indian startup ecosystem. The round was

News

October 14, 2024

Startup Shutdowns and Ethics: What does this trend of returning capital to investors look like?-thumnail

Startup Shutdowns and Ethics: What does this trend of returning capital to investors look like?

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  Recently, shutting shop added a SaaS startup, Toplyne, to the list of failures, bringing attention to the ethics of start-ups in their actions and the financial

News

October 14, 2024

UPI Transactions Exceeded 15 Billion In September 2024 PhonePe Leads The Pack-thumnail

UPI Transactions Exceeded 15 Billion In September 2024 PhonePe Leads The Pack

By Shrija Roy

PC: MediaNama It becomes one such historic month for the UPI ecosystem in September 2024, as total transactions exceeded 15 billion for the first time since it began in April

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October 14, 2024

Servify Records Impressive Growth, Registers Rs 755 Crore Revenue In FY24 And Reduces Losses By 59%-thumnail

Servify Records Impressive Growth, Registers Rs 755 Crore Revenue In FY24 And Reduces Losses By 59%

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  Leading platform managing electronic devices’ lifecycles, Servify has stepped up its financial performance by reporting Rs 755 crore of revenue during the fiscal year 2024. Strategic initiatives, a

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October 11, 2024

Good Glamm Group Acquires Sirona Hygiene in a Landmark $60 Million Deal-thumnail

Good Glamm Group Acquires Sirona Hygiene in a Landmark $60 Million Deal

By Shrija Roy

PC: Solondais In a first-of-its-kind content-to-commerce platform, The Good Glamm Group today announced the acquisition of Sirona Hygiene in all cash for Rs 450 crore. This is one of the

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October 11, 2024

Haber Raises $38M in Series C Funding Round for B2B Robotics Innovation-thumnail

Haber Raises $38M in Series C Funding Round for B2B Robotics Innovation

By Shrija Roy

PC: Indianext In the just-closed massive Series C round, the pioneering B2B robotics startup Haber has raised as much as $38 million in investment. As per reports from Entrackr, this

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October 10, 2024

Indian Startup Employees Cash out $1.7 Billion Through ESOPs Since 2020-thumnail

Indian Startup Employees Cash out $1.7 Billion Through ESOPs Since 2020

By Shrija Roy

PC: Moneycontrol  Indian Startups have seen one of its biggest milestones: employees in the country’s various tech companies have, together, exercised an impressive $1.7 billion since 2020 in Employees Stock

News

October 10, 2024

Kuku FM Records Rs 88 Cr Revenue in FY24, Invests Rs 100 Cr in Marketing Initiatives-thumnail

Kuku FM Records Rs 88 Cr Revenue in FY24, Invests Rs 100 Cr in Marketing Initiatives

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  Audio streaming giant Kuku FM announced revenue of Rs 88 crore for the fiscal year 2024. However, it has spent Rs 100 cr within the same fiscal period

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October 10, 2024

SPRY Therapeutics Raises $15 M Funding for US Market Expansion-thumnail

SPRY Therapeutics Raises $15 M Funding for US Market Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Wire  Physical therapy professional SaaS platform SPRY Therapeutics raises significant funding of $15 million, from top investors, including Flourish Ventures, Together Fund, and Fidelity’s Eight Roads and F-prime

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October 9, 2024

Pine Labs India Posts Rs 1384 Cr Revenue in FY24, Reports 3x Losses Jump-thumnail

Pine Labs India Posts Rs 1384 Cr Revenue in FY24, Reports 3x Losses Jump

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  The first to issue an announcement with a healthy topline was Pine Labs India, the fintech and payments leader, with a decent revenue for fiscal year 2024 at

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October 9, 2024

DCGPAC Sees Profitability As Revenue Blooms To Near Rs 100Cr In FY24 -thumnail

DCGPAC Sees Profitability As Revenue Blooms To Near Rs 100Cr In FY24 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  DCGPAC, one of the most diversified companies in the packaging space, reported impressive profitability during FY 2024 with revenues closing in on Rs 100 crore. The success surely

News

October 9, 2024

boAt Reports Flat Revenue Growth but Shows Improved Profitability in FY24-thumnail

boAt Reports Flat Revenue Growth but Shows Improved Profitability in FY24

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  Gurugram-based consumer electronics firm boAt is likely to report a flat revenue expansion for FY20 ended March 2024. However, the company has considerably reduced losses by

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October 8, 2024

CCPA Issues Show-cause Notice to Ola Electric Amid Consumer Grievances and Competition Killers-thumnail

CCPA Issues Show-cause Notice to Ola Electric Amid Consumer Grievances and Competition Killers

By Shrija Roy

PC: News18 Ola Electric, the leading manufacturer of electric vehicles, recently found itself at the receiving end of the stick as the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issued a show-cause

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October 8, 2024

Naukri, Real Estate Brighten Up Info Edge Q2 FY25 Unaudited Results; Diversion Paths Show a Right Direction-thumnail

Naukri, Real Estate Brighten Up Info Edge Q2 FY25 Unaudited Results; Diversion Paths Show a Right Direction

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inc42 Info Edge – that company which brings Naukri, 99acres, and several more to the arena, is all set to roll out its unaudited financial numbers for Q2 of

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October 7, 2024

Zouk: D2C Fashion Brand in Advanced Talks for New Funding Round Led by Aavishkaar Capital and Stellaris Venture-thumnail

Zouk: D2C Fashion Brand in Advanced Talks for New Funding Round Led by Aavishkaar Capital and Stellaris Venture

By Shrija Roy

PC: Stellaris Venture Partners Mumbai-based direct-to-commerce (D2C) fashion brand Zouk is said to be in advanced talks with investors regarding raising a new funding round. It will be the first

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October 7, 2024

M.S. Dhoni-Backed Garuda Aerospace Raises $33.4m Funding To Make India A Drone Hub By 2030-thumnail

M.S. Dhoni-Backed Garuda Aerospace Raises $33.4m Funding To Make India A Drone Hub By 2030

By Shrija Roy

PC: Pro/MFG Media Garuda Aerospace, the firm backed by cricketing legend M.S. Dhoni, has raised a total sum of $33.4 million. The amount was raised through eight rounds of equity

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October 5, 2024

Indian Startup Funding Week: [September 28th-5th October]-thumnail

Indian Startup Funding Week: [September 28th-5th October]

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  The Indian startup landscape remains fluid at best. Last week was no different-from funding to acquisition, appointment of key personnel, and market insights.  Here’s an attempt to sum

News

October 5, 2024

Wealthy’s Sales More Than Double On Robust Economics-thumnail

Wealthy’s Sales More Than Double On Robust Economics

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Statsman In a significant development for the financial sector, Wealthy has reported a remarkable increase in revenue, more than doubling its previous figures. This impressive financial performance highlights

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October 5, 2024

MStack Closes $40 Million In Series A Funding To Accelerate Global Expansion In Specialty Chemical Manufacturing-thumnail

MStack Closes $40 Million In Series A Funding To Accelerate Global Expansion In Specialty Chemical Manufacturing

By Shrija

PC: The Economic Times  In a blockbuster development for the specialty chemical manufacturing industry, cross-border platform MStack, specializing in specialty chemicals, has raised $40 million from its Series A round.

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October 4, 2024

Zomato Introduces Rs 328 Crore ESOP Plan As Part Of Ongoing Growth Strategy-thumnail

Zomato Introduces Rs 328 Crore ESOP Plan As Part Of Ongoing Growth Strategy

By Shrija

PC: News9live In a strategic decision to hold onto and retain talent, food tech giant Zomato has launched an Employee Stock Option Plan worth Rs 328 crore (approximately $39.5 million)

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October 4, 2024

ZEVO Secures $2 Million in Pre-Series A Funding to Revolutionize India’s EV Logistics-thumnail

ZEVO Secures $2 Million in Pre-Series A Funding to Revolutionize India’s EV Logistics

By Shrija Roy

PC: EV Tech News A significant fillip in the Indian electric vehicle landscape comes in the form of a recently achieved Pre-Series A funding round amounting to $2 million by

Investment & Funding

October 3, 2024

Revolutionizing Cancer Care: Oncare Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding-thumnail

Revolutionizing Cancer Care: Oncare Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Ketto This is for the first time that something new is happening in the healthcare sector; the startup for cancer, Oncare, has raised $1 million of seed funding to

Investment & Funding

October 3, 2024

OpenAI Closed A Record Funding Round Of $6.6 Billion, Making The Valuations Hit $157 Billion-thumnail

OpenAI Closed A Record Funding Round Of $6.6 Billion, Making The Valuations Hit $157 Billion

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Indian Express Cutting-edge company OpenAI-which created the revolutionary ChatGPT and several mindblowing AI breakthroughs-raises an unprecedented $6.6 billion in new funding. This gigantic infusion will push the valuation

Investment & Funding

October 3, 2024

Ola Electric Suffer The Blow Of Market Share Loss and Headwinds Amid Slowing Sales End-thumnail

Ola Electric Suffer The Blow Of Market Share Loss and Headwinds Amid Slowing Sales End

By Shrija Roy

PC: NDTV Profit  Things have started looking a little ugly for the past three months for homegrown electric two-wheeler manufacturer Bengaluru -based Ola Electric as its market share shrinks. According

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October 1, 2024

UPI Registers 15 Billion Transactions In September Marks New Record-thumnail

UPI Registers 15 Billion Transactions In September Marks New Record

By Shrija Roy

PC: Telengana Today  A new high was marked by the Unified Payments Interface, which clocked over 15 billion transactions in a month for the first time-ever in September, said the

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October 1, 2024

Waycool Secures Rs 100 Cr Debt Financing In Agritech Funding Amid Challenges-thumnail

Waycool Secures Rs 100 Cr Debt Financing In Agritech Funding Amid Challenges

By Shrija

PC: Inc42 Waycool, one of the best-known agriculture supply chain firms in Chennai, recently made headlines as it successfully concluded a series of debt financing of Rs 100 crore or

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October 1, 2024

Agritech startup Greenikk Shuts Down Due to Funding, Market Conditions-thumnail

Agritech startup Greenikk Shuts Down Due to Funding, Market Conditions

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr A major set back to the agritech landscape came in the form of news that promising startup Greenikk was shutting shop due to funding challenges and unfavorable market

Investment & Funding

September 30, 2024

InCred Capital Raises Funding Round Close To The Level Of $50 Million, Driven By Strong Performance-thumnail

InCred Capital Raises Funding Round Close To The Level Of $50 Million, Driven By Strong Performance

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  InCred Capital, the institutional and wealth arm of the esteemed InCred Group, is in advance negotiations to raise a big $50 million fundraise, according to those

Investment & Funding

September 30, 2024

BharatPe Settles Controversy with Co-Founder Ashneer Grover-thumnail

BharatPe Settles Controversy with Co-Founder Ashneer Grover

By Shrija Roy

PC: Fortune India Indian fintech company BharatPe has agreed to a settlement with co-founder and former managing director Ashneer Grover, ending their six-month contention. The agreement ends the six-month tussle

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September 30, 2024

Unacademy Promotes Abhishek Pipara As Its CFO Of Unacademy Centres-thumnail

Unacademy Promotes Abhishek Pipara As Its CFO Of Unacademy Centres

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medial The ed-tech major in India, Unacademy announced that Abhishek Pipara would be the next Chief Financial Officer for its offline business arm, Unacademy Centres. It had informed its

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September 28, 2024

Josh 10-Year-Old Draws up Rs 19 Cr Revenue in FY24, Cuts Losses by 25%-thumnail

Josh 10-Year-Old Draws up Rs 19 Cr Revenue in FY24, Cuts Losses by 25%

By Shrija Roy

PC: Josh Talks Recent development: Josh Talks, an Indian startup which is barely a decade old, has really impressed. By the fiscal year 2024, the company has managed to acquire

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September 28, 2024

Weekly Report Of Funding In Indian Startup [23 – 28 Sep]-thumnail

Weekly Report Of Funding In Indian Startup [23 – 28 Sep]

By Shrija Roy

PC: People Matters The Indian startup ecosystem is still in constant change due to a lively mix of funding activities, strategic acquisitions, and key market movements. The week between August

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September 28, 2024

Vedantu Raises Rs 19.25 Crore Funding from Stride Ventures as Edtech Continues to Boom-thumnail

Vedantu Raises Rs 19.25 Crore Funding from Stride Ventures as Edtech Continues to Boom

By Shrija Roy

PC: Moneycontrol  It is given that the edtech space is changing at a very high rate, and Bengaluru-based unicorn Vedantu has thus raised the debt and equity capital in a

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September 27, 2024

Uppercase: The Emerging Star in the Luggage Market with an Impressive Revenue Scale of 6x-thumnail

Uppercase: The Emerging Star in the Luggage Market with an Impressive Revenue Scale of 6x

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  Uppercase, a three-year-old luggage brand, claims to have recorded a six-fold revenue rise that reached as high as Rs 62 crore. This milestone has confirmed the

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September 27, 2024

Curefoods Secures Rs 80 Crore in Debt Funding from Binny Bansal and Jitender Kumar Bansal-thumnail

Curefoods Secures Rs 80 Crore in Debt Funding from Binny Bansal and Jitender Kumar Bansal

By Shrija Roy

PC: Hindustan Times Any news out of Bengaluru-based Curefoods is something to look forward to. The cloud kitchen player made an important announcement recently by closing a significant debt funding

Investment & Funding

September 27, 2024

Qure.ai Raises $65 Million In Series D Funding To Drive Global Expansion of Healthcare AI-thumnail

Qure.ai Raises $65 Million In Series D Funding To Drive Global Expansion of Healthcare AI

By Shrija Roy

PC : Medical Buyer The healthcare technology landscape is full of exciting news as Mumbai-based startup Qure.ai, a global flagbearer for healthcare AI innovation, is going to great lengths to

Investment & Funding

September 26, 2024

Seekho Nears Completion Of $10M Funding Round Led By Lightspeed And Elevation-thumnail

Seekho Nears Completion Of $10M Funding Round Led By Lightspeed And Elevation

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  New developments are breaking for the space of online education, as the learning-focused OTT platform Seekho based out of Bengaluru is set to close its new funding round

Investment & Funding

September 26, 2024

Giva Bags Rs 100 Cr in Series B Led by Premji Invest-thumnail

Giva Bags Rs 100 Cr in Series B Led by Premji Invest

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr Omnichannel jewelry company, Giva, has closed an extended Series B funding round with $12 million (£9.4 million) raised from Premji Invest. Giva has used the funds raised in

Investment & Funding

September 26, 2024

Ahammune Biosciences Has Closed $5 Million In Series A Funding-thumnail

Ahammune Biosciences Has Closed $5 Million In Series A Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  Ahammune Biosciences, a pioneering biotech startup based out of Pune, has made major headlines recently with it raising a sum of $5 million in funding in a Series

Investment & Funding

September 25, 2024

Coding Ninjas Reports Flat Revenue In FY24 As Expenses Cross Rs 100 Crore -thumnail

Coding Ninjas Reports Flat Revenue In FY24 As Expenses Cross Rs 100 Crore 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr Coding Ninjas, one of the best-known companies in the edtech space, has just released its FY24 results. Still a market leader in the online learning space, the company

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September 25, 2024

Zerodha Witnessed Record Revenue and Profit as Company Deals with Regulatory Headwinds-thumnail

Zerodha Witnessed Record Revenue and Profit as Company Deals with Regulatory Headwinds

By Shrija Roy

PC: Moneycontrol  In a recent blog post, the co-founder and CEO of Zerodha-the popular stock broking platform-revealed some great financials from this fiscal year. During FY24, Zerodha racked up more

Business

September 25, 2024

Atlys Raises $20m Series B Funding To Simplify Visa Processing And Drive Global Expansion-thumnail

Atlys Raises $20m Series B Funding To Simplify Visa Processing And Drive Global Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: Infomance The visa processing platform Atlys closed $20 million in recent Series B funding led by Peak XV Partners and Elevation Capital, with existing and new investors DST Global

Investment & Funding

September 24, 2024

M2P Fintech Secures $101.8 Million Funding Led by Helios Investment Partners to Expand Market Presence and Drive Innovation-thumnail

M2P Fintech Secures $101.8 Million Funding Led by Helios Investment Partners to Expand Market Presence and Drive Innovation

By Shrija Roy

PC: Viestories M2P Fintech, the company that delivers an API infrastructure platform, has created huge buzz in the financial technology landscape having raised a highly successful round of fundraising with

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September 24, 2024

Neobank Reports Decrease in FY24 Revenue to Rs 25 Cr, Accumulates Losses Exceeding Rs 1800 Cr-thumnail

Neobank Reports Decrease in FY24 Revenue to Rs 25 Cr, Accumulates Losses Exceeding Rs 1800 Cr

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  The neobank industry has opened up discussions with the latest financial report as a leading player opened FY24 results which disclosed a revenue drop of Rs

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September 23, 2024

Kapiva Bags $10 Million Funding Led By OrbiMed Asia -thumnail

Kapiva Bags $10 Million Funding Led By OrbiMed Asia 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr  Ayurvedic nutrition flagship D2C brand Kapiva has raised its latest funding round of Rs 83.5 crore or $10 million led by OrbiMed Asia and joined by 3One4 Capital

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September 23, 2024

Redcliffe Labs Acquisitions Celara Diagnostics: Consolidating Presence in Indian Diagnostics Market-thumnail

Redcliffe Labs Acquisitions Celara Diagnostics: Consolidating Presence in Indian Diagnostics Market

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  Redcliffe Labs is changing the ground in India’s health care landscape after recently announcing that it will acquire Celara Diagnostics. The firm had completed its second acquisition

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September 23, 2024

Indian Startups Funding Landscape: A Weekly Report [16 – 21 Sep]-thumnail

Indian Startups Funding Landscape: A Weekly Report [16 – 21 Sep]

By Shrija Roy

PC: 123RF Indian start-up landscape over last week had a play of funding activities, new fund launches, key hirings and departures and other important developments on the mergers and acquisitions

Business

September 21, 2024

OYO To Acquire G6 Hospitality, Which Owns Motel 6 And Studio 6, In $525M Deal-thumnail

OYO To Acquire G6 Hospitality, Which Owns Motel 6 And Studio 6, In $525M Deal

By Shrija Roy

PC: Hotel Management  In a play of strategic positioning slatted to take shape the hospitality industry, OYO made known that it had agreed to acquire G6 Hospitality, owner and operator

Business

September 21, 2024

Weekly Dubai Funding Roundup: Key Investments Driving Innovation (16th September – 21st September, 2024)-thumnail

Weekly Dubai Funding Roundup: Key Investments Driving Innovation (16th September – 21st September, 2024)

By Shrija Roy

PC: IdeaBuddy Dubai is pushing itself further as a technological leader in innovation and investment. A string of big funding announcements this week emblematic of the entrepreneurial boom gripping the

Investment & Funding

September 21, 2024

Aye Finance Has Secured Rs 250 Crore In A Series G Funding Round-thumnail

Aye Finance Has Secured Rs 250 Crore In A Series G Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medial A big development in the fintech landscape has come through with Aye Finance raising a big Rs 250 crore ($30 million) funding in its latest Series G funding

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September 20, 2024

GrayQuest bags $6 million in Series B Funding Round led by Pravega Fund, IIFL Fintech Fund-thumnail

GrayQuest bags $6 million in Series B Funding Round led by Pravega Fund, IIFL Fintech Fund

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  GrayQuest-an education loan-focused fintech startup-is set to raise a whopping Rs 53 crore ($6 million) in the Series B funding round where Pravega Fund and IIFL

Business

September 20, 2024

Physics Wallah Raises $210 Million in Series B Funding-thumnail

Physics Wallah Raises $210 Million in Series B Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: Stark Times Physics Wallah has received a new round of funding of $ 210 million in its latest Series B funding led by Hornbill Capital, and along with it

Investment & Funding

September 20, 2024

Everest Fleet Raises Rs 251.7 Crore Series C Funding Led by Uber-thumnail

Everest Fleet Raises Rs 251.7 Crore Series C Funding Led by Uber

By Shrija Roy

Everest Fleet, one of the prominent names in the mobility startup space has managed to raise Rs 251.7 crore (approximately $30 million) in its Series C funding round, with ride-hailing

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September 19, 2024

M2P Fintech Raises Rs 417.5 Cr From Taj Investment Holdings For Expansion-thumnail

M2P Fintech Raises Rs 417.5 Cr From Taj Investment Holdings For Expansion

By Shrija Roy

PC: IndiaTechDesk A heavily talked-about Chennai-based API infrastructure platform M2P Fintech, which was earlier known as Yap, has raised Rs 417.5 crore ($50 million) from Taj Investment Holdings, according to

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September 19, 2024

Vahan.ai Raises $10 Million in Series B Funding Round Led by Khosla Ventures-thumnail

Vahan.ai Raises $10 Million in Series B Funding Round Led by Khosla Ventures

By Shrija Roy

PC: Zee Business  Bengaluru headquartered leading blue-collar recruitment platform Vahan.ai recently announced raising $10 million as part of Series B round, led by Khosla Ventures. Notable names, including Y Combinator,

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September 19, 2024

Kaleidofin Closes Over $13.8 Million Funding Round With Rabo Partnerships And Others-thumnail

Kaleidofin Closes Over $13.8 Million Funding Round With Rabo Partnerships And Others

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medial A financial services startup, Kaleidofin, has announced a major milestone in securing $13.8m funding from Rabo Partnerships-a Netherlands-based financial inclusion and rural development-focused subsidiary of the Rabobank Group,

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September 18, 2024

Koo Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka Founded Billion Hearts Software Technologies With A $250K Angel Round-thumnail

Koo Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka Founded Billion Hearts Software Technologies With A $250K Angel Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: afaqs The latest initiative by the co-founder of vernacular microblogging platform Koo, Mayank Bidawatka is Billion Hearts Software Technologies. The startup just closed off a successful angel round with

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September 18, 2024

Proxgy Raises $2.2 Million in Funding Led by Manish Patel for Innovative IoT Solutions-thumnail

Proxgy Raises $2.2 Million in Funding Led by Manish Patel for Innovative IoT Solutions

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medial Proxgy is actually a deep-tech startup; the company has successfully closed a funding round led by Manish Patel. However, others in the round are Nikhil Kamath, Suniel Shetty,

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September 18, 2024

EaseMyTrip Expands into Medical Tourism Market -thumnail

EaseMyTrip Expands into Medical Tourism Market 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Give Refer EaseMyTrip is an online travel aggregator platform that has been at the forefront of strategic moves in adding more services to its portfolio through key acquisitions in

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September 17, 2024

PhonePe Topped The Market Share Of UPI With More Than 50% Transaction Volume Share -thumnail

PhonePe Topped The Market Share Of UPI With More Than 50% Transaction Volume Share 

By Shrija Roy

PC: India.com PhonePe, the payment firm wholly owned by Walmart Inc has emerged as the leader in the Unified Payments Interface space of transactions wherein a market share of above

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September 17, 2024

Ola Electric Is On Track To Reach Ebitda Breakeven By FY27-thumnail

Ola Electric Is On Track To Reach Ebitda Breakeven By FY27

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  Ola Electric, the Bengaluru-based electric vehicle maker, would probably be at EBITDA breakeven by March 2027, based on its estimates, Goldman Sachs recently said in a

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September 17, 2024

India To Get 386 Billion Dollar Financial Commitment Towards Increasing Its Renewable Capacity-thumnail

India To Get 386 Billion Dollar Financial Commitment Towards Increasing Its Renewable Capacity

By Shrija Roy

PC: ETEnergyworld.com India managed to score a very huge financial commitment that sums up to 386 billion dollars as it helps to back the country’s expansion of renewable energy capacities.

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September 16, 2024

Infra.Market Raises Rs 150 Cr in Series E2 Funding Round-thumnail

Infra.Market Raises Rs 150 Cr in Series E2 Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrepreneur Infra.Market, a construction goods and services provider platform, has raised up to Rs 150 cr or about $18 million in the Series E2 funding round. Infra.Market has raised

Investment & Funding

September 16, 2024

Bajaj Housing Finance may have stellar market debut with direct IPO listing-thumnail

Bajaj Housing Finance may have stellar market debut with direct IPO listing

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Financial Express  The star performer in the financial domain was Bajaj Housing Finance, which romanced its listing day on Monday, September 16, with a stellar show. Shares got

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September 16, 2024

OpenAI Close to Reaping $6.5 Billion Funding with Large Corporate Restructuring-thumnail

OpenAI Close to Reaping $6.5 Billion Funding with Large Corporate Restructuring

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  OpenAI, one of the leaders in AI technology, with innovative applications such as ChatGPT, is close to securing a record-breaking funding round worth $6.5 billion. This

Investment & Funding

September 14, 2024

Procmart Is The Company Which Has Witnessed An Extraordinary Growth With 3x GMV-thumnail

Procmart Is The Company Which Has Witnessed An Extraordinary Growth With 3x GMV

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  Procmart, the fast-growing e-commerce entity, has been making it to the highlight of several news portals with its magnificent performance in FY 2024. The Company’s Gross

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September 14, 2024

Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups: A Recap of Key Events from 09-14 September 2024-thumnail

Funding and Acquisitions in Indian Startups: A Recap of Key Events from 09-14 September 2024

By Shrija Roy

The Indian startup ecosystem saw yet another spree of funding rounds and acquisitions from 09-14 September 2024 as buoyed entrepreneurs reflect the resilience and innovation driving the entrepreneurial landscape in

Investment & Funding

September 14, 2024

Onsurity Secures Rs 219 Cr in Funding Round Led by Creaegis-thumnail

Onsurity Secures Rs 219 Cr in Funding Round Led by Creaegis

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inc42 Indeed, employee healthcare platform Onsurity has sent ripples into the startup ecosystem with its latest funding round. The round, valued at Rs 219 crore or $26.4 million, was

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September 13, 2024

Peak XV and Others Sell Rs 1,600 Cr Shares in MamaEarth Parent Honasa Consumer Limited-thumnail

Peak XV and Others Sell Rs 1,600 Cr Shares in MamaEarth Parent Honasa Consumer Limited

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  In the latest development in the direct-to-consumer skincare and beauty vertical, Peak XV, along with Stellaris Ventures, Sofina Ventures, and Fireside Ventures, together sold shares worth

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September 13, 2024

Nazara Makes Strategic Investment of Rs 982 Crore in PokerBaazi Parent Company Moonshine Technology-thumnail

Nazara Makes Strategic Investment of Rs 982 Crore in PokerBaazi Parent Company Moonshine Technology

By Shrija Roy

PC: Yes Punjab News In what can be termed a big coup that sent ripples across the gaming landscape, Nazara is set to invest Rs 982 crore in Moonshine Technology,

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September 13, 2024

Moneyview Turns Unicorn after Successful Funding Round -thumnail

Moneyview Turns Unicorn after Successful Funding Round 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Justdial  MoneyView, one of the largest consumer lending platforms in India, has reportedly grabbed unicorn status after a successful round of funding from its existing investors Accel India and

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September 12, 2024

Dhan Emerges as a Rising Star in India’s Stockbroking App Landscape, Surpasses Industry Giants-thumnail

Dhan Emerges as a Rising Star in India’s Stockbroking App Landscape, Surpasses Industry Giants

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  In a thrilling turn of events, Dhan has taken things to the next level, which is basically the brainchild of former Paytm Money executive Pravin Jadhav,

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September 12, 2024

Centricity Raises $20 Million in Seed Funding Round -thumnail

Centricity Raises $20 Million in Seed Funding Round 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Grapevine Centricity, a Gurugram-based fast-growing wealth-tech startup, has raised $20 million in its seed funding round led by Lightspeed. The funding round also saw participation from Paramark VC, along

Investment & Funding

September 12, 2024

FlexiLoans Raises Rs 290 Crore in Series C Round to Power MSMEs in India-thumnail

FlexiLoans Raises Rs 290 Crore in Series C Round to Power MSMEs in India

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  In one of the big developments in the fintech lending sector, Mumbai-based NBFC-fintech lender FlexiLoans has raised about Rs 290 crore, or $35 million, in its

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September 11, 2024

HROne Raises USD 4 Mn Pre-Series B Funding to Scale-up HR Simplification and Efficiency With AI-thumnail

HROne Raises USD 4 Mn Pre-Series B Funding to Scale-up HR Simplification and Efficiency With AI

By Shrija Roy

PC: NH1 Design  In one of the major developments in the world of HRTech, leading player HROne-known for its innovative solutions-announced its landmark Pre-Series B funding round of USD 4

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September 11, 2024

InMobi Raises $100 Million Debt Financing -thumnail

InMobi Raises $100 Million Debt Financing 

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Financial Express  Breaking news has hit the tech space: InMobi, a leading provider of mobile advertising network software around the world, announced another groundbreaking turn of events with

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September 11, 2024

Playbook Partners Raises More Than $130 Million in First Close of Funding Round-thumnail

Playbook Partners Raises More Than $130 Million in First Close of Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: VCCircle  Great news has come out of the Playbook Partners corridors, the growth capital firm that announced a big milestone with the first close of over 130 million dollars

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September 10, 2024

AppsForBharat raises $18 Mn in Series B funding round led by Fundamentum-thumnail

AppsForBharat raises $18 Mn in Series B funding round led by Fundamentum

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  This country’s spiritual tech ecosystem has gotten another boost. AppsForBharat, the parent company of Sri Mandir, a devotional app, has raised $18 million in its Series

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September 10, 2024

Swiggy to Raise Rs 5,000 Cr in Fresh Issue for IPO-thumnail

Swiggy to Raise Rs 5,000 Cr in Fresh Issue for IPO

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Today  Food delivery and quick commerce player Swiggy plans to raise an impressive amount of Rs 5,000 crore ($602 million) through a fresh issue related to its proposed

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September 10, 2024

Ather Energy Files for IPO, Aims to Raise Rs 3,100 Crore-thumnail

Ather Energy Files for IPO, Aims to Raise Rs 3,100 Crore

By Shrija Roy

PC: Moneycontrol  Ather Energy is one of the leading electric two-wheeler companies that have been in the news lately for filing its DRHP with the Security Exchange Board of India,

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September 9, 2024

Porter’s Stellar Financial Performance Revenue Touches Rs 2734 Crore, While Recording A Significant Decline In Its Losses-thumnail

Porter’s Stellar Financial Performance Revenue Touches Rs 2734 Crore, While Recording A Significant Decline In Its Losses

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  Porter, a leading Indian startup in the logistics and transportation space, sent ripples with its stellar show of top-line performance on the back of fiscal 2024. The

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September 9, 2024

Bother for MobiKwik’s Xtra Investors as P2P Lending Policy Makes Quick U-Turn-thumnail

Bother for MobiKwik’s Xtra Investors as P2P Lending Policy Makes Quick U-Turn

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medium A recent crackdown by the Reserve Bank of India on peer-to-peer lending has sent ripples across the industry. Investors who have used MobiKwik’s Xtra are in a tizzy

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September 9, 2024

Indian Semiconductor Mission to Get $10 Billion Funding Boost-thumnail

Indian Semiconductor Mission to Get $10 Billion Funding Boost

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  The Indian Semiconductor Mission is all set for a big financial boost. Reports are doing the rounds that funding for the same will be increased by

Business

September 7, 2024

Indian Startup Funding Roundup: Key Deals from 2nd to 7th September-thumnail

Indian Startup Funding Roundup: Key Deals from 2nd to 7th September

By Shrija Roy

PC: Techcircle September’s first week kicked off on a high note for Indian startups, as far as funding was concerned. For the week spanning September 2 to September 7, Indian

Investment & Funding

September 7, 2024

Byju’s Faces Auditor Resignation Over Concerns on Transparency-thumnail

Byju’s Faces Auditor Resignation Over Concerns on Transparency

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  In the latest turn of events, Indian educational technology company Byju’s has dug itself deeper into trouble as its auditor, BDO, resigned due to a lack

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September 7, 2024

Space Tech Startup Funding Reaches for the Stars in 2024-thumnail

Space Tech Startup Funding Reaches for the Stars in 2024

By Shrija Roy

PC: Forbes  In the wide investment universe, space technology is again hogging the limelight of investors. Chatter in the venture community is centered on the huge funding seen by space

Investment & Funding

September 6, 2024

VentureSoul Partners Closes Maiden Fund First Lot of Rs 600 Cr at Rs 146.5 Cr-thumnail

VentureSoul Partners Closes Maiden Fund First Lot of Rs 600 Cr at Rs 146.5 Cr

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  VentureSoul Partners, a SEBI-registered Category II AIF, announced that it has secured the first close of its maiden fund at Rs 146.5 crore against its ambitious

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September 6, 2024

Starbucks India posts Rs 1,218 Cr revenue in FY24 amid surge in losses-thumnail

Starbucks India posts Rs 1,218 Cr revenue in FY24 amid surge in losses

By Shrija Roy

PC: Mint Tata-backed Starbucks India has posted a revenue of Rs 1,218 crore in the fiscal year 2024, the recent financial update showed resilient performance with challenging market conditions. At

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September 6, 2024

Ather Energy Joins The Unicorn Club With $71M Funding Boost -thumnail

Ather Energy Joins The Unicorn Club With $71M Funding Boost 

By Shrija Roy

Ather Energy, a well-known electric scooter maker, has reached an important milestone by entering into the coveted unicorn club after a substantial $71 million infusion of funds from an existing

Business

September 5, 2024

Rapido Raises $200 Million in Series E Funding Round -thumnail

Rapido Raises $200 Million in Series E Funding Round 

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inc42 In one of the largest funding rounds in India’s ride-hailing space, Rapido has raised USD 200 million in its Series E funding round, led by WestBridge Capital. Key

Investment & Funding

September 5, 2024

Valyx Closes $800K Pre-Seed Funding Round to Accelerate Growth and Innovation-thumnail

Valyx Closes $800K Pre-Seed Funding Round to Accelerate Growth and Innovation

By Shrija Roy

In what promises to be a game-changer for the B2B financial management space, Valyx, a leading-edge platform that helps automate the billing and receivables process to optimize cash flow and

Business

September 4, 2024

Bluestone Raises Rs 600 Cr in Funding Round Led by Prosus to Power Growth, Expansion-thumnail

Bluestone Raises Rs 600 Cr in Funding Round Led by Prosus to Power Growth, Expansion

By Shrija Roy

Bluestone is a well-recognized omnichannel jewelry retailer with a wide product range that caters to both the men’s and women’s segments. The company has successfully closed its latest funding round

Business

September 4, 2024

The Hosteller Raises Rs 32 CR in Series a Funding Round to Drive Expansion and Growth-thumnail

The Hosteller Raises Rs 32 CR in Series a Funding Round to Drive Expansion and Growth

By Shrija Roy

In a key milestone for the backpacker hostel industry, The Hosteller, one of the leading chains of experiential and budget-friendly hostels, announced that it has successfully closed Rs 32 crore

Investment & Funding

September 4, 2024

BigEndian Semiconductors Raises $3 Mn in Seed Funding Round to Develop Semiconductor Solutions-thumnail

BigEndian Semiconductors Raises $3 Mn in Seed Funding Round to Develop Semiconductor Solutions

By Shrija Roy

BigEndian Semiconductors, a fabless semiconductor start-up pioneer, has reportedly raised $3 million in a fresh seed funding round. The venture capitalist mighty Vertex Ventures SEA & India has led this

Business

September 3, 2024

0xPPL Closes Strategic Funding Round Led by AllianceDAO and Top Angel Investors-thumnail

0xPPL Closes Strategic Funding Round Led by AllianceDAO and Top Angel Investors

By Shrija Roy

In yet another important moment for the crypto world, 0xPPL, a social network for crypto natives, has just closed a strategic funding round from prestigious venture capital investors such as

Business

September 3, 2024

Hindustan Composite Picks Up Minority Stake in Swiggy Pre-IPO-thumnail

Hindustan Composite Picks Up Minority Stake in Swiggy Pre-IPO

By Shrija Roy

In a key development, auto ancillary company Hindustan Composite has acquired a minority stake in IPO-bound online food delivery company Swiggy. The strategic investment by Hindustan Composite comes close on

Business

September 3, 2024

Go Digit General Insurance Slapped with GST Tax Demand, Penalties Over INR 26.5 Lakh-thumnail

Go Digit General Insurance Slapped with GST Tax Demand, Penalties Over INR 26.5 Lakh

By Shrija Roy

Insurtech startup Go Digit General Insurance has been slapped with more than INR 26.5 lakh in tax demand and penalty orders pertaining to goods and services tax. Go Digit said

Business

September 2, 2024

Moneyview Secures Rs 250 Crore Debt Funding, Nears Unicorn Status-thumnail

Moneyview Secures Rs 250 Crore Debt Funding, Nears Unicorn Status

By Shrija Roy

Moneyview, a Bengaluru-based lending platform, is set to receive an infusion of Rs 250 crore in debt through private placements. This would be a big milestone for the company. The

Business

September 2, 2024

Fampay’s Innovative Move into the Foreign Traveler Payment Space-thumnail

Fampay’s Innovative Move into the Foreign Traveler Payment Space

By Shrija Roy

Known for its innovative ways, Fampay has introduced Namaspay, a UPI-powered payment application designed for foreign travelers in India. This is a strategic move to encash the upcoming trend of

Business

September 2, 2024

Weekly Funding RoundUp Of Indian Startups:  [ 26th to 31st August ]-thumnail

Weekly Funding RoundUp Of Indian Startups:  [ 26th to 31st August ]

By Shrija Roy

This week, startup funding in India saw a dramatic spike to 31 startups raising around $490.32 million. Of the total deals this week, seven were growth-stage deals, and 19 early-stage,

Business

August 31, 2024

$35 Million Funding Round In Blue Tokai, Aims For Expansion Across India-thumnail

$35 Million Funding Round In Blue Tokai, Aims For Expansion Across India

By Shrija Roy

Craft coffee and bakery chain Blue Tokai has closed a $35M Series C funding round led by Verlinvest, a fully integrated investment platform. Other participants include Anicut Capital and A91

Investment & Funding

August 31, 2024

AGRIM Secures $17.3 Million in Series B Funding Round-thumnail

AGRIM Secures $17.3 Million in Series B Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

AGRIM, a rapidly growing B2B agritech startup, has closed its latest Series B funding round with up to $17.3 million, about 145 Cr, led by leading investment advisor Asia Impact

Business

August 30, 2024

Clean Electric Raises $6 Million in Series A Funding Round -thumnail

Clean Electric Raises $6 Million in Series A Funding Round 

By Shrija Roy

Clean Electric, a pioneering startup in energy storage solutions, has raised Rs 48.5 crore  in its second round of investment in the last 20 months. This accounts for a large

Business

August 30, 2024

Zepto Raises $340 Million in Follow-On Financing Round Led by General Catalyst-thumnail

Zepto Raises $340 Million in Follow-On Financing Round Led by General Catalyst

By Shrija Roy

General Catalyst has led a $340 million follow-on financing round into Zepto, along with new investors Dragon Fund and Epiq Capital. It also saw participation from existing investors StepStone, Lightspeed,

Business

August 30, 2024

Pilgrim Raises $9 Million in Series B Extension Led by Fireside and Vertex Ventures-thumnail

Pilgrim Raises $9 Million in Series B Extension Led by Fireside and Vertex Ventures

By Shrija Roy

Pilgrim, a D2C beauty and personal care firm, has raised around $9 million in an extended Series B funding round, undertaken completely by leading investors Fireside and Vertex Ventures. PC:

Business

August 29, 2024

Robotics Firm Miko Raises $2.5 Million from Angel Investors, Valued at $206 Million Post-Allotment-thumnail

Robotics Firm Miko Raises $2.5 Million from Angel Investors, Valued at $206 Million Post-Allotment

By Shrija Roy

Miko, an Emotix-backed robotics company, has raised Rs 20.5 crore or around $2.5 million in fresh equity from a clutch of angel investors in a funding round. The fundraise is

Business

August 29, 2024

Swiggy Appoints Amitesh Jha as CEO of Instamart Amid Strategic Leadership Changes-thumnail

Swiggy Appoints Amitesh Jha as CEO of Instamart Amid Strategic Leadership Changes

By Shrija Roy

Swiggy on Thursday announced that Amitesh Jha would lead its quick commerce business, Instamart, as the Chief Executive Officer, in a string of key leadership updates within the organisation. Amitesh

Business

August 29, 2024

BharatPe Enters Consumer Payments Space, Introduces New App to Compete with PhonePe and Paytm-thumnail

BharatPe Enters Consumer Payments Space, Introduces New App to Compete with PhonePe and Paytm

By Shrija Roy

Fintech firm BharatPe has entered the consumer payments business by rebranding its PostPe app as BharatPe. In doing so, it has also pitted itself against established players like PhonePe, Google

Business

August 28, 2024

Servify Secures Rs 84 Crore in Series D Funding Round Led by Bajaj Holdings, Trifecta, and Innoven Capital-thumnail

Servify Secures Rs 84 Crore in Series D Funding Round Led by Bajaj Holdings, Trifecta, and Innoven Capital

By Shrija Roy

Servify, a leading post-sales service company focused on brand-authorized support for a broad category of consumer electronics, has raised Rs 84 crore, or about $10 million, in a fresh tranche

Business

August 28, 2024

Amazon Set to Enter India’s Quick Commerce Market, Challenging Established Players-thumnail

Amazon Set to Enter India’s Quick Commerce Market, Challenging Established Players

By Shrija Roy

In a bold move, Amazon is all set to make its presence felt in the growing quick commerce sector of India, with an intention to give a severe jolt to

Business

August 28, 2024

VerSe Innovation Acquires Valueleaf Group to Accelerate Growth-thumnail

VerSe Innovation Acquires Valueleaf Group to Accelerate Growth

By Shrija Roy

VerSe Innovation-which powers Dailyhunt, the country’s most read vernacular news aggregator, and Josh, a fast-growing short video platform-announced its latest move: the acquisition of digital marketing firm Valueleaf Group in

Business

August 28, 2024

DeepMatrix Raises $1.6M to Revolutionize Geospatial Data Management-thumnail

DeepMatrix Raises $1.6M to Revolutionize Geospatial Data Management

By Shrija Roy

YourNest and Arali Ventures have led the round of $1.6 million raised by deeptech startup DeepMatrix. Angel investors in the round include Abhishek Goyal, the founder of data-intelligence platform Tracxn.

Business

August 27, 2024

SoftBank’s Sumer Juneja Appointed as Non-Executive Director on OYO’s Board-thumnail

SoftBank’s Sumer Juneja Appointed as Non-Executive Director on OYO’s Board

By Shrija Roy

It is now official that Oyo, one of the best known hospitality sector names, has appointed Sumer Juneja as a non-executive director. This comes days after he was inducted as

Business

August 27, 2024

BigBasket to Do Complete Pivot into Quick Commerce-thumnail

BigBasket to Do Complete Pivot into Quick Commerce

By Shrija Roy

In a strategic shift, BigBasket is looking to make quick commerce the fulcrum of its entire business. owned by Tata Digital, the grocery marketplace is looking to leverage the exponential

Business

August 27, 2024

Eruditus Nears $150 Mil Funding Round Led by TPG-thumnail

Eruditus Nears $150 Mil Funding Round Led by TPG

By Shrija Roy

Eruditus is one of the world’s largest learning companies, providing executive-level programs aimed at arming working professionals with tools for success. It has announced that it is in the final

News

August 26, 2024

Velocity Launches Rs 400 Cr Festive Season Fund To Support D2C Brands-thumnail

Velocity Launches Rs 400 Cr Festive Season Fund To Support D2C Brands

By Shrija Roy

Targeting to strategically empower direct-to-consumer (D2C) and ecommerce brands for the forthcoming festive season, Bangalore-based cash flow-based financing platform Velocity has launched Rs 400 crore (around $48 million) fund. This

Business

August 26, 2024

Yubi Founder Puts Rs 250 Crore in His Startup-thumnail

Yubi Founder Puts Rs 250 Crore in His Startup

By Shrija Roy

In an extraordinary show of faith in the future of his own firm, Gaurav Kumar, the founder and CEO of Yubi, which turned into a fintech unicorn this year from

Business

August 26, 2024

My Tirth India Ceases Operations Over Money Troubles-thumnail

My Tirth India Ceases Operations Over Money Troubles

By Shrija Roy

In a twist of events, the spiritual tech startup, My Tirth India, has hit the headlines after the insolvency of operations due to a deficiency in funding. The news is

Business

August 26, 2024

Exotel Faces Data Breach As Swift Response Mitigates Impact-thumnail

Exotel Faces Data Breach As Swift Response Mitigates Impact

By Shrija Roy

In a significant development, customer conversation with Entrackr, platform Exotel has faced a data breach leading to potential exposure of its client details. Sources aware of the development said the

Business

August 26, 2024

Weekly Funding Roundup Of Indian Startup [19 – 24 Aug]-thumnail

Weekly Funding Roundup Of Indian Startup [19 – 24 Aug]

By Shrija Roy

The week witnessed investments and strategic acquisitions by 21 startups from the Indian startup ecosystem; a massive movement of about $144.46 million. Despite the temporary breakdown mishap, activity still remains

News

August 24, 2024

Axio Raises $20 Mn from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund for Accelerated Growth-thumnail

Axio Raises $20 Mn from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund for Accelerated Growth

By Shrija Roy

Looking to further solidify its operations and scale its offerings, online lending platform Axio, the firm formerly known as Capital Float, has raised $20 million from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund.

Business

August 23, 2024

Ola Electric Sees Major Decline in Market Share as Competitive Pressures Intensify-thumnail

Ola Electric Sees Major Decline in Market Share as Competitive Pressures Intensify

By Shrija Roy

Ola Electric has seen a massive fall in its market share in the last two months, after being one of the top companies in India’s electric two wheeler space. According

Business

August 23, 2024

Swiggy’s Valuation Dips to $14.7 Billion as IPO Preparations Intensify-thumnail

Swiggy’s Valuation Dips to $14.7 Billion as IPO Preparations Intensify

By Shrija Roy

Swiggy, the major food-tech enterprise, has been assigned a valuation of $14.74 billion by US investor Baron Capital, according to regulatory filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Business

August 23, 2024

InvestorAi Raises Rs 80 Crore In Equity Funding To Expand AI-driven Investment Platform-thumnail

InvestorAi Raises Rs 80 Crore In Equity Funding To Expand AI-driven Investment Platform

By Shrija Roy

Equity investment platform powered by AI, InvestorAi, has raised Rs 80 crore in equity funding. The investors include Ashish Kacholia, one of the renowned stock market investors and founder of

Business

August 22, 2024

PB Fintech Announces Fresh ESOP Scheme Worth Almost Rs 2,000 Cr-thumnail

PB Fintech Announces Fresh ESOP Scheme Worth Almost Rs 2,000 Cr

By Shrija Roy

PB Fintech, the parent of Policybazaar and Paisabazaar, has announced a massive expansion of its employee stock option plan, announcing a fresh scheme worth close to Rs 1,931 crore, about

Business

August 22, 2024

AirAsia Closes $443 Million in Private Credit Financing for Fleet Renewal-thumnail

AirAsia Closes $443 Million in Private Credit Financing for Fleet Renewal

By Shrija Roy

Budget airline giant AirAsia has finally secured $443 million in private credit funding for the overhaul of its grounded aircraft fleet amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding deal represents a

Business

August 22, 2024

Hangyo Secures $25 Million Investment from Faering Capital for Expansion and Innovation-thumnail

Hangyo Secures $25 Million Investment from Faering Capital for Expansion and Innovation

By Shrija Roy

In what could be called a landmark exercise in funding for the Indian ice cream industry, Hangyo, a flagship brand for ice creams, has successfully managed to raise $25 million

Business

August 22, 2024

Revrag Secures Pre-Seed Funding of $600,000 to Spearhead AI-Led Innovation in B2B Sales-thumnail

Revrag Secures Pre-Seed Funding of $600,000 to Spearhead AI-Led Innovation in B2B Sales

By Shrija Roy

B2B Sales startup Revrag raised $600,000 in its pre-seed funding round and suddenly became more potent to make that difference in the sales landscape for businesses. Powerhouse Ventures led the

Business

August 22, 2024

ReshaMandi Hit with Severe Setbacks: Complete Layoffs, Website Shutdown, and Auditor Concerns-thumnail

ReshaMandi Hit with Severe Setbacks: Complete Layoffs, Website Shutdown, and Auditor Concerns

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  ReshaMandi, once touted as a nimble player in the textile supply chain space, is now beset with profound operational hiccups. The company reportedly laid off its

News

August 20, 2024

Yotuh Energy Secures Rs. 153 Cr Funding Round Led by Campus Angels Network-thumnail

Yotuh Energy Secures Rs. 153 Cr Funding Round Led by Campus Angels Network

By Shrija Roy

PC: ANI News  In a big boost to the renewable energy sector, Yotuh Energy has successfully closed its Rs. 153 crore funding round led by Campus Angels Network. Several other

News

August 20, 2024

MobiKwik Achieves Profitability with Rs 875 Crore Revenue in FY24, Eyes IPO-thumnail

MobiKwik Achieves Profitability with Rs 875 Crore Revenue in FY24, Eyes IPO

By Shrija Roy

PC: Medial Top fintech company MobiKwik has displayed a stunning financial turnaround in the fiscal year ending March 2024. The company’s revenue stood at Rs 875 crore, a massive 62%

Business

August 20, 2024

FlexiLoans Secures $9 Million Debt Funding from JM Financial-thumnail

FlexiLoans Secures $9 Million Debt Funding from JM Financial

By Shrija Roy

FlexiLoans, a fintech company providing financial solutions for micro, small, and medium enterprises, secured Rs 75 crore, about $9 million, through the issuance of non-convertible debt by JM Financial. The

Business

August 17, 2024

Funding Round-Up Report Of Indian Startups: (12-17 August)-thumnail

Funding Round-Up Report Of Indian Startups: (12-17 August)

By Shrija Roy

The Indian startup ecosystem has been seeing a good amount of funding activities occur over the last week of 12-17 August 2024, in which 25 startups managed to raise nearly

Business

August 17, 2024

BharatPe Raises Stake in Trillion Loans to 60%-thumnail

BharatPe Raises Stake in Trillion Loans to 60%

By Shrija Roy

In a strategic move to further strengthen its financial services portfolio, unicorn fintech player BharatPe raised its stake in NBFC Trillion Loans to nearly 60%. The investment is pegged at

Business

August 16, 2024

Ecom Express Files for IPO; Partners Group to Offload Rs 931 Crore Stake-thumnail

Ecom Express Files for IPO; Partners Group to Offload Rs 931 Crore Stake

By Shrija Roy

In a big step toward going public, Ecom Express, the major Indian logistics company, has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. With

Business

August 16, 2024

Syfe Secures $27 Million in Series C Funding to Accelerate Growth-thumnail

Syfe Secures $27 Million in Series C Funding to Accelerate Growth

By Shrija Roy

Singapore-based digital savings and investment platform Syfe has secured $27 million in its Series C funding round. That puts a total of $79 million invested in Syfe to date, following

Business

August 16, 2024

Zepto Raised $340 Million In Funding That Pegged The Valuation At A Massive $5 Billion-thumnail

Zepto Raised $340 Million In Funding That Pegged The Valuation At A Massive $5 Billion

By Shrija Roy

In what is a huge win for the fast-commerce space, fast-growing start-up Zepto, founded by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, has now raised USD 340 million in a new funding

Business

August 14, 2024

AI-Powered Dating Platform Juleo Secures $2.5 Million in Angel Financing-thumnail

AI-Powered Dating Platform Juleo Secures $2.5 Million in Angel Financing

By Shrija Roy

AI-powered dating application Juleo’s co-founders, Chiranjeev Ghai and Varun Sud, today announced the closing of their seed fund raise of $2.5 million from a group of angel investors that includes

News

August 14, 2024

PhonePe, Google Pay Top List of UPI Transactions in July; Navi Sees Massive Growth-thumnail

PhonePe, Google Pay Top List of UPI Transactions in July; Navi Sees Massive Growth

By Shrija Roy

It was this July that the Unified Payments Interface showed a significant spurt in transaction volume by 3.95 percent month-on-month to 14.44 billion from 13.89 billion in June. This surge

Business

August 14, 2024

Fresh Bus Raises $10.5M in Series A Funding toward Expanding Its Electric Bus Fleet-thumnail

Fresh Bus Raises $10.5M in Series A Funding toward Expanding Its Electric Bus Fleet

By Shrija Roy

All-electric intercity bus startup FreshBus closed $10.5 million (about Rs 87.5 crore) in Series A funding round. The founding secured the support of Maniv, an international early-stage venture capital fund

Business

August 13, 2024

FASHOR Secures $5 Million Funding from Blume Ventures for Strategic Expansion-thumnail

FASHOR Secures $5 Million Funding from Blume Ventures for Strategic Expansion

By Shrija Roy

In a significant development for the fashion industry, FASHOR, a burgeoning fashion brand, has successfully raised $5 million in funding from Blume Ventures. This financial boost is set to propel

Business

August 13, 2024

Beco Secures $10 Million Funding to Expand Eco-Friendly Product Reach-thumnail

Beco Secures $10 Million Funding to Expand Eco-Friendly Product Reach

By Shrija Roy

Beco, a Mumbai-based home and personal care brand, has successfully raised $10 million in a funding round led by Tanglin Venture Partners. This round also saw participation from Titan Winners

Business

August 13, 2024

Yatra Q1 FY25 Profit Falls 27%; Revenue Continues to Slide-thumnail

Yatra Q1 FY25 Profit Falls 27%; Revenue Continues to Slide

By Shrija Roy

Gurugram-headquartered online travel aggregator Yatra has reported a steep fall in its financial performance for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025. The company’s profit tanked 27.5 per cent,

Business

August 13, 2024

Ather Becomes Unicorn With $71 Mn From Existing Backer NIIF-thumnail

Ather Becomes Unicorn With $71 Mn From Existing Backer NIIF

By Shrija Roy

Leading electric scooter manufacturer Ather Energy, which is based in Bengaluru, has hit a serious landmark by joining the much-aspired-to unicorn club. This comes after securing a substantial $71 million

Brands

August 13, 2024

MapMyIndia Posts Rs 35.8 Cr Gains in Q1 FY25-thumnail

MapMyIndia Posts Rs 35.8 Cr Gains in Q1 FY25

By Shrija Roy

CE Info Systems, the parent firm of MapMyIndia, released its financial performance for Q1 FY25, painting a mixed picture of the financial health of the company. There is a slight

Business

August 12, 2024

Wealthtech Firm Neo Raised $48 Mn In Funding Round Led By MUFG, Euclidean Capital-thumnail

Wealthtech Firm Neo Raised $48 Mn In Funding Round Led By MUFG, Euclidean Capital

By Shrija Roy

Neo, a fast-growing wealthtech firm in the space of wealth and asset management, announced that it had closed $48 million in Series B funding. The event was led by MUFG

Business

August 12, 2024

Oyo Raises Close to $175 Mn in Series G Round-thumnail

Oyo Raises Close to $175 Mn in Series G Round

By Shrija Roy

Hospitality giant Oyo has raised about $175 m in a Series G funding round. It included investors like InCred Wealth, Patient Capital, J&A Partners, the family office of Mankind Pharma

Business

August 12, 2024

USD 1 Million In Funding Raised By Oneiric11 Gaming Raises-thumnail

USD 1 Million In Funding Raised By Oneiric11 Gaming Raises

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrakr  Oneiric11 Gaming, an e-sports and gaming fast-growing platform sponsored by actor Rannvijay Singha, has raised almost USD 1 million in Pre-Series A funding. This major capital injection will

Investment & Funding

August 10, 2024

Funding Week in Indian startup this week [5 – 10 Aug]-thumnail

Funding Week in Indian startup this week [5 – 10 Aug]

By Shrija Roy

PC: Bankrate Indian Startup Ecosystem Shows High on Energy—29 Startups Raise $177.68 Million From August 5th to August 10th, 2024. The amount collectively infused into 29 startups during this week

Investment & Funding

August 10, 2024

India Raises $782.4 Million From the Green Climate Fund for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Projects-thumnail

India Raises $782.4 Million From the Green Climate Fund for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Projects

By Shrija Roy

India has won commitments of $782.4 million from the Green Climate Fund toward mitigation and adaptation climate projects, thus registering some major success in the global fight against climate change.

Business

August 9, 2024

CloudPay Raises $120m Funding Led By Blue Owl Capital -thumnail

CloudPay Raises $120m Funding Led By Blue Owl Capital 

By Shrija Roy

Andover-based CloudPay, an independent global payroll and payment services provider, announced that it has closed its funding round worth $120 million. Such an investment was led by Blue Owl Capital

Business

August 9, 2024

UK-based Fusebox Games Acquired By Nazara for $27.2 Mn-thumnail

UK-based Fusebox Games Acquired By Nazara for $27.2 Mn

By Shrija Roy

Nazara Technologies Ltd has announced its acquisition of Fusebox Games Limited, a gaming studio holding office in the UK, for Rs 228 crore ($27.2 million). This deal will be an

Business

August 8, 2024

Valuation Of Rs 550 Cr Touched By Wipro GE-backed GenWorks-thumnail

Valuation Of Rs 550 Cr Touched By Wipro GE-backed GenWorks

By Shrija Roy

GenWorks Health, a top health care entity, announced that its valuation crossed the Rs 550 crore, almost $65 million, mark following another successful fund-raising round of Rs 41 crore, around

Business

August 8, 2024

Led by Siana Capital And Chiratae, Metadome.ai Bags Up $6.5 mn-thumnail

Led by Siana Capital And Chiratae, Metadome.ai Bags Up $6.5 mn

By Shrija Roy

Extended reality startup Metadome.ai, previously known as Adloid, closed $6.5 million in its Series A investment round led by Siana Capital and an existing investor, Chiratae Ventures, with new participation

Business

August 8, 2024

Beauty Platform Kindlife Raises $8Mn Funding -thumnail

Beauty Platform Kindlife Raises $8Mn Funding 

By Shrija Roy

Kindlife is a beauty and wellness platform. In a new funding round led by the South Korean private equity firm JB-Dooeun TK Fund and Japanese venture capital firm Mixi Global

Business

August 7, 2024

Fireside Invests In Aukera, A Lab-Grown Jewelry Brand -thumnail

Fireside Invests In Aukera, A Lab-Grown Jewelry Brand 

By Shrija Roy

In the sustainable luxury universe, this comes as an exciting development: Fireside Ventures has made a substantive investment in the innovative brand of lab-grown jewelry, Aukera. This is Series A

Business

August 7, 2024

Visit Health Raises $30Mn in Primary and Secondary Transactions-thumnail

Visit Health Raises $30Mn in Primary and Secondary Transactions

By Shrija Roy

Visit Health, a telehealth and wellness platform, raised USD 30 million in a mix of primary and secondary transactions. The promoters are supposed to have offloaded stakes in the current

Business

August 7, 2024

Lucid Group Announces up to USD 1.5 Bn Commitment from Saudi Shareholder-thumnail

Lucid Group Announces up to USD 1.5 Bn Commitment from Saudi Shareholder

By Shrija Roy

The major electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid Group was given a significant financial fillip as its biggest shareholder, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, announced the potential investment of up to USD

Business

August 6, 2024

Fourth Partner Energy Raises $275 Mn Funding-thumnail

Fourth Partner Energy Raises $275 Mn Funding

By Shrija Roy

Fourth Partner Energy has just raised a significant $275 million in funding. This is not any investment, but its heavyweight consortium with the International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank, and

Business

August 6, 2024

Fintech Startup IppoPay Raised Funding From CaratLane Founder Mithun Sacheti And CEO of Jaipur Gems-thumnail

Fintech Startup IppoPay Raised Funding From CaratLane Founder Mithun Sacheti And CEO of Jaipur Gems

By Shrija Roy

What could be a shot in the arm for the fintech sector, Chennai-based startup IppoPay on 6 August 2024 successfully closed an undisclosed amount of funding by Mithun Sacheti, founder

Business

August 6, 2024

AI Startup Groq Gets Valuation to $2.8 Billion After Latest Funding Round-thumnail

AI Startup Groq Gets Valuation to $2.8 Billion After Latest Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

In what has been received as positive news, AI startup Groq Inc. hit a key milestone by attaining a valuation of $2.8 billion following its latest funding round. That development

Business

August 5, 2024

UK Lends £1.3 Billion Funding For Businesses And Startups Working On AI Projects-thumnail

UK Lends £1.3 Billion Funding For Businesses And Startups Working On AI Projects

By Shrija Roy

The newly elected UK Labour government has just pulled funding of £1.3 billion allocated to technology and artificial intelligence (AI) projects by the previous Conservative administration. It has thrown sand

Business

August 5, 2024

Led by Accion and Omnivore, Agritech Startup Agrizy Secures $9.8 Million in Funding-thumnail

Led by Accion and Omnivore, Agritech Startup Agrizy Secures $9.8 Million in Funding

By Shrija Roy

Agrizy, an innovative agritech startup, has successfully raised $9.8 million in a funding round co-led by Accion and Omnivore. This substantial financial boost also saw participation from Capria Ventures, Thai

News

August 5, 2024

Funding Report of Indian startup [29 July – 3 August]-thumnail

Funding Report of Indian startup [29 July – 3 August]

By Shrija Roy

From July 29 to August 3, 2024, the funding activities were at a high note in the Indian startup ecosystem. Some 32 startups raised around $341 million during this period.

Business

August 3, 2024

Five-Year Review: Union Government’s Support to Startups-thumnail

Five-Year Review: Union Government’s Support to Startups

By Shrija Roy

The Union government has supported more than 10,000 technology startups in a massive outlay of Rs 580 crore over the last five years. It has been one such initiative by

Business

August 3, 2024

Micron to Receive Funds from Indian Gov’t Under Semiconductor PLI Scheme-thumnail

Micron to Receive Funds from Indian Gov’t Under Semiconductor PLI Scheme

By Shrija Roy

The Indian government has initiated the process of disbursing funds to US-based Micron Technology under the production-linked incentive scheme, which is a mega step toward building semiconductor muscle in India.

Business

August 2, 2024

AamDhanE Raises Investment in Pre-Series A Funding Round-thumnail

AamDhanE Raises Investment in Pre-Series A Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

AamDhanE is a tech-enabled matching and fulfillment platform for blue-collar jobs. It has raised investment in its Pre-Series A funding round from MSDF, TNESSF, and its founders. According to the

Business

August 2, 2024

$1 Bn Raised In July By Indian Startups -thumnail

$1 Bn Raised In July By Indian Startups 

By Shrija Roy

In a significant development for the Indian startup ecosystem, startups in the country have together raised over $1 Bn in the month of July this year. Entrackr reported how this

Business

August 2, 2024

Incubated at IIT-M, Startup Galaxeye Raises $6.5M in Series A Capitals-thumnail

Incubated at IIT-M, Startup Galaxeye Raises $6.5M in Series A Capitals

By Shrija Roy

Chennai, August 1, 2024: GalaxEye Space, an IIT-M incubated space technology startup, today announced that it has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. It was led by Mela Ventures

Business

August 1, 2024

Scimplify Scoops Up $7 Mn in Omnivore Led Series A-thumnail

Scimplify Scoops Up $7 Mn in Omnivore Led Series A

By Shrija Roy

Scimplify, the large sourcing and manufacturing specialty chemicals platform, has raised Rs 59 crore ($7 million) as a part of its Series A funding round. This massive funding round was

Business

August 1, 2024

From Greater Pacific Capital, E-Luna Maker Kinetic Green Raises $20 Mn-thumnail

From Greater Pacific Capital, E-Luna Maker Kinetic Green Raises $20 Mn

By Shrija Roy

Kinetic Green, the electric vehicle manufacturing wing of the Kinetic Group, has closed an investment of Rs 168 crore, or about $20 million, from Greater Pacific Capital. This comes as

Business

August 1, 2024

Ola Electric Founder Bhavish Aggarwal Reacts to MapMyIndia’s Legal Notice-thumnail

Ola Electric Founder Bhavish Aggarwal Reacts to MapMyIndia’s Legal Notice

By Shrija Roy

Bhavish Aggarwal, founder of Ola Electric, has finally reacted to the controversies related to its mapping solution and the legal notice that the company received from MapMyIndia. Bhavish Aggarwal termed

Business

July 31, 2024

Freshworks in Q2 Loss Drops 14%; Expects $713 Million Revenue in CY24-thumnail

Freshworks in Q2 Loss Drops 14%; Expects $713 Million Revenue in CY24

By Shrija Roy

Freshworks, the world’s leading SaaS company, announced resounding performance for the second quarter of calendar year 2024, with losses being trimmed by 13.7%, which is a very important achievement in

Business

July 31, 2024

From Trifecta And InnoVen BharatPe Receives $10 Mn Debt -thumnail

From Trifecta And InnoVen BharatPe Receives $10 Mn Debt 

By Shrija Roy

In one of the largest fundraising exercises, leading fintech firm BharatPe raised Rs 85 crore, almost $10 million, in debt funding through non-convertible debentures. This is the second debt infusion

Business

July 31, 2024

Indian Spacetech Startups Raised Record Finding Amid Government Push-thumnail

Indian Spacetech Startups Raised Record Finding Amid Government Push

By Shrija Roy

There has never been funding to the tune of this before in the Indian spacetech sector, that, too, with heavy government support and serious innovations. According to research report by

Business

July 30, 2024

In Q1 FY25 Ideaforge’s Profits Dwindle 89% -thumnail

In Q1 FY25 Ideaforge’s Profits Dwindle 89% 

By Shrija Roy

Quadcopter manufacturing company Ideaforge on Thursday reported a massive drop in its profit for Q1 of the fiscal year 2025. As per the quarterly results published on the National Stock

Business

July 30, 2024

$120 Million Recently Raised by Rapido Makes It to Turn into a Unicorn-thumnail

$120 Million Recently Raised by Rapido Makes It to Turn into a Unicorn

By Shrija Roy

Rapido, turning into an Indian bike-taxi aggregator and auto-rickshaw, has attained unicorn status on the back of a fresh funding round. The firm has been able to raise $120 million

Business

July 30, 2024

At $900 Mn Valuation M2P Fintech to raise $80 Mn -thumnail

At $900 Mn Valuation M2P Fintech to raise $80 Mn 

By Shrija Roy

M2P Fintech, an API infrastructure platform formerly known as Yap, is on the verge of closing a large funding round. Sources in the know have told that the Bengaluru-based company

Business

July 29, 2024

Gruner Renewable Energy Secures $60 Million to Advance CBG Projects in India-thumnail

Gruner Renewable Energy Secures $60 Million to Advance CBG Projects in India

By Shrija Roy

Noida-based Gruner Renewable Energy has raised USD 60 million in funding, an ambitious move to strengthen India’s clean energy sector. This gigantic investment will help the company augment its presence

Investment & Funding

July 29, 2024

MapMyIndia Accuses Ola Electric Of Data Copying, Issues Legal Notice-thumnail

MapMyIndia Accuses Ola Electric Of Data Copying, Issues Legal Notice

By Shrija Roy

The parent company of MapMyIndia, CE Info Systems, has now sent a legal notice to Ola Electric, alleging that it has copied data without consent. This follows Ola Electric having

Business

July 29, 2024

In Series A; EV scooter maker Simple Energy raises $20 Mn-thumnail

In Series A; EV scooter maker Simple Energy raises $20 Mn

By Shrija Roy

Electric vehicle (EV) and clean energy startup Simple Energy has successfully raised $20 million in its Series A funding round. This round saw participation from high-net-worth individuals (HNIs) associated with

Business

July 29, 2024

Weekly Funding Round-up of Indian Startups: July 22-27, 2024-thumnail

Weekly Funding Round-up of Indian Startups: July 22-27, 2024

By Shrija Roy

This week saw a significant deceleration in funding in the Indian startup ecosystem. The week also came with 22 startups successfully raising approximately $113.39 million against $261.21 million in the

Business

July 27, 2024

Ather Energy, IPO-bound, Raises Rs 60 Cr Debt-thumnail

Ather Energy, IPO-bound, Raises Rs 60 Cr Debt

By Shrija Roy

Ather Energy is a Bengaluru-based electric scooter manufacturer who has been putting a stir in the EV market. It has raised Rs 60 crore, around over $7 million, in debt

Business

July 27, 2024

India Ups Ammunition Production Funding to Boost Military Preparedness-thumnail

India Ups Ammunition Production Funding to Boost Military Preparedness

By Shrija Roy

The government of India will spend more money on the production of ammunition. The move is in order to prepare the country for prolonged wars, reduce dependency on imports for

News

July 27, 2024

Abolition of Angel Tax to Further Ease Funding Winter for Indian Start-Up According to Expert-thumnail

Abolition of Angel Tax to Further Ease Funding Winter for Indian Start-Up According to Expert

By Shrija Roy

One of the most feared angel taxes has been abolished. Industry experts are abuzz with this news. Let’s delve deeper into what it means for startups and investors at large.

Business

July 26, 2024

Leap Finance Sets To Raise $100 Mn; Seeks Over $1 Bn Valuation-thumnail

Leap Finance Sets To Raise $100 Mn; Seeks Over $1 Bn Valuation

By Shrija Roy

It has been reported that Leap Finance, a platform that has been in the limelight with its aid to Indian students funding their education abroad, is now in discussions to

Business

July 26, 2024

Q1 FY25 Sees Fall in Go Digit’s Revenue But Profit Spikes 90%-thumnail

Q1 FY25 Sees Fall in Go Digit’s Revenue But Profit Spikes 90%

By Shrija Roy

Go Digit General Insurance is a mixed bag of sorts, but there’s some good news that needs sharing. Let’s get down to the bottom of things for this Bengaluru-based insurance

News

July 26, 2024

Agritech Firm Waycool Lays Off Over 200 Employees Amid Profitability Push-thumnail

Agritech Firm Waycool Lays Off Over 200 Employees Amid Profitability Push

By Shrija Roy

In one of the biggest steps toward attaining profitability, Waycool, an agritech firm, has laid off over 200 employees across various departments. This is the third round of layoffs for

Business

July 26, 2024

Venture Catalyst-backed GenAI startup Devnagri led by IPV raises, fresh funds -thumnail

Venture Catalyst-backed GenAI startup Devnagri led by IPV raises, fresh funds 

By Shrija Roy

A homegrown startup, Devnagri, specializing in B2B Indian language translation, just managed to bag some fresh funding. This round was led by Inflection Point Ventures, and although the exact amount

Business

July 25, 2024

Fintech Unicorn Yubi Adds Worth $26 Mn Fresh ESOPs -thumnail

Fintech Unicorn Yubi Adds Worth $26 Mn Fresh ESOPs 

By Shrija Roy

Yubi, the fintech unicorn formerly known as CredAvenue, made a big move by adding fresh Employee Stock Options worth a whopping $26 million; let’s dive into the details and see

Business

July 25, 2024

Union Budget(Part-1) 2024-2025: Key Highlights-thumnail

Union Budget(Part-1) 2024-2025: Key Highlights

By Shrija Roy

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the Union Budget 2024-2025, laying out how the government is going to manage its finances in the financial year going forward. The budget, anticipated strongly

Indian Govt

July 24, 2024

In FY24, Urban Company Claims Revenue Of Rs 827 Cr; 70% Cut in Losses-thumnail

In FY24, Urban Company Claims Revenue Of Rs 827 Cr; 70% Cut in Losses

By Shrija Roy

Urban Company, the leading marketplace for home services, has seen a remarkable recovery in FY24 at the financial level. It reported operational revenue of Rs 827 crore as compared to

News

July 24, 2024

Wonderful News For Start-Ups: India Abolishes Angel Tax-thumnail

Wonderful News For Start-Ups: India Abolishes Angel Tax

By Shrija Roy

The angel tax has been one of the biggest concerns of most entrepreneurs and investors. Good relief as the government will do away with the angel tax, announced Finance Minister

News

July 23, 2024

Budget 2024: Government Announces ₹1.5 lakh Crore Interest-Free Loans For Infrastructure Development In States-thumnail

Budget 2024: Government Announces ₹1.5 lakh Crore Interest-Free Loans For Infrastructure Development In States

By Shrija Roy

Let us look at some delightful news from the 2024 Union Budget. In a move to strengthen the infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced an interest-free loan of ₹1.5

Business

July 23, 2024

Nykaa to Raise $15 Million via Non-Convertible Debentures-thumnail

Nykaa to Raise $15 Million via Non-Convertible Debentures

By Shrija Roy

Online fashion and beauty commerce player Nykaa is raising Rs 125 crore, about $15 million, by issuing nonconvertible debentures. It was a strategic financial move approved by the board of

Business

July 23, 2024

DPIIT-Recognised Startups Create 1.2 Million Direct Jobs: Economic Survey-thumnail

DPIIT-Recognised Startups Create 1.2 Million Direct Jobs: Economic Survey

By Shrija Roy

In an interesting revelation, the Economic Survey has said that the 117,254 startups recognized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) have cumulatively created outstanding 1.242

News

July 22, 2024

India’s Health Deserves More Fund Allocation: Experts-thumnail

India’s Health Deserves More Fund Allocation: Experts

By Shrija Roy

Insiders say funding from the government towards health in India is now low, in the range of 1.6-1.8 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product. This can be said to

Business

July 22, 2024

Incuspaze: Co-working startup raises $8 Mn in maiden funding-thumnail

Incuspaze: Co-working startup raises $8 Mn in maiden funding

By Shrija Roy

Incuspaze, a workspace solution provider, enabled a huge investment of $8 Mn led by India Inflection Opportunity Fund along with other financial institutions. This funding is huge for the company

Business

July 22, 2024

Weekly Roundup Of Funding Week (13th- 20th) July-thumnail

Weekly Roundup Of Funding Week (13th- 20th) July

By Shrija Roy

The week of 13th to 20th July has been quite a mixed bag for VC inflows. Sure, there has been some activity, but overall, it has been pretty modest, nothing

Business

July 20, 2024

TATA AIG Partners with Mahindra Finance to Boost Distribution of Non-Life Insurance Products-thumnail

TATA AIG Partners with Mahindra Finance to Boost Distribution of Non-Life Insurance Products

By Shrija Roy

In what potentially stood as a major fillip to its insurance coverage, TATA AIG, one of the major general insurance players in India, announced entry into a strategic partnership with

Business

July 20, 2024

$18 Mn in Series A Funding Secured by Newme -thumnail

$18 Mn in Series A Funding Secured by Newme 

By Shrija Roy

Gen Z-centric fashion-tech startup Newme has closed an $18 million Series A funding round, led by venture capital firm Accel, with deep participation from its existing investors such as Fireside

Business

July 20, 2024

Zomato Enables ITR Filing for Delivery Partners to Reclaim TDS-thumnail

Zomato Enables ITR Filing for Delivery Partners to Reclaim TDS

By Shrija Roy

Zomato had launched a new facility where its delivery partners could file ITR through the Zomato partner app and hence could reclaim the 1 percent TDS, which was deducted on

Business

July 19, 2024

WazirX Hit By Cyber Attack Resulting In Loss of $230 Mn -thumnail

WazirX Hit By Cyber Attack Resulting In Loss of $230 Mn 

By Shrija Roy

Late Thursday, WazirX confirmed that one of its multisig wallets at a cryptocurrency exchange had been hit by a cyber attack, resulting in a loss amounting to over $230 million.

News

July 19, 2024

AI Startup Fibr Raises $1.8 Million in Funding Led by Accel-thumnail

AI Startup Fibr Raises $1.8 Million in Funding Led by Accel

By Shrija Roy

Fibr has just raised a whopping $1.8 million in funding. It is an AI-based personalization platform whose round was led by Accel. PC: The Economic Times  Founded in January 2023,

Business

July 19, 2024

Lenskart Raises Nearly $20M Led by Peyush and Neha Bansal-thumnail

Lenskart Raises Nearly $20M Led by Peyush and Neha Bansal

By Shrija Roy

The popular online eyewear retailer, Lenskart, has reported to have sealed nearly $20 million in funding, which was led by realty developers CJT Investments and TR Capital. In fact, the

Business

July 18, 2024

Fresh Bus Raises Rs 43.7 Crore ($5.3 Million) in Ongoing Series A Funding-thumnail

Fresh Bus Raises Rs 43.7 Crore ($5.3 Million) in Ongoing Series A Funding

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-headquartered Fresh Bus, a provider of outstation electric bus services, raised INR 43.7 crore ($5.3 million) in its Series A funding round. PC: Travel News Fresh Bus was founded in

Business

July 18, 2024

Virender Sehwag to Join Getepay as an Investor Supporting Fintech Expansion-thumnail

Virender Sehwag to Join Getepay as an Investor Supporting Fintech Expansion

By Shrija Roy

Adding to one more significant update coming into the heart of the Indian fintech world, Jaipur-based startup Getepay is making an impact by having former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag enter

Business

July 17, 2024

Unicorn India Ventures Reaps 6X Returns from Partial Exit in Sascan Meditech-thumnail

Unicorn India Ventures Reaps 6X Returns from Partial Exit in Sascan Meditech

By Shrija Roy

In a key move, Unicorn India Ventures declared a partial exit in Sascan Meditech, a Thiruvananthapuram, India-based healthcare startup. This partial exit fetched the venture capital firm returns of six

Healthcare

July 17, 2024

Multipl: Fintech Startup Turning Spend-Based Investing on its Head Raises $1.5 Million in Funding-thumnail

Multipl: Fintech Startup Turning Spend-Based Investing on its Head Raises $1.5 Million in Funding

By Shrija Roy

Multipl, the fintech startup that turned the concept of investing and spending upside down, just raised a whopping $1.5 million in funding rounds spearheaded by Blume Ventures and MIXI Global

Business

July 17, 2024

IDfy Launches New Suite For Helping Businesses Follow India’s New Data Protection Law-thumnail

IDfy Launches New Suite For Helping Businesses Follow India’s New Data Protection Law

By Shrija Roy

In an exciting development for enterprises across India, IDfy, a leading fraud detection and background verification startup, has unveiled a comprehensive suite named Privy. This suite is designed to help

Business

July 16, 2024

Budget 2024: Industry Leaders in EdTech Anticipate Fund, Support Hike-thumnail

Budget 2024: Industry Leaders in EdTech Anticipate Fund, Support Hike

By Shrija Roy

Industry leaders within the EdTech segment in India look towards the forthcoming Union Budget 2024 with optimism, as they hope for financial measures that will help the industry grow. A

Business

July 16, 2024

Namma Yatri Raises $11 Million Funding from Blume Ventures and Others-thumnail

Namma Yatri Raises $11 Million Funding from Blume Ventures and Others

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based ride-hailing startup Namma Yatri has raised USD 11 million in Series A funding, marking a gigantic fillip for the mobility sector. Blume Ventures led the investment with participation from

Business

July 16, 2024

Apple’s Sales in India Touch $8 Billion as iPhones Continue to Soar in Demand-thumnail

Apple’s Sales in India Touch $8 Billion as iPhones Continue to Soar in Demand

By Shrija Roy

Rebounding from a global sales decline, Apple Inc.’s sales surged almost to hit $8 billion of revenues in India. The gain matches the surging demand for iPhones and other Apple

Business

July 15, 2024

Yali Capital Launches INR 810 Cr Fund for Deeptech Startups-thumnail

Yali Capital Launches INR 810 Cr Fund for Deeptech Startups

By Shrija Roy

Yali Capital has launched a new fund in India of INR 810 crore for Deeptech startups. This is set to bolster the deeptech investment segment and lend startups the cash

Business

July 15, 2024

Government to Set Up INR 750 Crore Fund for Agritech Startups-thumnail

Government to Set Up INR 750 Crore Fund for Agritech Startups

By Shrija Roy

The government of India announced a large fund of INR 750 crore to support agritech startups, which may be called a gigantic step taken towards empowering the agritech sector. Definitely,

Business

July 15, 2024

Weekly Investments and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (08 – 13 July 2024)-thumnail

Weekly Investments and Acquisitions in Indian Startups (08 – 13 July 2024)

By Shrija Roy

The Indian startup ecosystem continued to witness a slew of investments and acquisitions during the week, but some of the most prominent startups that hogged the limelight came from the

Business

July 13, 2024

Orios Venture Partners Pushes Final Close of Third Fund to End-2024 for Second Time-thumnail

Orios Venture Partners Pushes Final Close of Third Fund to End-2024 for Second Time

By Shrija Roy

The India-based venture capital firm, Orios Venture Partners has delayed the final close of its third fund for a second time. This pushes the deadline again to the end of

Business

July 13, 2024

Amazon’s Project Kuiper Plans for Satcom License in India, to Join Eutelsat and OneWeb-thumnail

Amazon’s Project Kuiper Plans for Satcom License in India, to Join Eutelsat and OneWeb

By Shrija Roy

Recent reports have revealed that Project Kuiper, the satellite internet initiative of Amazon, is in all probability set to acquire a satcom licence in India. This would place Amazon among

Business

July 13, 2024

Anicut Capital Seals INR 300 Cr to Drive Follow-On Investments with Maiden Pre-IPO Fund-thumnail

Anicut Capital Seals INR 300 Cr to Drive Follow-On Investments with Maiden Pre-IPO Fund

By Shrija Roy

Investment firm Anicut Capital has closed its maiden Pre-IPO equity fund at INR 300 crore (~ $36 million). The final close has been done for the aforesaid amount and puts

Business

July 12, 2024

H1 2024 Sees Funding Surge for Women-Led Startups-thumnail

H1 2024 Sees Funding Surge for Women-Led Startups

By Shrija Roy

Funding into women-led startups made a remarkable comeback, with an absolute year-over-year growth of 81 percent. This has been quite good decade-high growth and goes on to prove that more

Business

July 12, 2024

Led by Yubi, Infra.Market Raises Rs 150 Crore In Debt Funding-thumnail

Led by Yubi, Infra.Market Raises Rs 150 Crore In Debt Funding

By Shrija Roy

One of the widely known Indian startups in construction materials, Infra.Market, has raised Rs 150 crore through debt financing recently, driven by Yubi, a large financial transaction-driven platform. This round

Business

July 12, 2024

IdeaForge Acquires Non-Controlling Stake in Space-Tech Company-thumnail

IdeaForge Acquires Non-Controlling Stake in Space-Tech Company

By Shrija Roy

As a strategic step towards strengthening its presence in the fast-growing space technology sector, ideaForge, a global leader in the unmanned aerial vehicle industry has acquired a non-controlling stake in

Business

July 11, 2024

Jugyah Secures $1.5 Million to Change Proptech-thumnail

Jugyah Secures $1.5 Million to Change Proptech

By Shrija Roy

Proptech startup Jugyah raised $1.5 million in funding, led by White Venture Capital and with an alliance by QED Investors, among other strategic partners. This investment marks the interest and

Business

July 11, 2024

Telecom Equipment Sales Breach INR 50,000 Crore As Over 17,000 Jobs Created Under PLI Scheme-thumnail

Telecom Equipment Sales Breach INR 50,000 Crore As Over 17,000 Jobs Created Under PLI Scheme

By Shrija Roy

PLI has taken the Indian sector of telecom equipment to new heights. In just three years, it has scaled sales of over INR 50,000 crore and more than 17,000 jobs;

Brands

July 11, 2024

Gen AI Startup Simplismart Aims to Raise $7M Led by Accel-thumnail

Gen AI Startup Simplismart Aims to Raise $7M Led by Accel

By Shrija Roy

Simplismart, a generative AI startup, will raise $7 million in a new fundraising round led by Accel Venture Capital, an independent venture capital firm with a history of investment success

Business

July 10, 2024

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to Exit Delhivery As It Offloads Remaining 3.18% Stake-thumnail

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to Exit Delhivery As It Offloads Remaining 3.18% Stake

By Shrija Roy

Following the series of large share sell-offs, CPPIB (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) is going to completely sell its residual shareholding in Delhivery, the country’s leading logistics and supply chain

Business

July 10, 2024

Immuneel Therapeutics Secures INR 100 Crore to Fuel Expansion-thumnail

Immuneel Therapeutics Secures INR 100 Crore to Fuel Expansion

By Shrija Roy

Immuneel Therapeutics, the biotech company founded by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, closed an investment round that fetched INR 100 crores ($15 million) to scale up its operations and research facilities. This large

Business

July 10, 2024

Vi Business, PayU collaborate to change the face of digital payments for MSMEs in India-thumnail

Vi Business, PayU collaborate to change the face of digital payments for MSMEs in India

By Shrija Roy

Vi Business and PayU have announced their strategic partnership to empower MSMEs across India through its end-to-end digital payment solutions. The company envisions accelerating digital transformation for MSMEs to adapt

Business

July 9, 2024

Ricron Panels Raises Series A to Ramp Up Sustainable Recycling Efforts-thumnail

Ricron Panels Raises Series A to Ramp Up Sustainable Recycling Efforts

By Shrija Roy

Ricron Panels, a Gujarat-based start-up engaged in the recycling of multilayer plastics into high-grade construction material, raised a Series A investment round from investors like Boon Sustainability. This funding will

Business

July 9, 2024

Boosting Innovation As Projected Funding Towards Startups In The Indian Space Sector-thumnail

Boosting Innovation As Projected Funding Towards Startups In The Indian Space Sector

By Shrija Roy

The Indian space sector is undergoing a sea change because of effective government reforms, sudden spurts in the private sector, and increasing funding. These dynamic factors will be the backbone

News

July 9, 2024

Indian Startups Raise $176 Million in a Single Week: A Breakdown of 1st – 6th July-thumnail

Indian Startups Raise $176 Million in a Single Week: A Breakdown of 1st – 6th July

By Shrija Roy

With companies across sectors raising a total of USD 176 million this week, it becomes a massive boost to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India. This infusion of funds into the

Business

July 8, 2024

Care-Fi Raises $2.6 Million to Grow Healthcare-Oriented Fintech Offerings-thumnail

Care-Fi Raises $2.6 Million to Grow Healthcare-Oriented Fintech Offerings

By Shrija Roy

Care-Fi, a healthcare-focused fintech company, has closed $2.6 million in debt funding to expand its offerings at a time in which the crossing point of healthcare and financial technology has

Business

July 8, 2024

Paytm Increased ESOP Pool By 2.8 Lakh Stock Options-thumnail

Paytm Increased ESOP Pool By 2.8 Lakh Stock Options

By Shrija Roy

Paytm, one of India’s largest digital payments and financial services companies, has expanded its ESOP pool further by 2.8 lakh stock options. Looking to undertake the protection and rewarding of

Business

July 8, 2024

Awign Raises $24.5m as Mynavi Now Controls a 73% Stake-thumnail

Awign Raises $24.5m as Mynavi Now Controls a 73% Stake

By Shrija Roy

In an important deal in the gig economy space, Awign, one of India’s largest work fulfillment platforms, has raised $24.5 million as part of its latest fundraise. Mynavi Corporation, a

Business

July 6, 2024

Indian Startups Raise $176 Million in the Current Funding Round-thumnail

Indian Startups Raise $176 Million in the Current Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

The Indian startup ecosystem remains resilient and continues to exude growth potential despite global economic uncertainties. In the past week, Indian startups raised $176 million collectively, therefore ensuring continuous investor

Business

July 6, 2024

Hyvision to Set up Plant Worth INR 40 Crore Near Foxconn Facility in Bengaluru-thumnail

Hyvision to Set up Plant Worth INR 40 Crore Near Foxconn Facility in Bengaluru

By Shrija Roy

In a move of immense significance and with the rising importance of Bengaluru in the global tech manufacturing landscape, Hyvision, a key supplier for giants Apple and Tesla, is set

Business

July 6, 2024

Lobb Secures $2.9M to revolutionize the digital freight brokerage industry-thumnail

Lobb Secures $2.9M to revolutionize the digital freight brokerage industry

By Shrija Roy

Lobb, a Bengaluru-based digital freight brokerage platform that just snagged a whopping $2.9 million (24.2Cr) in an extended Pre-Series A funding round. Lobb, founded in 2015 by Venu Kondur and

Business

July 5, 2024

Ixigo Shares Soar On Strong FY24 Earnings-thumnail

Ixigo Shares Soar On Strong FY24 Earnings

By Shrija Roy

Shares of online travel aggregator Ixigo took off on the bourses after the company reported strong earnings for FY24. The strong financial performance of the firm underscores strong recovery and

Business

July 5, 2024

Suzuki’s INR 200 Crore Fund in Improving Rural Development and Maruti’s Expansion-thumnail

Suzuki’s INR 200 Crore Fund in Improving Rural Development and Maruti’s Expansion

By Shrija Roy

In a giant step towards market expansion and rural development, Suzuki Motors Corporation has declared setting up a fund for India of 200 crore. The endeavor explicitly targets improvement of

Automotive

July 5, 2024

JM Financial Reduces Zomato Target by 8% on Rising ESOP Costs-thumnail

JM Financial Reduces Zomato Target by 8% on Rising ESOP Costs

By Shrija Roy

JM Financial has cut Zomato’s target price by 8% from the previous target price on concerns of rising employee stock ownership plan costs. The lowering to the PT is on

Business

July 4, 2024

Financial Implications of RTA’s AED 431 Million Project for Dubai Harbour-thumnail

Financial Implications of RTA’s AED 431 Million Project for Dubai Harbour

By Shrija Roy

Entry and exit points at Dubai Harbour will be developed in the AED 431 million project, approximately USD 117 million, between Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai and Shamal

Business

July 4, 2024

Rs 340 Crore Is The Amount Suzuki Launches For Next Bharat Ventures Fund for Indian Startups-thumnail

Rs 340 Crore Is The Amount Suzuki Launches For Next Bharat Ventures Fund for Indian Startups

By Shrija Roy

Japanese multinational automotive and motorcycle company Suzuki announced an elaborate long-term initiative to support the burgeoning Indian startup ecosystem by forming Next Bharat Ventures—a substantial corpus of Rs 340 crore

Business

July 4, 2024

Matter Group Raises $35 Million to Grow Electric Vehicle Operations-thumnail

Matter Group Raises $35 Million to Grow Electric Vehicle Operations

By Shrija Roy

An innovative startup, Ahmedabad, India-based Matter Group, raised $35 million in Series B funding towards the expansion of its electric vehicle and energy storage operations. This massive surge in funding

Business

July 3, 2024

Indian Startups Resume Growth Trajectory, Raise $7 Billion in H1 2024-thumnail

Indian Startups Resume Growth Trajectory, Raise $7 Billion in H1 2024

By Shrija Roy

After touching a bottom-reaching trough, the Indian startup ecosystem rebounded to close to $7 billion in the first half of 2024—up from $5.92 billion raised in H1 2023, though still

News

July 3, 2024

Odisha-Based BonV Aero Raises ₹14 Crore Funding After Winning US Reality TV Show-thumnail

Odisha-Based BonV Aero Raises ₹14 Crore Funding After Winning US Reality TV Show

By Shrija Roy

BonV Aero, an Odisha-based innovative startup, has raised ₹14 crore funding after winning the sixth season of the U.S. reality TV show “Meet the Drapers.” This company engaged in developing

News

July 3, 2024

Godrej Properties Achieves Record Sales: Over 2,000 Homes Worth ₹3,150 Crore Sold in Bengaluru-thumnail

Godrej Properties Achieves Record Sales: Over 2,000 Homes Worth ₹3,150 Crore Sold in Bengaluru

By Shrija Roy

In what can be termed a historic milestone, Godrej Properties has announced that it has sold more than 2,000 homes in Bengaluru, thereby recording revenue of over ₹3,150 crore—demonstrating the

Business

July 2, 2024

UAE Gold Prices Show Marginal Drop Amidst Global Economic Slowdown-thumnail

UAE Gold Prices Show Marginal Drop Amidst Global Economic Slowdown

By Shrija Roy

The prices of gold in the UAE dropped marginally on Tuesday morning. The 24K gold was at AED 281.75 per gram to AED 0.25. Other may include 22k, 21k, and

Business

July 2, 2024

Zomato Shares Touch All-time High After ESOP Plan Approval-thumnail

Zomato Shares Touch All-time High After ESOP Plan Approval

By Shrija Roy

Shares of food delivery leader Zomato surged to an all-time high after the approval for its ESOP plan by the shareholders. This could be read as something eventful in terms

Business

July 2, 2024

US-Based AI Startup Pivot Robots Raises Funding from NuVentures-thumnail

US-Based AI Startup Pivot Robots Raises Funding from NuVentures

By Shrija Roy

In a key development pertaining to AI and robotics, US-based AI startup Pivot Robots has raised funds from early-stage investor NuVentures. Founded by Siddharth Girdhar and Vignesh Rajmohan, graduates from

Business

July 1, 2024

Emirates Announces First Destinations for Refurbished Boeing 777s-thumnail

Emirates Announces First Destinations for Refurbished Boeing 777s

By Shrija Roy

The world-leading airline Emirates has announced the first routes for its newly refurbished Boeing 777 aircraft. Starting August 11, passengers heading to Geneva, Tokyo Haneda, and Brussels will be the

Business

July 1, 2024

Indian Startup Funding Flat in H1 2024-thumnail

Indian Startup Funding Flat in H1 2024

By Shrija Roy

The funding environment remained pretty stable for the Indian startup ecosystem in the first half of 2024, with investment flows remaining steady compared to the corresponding period a year ago.

Business

July 1, 2024

UPI Transactions See Marginal Drop to 13.89 Billion in June-thumnail

UPI Transactions See Marginal Drop to 13.89 Billion in June

By Shrija Roy

Unified Payments Interface transactions in India dropped marginally to 13.89 billion in June 2024 from 14.27 billion in May 2024. The drop is minor, and on its exponential growth over

Business

July 1, 2024

Indian Startups See Diverse Mix of Funding, Acquisition Activities This Week (24-29 June)-thumnail

Indian Startups See Diverse Mix of Funding, Acquisition Activities This Week (24-29 June)

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr This past week saw 25 startups raise nearly $211 million in funding. Of these investors, there were 9 growth-stage and 15 early-stage deals, while one Growth stage-startup did

Investment & Funding

June 29, 2024

Maharashtra’s Big-Bang Plan to Scale Up Startup Ecosystem to 50,000 Ventures-thumnail

Maharashtra’s Big-Bang Plan to Scale Up Startup Ecosystem to 50,000 Ventures

By Shrija Roy

PC: Inc42 A big state in India’s economic and industrial landscape, Maharashtra is all set for exponential growth in its startup ecosystem. The state Industries Minister, Uday Samant, announced ambitious

News

June 29, 2024

upGrad Raises $34 Million in Debt Funding from EvolutionX-thumnail

upGrad Raises $34 Million in Debt Funding from EvolutionX

By Shrija Roy

PC: Entrackr The largest EdTech Unicorn from India, Network, has closed a massive financing deal in which it raised $34 million in debt funding from EvolutionX, one of the most

Investment & Funding

June 28, 2024

Electric Mobility Startup Matter Gets INR 82.6 Cr In Funding From Japan Airlines, Translink Fund, And Others-thumnail

Electric Mobility Startup Matter Gets INR 82.6 Cr In Funding From Japan Airlines, Translink Fund, And Others

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Review Live In what could just turn out to be the shot in the arm for the electric vehicle (EV) segment, Ahmedabad-based electric mobility startup Matter raised INR

News

June 28, 2024

Nazara Technologies Surges 9% Intraday Following Acquisition of Freaks 4U Gaming by Nodwin Gaming-thumnail

Nazara Technologies Surges 9% Intraday Following Acquisition of Freaks 4U Gaming by Nodwin Gaming

By Shrija Roy

PC: Goodreturns Shares of Nazara Technologies surged 9% intraday after it announced that its subsidiary, Nodwin Gaming, has acquired a 100% stake in Freaks 4U Gaming. Of course, this transaction

News

June 28, 2024

Two Brothers Organic Farms Has Raised Rs 58.25 Crore As Series A funding Led By Rainmatter-thumnail

Two Brothers Organic Farms Has Raised Rs 58.25 Crore As Series A funding Led By Rainmatter

By Shrija Roy

PC: Business Standard  It is in this context, among the fastest-growing D2C organic grocery brands in the country, the two brothers organic farms had secured Rs. 58.25 crores funding as

Investment & Funding

June 27, 2024

Cloudphysician Raises $11 Million Fund To Change The Face Of ICU Care-thumnail

Cloudphysician Raises $11 Million Fund To Change The Face Of ICU Care

By Shrija Roy

PC: The Economic Times  Cloudphysician is an India-based ICU technology solution pioneer. Much attention and funding have been drawn to it in recent times. On June 27, 2024, an announcement

Investment & Funding

June 27, 2024

Smartworks Raises Over $20 Million in Latest Funding Round-thumnail

Smartworks Raises Over $20 Million in Latest Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

PC: Smartworks Founded by Neetish Sarda, Smartworks works on a business model wherein it leases properties from real estate developers and then subleases these managed office spaces to enterprises. The

Investment & Funding

June 27, 2024

Beyond Snack Expands Production and Seeks $10 Million in Funding-thumnail

Beyond Snack Expands Production and Seeks $10 Million in Funding

By Shrija Roy

PC: CNBC TV18 Beyond Snack is a premium snack start-up in India that is growing very fast. The company has made big strides in building its operations to fuel further

Investment & Funding

June 26, 2024

Wahter Startup Brings Revolutionizing Access To Clean Water With Innovative Funding Model-thumnail

Wahter Startup Brings Revolutionizing Access To Clean Water With Innovative Funding Model

By Shrija Roy

PC: MIT D-Lab Wahter, a watershed development in the making, is an Indian start-up that has just closed its pre-seed funding round with Rs 5 crore at Rs 52 crore

News

June 26, 2024

Indian Startups Raise $3.9 Billion in Early 2024-thumnail

Indian Startups Raise $3.9 Billion in Early 2024

By Shrija Roy

PC: ANI News Indian startups have garnered over $3.9 billion in venture capital investments in the first few months of 2024, courtesy of the firm GlobalData. The trend signifies the

News

June 26, 2024

Zyod Raises $18 Million For Tech Stack Expansion Start- Up, International Growth-thumnail

Zyod Raises $18 Million For Tech Stack Expansion Start- Up, International Growth

By Shrija Roy

B2B apparel procurement startup Zyod has closed $18 million in funding. Capital raise would enable the company to build a more robust technology stack while betting on international expansion. This

Business

June 25, 2024

Nitro Commerce, the Company of Wigzo Founders, Raises Funds to Revamp D2C Brands-thumnail

Nitro Commerce, the Company of Wigzo Founders, Raises Funds to Revamp D2C Brands

By Shrija Roy

In a big development for direct-to-consumer (D2C) space, martech startup Nitro Commerce, created by the founders of Wigzo, has again successfully nailed fresh funding to boost its services for D2C

Business

June 25, 2024

Fanisko enters into an investment agreement with Karna D. Shinde to develop its Start-Up digital innovation further-thumnail

Fanisko enters into an investment agreement with Karna D. Shinde to develop its Start-Up digital innovation further

By Shrija Roy

The digital product and solutions company, Fanisko, recently announced an undisclosed follow-on investment from an early investor, Karna D. Shinde. This round is a stepping stone toward scaling growth at

Business

June 25, 2024

CheQ Rakes in $6.7M in Extended Seed Round  —  Monies to Fuel Innovation and Market Expansion-thumnail

CheQ Rakes in $6.7M in Extended Seed Round  —  Monies to Fuel Innovation and Market Expansion

By Shrija Roy

In a massive shot in the arm for Bengaluru-based fintech startup CheQ, the two-year-old company has raised $6.7 million in an extended seed fundraise. With this development, the platform has

Business

June 24, 2024

Zepto Raises $665 Million in Series F Funding to Further Entrench Dominance in Quick Commerce-thumnail

Zepto Raises $665 Million in Series F Funding to Further Entrench Dominance in Quick Commerce

By Shrija Roy

With $665 million banked as part of its Series F funding round, Zepto has won big for the whole quick commerce sector—a strong vote of confidence from investors in the

Business

June 24, 2024

ReshaMandi Lays Off 80% of Workforce Amid Funding Struggles-thumnail

ReshaMandi Lays Off 80% of Workforce Amid Funding Struggles

By Shrija Roy

Reshamandi, the Bengaluru-based innovative startup that worked in the silk supply chain, has announced a massive layoff where 80% of its staff is laid off. This comes as a result

Business

June 24, 2024

i’SUPPLY Secures Significant Pre-Series A Funding to Transform Pharmaceutical Distribution in Egypt-thumnail

i’SUPPLY Secures Significant Pre-Series A Funding to Transform Pharmaceutical Distribution in Egypt

By Shrija Roy

i’SUPPLY closed pre-Series A funding for an exponential ramp-up in its quest to shake up pharmaceutical distribution across Egypt. In this strategy-filled and ambitious go at changing, the company succeeds

Business

June 22, 2024

Surge of DeepTech Startups in India As A Boon Shadowed by Funding Challenges-thumnail

Surge of DeepTech Startups in India As A Boon Shadowed by Funding Challenges

By Shrija Roy

In 2023, the count of deep-tech startups in India surged; 480 new enterprises added to its innovation ecosystem, according to leading startup tracker Tracxn. Surely an edge and a boost,

Business

June 22, 2024

Fintech Industries Come At The Top Of The List As 30 Startups Find A Place In India’s Future Unicorn Index-thumnail

Fintech Industries Come At The Top Of The List As 30 Startups Find A Place In India’s Future Unicorn Index

By Shrija Roy

The FinTech sector is an important movement leading the future unicorn landscape in India, with 30 startups eyeing entry into the billion-dollar valuation club. According to the ASK Private Wealth

Business

June 21, 2024

Peak XV Partners Emerges as the Top Investor in India’s Startup Ecosystem-thumnail

Peak XV Partners Emerges as the Top Investor in India’s Startup Ecosystem

By Shrija Roy

Peak XV Partners, earlier known as Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia, has whittled down its position as an already prominent venture capital firm in India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem. According

Business

June 21, 2024

Technology Startup Lays Off Over 80% Employees Amid Funding Issues-thumnail

Technology Startup Lays Off Over 80% Employees Amid Funding Issues

By Shrija Roy

A promising technology startup has been pushed to take desperate measures after its efforts to secure expected funding flopped. The company, touted by various individuals for its remarkable proposed innovation

Business

June 21, 2024

HealthPresso All Geared up to Raise $1 Million in Pre-series a Funding-thumnail

HealthPresso All Geared up to Raise $1 Million in Pre-series a Funding

By Shrija Roy

HealthPresso, a fast-growing healthtech startup, will raise $1 million in a pre-Series A funding round. This is, of course, a strategic development aimed at powering its growth and expansion as

Business

June 20, 2024

Tech Startup Funding in India Sees Revival After Two-Year Decline-thumnail

Tech Startup Funding in India Sees Revival After Two-Year Decline

By Shrija Roy

While funding has been continuously sliding since the past, the Indian tech startup ecosystem is now showing signs of recovery. Tech startups raised USD 4.1 bln in the first half

Business

June 20, 2024

Yatra Online Acquires Additional 4.5% Stake in Adventure and Nature Network (ANN)-thumnail

Yatra Online Acquires Additional 4.5% Stake in Adventure and Nature Network (ANN)

By Shrija Roy

Yatra Online, one of India’s leading online travel companies, has announced the acquisition of an additional 4.5% stake in Adventure and Nature Network (ANN). This strategic move signifies Yatra’s commitment

Business

June 20, 2024

Awfis Achieves Profitability in Q4; Reports INR 1.4 Crore PAT and 45% YoY Revenue Growth-thumnail

Awfis Achieves Profitability in Q4; Reports INR 1.4 Crore PAT and 45% YoY Revenue Growth

By Shrija Roy

Awfis, one of India’s largest coworking operators, announced its latest milestone in achieving profitability for the fourth quarter of FY23. It has posted a profit after tax of INR 1.4

Business

June 19, 2024

SKIL Travel Mumbai: Your Trusted Corporate Travel Partner-thumnail

SKIL Travel Mumbai: Your Trusted Corporate Travel Partner

By Shrija Roy

What is SKIL? SKIL is a unique and trusted partner for Corporate Travel and Event Management, providing end-to-end solutions. With 20 years of experience in the industry, SKIL is developed

Success Stories

June 19, 2024

Warburg Pincus to Lead $100-150 Million Funding in SoftBank-Backed Whatfix-thumnail

Warburg Pincus to Lead $100-150 Million Funding in SoftBank-Backed Whatfix

By Shrija Roy

Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus is poised to lead a substantial funding round for the digital adoption solutions company Whatfix, aiming to inject between $100 million to $150 million.

Business

June 19, 2024

Government to Review Progress of INR 10,372 Crore India AI Mission-thumnail

Government to Review Progress of INR 10,372 Crore India AI Mission

By Shrija Roy

The government of India is all geared up for reviewing the progress of its ambitious INR 10,372-crore India AI mission. Multipurpose in intent, the mission underlines the aspiration of positioning

Artificial Intelligence

June 19, 2024

CuspAI Raises $30M to Transform Materials Science Using AI-thumnail

CuspAI Raises $30M to Transform Materials Science Using AI

By Shrija Roy

CuspAI is a deep tech startup that deploys artificial intelligence to build next-generation materials; it now raises $30 million in Series A funding. Leading the funding round was a tower

Business

June 18, 2024

Alyve Health Raised a $5.5M Series A Funding Round Led by Axilor Ventures-thumnail

Alyve Health Raised a $5.5M Series A Funding Round Led by Axilor Ventures

By Shrija Roy

Alyve Health, a significant Health-tech startup, raised $5.5 million as part of its Series A funding round. The round was led by Axilor Ventures and saw the participation of existing

Business

June 18, 2024

NATO Unveils $1.1 Billion Fund to Fuel AI, Robotics, and Space Tech Innovation-thumnail

NATO Unveils $1.1 Billion Fund to Fuel AI, Robotics, and Space Tech Innovation

By Shrija Roy

In a hurry to remain ahead of technology, NATO has established a $1.1 billion innovation fund to fund artificial intelligence, robotics, and space technology development. It is one part of

AI

June 18, 2024

Crypto Startup Funding Surpasses $100 Billion Mark in a Decade-thumnail

Crypto Startup Funding Surpasses $100 Billion Mark in a Decade

By Shrija Roy

Crypto has reached some key milestones, with funding for crypto startups surging past the $100 billion mark over the last decade. This clearly exemplifies the growing interest and investment flowing

Business

June 17, 2024

Fintech Unicorn Slice Gets $20 Million in Debt Funding from Neo Asset Management-thumnail

Fintech Unicorn Slice Gets $20 Million in Debt Funding from Neo Asset Management

By Shrija Roy

Indian fintech startup and fast-moving unicorn Slice has closed $20 million in debt financing from Neo Asset Management. This investment will be used as part of Slice’s broader ambition to

Business

June 17, 2024

OYO Valuation Slashes to $2.5 Billion After New Funding Round-thumnail

OYO Valuation Slashes to $2.5 Billion After New Funding Round

By Shrija Roy

Originally a successful Indian chain of budget hotels with an 10 billion USD appraisal, OYO only now closed a new funding round at 2. 5 billion. This is as terrible

Business

June 17, 2024

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions Roundup in Indian Startups (June 10-15, 2024)-thumnail

Weekly Funding and Acquisitions Roundup in Indian Startups (June 10-15, 2024)

By Shrija Roy

It has been an active week of fundraising in the Indian startup ecosystem this time as 31 startups raised about $336.45 mn. Important developments can be read below: Growth-Stage Deals

Business

June 15, 2024

UK Extends AI, Green Energy Schemes with Big Funding at G7 Summit-thumnail

UK Extends AI, Green Energy Schemes with Big Funding at G7 Summit

By Shrija Roy

The government in the UK has just announced a huge expansion of its efforts in artificial intelligence and green energy at the recent G7 Summit in an effort to firm

AI

June 15, 2024

Qstay Secures Pre-series a Funding of $4.6 Million to Revolutionize the Hospitality Sector-thumnail

Qstay Secures Pre-series a Funding of $4.6 Million to Revolutionize the Hospitality Sector

By Shrija Roy

Qstay is an avant-garde hospitality cum rental investment property management platform. It has raised $4.6 million in a pre-Series A round of funding. Funds raised by the company now total

Business

June 15, 2024

Qiro Finance Secures An Investment Round Led by Alliance to Drive DeFi Growth-thumnail

Qiro Finance Secures An Investment Round Led by Alliance to Drive DeFi Growth

By Shrija Roy

DeFi startup Qiro Finance raised significant funds recently from a consortium of investors led by Alliance, aimed at bolstering the private credit infrastructure in the DeFi industry. The funding round

Business

June 14, 2024

EU Funds Drive Dutch Research and Innovation-thumnail

EU Funds Drive Dutch Research and Innovation

By Shrija Roy

Close to 38 percent of the funds disbursed by the European Union to the Netherlands in the year 2022 was spent on research and innovation. Nearly €1.1 billion was spent

Business

June 14, 2024

AWS Invests $230M in Generative AI Startups to Drive Innovation-thumnail

AWS Invests $230M in Generative AI Startups to Drive Innovation

By Shrija Roy

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced recently, it has made a giant $230 million investment in generative AI startups through its AWS Generative AI Innovation Center. Such an approach will

Business

June 14, 2024

Nykaa Reappoints Pradeep Parameswaran, Seshashayee Sridhara as Independent Directors-thumnail

Nykaa Reappoints Pradeep Parameswaran, Seshashayee Sridhara as Independent Directors

By Shrija Roy

Continuing with its operational strategy of strengthening the expertise on its board, Nykaa has nominated Pradeep Parameswaran and Seshashayee Sridhara as independent directors, each for a new term of three

Business

June 12, 2024

DeHaat Completes First ESOP Buyback, Targets Full-Year Profitability by FY25-thumnail

DeHaat Completes First ESOP Buyback, Targets Full-Year Profitability by FY25

By Shrija Roy

Entrepreneurial agritech startup DeHaat, based out of Bengaluru, has successfully completed its first Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) buyback, amounting to INR 10 crore. The stake buyback denotes DeHaat’s commitment

Business

June 12, 2024

Zepto Secures $200 Million in Series E Funding, Becoming India’s First Unicorn of 2023-thumnail

Zepto Secures $200 Million in Series E Funding, Becoming India’s First Unicorn of 2023

By Shrija Roy

A company named Zepto emerged as a unicam, which is currently operating in the quick commerce segment and achieved the unicorn status for the first time in India in 2023

Business

June 12, 2024

CampusAI Raises $10M to Revolutionize AI Utilization in Education and Beyond-thumnail

CampusAI Raises $10M to Revolutionize AI Utilization in Education and Beyond

By Shrija Roy

CampusAI is emerging as a significant player in the field of educational technology, with $10 million having recently been secured in funnelling in becoming a driving force in the transformation

AI

June 11, 2024

Tamil Nadu Government Allocates Rs 55.20 Crore to 38 SC/ST Youth-Led Startups-thumnail

Tamil Nadu Government Allocates Rs 55.20 Crore to 38 SC/ST Youth-Led Startups

By Shrija Roy

In a strategic move to foster entrepreneurial growth and inclusivity, the Tamil Nadu government has announced funding for 38 startups founded by youth from Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes

News

June 11, 2024

Jio Financial Services and Zomato Anticipated to Join Nifty Indices-thumnail

Jio Financial Services and Zomato Anticipated to Join Nifty Indices

By Shrija Roy

According to its most recent research, JM Financial believes that Jio Financial Services (JFS) and Zomato Limited are ready to make a timely entry into the Indian bourses by being

Business

June 11, 2024

Candi Solar to Raise $38M in Series C to Expand Clean Energy Solutions-thumnail

Candi Solar to Raise $38M in Series C to Expand Clean Energy Solutions

By Shrija Roy

The solar energy solution supplier named Candi Solar has secured its Series C funding round raising $38 million. The round attracted several investors who have an objective of achieving rapid

Business

June 10, 2024

Deepika Padukone’s 82°E Set to Raise Rs 50 Crore in Seed Extension Round-thumnail

Deepika Padukone’s 82°E Set to Raise Rs 50 Crore in Seed Extension Round

By Shrija Roy

Deepika Padukone-founded D2C personal care start-up 82°E is looking to raise ₹50 crore ($6 million) in an extension of its seed round as its first investment round for the year,

Business

June 10, 2024

AirMDR Secures $5 Million to Revolutionize AI-Driven Cybersecurity with Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services-thumnail

AirMDR Secures $5 Million to Revolutionize AI-Driven Cybersecurity with Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services

By Shrija Roy

AirMDR, a leading AI-powered cybersecurity company, raises $5 million in a seed funding round led by Foundation Capital and Storm Ventures, a move to boost its Managed Detection and Response

Business

June 10, 2024

India’s Environmental Tech Sector Soars with USD 7.3 Billion in Investments-thumnail

India’s Environmental Tech Sector Soars with USD 7.3 Billion in Investments

By Shrija Roy

The environmental technology sector in India has seen a remarkable surge in investments, with USD 7.3 billion being the targeted investment for 2023. This is underscored by such a wave

Business

June 8, 2024

Indian Startups Raise $97 Million in a Week-thumnail

Indian Startups Raise $97 Million in a Week

By Shrija Roy

Overall, it was a good week for the Indian startup ecosystem, which saw various startups together raise $97 million in an array of deals, making it a strong inflow of

Business

June 8, 2024

A Small Cap Stock’s Journey to Becoming a Multibagger-thumnail

A Small Cap Stock’s Journey to Becoming a Multibagger

By Shrija Roy

In the world of stock markets, there exist a few stocks that have beaten the odds to provide investors with fabulous returns over the years, creating a substantial fortune out

Business

June 8, 2024

Tektonic AI Secures $10 Million to Revolutionize Business Operations with GenAI Agents-thumnail

Tektonic AI Secures $10 Million to Revolutionize Business Operations with GenAI Agents

By Shrija Roy

Tektonic AI is launching with a major $10 million in funding, led by Madrona and Point72 Ventures. Founded by Nic Surpatanu, a veteran with leadership experience at Tanium, UiPath, and

AI

June 7, 2024

Saudi Public Investment Fund Launches $829 Million Sterling Bond Offering-thumnail

Saudi Public Investment Fund Launches $829 Million Sterling Bond Offering

By Shrija Roy

Picture Source: Reuters Saudi Public Investment Fund Issues Debut Sterling Green Bonds in Value of £650 Million ($829 Million). The move highlights the strategic financial maneuvers made by Saudi Arabia

Investment & Funding

June 7, 2024

Dubai Real Estate Is Resilient and Thriving Amid Global Challenges-thumnail

Dubai Real Estate Is Resilient and Thriving Amid Global Challenges

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s property market continues to defy all odds, growing from strength to strength, supported by robust demand and inflationary impulses. A snapshot of the current market state was given by

News

June 7, 2024

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. Approves ₹2,000 Crore Fundraising Plan; Stock Rises 5%-thumnail

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. Approves ₹2,000 Crore Fundraising Plan; Stock Rises 5%

By Shrija Roy

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) has taken a big leap in strengthening its financials and strategic maneuvers by approving an up-to-₹2,000-crore fundraising plan. The company has approved this through a

Business

June 6, 2024

Clodura.AI Secures $2 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Led by Bharat Innovation Fund-thumnail

Clodura.AI Secures $2 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Led by Bharat Innovation Fund

By Shrija Roy

Clodura.AI, an AI-powered sales prospecting solution provider, has raised $2 million in pre-Series A funding. The round was led by the Bharat Innovation Fund and complemented by Malpani Ventures. The

AI

June 6, 2024

Origin Private Office’s Strategic Entry into the UAE’s Booming Real Estate Market-thumnail

Origin Private Office’s Strategic Entry into the UAE’s Booming Real Estate Market

By Shrija Roy

The real estate sector in the UAE is witnessing significant momentum and attracting considerable interest from both regional and foreign investors. The strength and resilience of the sector are evident

Business

June 6, 2024

Mohandas Pai Calls for Repeal of Angel Tax and Establishment of ₹50,000 Crore Startup Fund to Boost India’s Startup Ecosystem-thumnail

Mohandas Pai Calls for Repeal of Angel Tax and Establishment of ₹50,000 Crore Startup Fund to Boost India’s Startup Ecosystem

By Shrija Roy

Mohandas Pai, a well-known personality in India’s IT and financial worlds, has joined the list of stakeholders that have publicly called for the Modi 3. It explained that the current

Business

June 5, 2024

Ather Energy Secures INR 286 Crore to Power Up Its Electric Future-thumnail

Ather Energy Secures INR 286 Crore to Power Up Its Electric Future

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru-based Ather Energy has secured a substantial funding boost of INR 286 crore (USD 34 million) from its founders and Stride Ventures. The company is the manufacturer of electric scooters

Business

June 5, 2024

Dubai Tops Global Rankings for FDI Inflows in Cultural and Creative Industries-thumnail

Dubai Tops Global Rankings for FDI Inflows in Cultural and Creative Industries

By Shrija Roy

It was identified that Dubai takes the lead globally in attracting FDI for the cultural and creative industries’ sectors during 2022. The Dubai FDI Monitor report published by the Department

Business

June 5, 2024

Samsung to Launch Galaxy Ring Amid Legal Dispute with Oura-thumnail

Samsung to Launch Galaxy Ring Amid Legal Dispute with Oura

By Shrija Roy

Samsung is gearing up for the launch of its Galaxy Ring, a new health-and-fitness wearable, in the US around August. This launch might coincide with the debut of Samsung’s next-generation

Business

June 4, 2024

India’s Markets React to Modi’s Potential Slim Majority-thumnail

India’s Markets React to Modi’s Potential Slim Majority

By Shrija Roy

As the early vote counting trends started trickling in, it became clear that the NDA might not be cruising to an overwhelming majority as initially predicted. This realization sent shockwaves

News

June 4, 2024

Dubai Companies Expand into Senegalese Market-thumnail

Dubai Companies Expand into Senegalese Market

By Shrija Roy

In a bid to foster economic ties and propel bilateral trade between Dubai and Senegal, the Dubai International Chamber has orchestrated a groundbreaking initiative. Spearheading the endeavor, the Chamber facilitated

Business

June 4, 2024

Major Overhaul Expected with iOS 18, Including AI-Powered Enhancements-thumnail

Major Overhaul Expected with iOS 18, Including AI-Powered Enhancements

By Shrija Roy

The upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 is poised to be a landmark event for Apple, as it unveils iOS 18, which is anticipated to be the most substantial upgrade

Business

June 3, 2024

India’s Manufacturing Sector Experiences Slowed Growth but Maintains Strong Performance-thumnail

India’s Manufacturing Sector Experiences Slowed Growth but Maintains Strong Performance

By Shrija Roy

India’s manufacturing sector, a vital part of the country’s economy, has experienced a slowdown in growth, reaching a three-month low. Despite this deceleration, the sector continues to perform above its

Business

June 3, 2024

Dubai Landlords Continue Evictions Despite New RERA Rental Index-thumnail

Dubai Landlords Continue Evictions Despite New RERA Rental Index

By Shrija Roy

Two months after the introduction of Dubai’s new RERA Rental Index, eviction notices from landlords remain prevalent. Despite the index allowing landlords to adjust rents to market rates, many still

News

June 3, 2024

SpaceX’s Bold Vision On Making Lunar and Martian Travel Accessible to All-thumnail

SpaceX’s Bold Vision On Making Lunar and Martian Travel Accessible to All

By Shrija Roy

Elon Musk’s ambitious vision for SpaceX promises a future where traveling to the Moon and Mars becomes accessible to the general public. This transformative idea not only aims to advance

Business

June 1, 2024

OpenAI’s Gift of Custom GPTs’ Memory & Vision to the Masses-thumnail

OpenAI’s Gift of Custom GPTs’ Memory & Vision to the Masses

By Shrija Roy

In a groundbreaking move, OpenAI has unleashed a tidal wave of innovation by granting free access to the cutting-edge features of its custom GPT models: memory and vision. The decision,

Business

June 1, 2024

Wasl Launches New 48-Storey Tower in Dubai-thumnail

Wasl Launches New 48-Storey Tower in Dubai

By Shrija Roy

In a testament to Dubai’s enduring allure as a global hub of luxury living, Wasl Properties has unveiled its latest marvel: a towering testament to opulence, set to redefine the

Business

June 1, 2024

Gas Price Slash Followed By A Breath of Relief for Businesses-thumnail

Gas Price Slash Followed By A Breath of Relief for Businesses

By Shrija Roy

In a move that sent ripples of relief through the business community, the prices of 19-kg commercial cylinders witnessed a significant slash, marking a whopping reduction of ₹69.50. This development,

Business

June 1, 2024

Apple’s Revolutionary Updates and Their Impact on the Tech Industry-thumnail

Apple’s Revolutionary Updates and Their Impact on the Tech Industry

By Shrija Roy

At the recent Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), significant updates were announced for Siri, Apple’s voice-activated virtual assistant, marking a notable leap in its capabilities and integration. These advancements signal

Business

May 31, 2024

Expanding Horizons With Lucid Air Makes its Mark in the United Arab Emirates-thumnail

Expanding Horizons With Lucid Air Makes its Mark in the United Arab Emirates

By Shrija Roy

Lucid Motors, a pioneer in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, is making significant strides in its global expansion efforts with the introduction of the award-winning Lucid Air to the United

Business

May 31, 2024

RBI’s Balance Sheet Expands to 2.5 Times the Size of Pakistan’s GDP-thumnail

RBI’s Balance Sheet Expands to 2.5 Times the Size of Pakistan’s GDP

By Shrija Roy

In a striking indicator of economic disparity, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) balance sheet has reached a size that is 2.5 times larger than the entire GDP of Pakistan.

Business

May 30, 2024

Unveiling the Secrets of Google’s Search Algorithm-thumnail

Unveiling the Secrets of Google’s Search Algorithm

By Shrija Roy

Google’s search ranking algorithm, a closely guarded secret, was recently exposed through a significant data leak involving over 2,500 internal documents. This revelation has stirred the SEO community, web developers,

News

May 30, 2024

Dubai’s ICD Sees Record 68% Profit Surge in 2023-thumnail

Dubai’s ICD Sees Record 68% Profit Surge in 2023

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), the emirate’s sovereign wealth fund, has marked a significant milestone with a 68% surge in its full-year profit for 2023. This impressive growth, leading

News

May 30, 2024

IdeaForge and Skylark Drones Partner to Revolutionize UAV Technology with Self-Evolving AI Integration-thumnail

IdeaForge and Skylark Drones Partner to Revolutionize UAV Technology with Self-Evolving AI Integration

By Shrija Roy

IdeaForge, a prominent manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced a strategic partnership with Skylark Drones to integrate advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into their drones. This collaboration aims

Business

May 29, 2024

Adani Eyes Paytm. Strategic Shift or Expansion Spree?-thumnail

Adani Eyes Paytm. Strategic Shift or Expansion Spree?

By Shrija Roy

In a significant move that could reshape India’s fintech landscape, Gautam Adani is reportedly in advanced talks with Vijay Shekhar Sharma to acquire a substantial stake in Paytm, one of

Business

May 29, 2024

FIVE Holdings Selects Citi and Deutsche Bank for Upcoming IPO-thumnail

FIVE Holdings Selects Citi and Deutsche Bank for Upcoming IPO

By Shrija Roy

Dubai-based luxury hotel operator FIVE Holdings has announced plans for an initial public offering (IPO) next year, marking a significant step in its growth trajectory. The company, known for its

Business

May 29, 2024

Sony’s Strategic Focus on Audio Business to Boost India Revenue Share to 30%-thumnail

Sony’s Strategic Focus on Audio Business to Boost India Revenue Share to 30%

By Shrija Roy

Sony India is intensifying its focus on the audio segment as a key strategy to enhance its revenue share from the Indian market, aiming to increase it to 30%, according

Business

May 28, 2024

Adani Enterprises Board Approves ₹16,600 Crore Fundraise via QIP-thumnail

Adani Enterprises Board Approves ₹16,600 Crore Fundraise via QIP

By Shrija Roy

Adani Enterprises, the flagship entity of the Adani Group, has announced that its board has approved a significant fundraising initiative amounting to ₹16,600 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).

Business

May 28, 2024

Mukesh Ambani Gifts Son Anant a $77.3 Million Villa in Dubai. Becomes A Display of Opulence-thumnail

Mukesh Ambani Gifts Son Anant a $77.3 Million Villa in Dubai. Becomes A Display of Opulence

By Shrija Roy

Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, continues his tradition of grandeur and extravagance, this time with a remarkable gift for his son Anant. In anticipation of Anant’s upcoming wedding, Ambani has

News

May 28, 2024

Apple Unveils iOS 18 Introduces AI-Generated Emoji and App Icon Customization-thumnail

Apple Unveils iOS 18 Introduces AI-Generated Emoji and App Icon Customization

By Shrija Roy

At the highly anticipated WWDC 2024, Apple has once again captured the tech world’s attention with the unveiling of iOS 18, bringing a host of innovative features and enhancements to

Business

May 27, 2024

Elon Musk’s XAI Raises $6B from Valor, A16Z, and Sequoia-thumnail

Elon Musk’s XAI Raises $6B from Valor, A16Z, and Sequoia

By Shrija Roy

Elon Musk’s latest venture, XAI, has made waves in the tech world with its recent funding round, securing a staggering $6 billion from prominent investors including Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen

Business

May 27, 2024

Streamlining UAE Corporate Tax Registration-thumnail

Streamlining UAE Corporate Tax Registration

By Shrija Roy

In a significant move towards fiscal transparency and efficiency, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has introduced simplified corporate tax registration procedures for businesses already enrolled in the Value Added Tax

Business

May 27, 2024

Chrome Vulnerability As Siemens Products Could Be at Risk-thumnail

Chrome Vulnerability As Siemens Products Could Be at Risk

By Shrija Roy

In a digital landscape where cybersecurity threats loom large, a recent report by the CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) has sent shockwaves through the tech industry. The report highlights

Business

May 25, 2024

Nothing Phone 3 Teased with iPhone-like Action Button-thumnail

Nothing Phone 3 Teased with iPhone-like Action Button

By Shrija Roy

In a world where smartphones often blur into a sea of glass slabs, one company is daring to be different. Carl Pei, the maverick entrepreneur behind Nothing, has once again

Business

May 25, 2024

Google’s AI Search Gaffe Highlight Risks and Potential of Generative AI-thumnail

Google’s AI Search Gaffe Highlight Risks and Potential of Generative AI

By Shrija Roy

Google’s recent AI advancements have once again stirred the tech world, particularly with its generative AI capabilities in Google Search. At the heart of this buzz is an amusing yet

Business

May 25, 2024

Dubai’s Next Architectural Marvel on Sheikh Zayed Road-thumnail

Dubai’s Next Architectural Marvel on Sheikh Zayed Road

By Shrija Roy

Dubai, a city synonymous with grandeur and innovation, is set to unveil yet another architectural masterpiece along its iconic Sheikh Zayed Road. The Wasl Tower, developed by Wasl Asset Management

Business

May 24, 2024

Rajiv Jain’s GQG Partners Reaps Massive 150% Gain on $10 Billion Adani Investment-thumnail

Rajiv Jain’s GQG Partners Reaps Massive 150% Gain on $10 Billion Adani Investment

By Shrija Roy

Rajiv Jain’s GQG Partners has seen a substantial return on its investment in Adani Group stocks, with its holdings growing by 150% to approximately $10 billion. This impressive gain follows

Business

May 24, 2024

Elon Musk’s X Makes Likes Private by Default to Boost User Privacy and Premium Subscriptions-thumnail

Elon Musk’s X Makes Likes Private by Default to Boost User Privacy and Premium Subscriptions

By Shrija Roy

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), is introducing a significant change to its interface that will impact how users interact with the platform. In an effort to enhance

Business

May 24, 2024

Truecaller Partners with Microsoft AI to Revolutionize Call Management with Personalized Voice Answering-thumnail

Truecaller Partners with Microsoft AI to Revolutionize Call Management with Personalized Voice Answering

By Shrija Roy

In a groundbreaking development that is set to redefine the way we handle phone calls, Truecaller has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their

Business

May 23, 2024

Adani Enterprises Set to Replace Wipro in Sensex-thumnail

Adani Enterprises Set to Replace Wipro in Sensex

By Shrija Roy

In a significant development that could reshape the contours of India’s stock market, Adani Enterprises Ltd. is poised to replace Wipro Ltd. in the S&P BSE Sensex, the country’s premier

Business

May 23, 2024

Tata Group to Acquire Disney’s Stake in Tata Play-thumnail

Tata Group to Acquire Disney’s Stake in Tata Play

By Shrija Roy

In a monumental move that has sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry, the Tata Group has announced its acquisition of Disney’s stake in Tata Play at a staggering $1 billion

Business

May 23, 2024

Android 15 Is Making Widget Addition Easier with the New Add Button-thumnail

Android 15 Is Making Widget Addition Easier with the New Add Button

By Shrija Roy

Android 15, the upcoming iteration of Google’s mobile operating system, promises to introduce several enhancements to the user experience, especially within the Pixel Launcher. One of the standout features is

Business

May 22, 2024

Dubai’s AI Initiative By Pioneering the Future with ‘One Million Prompters’-thumnail

Dubai’s AI Initiative By Pioneering the Future with ‘One Million Prompters’

By Shrija Roy

In a landmark move, Dubai has launched the world’s most extensive AI prompt engineering training initiative, dubbed ‘One Million Prompters’. This ambitious program, spearheaded by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin

Business

May 22, 2024

AI Innovations and In-House Hardware Breakthroughs-thumnail

AI Innovations and In-House Hardware Breakthroughs

By Shrija Roy

At the annual Microsoft Build 2024 conference, the tech giant unveiled groundbreaking advancements in AI and hardware, reinforcing its leadership in the tech industry. Key highlights include the introduction of

Business

May 22, 2024

Asus Unveils Cutting-Edge Vivobook S Series Laptops in India-thumnail

Asus Unveils Cutting-Edge Vivobook S Series Laptops in India

By Shrija Roy

Asus has launched its latest Vivobook S series laptops in India, pushing the envelope in terms of both design and performance. These new models are part of the 2024 lineup

Business

May 21, 2024

Dubai’s Ambitious Mangrove Initiative Becomes The World’s Largest Coastal Regeneration Project-thumnail

Dubai’s Ambitious Mangrove Initiative Becomes The World’s Largest Coastal Regeneration Project

By Shrija Roy

Dubai is embarking on an ambitious project to plant 100 million mangrove trees along its coastline, aiming to establish the world’s largest coastal regeneration initiative. This massive undertaking, led by

Business

May 21, 2024

IRFC’s Stellar Q4 Performance and Dividend Boost Ignite Investor Interest-thumnail

IRFC’s Stellar Q4 Performance and Dividend Boost Ignite Investor Interest

By Shrija Roy

The Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) has recently captured investor attention with its strong Q4 results and a significant dividend announcement. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, IRFC

Business

May 21, 2024

Enhancing Siri with Proactive Intelligence at WWDC 2024-thumnail

Enhancing Siri with Proactive Intelligence at WWDC 2024

By Shrija Roy

Apple plans to reveal drastic changes in AI capacities during the next WWDC 2024, particularly in the protection of Siri via “proactive intelligence. ” It suggests AI capacities to Siri

Artificial Intelligence

May 20, 2024

AI-Led Tech Craze Leaves Major Indian Software Stocks in the Dust-thumnail

AI-Led Tech Craze Leaves Major Indian Software Stocks in the Dust

By Shrija Roy

Recent events have shown that major Indian software stocks that performed exceptionally well in the recent past have been on the losing side due to shift in market focus to

Business

May 20, 2024

Infosys CTO’s Advice to Engineering Students: Master AI to Stay Ahead in the Game-thumnail

Infosys CTO’s Advice to Engineering Students: Master AI to Stay Ahead in the Game

By Shrija Roy

Infosys’ Chief Technology Officer, Rafee Tarafdar, recently highlighted the growing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the tech industry and shared critical advice for engineering students: the most effective way

Artificial Intelligence

May 20, 2024

Apple iPhone 16 Displays Production to Begin Soon?-thumnail

Apple iPhone 16 Displays Production to Begin Soon?

By Shrija Roy

Apple fans, get ready for some exciting news! According to a recent report by MacRumors, citing display analyst Ross Young, the production of displays for the much-anticipated iPhone 16 series

Business

May 18, 2024

Nestle’s Battle of Royalties and Shareholder Discontent-thumnail

Nestle’s Battle of Royalties and Shareholder Discontent

By Shrija Roy

Nestle India, the Indian subsidiary of the global food and beverage giant Nestle, has found itself in the midst of a controversy surrounding a proposed royalty hike. The company’s majority

Business

May 18, 2024

Resorts World Cruises Sets Sail for Dubai, Doha, and Muscat-thumnail

Resorts World Cruises Sets Sail for Dubai, Doha, and Muscat

By Shrija Roy

Resorts World Cruises, a subsidiary of Genting Hong Kong, has announced an exciting expansion of its cruise offerings, setting its sights on the alluring destinations of Dubai, Doha, and Muscat.

Business

May 18, 2024

Understanding Pichai’s Success on a Deeper Level -thumnail

Understanding Pichai’s Success on a Deeper Level 

By Shrija Roy

Google CEO Sundar Pichai believes true achievement comes from genuinely comprehending things rather than just surface-level knowledge. In a recent interview, he referenced a memorable scene from the beloved Bollywood

Business

May 17, 2024

Inside the Exclusive $100B+ Club-thumnail

Inside the Exclusive $100B+ Club

By Shrija Roy

In a world where wealth is often measured in millions, a new echelon of prosperity has emerged – the rarified air of the $100 billion club. A realm so exclusive

Business

May 17, 2024

Dubai Billionaire Calls for Fund to Support Mothers-thumnail

Dubai Billionaire Calls for Fund to Support Mothers

By Shrija Roy

Meet Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, the founding chairman of the Al Habtoor Group. This dude is seriously wealthy, but more importantly, he recognizes the priceless value that mothers bring to

Business

May 17, 2024

Norway Excludes Adani Ports from its Massive Pension Fund-thumnail

Norway Excludes Adani Ports from its Massive Pension Fund

By Shrija Roy

In a major setback to India’s largest private port operator, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), Norway has excluded the company from its $1.3 trillion Government Pension Fund Global

Business

May 16, 2024

Matel Bags $4 Million to Fuel Growth in the EV Components Space-thumnail

Matel Bags $4 Million to Fuel Growth in the EV Components Space

By Shrija Roy

EV mobility is gaining strong momentum in India with rising concerns around sustainability and climate change. As traditional automakers pivot towards electrification and new-age startups disrupt the market, the demand

Business

May 16, 2024

Tenant Rejects Excessive Rent Hike, Questions Legality of Eviction -thumnail

Tenant Rejects Excessive Rent Hike, Questions Legality of Eviction 

By Shrija Roy

Mohammad, a tenant living in Dubai, found himself in a difficult situation after his landlord demanded a steep 30% increase in rent and subsequently issued an eviction notice. Dissatisfied with

Business

May 16, 2024

Google’s AI Assistant Gets Major Upgrade to Gemini 1.5 Pro-thumnail

Google’s AI Assistant Gets Major Upgrade to Gemini 1.5 Pro

By Shrija Roy

At their annual I/O developer conference this week, Google announced a significant upgrade to their advanced AI model Gemini, unveiling the new Gemini 1.5 Pro. This upgraded version of Gemini

AI

May 15, 2024

Stocks Surge on MSCI Index Inclusion as Paytm Plunges -thumnail

Stocks Surge on MSCI Index Inclusion as Paytm Plunges 

By Shrija Roy

The Indian stock market witnessed some big moves this week, triggered by changes to influential indexes compiled by global financial data provider MSCI. Leading digital insurance player PB Fintech saw

Business

May 15, 2024

Dubai’s Growing Millionaire Population Lures Global Wealth Managers-thumnail

Dubai’s Growing Millionaire Population Lures Global Wealth Managers

By Shrija Roy

As the millionaire population in Dubai continues to surge, wealth managers from around the world have set their sights on the thriving Emirati market. With its business-friendly environment and concentration

Business

May 15, 2024

OpenAI Unveils Major Upgrades to its Conversational AI Models-thumnail

OpenAI Unveils Major Upgrades to its Conversational AI Models

By Shrija Roy

In a significant development for the field of artificial intelligence, OpenAI has announced a host of new capabilities and applications for its conversational AI models. The research organization revealed upgrades

Business

May 14, 2024

Wholesale Inflation Hits 13-Month High in April-thumnail

Wholesale Inflation Hits 13-Month High in April

By Shrija Roy

India’s wholesale inflation saw an uptick in April, rising to a 13-month high of 1.26% and marking the sixth consecutive month of year-on-year price increases. The rise was driven primarily

Business

May 14, 2024

Zomato Shares Take a Dip but Analysts Remain Bullish -thumnail

Zomato Shares Take a Dip but Analysts Remain Bullish 

By Shrija Roy

While it was a day of losses for Zomato shares on Tuesday, falling as much as 6% to Rs 182.10, several leading brokerages remained confident in their positive outlook for

Business

May 14, 2024

Decoding the Major AI Push Behind Apple’s Upcoming iOS 18 Release-thumnail

Decoding the Major AI Push Behind Apple’s Upcoming iOS 18 Release

By Shrija Roy

As the tech world eagerly awaits new product reveals and software upgrades at WWDC 2024, all eyes are on Apple and the highly anticipated launch of iOS 18. Rumors suggest

Business

May 13, 2024

Decoding Tata Motors’ Share Price Dip Despite Robust Quarterly Showing-thumnail

Decoding Tata Motors’ Share Price Dip Despite Robust Quarterly Showing

By Shrija Roy

While Tata Motors delivered a stellar performance in the fourth quarter, reporting surges in both profit and revenue, its share price took an unexpected tumble on the day of results.

Business

May 13, 2024

Binghatti Boosts Manufacturing Capabilities with Strategic Dubai Facility Acquisition -thumnail

Binghatti Boosts Manufacturing Capabilities with Strategic Dubai Facility Acquisition 

By Shrija Roy

Developer Binghatti has strengthened its position in the competitive real estate market by acquiring a state-of-the-art steel manufacturing plant in Dubai. This strategic investment demonstrates the company’s unwavering commitment to

Business

May 13, 2024

Dubai Commercial Property Booms as Economy Gathers Steam -thumnail

Dubai Commercial Property Booms as Economy Gathers Steam 

By Shrija Roy

After a couple years of pandemic-induced slowdown, Dubai’s commercial real estate market appears to be bouncing back with vigor. According to a recent report by leading real estate consultancy CBRE,

Business

May 11, 2024

Protests Turn Tense at Tesla’s German Gigafactory-thumnail

Protests Turn Tense at Tesla’s German Gigafactory

By Shrija Roy

Tesla’s massive vehicle and battery factory located just outside Berlin has faced opposition from environmental groups since plans for the facility were unveiled. However, things came to a head yesterday

Business

May 11, 2024

Apple’s Ambitions in the AI Assistant Space -thumnail

Apple’s Ambitions in the AI Assistant Space 

By Shrija Roy

While technologies like AI and machine learning have been rapidly evolving, Apple’s virtual assistant Siri has seemingly remained stagnant over the years. As AI chatbots from competitors like Google and

AI

May 11, 2024

Apple’s Controversial iPad Ad Sparks Backlash-thumnail

Apple’s Controversial iPad Ad Sparks Backlash

By Shrija Roy

One of the most valuable companies in the world, Apple, recently found itself in hot water over a new marketing campaign intended to showcase the power and versatility of the

Business

May 10, 2024

Tata Motors Gearing Up for Quarterly Results-thumnail

Tata Motors Gearing Up for Quarterly Results

By Shrija Roy

One of India’s largest automakers, Tata Motors, is gearing up to report its fiscal fourth quarter and full-year financial results for 2022. Investors will be keeping a close eye on

Business

May 10, 2024

The Growing Luxury Hospitality Scene in Dubai -thumnail

The Growing Luxury Hospitality Scene in Dubai 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai has established itself as a world-class tourism and business destination thanks to massive investments that have transformed its infrastructure and amenities over the past few decades. With a strategic

Business

May 10, 2024

How Apple Vision Pro is Transforming Surgeries in Chennai-thumnail

How Apple Vision Pro is Transforming Surgeries in Chennai

By Shrija Roy

The field of medicine is constantly evolving thanks to innovative new technologies. In one of India’s largest private hospitals, surgeons are now pioneering the use of augmented reality to enhance

Business

May 9, 2024

The Changing of the Guard at Apple, who Will Succeed Tim Cook?-thumnail

The Changing of the Guard at Apple, who Will Succeed Tim Cook?

By Shrija Roy

Tim Cook has been at the helm of Apple for over a decade, leading the company to unprecedented heights. However, the long-serving CEO is nearing traditional retirement age, raising the

Business

May 9, 2024

Parkin Powers Ahead with Promising Profits Post-IPO-thumnail

Parkin Powers Ahead with Promising Profits Post-IPO

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s parking giant Parkin has kicked off the new financial year on a high note, reporting stellar Q1 earnings in its debut results since going public earlier this year. The

Business

May 9, 2024

FMCG Stocks Sizzle as Demand Revival Hopes Heat Up Street-thumnail

FMCG Stocks Sizzle as Demand Revival Hopes Heat Up Street

By Shrija Roy

The fast moving consumer goods sector is showing signs of a revival after struggling through multiple challenges in recent years. Leading FMCG companies delivered stellar gains of up to 10%

Business

May 8, 2024

Vodafone Idea Shares Set for a Surge as Turnaround Gathers Steam-thumnail

Vodafone Idea Shares Set for a Surge as Turnaround Gathers Steam

By Shrija Roy

It has been a long and arduous journey for Vodafone Idea (Vi) over the past few years as the debt-laden telco battled intense financial woes and subscriber losses. However, there

Business

May 8, 2024

Blockchain Intelligence Leader Chainalysis Sets Up Shop in Dubai -thumnail

Blockchain Intelligence Leader Chainalysis Sets Up Shop in Dubai 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai has established itself as a global crypto hub in recent years, attracting major industry players with its progressive regulations and business-friendly policies. Continuing this momentum, blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis

Business

May 8, 2024

iPhone Reigns Supreme – Apple Dominates Global Best Sellers List -thumnail

iPhone Reigns Supreme – Apple Dominates Global Best Sellers List 

By Shrija Roy

Apple has once again cemented its position as the undisputed king of the global smartphone market according to recent sales data. The latest analysis from market research firm Canalys has

Business

May 7, 2024

Titan Shares Plunge Leaves Jhunjhunwala Widow Nursing Heavy Losses -thumnail

Titan Shares Plunge Leaves Jhunjhunwala Widow Nursing Heavy Losses 

By Shrija Roy

It was a brutal Monday for Rekha Jhunjhunwala as her prized stock holding in Titan Company tanked over 7%, erasing more than Rs 800 crore from her net worth. The

News

May 7, 2024

Dubai Chamber Leads Major Trade Mission to Boost Business in Indonesia-thumnail

Dubai Chamber Leads Major Trade Mission to Boost Business in Indonesia

By Shrija Roy

The Dubai International Chamber recently organized one of its largest overseas trade missions to date, taking a delegation of 17 companies from Dubai to Indonesia to facilitate business expansion opportunities

Business

May 7, 2024

How Apple’s AI Ambitions Could Transform the iPhone -thumnail

How Apple’s AI Ambitions Could Transform the iPhone 

By Shrija Roy

While the iPhone continues to be a commercial juggernaut for Apple, the device has remained relatively unchanged in recent years in terms of user experience. But that could all change

Business

May 6, 2024

Billionaire Buffett Eyes Untapped Potential in Indian Market-thumnail

Billionaire Buffett Eyes Untapped Potential in Indian Market

By Shrija Roy

Legendary American investor Warren Buffett sees unexplored opportunities that could exist for his massive conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway in India going forward. The Oracle of Omaha, as he’s widely known, made

Business

May 6, 2024

Saudi Startups Flourishing with Over $3.2 Billion Investment Boom -thumnail

Saudi Startups Flourishing with Over $3.2 Billion Investment Boom 

By Shrija Roy

The Saudi Arabian startup ecosystem has been thriving over the past decade, attracting billions of dollars in venture capital funding that is fueling innovation and transforming the country’s economy. A

Business

May 6, 2024

Decoding the Best Retirement Funds in India-thumnail

Decoding the Best Retirement Funds in India

By Shrija Roy

Planning for retirement is crucial to ensure a financially secure future after stopping work. Retirement mutual funds are a popular investment option for building a pension corpus due to their

Business

May 4, 2024

Apple Bets Big on AI, but with a Lower Cost Strategy -thumnail

Apple Bets Big on AI, but with a Lower Cost Strategy 

By Shrija Roy

While tech giants like Google, Microsoft and Meta are spending tens of billions on building massive data centers for Artificial Intelligence, Apple is charting its own course with a more

Business

May 4, 2024

Elon Musk’s Tesla takes on Indian startup over trademark infringement -thumnail

Elon Musk’s Tesla takes on Indian startup over trademark infringement 

By Shrija Roy

Tesla Inc. is a US-based company founded in 2003 by Elon Musk and is considered a pioneer in the electric vehicle industry. Over the past decade, Tesla has emerged as

Business

May 4, 2024

Ferrari Roars Louder with the New 12Cilindri Engine-thumnail

Ferrari Roars Louder with the New 12Cilindri Engine

By Shrija Roy

Luxury sports car maker Ferrari unveiled its latest powertrain creation recently – the 12Cilindri engine. With a massive 6.5 litre displacement and 12 cylinders firing in unison, this new V12

Business

May 3, 2024

Apple all Set for Growth in Incredible India -thumnail

Apple all Set for Growth in Incredible India 

By Shrija Roy

Tech giant Apple has its eyes set on tapping into the tremendous potential of the large and rapidly growing Indian market. At its recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook expressed

Business

May 3, 2024

TECOM Group Posts Strong Growth in First Quarter of 2024-thumnail

TECOM Group Posts Strong Growth in First Quarter of 2024

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s leading business park operator TECOM Group has announced impressive financial results for the first three months of 2024, signaling continued success and expansion. In its latest earnings report, TECOM

Business

May 3, 2024

American Express Opens Massive New India Campus -thumnail

American Express Opens Massive New India Campus 

By Shrija Roy

Global financial giant American Express has thrown its weight behind the vibrant Indian market in a big way, opening its largest facility worldwide spread over a mammoth 1 million square

Business

May 2, 2024

BMW Unleashes its Fastest M Car Yet in India-thumnail

BMW Unleashes its Fastest M Car Yet in India

By Shrija Roy

BMW India has taken the wraps off the most powerful M car to be sold in the country – the new BMW M4 Competition xDrive. With an earth-shattering performance output

Business

May 2, 2024

Adani Ports Delivers Strong Quarterly Performance, Outlook Remains Robust -thumnail

Adani Ports Delivers Strong Quarterly Performance, Outlook Remains Robust 

By Shrija Roy

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer and operator, has announced another solid quarter of financial results, capping off a year of robust growth. For the

Business

May 2, 2024

Brookfield Acquires Controlling Stake in Dubai GII’s Logistics Real Estate Platform -thumnail

Brookfield Acquires Controlling Stake in Dubai GII’s Logistics Real Estate Platform 

By Shrija Roy

Canadian investment giant Brookfield Asset Management has announced plans to expand into the logistics real estate sector in the Middle East through the acquisition of a controlling stake in Dubai-based

Business

May 2, 2024

Google Cleans Up the Play Store-thumnail

Google Cleans Up the Play Store

By Shrija Roy

The Google Play Store is one of the largest app marketplaces in the world, hosting millions of apps for Android users. However, with such a massive volume comes the challenge

Business

May 1, 2024

The Clean Split of a Family Business – Godrej-thumnail

The Clean Split of a Family Business – Godrej

By Shrija Roy

The Godrej family has owned a very big company in India for over 100 years. Recently, they decided to split this big company into two smaller companies. This was a

Business

May 1, 2024

Sony Summer Sale Brings Cheer to Gamers with PlayStation 5 Slim Price Drop-thumnail

Sony Summer Sale Brings Cheer to Gamers with PlayStation 5 Slim Price Drop

By Shrija Roy

Sony has announced a limited period summer sale for its latest PlayStation 5 Slim console in India. Under the sale, the disc version of the PS5 Slim will see a

Business

April 30, 2024

What Tesla’s China Charm Offensive Means for the Future? -thumnail

What Tesla’s China Charm Offensive Means for the Future? 

By Shrija Roy

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s high-level visit to China last week marks a return to the world’s largest electric car market. While Tesla has enjoyed tremendous success in China since starting

Business

April 30, 2024

How the Emirate Became a Billionaire’s Paradise -thumnail

How the Emirate Became a Billionaire’s Paradise 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai has established itself as one of the wealthiest cities in the world, with a population of ultra-high net worth individuals that is growing rapidly each year. The latest statistics

Business

April 30, 2024

The Powerful Partnership of AI and Crypto -thumnail

The Powerful Partnership of AI and Crypto 

By Shrija Roy

The worlds of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency have been converging in interesting ways recently. A case in point is the reported discussions between tech giant Apple and AI leader OpenAI

Business

April 29, 2024

Mahindra Takes XUV 300 to the Next Level with the Launch of XUV 3XO-thumnail

Mahindra Takes XUV 300 to the Next Level with the Launch of XUV 3XO

By Shrija Roy

This week is a big day for the indigenous maker of cars – Mahindra & Mahindra, because they are launching the latest and more developed version of its compact SUV

Business

April 29, 2024

Tenants Opting for Digital Rents as Property Prices Rise in Dubai -thumnail

Tenants Opting for Digital Rents as Property Prices Rise in Dubai 

By Shrija Roy

As rents continue their upward trajectory in Dubai, tenants are adapting to the changing market landscape. An emerging trend sees many residents preferring online bank payments over traditional cheque payments

Business

April 29, 2024

Google’s Gemini Assistant May Soon Rock Out to Music From Any App!-thumnail

Google’s Gemini Assistant May Soon Rock Out to Music From Any App!

By Shrija Roy

In exciting news for Android users, it looks like Google’s voice AI Gemini is preparing to jam out to tunes from all your favorite music apps. According to a new

News

April 27, 2024

Yes Bank’s Profits Soar Over 120%! Asset Quality Improves As Loan Growth Accelerates-thumnail

Yes Bank’s Profits Soar Over 120%! Asset Quality Improves As Loan Growth Accelerates

By Shrija Roy

Private banks including Yes Bank have been consistent performers in the fourth quarter as seen in the account data for the financial year 2023-24. In the Q4FY2014, the bank’s net

News

April 27, 2024

Zomato Boss Deepinder Goyal Seals Massive Land Deal in Delhi Worth Rs. 79 Crores!-thumnail

Zomato Boss Deepinder Goyal Seals Massive Land Deal in Delhi Worth Rs. 79 Crores!

By Shrija Roy

Deepinder Goyal, the founder and CEO of popular food delivery platform Zomato, has made one of the biggest land purchases in Delhi. According to a new report, Goyal bought a

Business

April 27, 2024

Apple’s Sneaky Move to Dominate On-Device AI-thumnail

Apple’s Sneaky Move to Dominate On-Device AI

By Shrija Roy

Have you ever wondered why your iPhone gets slower over time? Well, it’s not just because of software updates. The real culprit is AI. As phones get “smarter”, processing powerful

Business

April 26, 2024

How Outdated Tech Is Holding back Modi’s Digital Dreams-thumnail

How Outdated Tech Is Holding back Modi’s Digital Dreams

By Shrija Roy

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to push the opposing variant of taking the domestic digital payments systems global. Despite ambitious objectives of major banks in India, their inefficient

Business

April 26, 2024

Online Kids Marketplace Wee Secures $2.7 Million to Expand in the Middle East-thumnail

Online Kids Marketplace Wee Secures $2.7 Million to Expand in the Middle East

By Shrija Roy

A Dubai-based on-line today got a 2.7 million (AED10 million) funding for its company which intends to help grow its products through the middle east region. Wee, which is a

Business

April 26, 2024

Apple Decides Against Advanced Display for New iPad Air to Keep It Affordable-thumnail

Apple Decides Against Advanced Display for New iPad Air to Keep It Affordable

By Shrija Roy

Apple is all set to launch its next generation iPad Air tablets soon. There was speculation that the new iPad Air may come with a better display like the premium

Business

April 25, 2024

Kotak Bank CEO Asks for Better Technology After Issues With Online Services-thumnail

Kotak Bank CEO Asks for Better Technology After Issues With Online Services

By Shrija Roy

Today, after the opening hours of Kotak Mahindra bank, the largest private sector bank in India, problems connected with its online and mobile services have come to the surface. RBI,

Business

April 25, 2024

Emirates NBD Bank Makes Biggest Ever Profits in First 3 Months of 2024-thumnail

Emirates NBD Bank Makes Biggest Ever Profits in First 3 Months of 2024

By Shrija Roy

Emirates NBD, which happens to be one of the biggest bodies of the finance industry in UAE, has made a record breaking earnings for the three months period starting from

Business

April 25, 2024

WhatsApp to Get New Feature to Share Files Without Internet-thumnail

WhatsApp to Get New Feature to Share Files Without Internet

By Shrija Roy

In a useful upcoming feature, WhatsApp will allow users to share files like photos, videos and documents between each other even without an internet connection. The messaging platform popularly used

Business

April 24, 2024

Byju’s Accused of Not Following Court Order, Case Postponed to June-thumnail

Byju’s Accused of Not Following Court Order, Case Postponed to June

By Shrija Roy

As an eductech goliath Byju’s is not escaping the trouble as it is believed that the organization is ignoring the previous court rulings. The deferrer of the case of investor

Business

April 24, 2024

UAE Developers Offer Payment Relief to Property Owners After Heavy Rains-thumnail

UAE Developers Offer Payment Relief to Property Owners After Heavy Rains

By Shrija Roy

The heavy rains that pounded the UAE last week caused significant damage and disruptions across the country. Now, in a bid to offer some relief, major property developers in Dubai

Business

April 24, 2024

Meta Opens Up its Virtual Reality Platform to Encourage Innovation-thumnail

Meta Opens Up its Virtual Reality Platform to Encourage Innovation

By Shrija Roy

Facebook, Meta is driving towards the fact that the virtual and the mixed reality be reachable by everyone. Facebook has revealed that it intends to make its VR operating system

Business

April 23, 2024

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Crackdowns on Employee Protests, Terminates 50 Workers-thumnail

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Crackdowns on Employee Protests, Terminates 50 Workers

By Shrija Roy

In the last couple of months, Google has been witnessing a revolt within its workforce by employees who organize rallies and demonstrations against some of the projects and policies of

Business

April 23, 2024

Lea Salonga’s Dubai Concert Can Become A Lucrative Business Opportunity-thumnail

Lea Salonga’s Dubai Concert Can Become A Lucrative Business Opportunity

By Shrija Roy

The return of the well-known Filipina singer-actress Lea Salonga will happen this November as she will perform a concert at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. The multiple-award winner will be

Entertainment

April 23, 2024

Anthropic’s AI Assistant Gemini Could Soon Enhance User Experience with Voice Controls-thumnail

Anthropic’s AI Assistant Gemini Could Soon Enhance User Experience with Voice Controls

By Shrija Roy

Tech company Anthropic is working on adding new capabilities to their conversational AI Gemini that may improve how users interact with the system. According to recent reports, Gemini may soon

Business

April 22, 2024

Netflix’s Belief in the Importance of Dissenting Opinions in Decision Making -thumnail

Netflix’s Belief in the Importance of Dissenting Opinions in Decision Making 

By Shrija Roy

Netflix founder and chairman Reed Hastings recently revealed a key strategy that helped the streaming giant become a $240 billion company. He spoke about the importance of actively seeking out

Business

April 22, 2024

Hania Aamir and Badshah’s Dubai Trip Gives a Business Opportunity-thumnail

Hania Aamir and Badshah’s Dubai Trip Gives a Business Opportunity

By Shrija Roy

Pakistani actress Hania Aamir and Indian rapper Badshah’s recent trip to Dubai could prove to be a lucrative business opportunity for both the stars. While the two claim their meeting

News

April 22, 2024

Mukesh Ambani’s Luxurious UK Property -thumnail

Mukesh Ambani’s Luxurious UK Property 

By Shrija Roy

Mukesh Ambani is one of the greatest global billionaires to embody the flashy lifestyle with wealth from India. Although personally, he heads Reliance Industries and is India’s richest person, Ambani

News

April 20, 2024

Why Vedanta’s Stock Price is Rising – Here’s What Investors Should Know-thumnail

Why Vedanta’s Stock Price is Rising – Here’s What Investors Should Know

By Shrija Roy

Vedanta Limited, a leading large natural resource firm in India, seems to attract a lot of investors’ attention recently as its share price exhibits a strong upward trend. The mining

Business

April 20, 2024

Elon Musk Postpones India Trip to Meet with Tech Startups and Government-thumnail

Elon Musk Postpones India Trip to Meet with Tech Startups and Government

By Shrija Roy

The billionaire and the man behind one of the fastest growing technology markets in the world, Mr Musk stated that he would postpone his visit to India. Now he has

Business

April 20, 2024

Adobe Launches Creative App For All -thumnail

Adobe Launches Creative App For All 

By Shrija Roy

Creatives rejoice – Adobe has released a new app aimed at putting powerful design tools in the hands of users everywhere. Called Adobe Express, the mobile application provides easy access

Business

April 19, 2024

Oil Prices Surge Following Suspected Strikes in Iran-thumnail

Oil Prices Surge Following Suspected Strikes in Iran

By Shrija Roy

Oil prices skyrocketed through Friday, as reports of blasts along with the oil tanks of Iran floated. The local news agencies claim that there were at least one explosion in

Business

April 19, 2024

Infosys Shares Dip as Investors Weigh Subdued Growth Outlook-thumnail

Infosys Shares Dip as Investors Weigh Subdued Growth Outlook

By Shrija Roy

To the discontent of its stakeholders, Infosys, one of the giant technology firms in India, saw the value of its shares drop more than 2% after it said that the

Business

April 19, 2024

Tata Motors Set to Boost Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in Tamil Nadu-thumnail

Tata Motors Set to Boost Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in Tamil Nadu

By Shrija Roy

A recent media report confirmed that Tata Motors agreed to electrify its vehicle manufacturing in the state of Tamil Nadu. It has been disclosed by analysts that the automobile giant

Business

April 18, 2024

Nestle Adds Excess Sugar to Baby Cereal in India-thumnail

Nestle Adds Excess Sugar to Baby Cereal in India

By Shrija Roy

The researches have discovered startling facts that no longer back the baby cereal Cerelac by Nestle in India which happens to be the product of Nestle. An investigation conducted by

Business

April 18, 2024

The Most Instagrammable Hotel in the World -thumnail

The Most Instagrammable Hotel in the World 

By Shrija Roy

The Burj Al Arab hotel of Dubai was selected as the most iconic hotel in the world to post Instagram stories. Whereas it is strategically located at the distance of

Business

April 18, 2024

Meesho, Popular E-commerce Startup Looks to Raise Even More Money -thumnail

Meesho, Popular E-commerce Startup Looks to Raise Even More Money 

By Shrija Roy

It seems investor interest in Indian e-commerce giant Meesho just keeps growing! The popular shopping platform, which helps small businesses sell online, is looking to raise much more money than

Business

April 17, 2024

WhatsApp New Chat Filters Make Messaging a Breeze-thumnail

WhatsApp New Chat Filters Make Messaging a Breeze

By Shrija Roy

WhatsApp lovers are super excited – the hunt through limitless messages hunting for that one crucial line is soon going to become fun packed! Instant messaging platform has just now

Business

April 17, 2024

Emirates REIT Hits a New High, Proving Real Estate is Still Booming in Dubai!-thumnail

Emirates REIT Hits a New High, Proving Real Estate is Still Booming in Dubai!

By Shrija Roy

While many industries are battling to survive, the Dubai property sector is the winner. It seems the good times keep on running. Emirates REIT has made the latest edition of

Business

April 17, 2024

Adobe Opens Up Creative Possibilities for Users with Cutting-Edge AI Tools!-thumnail

Adobe Opens Up Creative Possibilities for Users with Cutting-Edge AI Tools!

By Shrija Roy

In the fast-moving world of digital content creation, staying on the cutting edge of the latest innovations is crucial. Thankfully, industry leader Adobe understands this better than anyone and continues

Business

April 16, 2024

Dubai’s Luxury Property Market Continues Red Hot Streak with $1.7 Billion in High-End Home Sales Already this Year!-thumnail

Dubai’s Luxury Property Market Continues Red Hot Streak with $1.7 Billion in High-End Home Sales Already this Year!

By Shrija Roy

It seems as if the property bubble in Dubai, accidentally keeps rupturing into a bigger one and now new statistics prove it. Despite the fact that an exceptional $1.73 billion

Business

April 16, 2024

Major Funds Back Vodafone Idea’s Massive Rs. 18,000 Crore Fundraising Plan-thumnail

Major Funds Back Vodafone Idea’s Massive Rs. 18,000 Crore Fundraising Plan

By Shrija Roy

In one of the major signs of support, some of the biggest investment funds were also reported to have committed to take part in Vodafone Idea’s mega Rs.18,000 crore stock

Business

April 16, 2024

Samsung Surpasses Apple as Smartphone King on Strong Sales -thumnail

Samsung Surpasses Apple as Smartphone King on Strong Sales 

By Shrija Roy

No one would expect a sudden change in the competition among mobile devices to occur. Samsung outperformed all competitors globally and became the first smartphone shipments for last year as

Business

April 15, 2024

Indian Companies with Ties to Israel Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions-thumnail

Indian Companies with Ties to Israel Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions

By Shrija Roy

The recent attacks between Iran and Israel have escalated long-standing tensions in the volatile Middle East region. As political instability grows, some analysts are watching how it could impact markets

Business

April 15, 2024

Pay10 Expands Globally to Empower the Fintech Revolution-thumnail

Pay10 Expands Globally to Empower the Fintech Revolution

By Shrija Roy

Harry Gill, the visionary founder of fintech giant Pay10, has ambitious plans to transform the financial world. Under his new role as Chairman, Gill will spearhead Pay10’s expansion across the

Business

April 15, 2024

Wings of Wonder – An Aviation Enthusiast’s Dream Collection-thumnail

Wings of Wonder – An Aviation Enthusiast’s Dream Collection

By Shrija Roy

If the collection of the scale model air planes of Dubai resident Kalpesh Mehta possessed by aviation buffs, they would be clueless about the incredible collection. Having collected these 3000

Business

April 13, 2024

Vodafone Idea’s Massive Money Raise – Will it Save the Telco?-thumnail

Vodafone Idea’s Massive Money Raise – Will it Save the Telco?

By Shrija Roy

Vodafone Idea is embarking on a fundraising activity which will be one of the largest of its kind to save itself from incurring any major loss. Wreaked by price wars

Business

April 13, 2024

Which Energy Giant Will Power Your Portfolio?-thumnail

Which Energy Giant Will Power Your Portfolio?

By Shrija Roy

Tata Power and Adani Power, through market capitalization, have shown a strong performance across the past few years, especially, delivering superlative profits to investors. Despite this, the future of renewable

Business

April 13, 2024

Will TCS Maintain its Winning Streak?-thumnail

Will TCS Maintain its Winning Streak?

By Shrija Roy

Tomorrow is a big day for Indian IT sector as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), having rightly been qualified as the largest IT services company in the country, is set to

Business

April 12, 2024

Tesla’s Drive Into India Await Ends-thumnail

Tesla’s Drive Into India Await Ends

By Shrija Roy

The launch day has longingly been awaited by electric enthusiasts in the Indian market. The American car company Tesla will now set foot in the Indian EV market after a

Business

April 12, 2024

Sheikh Mohammed Opens His Doors to the People on Joyous Eid Occasion-thumnail

Sheikh Mohammed Opens His Doors to the People on Joyous Eid Occasion

By Shrija Roy

The atmosphere was jubilant at Zabeel Palace Dubai where the kingpin of the Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was receiving his well-wishers attributed to their Eid salam. Being

News

April 12, 2024

Rising Steel Demand Gets Indian Metals Hot under the Collar -thumnail

Rising Steel Demand Gets Indian Metals Hot under the Collar 

By Shrija Roy

Global manufacturing activity has shown signs of recovery in recent months, raising hopes for metal companies worldwide. In China and the US, factory activity expanded after contracting for multiple quarters,

Business

April 10, 2024

Paytm’s Troubles Continue as Key Executive Exits and Brokerage Remains Bearish-thumnail

Paytm’s Troubles Continue as Key Executive Exits and Brokerage Remains Bearish

By Shrija Roy

Digital financial solutions provider Paytm has been passing through a tough year so far and the issues don’t look like they are going to disappear easily due to the latest

Business

April 10, 2024

EP Shanghai Eyes Global Opportunities at Middle East Energy Dubai 2024-thumnail

EP Shanghai Eyes Global Opportunities at Middle East Energy Dubai 2024

By Shrija Roy

The electric power market in China has reached a new level of development rapidly back in past years. EP Shanghai a who is one of the biggest exhibition relative to

Business

April 10, 2024

Hyundai and Kia Join Hands with Exide for EV Batteries in India-thumnail

Hyundai and Kia Join Hands with Exide for EV Batteries in India

By Shrija Roy

Two of the biggest automobile manufacturers Hyundai and Kia have been signed an agreement with a local battery maker Exide Industries to overcome a major barrier to the increase of

Business

April 9, 2024

Pune Homebuyers Rush to Seal Property Deals Before the New Year-thumnail

Pune Homebuyers Rush to Seal Property Deals Before the New Year

By Shrija Roy 

The local property market of Pune has witnessed long queues of home buyers who want to make related property investments, before the start of the new year. As per the

Business

April 9, 2024

The Rising Popularity of Co-living Spaces in Dubai-thumnail

The Rising Popularity of Co-living Spaces in Dubai

By Shrija Roy 

As Dubai’s population is growing with a mix of local residents and international expats, the shortage of affordable and flexible housing options becomes a bone of contention. One type of

Business

April 9, 2024

What Lies Ahead for Indian Equity Markets?-thumnail

What Lies Ahead for Indian Equity Markets?

By Shrija Roy

As the Figures of Indian stock markets exceed the Thundercracker Rs. Firstly, the 400 trillion mark as an investor, many have considered why such a bull market environment can sustain

Business

April 8, 2024

BharatPe Shuffles Leadership Deck to Drive Next Phase of Growth-thumnail

BharatPe Shuffles Leadership Deck to Drive Next Phase of Growth

By Shrija Roy

Finteh unicorn, the BharatPe payment brand, has undergone another round of senior management reorganization. It strives to develop its functional capacity within major business segments. A major organizational redesignation is

Business

April 8, 2024

Dubai Paving the Path Towards Sustainable Urban Mobility -thumnail

Dubai Paving the Path Towards Sustainable Urban Mobility 

By Shrija Roy 

The electrical future of car transportation is now. With the ever-increasing global concerns over climate change, there is an evident rise in the interest towards innovative solutions to the problem

Business

April 8, 2024

India’s Aviation Industry to Get a Boost with Introduction of ‘One Sky’ Policy-thumnail

India’s Aviation Industry to Get a Boost with Introduction of ‘One Sky’ Policy

By Shrija Roy

Modernization of Airspace management in India is one key step that India is equipping with through its ‘One Sky’ programme. This panoramic reform will be carried out with the purpose

Business

April 6, 2024

Tesla’s Entry In Indian Market -thumnail

Tesla’s Entry In Indian Market 

By Shrija Roy

Tesla, the global leader in premium electric vehicles, is set to make its highly-anticipated India entry before the end of this year. In a major boost for the country’s growing

Automotive

April 6, 2024

China Ramps up AI Disinformation Campaign Ahead of Elections in India-thumnail

China Ramps up AI Disinformation Campaign Ahead of Elections in India

By Shrija Roy

Over the next few months voters in different countries in the world will have elections of very great importance. This period is however faced with a potential threat arising across

News

April 6, 2024

Google Explores Premium AI Search Services Amid Growing Role of Generative Technologies-thumnail

Google Explores Premium AI Search Services Amid Growing Role of Generative Technologies

By Shrija Roy

As artificial intelligence and machine learning continue to transform digital experiences, major tech companies are grappling with how to effectively integrate these advanced technologies while ensuring user benefits and business

Artificial Intelligence

April 5, 2024

Bajaj Finance Continues Strong Growth Stride with 34% Rise in Assets in Q4  -thumnail

Bajaj Finance Continues Strong Growth Stride with 34% Rise in Assets in Q4  

By Shrija Roy

One of the top-non banking finance companies of India, BajajFinance, has carried on a firm path of good performance towards the third quarter of the 2022-23 financial year. The NBFC

Business

April 5, 2024

Dubai South Properties Expands Luxury Waterfront Community with Fourth Phase of South Bay Development -thumnail

Dubai South Properties Expands Luxury Waterfront Community with Fourth Phase of South Bay Development 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai has enjoyed a long reputation for selling luxury real estate and now with the emergence of the phase 4 of the South Bay waterfront also of South Dubai Properties,

Business

April 5, 2024

Apple’s Plans for Home Robotics-thumnail

Apple’s Plans for Home Robotics

By Shrija Roy

Tech giant Apple is actively exploring opportunities in the field of home robotics according to recent reports, representing a potential major expansion into uncharted territory. While still in the early

News

April 4, 2024

Google Explores AI Paywalls to Support Journalism-thumnail

Google Explores AI Paywalls to Support Journalism

By Shrija Roy

One of the biggest stories in the media world lately has been Google’s reported plans to integrate artificial intelligence with news publisher paywalls. As the tech giant looks for ways

AI

April 4, 2024

The Final Days of Souk Al Marfa in Dubai-thumnail

The Final Days of Souk Al Marfa in Dubai

By Shrija Roy

Souk Al Marfa, once a bustling retail hotspot in Dubai, appears to be closing its doors for good after years of declining business. A recent visit to the waterfront shopping

News

April 4, 2024

CERT-In Issues High Severity Security Warning for Apple Devices-thumnail

CERT-In Issues High Severity Security Warning for Apple Devices

By Shrija Roy

The Indian computer emergency response team (CERT-IN) has come up with a serious threat towards Apple devices such as iPhones, iPads, MacBooks among others. According to the security vendor’s advisory,

Business

April 3, 2024

Indian Billionaires Consolidate Wealth -thumnail

Indian Billionaires Consolidate Wealth 

By Shrija Roy 

India’s wealthiest elites have been spotlighted in the latest Forbes billionaires list for 2024, showing their further increasing wealth while growing the empire of their businesses; not only in India

Business

April 3, 2024

The Best Real Estates Hunt of Dubai Made Easy -thumnail

The Best Real Estates Hunt of Dubai Made Easy 

By Shrija Roy 

Facing with high rents and mortgage rates has become a problem for many residents and newcomers to Dubai to search for an apartment for a reasonable price they can afford.

Business

April 3, 2024

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna Face the Supreme Court -thumnail

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna Face the Supreme Court 

By Shrija Roy 

In a highly anticipated hearing, yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved chief Acharya Balkrishna were summoned before the Supreme Court today to address allegations of misleading advertisements. The Backstory 

Business

April 2, 2024

Vistara’s Flight Woes Worsen as Pilot Crisis Deepens-thumnail

Vistara’s Flight Woes Worsen as Pilot Crisis Deepens

By Shrija Roy

National carrier Vistara carrier has recently been in a severe flight crisis due to a pilot shortage across the country that has led to several flights getting cancelled. It looks

Business

April 2, 2024

Emirates’ Ambitious Vision Takes Luxury Living to New Heights-thumnail

Emirates’ Ambitious Vision Takes Luxury Living to New Heights

By Shrija Roy

Emirates has continuously excelled and displayed its innate ability of innovation within these 35 years. Throwing into the forefront of mind the globally recognized hub in Dubai as well as

Business

April 2, 2024

Instagram’s New Feature to Make Reels More Fun!-thumnail

Instagram’s New Feature to Make Reels More Fun!

By Shrija Roy

Did you know Instagram is working on a new feature that will make discovering reels even more enjoyable? Recent reports have revealed that this feature is called “Blend” and it

Business

April 1, 2024

The Future is Here: Microsoft and OpenAI’s $100 Billion Supercomputer Project -thumnail

The Future is Here: Microsoft and OpenAI’s $100 Billion Supercomputer Project 

By Shrija Roy

It wouldn’t be just another step in the path of artificial intelligence development; rather it would be a new phase that would be on a totally different level, Microsoft’s and

Artificial Intelligence

April 1, 2024

Turning Renters Into Owners: How Dubai Developers Are Enticing Tenants to Take the Plunge -thumnail

Turning Renters Into Owners: How Dubai Developers Are Enticing Tenants to Take the Plunge 

By Shrija Roy

As Dubai’s residential property market continues its steady recovery, developers have taken note of a vast pool of potential buyers still waiting on the sidelines – long-time renters hesitant to

Business

April 1, 2024

Connecting the Dots: MeitY Program Brings Together Promising Startups and Investors -thumnail

Connecting the Dots: MeitY Program Brings Together Promising Startups and Investors 

By Shrija Roy

Heated up increasingly by more startups across multiple sectors that are coming out of India’s startup ecosystem, Indians are no longer content with consuming products passively. The role of MeitY

Business

March 30, 2024

Indian Startups Hit the Accelerator in Latest Funding Wave-thumnail

Indian Startups Hit the Accelerator in Latest Funding Wave

By Shrija Roy 

It seems the Indian startup ecosystem just can’t stop gaining momentum as another blockbuster week of funding activity wraps up. Riding a wave of investor enthusiasm, the country’s innovative companies

News

March 30, 2024

Blast Off with the New M3 MacBook Air!-thumnail

Blast Off with the New M3 MacBook Air!

By Shrija Roy

The newest MacBook Air from Apple, which is powered by the new graphics technology known as the M3 chip, is all set to get off the ground. This stylish commuter

News

March 30, 2024

Protecting Privacy in a Prompted World-thumnail

Protecting Privacy in a Prompted World

By Shrija Roy

As AI assistants become increasingly common in our daily lives, protecting user privacy and ensuring safe interactions have become top priorities for technology companies. In a move to strengthen security

Business

March 29, 2024

Byju’s Battles: Founder Makes Bold Move to Bury the Hatchet-thumnail

Byju’s Battles: Founder Makes Bold Move to Bury the Hatchet

By Shrija Roy

It’s been a tumultuous year for India’s once high-flying edtech leader Byju’s, but founder Byju Raveendran is taking a big risk in an attempt to turn the tide. After months

Business

March 29, 2024

Flying into the Future: Dubai’s Ambitious Plans for Flying Taxis Take Off-thumnail

Flying into the Future: Dubai’s Ambitious Plans for Flying Taxis Take Off

By Shrija Roy

Emirati city Dubai has become well-known around the world for its mind-blowing dynamic creativity as well as its tremendous capacity to incorporate quickly changing technologies. Dubai sets the whole world

Business

March 29, 2024

OpenAI Opens the Door to “GPT Builders”-thumnail

OpenAI Opens the Door to “GPT Builders”

By Shrija Roy

When Anthropic first launched ChatGPT in 2022, it sparked widespread excitement about the potential for conversational AI. However, for the talented programmers developing new uses for these models, it wasn’t

Artificial Intelligence

March 28, 2024

Byju’s Dodges a Bullet as NCLT Denies Delay to Key Meeting -thumnail

Byju’s Dodges a Bullet as NCLT Denies Delay to Key Meeting 

By Shrija Roy

Squeezed out yet Byju’s suffered a ray of hope as the National Company Law Tribunal NCLT refused to delay a vital shareholders meeting destined to take place in the near

Business

March 28, 2024

Dubai’s Shining Star: Real Estate Demand Continues to Sparkle-thumnail

Dubai’s Shining Star: Real Estate Demand Continues to Sparkle

By Shrija Roy

AsWith Dubai carving the way as a competitive and outstanding corporate and tourism center, a large space for real estate investment opportunity, as indicated in the scorching real estate market

Business

March 28, 2024

The Big Reveal: Force Gurkha Gets a 5-Door Makeover!-thumnail

The Big Reveal: Force Gurkha Gets a 5-Door Makeover!

By Shrija Roy

Force Motors has finally introduced us to its much-anticipated five-door Gurkha. In the teaser image posted online, we can see the boxy SUV silhouette is intact but two new doors

Automotive

March 27, 2024

Why Adani Power Shares Jumped Over 4%?-thumnail

Why Adani Power Shares Jumped Over 4%?

By Shrija Roy

Adani Power pioneered investor bull activity as its shares gained considerably. To demonstrate, on 27 March, 2023 company’s shares soared about 4% to reach Rs. 544. The name of our

Business

March 27, 2024

Dubai International Chamber attracts growing number of SMEs from diverse global markets-thumnail

Dubai International Chamber attracts growing number of SMEs from diverse global markets

By Shrija Roy

The Dubai International Association has been very successful in attracting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from all parts of the world to set up business activities in Dubai. According to

Business

March 27, 2024

IIT Madras Alumnus Takes Over as Head of Microsoft Windows and Surface-thumnail

IIT Madras Alumnus Takes Over as Head of Microsoft Windows and Surface

By Shrija Roy

In a significant development that highlights the growing global influence of Indian talent, Microsoft has appointed Pawan Davuluri as its new Windows Surface chief. The IIT Madras alumnus will be

Business

March 26, 2024

Adani Ports Acquires Majority Stake in Gopalpur Port-thumnail

Adani Ports Acquires Majority Stake in Gopalpur Port

By Shrija Roy

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), a subsidiary of the Adani Group and India’s largest privately built and operated ports developer , has acquired a 95% stake in Gopalpur

Business

March 26, 2024

Dutco and Ellington Properties Join Hands to Develop Luxury Riverfront Homes in Dubai-thumnail

Dutco and Ellington Properties Join Hands to Develop Luxury Riverfront Homes in Dubai

By Shrija Roy

Dubai is renowned globally as an architectural and cultural wonderland with its splendid skyscrapers, luxury shopping complexes and a spirited nightlife. While there is no denying the natural buzz that

Business

March 26, 2024

Decoding Rekha Jhunjhunwala’s Latest Mumbai Real Estate Investment-thumnail

Decoding Rekha Jhunjhunwala’s Latest Mumbai Real Estate Investment

By Shrija Roy

Rekha Jhunjhunwala, wife of late investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, has added another expensive property to her portfolio in Mumbai. Let’s examine the key economic aspects of this statement and the implications

Business

March 23, 2024

How Amazon’s New Seller Fee Changes May Affect Your Online Shopping-thumnail

How Amazon’s New Seller Fee Changes May Affect Your Online Shopping

By Shrija Roy

Amazon, one of the biggest online traders in India, has said that from 7th April onwards their sellers will be paying different fees on the company’s platform than those at

Business

March 23, 2024

Dubai’s Commercial Property Market Offering Huge Opportunities for Savvy Investors-thumnail

Dubai’s Commercial Property Market Offering Huge Opportunities for Savvy Investors

By Shrija Roy

Currently the commercial real estate market in Dubai shopping center is booming creating huge opportunities for savvy investors. Property prices and rental yields are increasing rapidly as demand for office,

Business

March 23, 2024

ISRO’s Reusable Rocket Takes Off Again With Successful Landing-thumnail

ISRO’s Reusable Rocket Takes Off Again With Successful Landing

By Shrija Roy

ISRO made another success by conducting the numerical landing of its experimental rocket vehicle called Pushpak was the second test flight that was held by the experts. The wings were

News

March 22, 2024

Zomato Founder Deepinder Goyal Ties The Knot With Mexican Beauty Grecia Munoz-thumnail

Zomato Founder Deepinder Goyal Ties The Knot With Mexican Beauty Grecia Munoz

By Shrija Roy

In true sign of love that overcomes borders, Deepinder Goyal, the founder and CEO of Zomato, wedded his long-term partner Grecia Munoz on Valentine’s Day on Saturday. The private wedding

Business

March 22, 2024

Evolutions Rewards Top Agents And Developers With Exclusive Membership Cards And Awards-thumnail

Evolutions Rewards Top Agents And Developers With Exclusive Membership Cards And Awards

By Shrija Roy

Evolutions, a leading real estate company in Dubai, recently announced some exciting new initiatives to recognize the hard work of real estate professionals and provide more benefits to its members.

Business

March 22, 2024

SBI Provides All Electoral Bond Information to Election Commission and Supreme Court-thumnail

SBI Provides All Electoral Bond Information to Election Commission and Supreme Court

By Shrija Roy

The State Bank of India (SBI) has provided complete details about electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court. Electoral bonds

News

March 21, 2024

What is an iCNG Car? -thumnail

What is an iCNG Car? 

By Shrija Roy

Tata Motors is known for its innovative automotive technologies so it is not surprising that the company is developing iCNG technology, it aims to be the first car maker in

Automotive

March 21, 2024

Hotel in Dubai’s Business Bay to Be Rebranded Under Marriott’s Renaissance Brand-thumnail

Hotel in Dubai’s Business Bay to Be Rebranded Under Marriott’s Renaissance Brand

By Shrija Roy

The UAE mena-based RTS investments Group has signed a contract with the giant global hospitality company Marriott International Inc. to rename one of the hotels of Marriott group in Business

Business

March 21, 2024

Fed Meeting in Focus as Markets Await Rate Hike Decision  -thumnail

Fed Meeting in Focus as Markets Await Rate Hike Decision  

By Shrija Roy

As investors gear up for the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting later today, markets are on tenterhooks anticipating the central bank’s decision on interest rates. Most analysts

Business

March 20, 2024

Why Luxury Villa Sales in Dubai Took an Unexpected Dip-thumnail

Why Luxury Villa Sales in Dubai Took an Unexpected Dip

By Shrija Roy

The luxury real estate market in Dubai has been red hot in recent years, with lavish villas consistently selling out as fast as they hit the market. But a new

Business

March 20, 2024

Citizenship Act Faces Its Biggest Test: SC to Decide Fate of Controversial CAA Today-thumnail

Citizenship Act Faces Its Biggest Test: SC to Decide Fate of Controversial CAA Today

By Shrija Roy

The contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is set for a major legal showdown today, as the Supreme Court commences hearing a batch of 237 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of

News

March 19, 2024

Yoga Guru Ramdev Faces Supreme Court Over Misleading Ads: What’s the Full Story?-thumnail

Yoga Guru Ramdev Faces Supreme Court Over Misleading Ads: What’s the Full Story?

By Shrija Roy

The age-old debate between traditional Ayurveda and modern allopathy practices in India has once again come to the fore, with yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his Patanjali Ayurved empire facing

Business

March 19, 2024

Dubai Embraces Immersive Art with Exciting New Interactive Experiences -thumnail

Dubai Embraces Immersive Art with Exciting New Interactive Experiences 

By Shrija Roy

The art scene in Dubai is thriving with innovative immersive experiences that engage audiences in new and imaginative ways. From light installations to virtual worlds, these interactive exhibitions use technology

News

March 19, 2024

Dubai Ramps Up Energy and Water Efficiency Programs to Reduce Costs and Boost Sustainability-thumnail

Dubai Ramps Up Energy and Water Efficiency Programs to Reduce Costs and Boost Sustainability

By Shrija Roy

The Dubai Supreme Council of Energy recently approved plans to increase energy and water efficiency programs across the emirate. The move aims to financially benefit both the public and private

News

March 18, 2024

Dubai’s AI Startup Looks to Revolutionize Recruitment in the Booming UAE Job Market-thumnail

Dubai’s AI Startup Looks to Revolutionize Recruitment in the Booming UAE Job Market

By Shrija Roy

The UAE boasts one of the most dynamic job markets in the region, driven by a growing economy, business-friendly policies, and large-scale infrastructure projects. However, the recruitment process can often

Business

March 18, 2024

UAE Real Estate Market Booms as Luxury Penthouse Sells for AED 138 Million -thumnail

UAE Real Estate Market Booms as Luxury Penthouse Sells for AED 138 Million 

By Shrija Roy

The UAE real estate market, especially in Dubai, has seen tremendous growth over the past year as the economy rebounds from the pandemic. In one of the biggest and most

Business

March 18, 2024

Dubai’s Real Estate Giants Join Forces Under Dubai Holding-thumnail

Dubai’s Real Estate Giants Join Forces Under Dubai Holding

By Shrija Roy

In a significant move for Dubai’s property sector, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has directed two major developers – Nakheel and Meydan – to merge with Dubai Holding. This

Business

March 16, 2024

Dubai’s Property Giants Come Together to Form a Real Estate Powerhouse-thumnail

Dubai’s Property Giants Come Together to Form a Real Estate Powerhouse

By Shrija Roy

In a major development for Dubai’s real estate sector, Nakheel and Meydan – two of the emirate’s largest property developers – have merged under the umbrella of Dubai Holding. The

Business

March 16, 2024

How Affordable DH5 Barbershops Are Helping Dubai Residents Save Money Amid Rising Inflation-thumnail

How Affordable DH5 Barbershops Are Helping Dubai Residents Save Money Amid Rising Inflation

By Shrija Roy

In today’s economic climate of rising inflation and increasing costs of living, Dubai residents are looking for ways to cut expenses and stretch their budgets further. A growing trend that

Business

March 15, 2024

Dubai World Trade Centre’s Success Signals Strong Financial Growth for Dubai-thumnail

Dubai World Trade Centre’s Success Signals Strong Financial Growth for Dubai

By Shrija Roy

The Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) announced remarkable results for 2023, welcoming over 2.47 million visitors across its diverse portfolio of business and consumer events throughout the year. This marked

Business

March 14, 2024

Dubai Holding Helps Thousands in Need with Generous Financial Support -thumnail

Dubai Holding Helps Thousands in Need with Generous Financial Support 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai Holding, one of the largest investment firms in the United Arab Emirates, has announced a major charitable initiative to assist workers and families facing financial hardship. The company will

News

March 14, 2024

High-End Auctions: Dubai Establishes Itself as a Global Hub for Luxury Car and Watch Sales-thumnail

High-End Auctions: Dubai Establishes Itself as a Global Hub for Luxury Car and Watch Sales

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s emergence as a center for high-end auctions was cemented with the success of RM Sotheby’s inaugural sale in the emirate that netted over $17 million for rare cars and

Business

March 14, 2024

Visa Partners With Dubai FinTech Summit to Support Innovation in Digital Payments-thumnail

Visa Partners With Dubai FinTech Summit to Support Innovation in Digital Payments

By Shrija Roy

Visa recognizes that financial technology or FinTech startups are playing a key role in developing innovative digital payment solutions. Through initiatives like its Fast Track program and accelerators, Visa supports

Business

March 13, 2024

Dubai’s Strong Expat Appeal Boosts its Financial Prospects-thumnail

Dubai’s Strong Expat Appeal Boosts its Financial Prospects

By Shrija Roy

Dubai has consistently ranked among the top 10 cities globally as the most liveable location for expatriates in recent years. A new survey by Preply highlighting Dubai’s status as the

Business

March 13, 2024

The Luxury Hotel Market in Dubai: An Analysis of Aman’s Upcoming Property-thumnail

The Luxury Hotel Market in Dubai: An Analysis of Aman’s Upcoming Property

By Shrija Roy

The luxury hotel industry in Dubai has seen tremendous growth over the past decade, driven by the city’s emergence as a global tourism and business hub. With increasing demand from

Business

March 13, 2024

Indian Business Growth in Dubai Continues Strong Momentum -thumnail

Indian Business Growth in Dubai Continues Strong Momentum 

By Shrija Roy

According to recent data from Dubai Chamber of Commerce, India continues to be a major driver of business growth and investment in Dubai. An analysis of new company memberships in

Business

March 12, 2024

Dubai’s Gold Market Feels the Impact of Rising Prices-thumnail

Dubai’s Gold Market Feels the Impact of Rising Prices

By Shrija Roy

The article from The Star discusses how Dubai’s famous Gold Souk is experiencing lower sales and more window shopping as gold prices continue rising to near record highs. Let’s take

Business

March 12, 2024

Property Deals to Look Out for this Ramadan-thumnail

Property Deals to Look Out for this Ramadan

By Shrija Roy

The holy month of Ramadan is a time for spiritual reflection and spending time with family and friends for Muslims around the world. It is also a month when many

Business

March 12, 2024

The changing landscape of luxury hotel apartments in Dubai-thumnail

The changing landscape of luxury hotel apartments in Dubai

By Shrija Roy

The branded residences sector in Dubai has seen significant growth in recent years but new projects are now trending in a different direction according to industry experts.  Where previously most

Business

March 11, 2024

Aman’s new Dubai hotel set to be the most luxurious – and costly-thumnail

Aman’s new Dubai hotel set to be the most luxurious – and costly

By Shrija Roy

The luxury hospitality industry continues to push boundaries, with five-star operators unveiling ever more opulent properties catering to wealthy clientele. Aman Resorts, a renowned chain known for discreet yet lavish

Business

March 11, 2024

Otis wins contract to upgrade elevators and escalators in Burj Khalifa -thumnail

Otis wins contract to upgrade elevators and escalators in Burj Khalifa 

By Shrija Roy

Otis, a leading elevator and escalator manufacturer, has signed a major contract with Emaar Properties to modernize many of the lifts and escalators within Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building

News

March 11, 2024

UAE Approves Housing Support for Citizens During Ramadan-thumnail

UAE Approves Housing Support for Citizens During Ramadan

By Shrija Roy

The United Arab Emirates has approved housing loans and grants worth AED 350 million (US$ 95 million) to support citizens during the holy month of Ramadan. This move aims to

News

March 9, 2024

Heavy Rain Causes Flooding and Travel Disruptions Across the UAE-thumnail

Heavy Rain Causes Flooding and Travel Disruptions Across the UAE

By Shrija Roy

The United Arab Emirates experienced heavy rainfall and flooding over the weekend as a strong weather system impacted the entire country. Cities and towns from Dubai to Ras Al Khaimah

News

March 9, 2024

International Women’s Day Boosts Gift Shopping in the UAE-thumnail

International Women’s Day Boosts Gift Shopping in the UAE

By Shrija Roy

A new report has revealed that online gift orders in the UAE will see a significant rise this year due to International Women’s Day being celebrated on March 8th. E-commerce

Marketing

March 8, 2024

Dubai’s Property Market Benefits from the Rise of Cryptocurrency Wealth-thumnail

Dubai’s Property Market Benefits from the Rise of Cryptocurrency Wealth

By Shrija Roy

The real estate sector in Dubai has seen tremendous growth in recent years. One contributing factor is the influx of young cryptocurrency traders investing profits from digital assets into property.

Brands

March 8, 2024

Serco Middle East Improves Parental Leave Benefits for Employees-thumnail

Serco Middle East Improves Parental Leave Benefits for Employees

By Shrija Roy

Major facilities management company Serco Middle East has announced enhanced maternity and paternity leave policies for its employees. The new benefits surpass local labour laws and demonstrate Serco’s commitment to

News

March 8, 2024

Quantl AI, a Revolutionary Trading System, Launches in Dubai-thumnail

Quantl AI, a Revolutionary Trading System, Launches in Dubai

By Shrija Roy

Quantl AI is an artificial intelligence-powered trading platform that has officially launched in Dubai. The company aims to make investing more accessible for everyone with its automated trading system.  Quantl

AI

March 7, 2024

Emirates Airlines Partners With Icelandair and GO7 to Offer Combined Air and Rail Ticket Connections -thumnail

Emirates Airlines Partners With Icelandair and GO7 to Offer Combined Air and Rail Ticket Connections 

By Shrija Roy

Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Icelandair and GO7 to develop combined air and rail ticket options for travelers. This will

Business

March 7, 2024

How Dubai’s Updated Rental Calculator Could Impact Tenants and Rents-thumnail

How Dubai’s Updated Rental Calculator Could Impact Tenants and Rents

By Shrija Roy

The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in Dubai recently updated its rental price calculator, which experts say could lead to higher rents for some tenants. The RERA calculator is used

News

March 6, 2024

Apple Maps vehicles will collect data across Dubai starting March 7-thumnail

Apple Maps vehicles will collect data across Dubai starting March 7

By Shrija Roy

Apple is set to begin an extensive data collection process across Dubai to update and improve its Maps services. Starting March 7, residents will see Apple-branded vehicles driving around the

News

March 6, 2024

Emirati businesswoman to revolutionize real estate investing in the UAE-thumnail

Emirati businesswoman to revolutionize real estate investing in the UAE

By Shrija Roy

Propshop, a new company based in Dubai, wants to make investing in property more accessible and modern. The company was started by Sarah Sajwani, an experienced businesswoman from the UAE. 

News

March 6, 2024

Biggest Crypto Conference in Middle East Coming to Dubai in May-thumnail

Biggest Crypto Conference in Middle East Coming to Dubai in May

By Shrija Roy

Thousands of people interested in cryptocurrencies and digital assets will gather in Dubai next month for the Crypto Expo Dubai. This is the largest event in the region focused on

News

March 5, 2024

Dubai real estate companies offer over 300 jobs to Emiratis at special career fair-thumnail

Dubai real estate companies offer over 300 jobs to Emiratis at special career fair

By Shrija Roy

The Dubai Land Department recently organised a career fair called ‘The Real Estate Day for Emiratis Employment 2024’. The event was held to connect local job seekers in Dubai with

News

March 5, 2024

RANK opens new office in Dubai to serve more clients-thumnail

RANK opens new office in Dubai to serve more clients

By Shrija Roy

RANK Accounting and Consultancy, which provides accounting, tax and business advisory services in Dubai, has opened a new larger office in the city. This will help the company to work

News

March 5, 2024

Dubai is Making Progress Towards Becoming Carbon Neutral by 2050-thumnail

Dubai is Making Progress Towards Becoming Carbon Neutral by 2050

By Shrija Roy

Dubai has set an ambitious goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. This means that by 2050, the city aims to balance the amount of greenhouse gases

Economy

March 4, 2024

Dubai toll operator Salik announces dividends and growth plans for 2023-thumnail

Dubai toll operator Salik announces dividends and growth plans for 2023

By Shrija Roy

Salik is the company that operates Dubai’s electronic toll collection system on major roads and bridges. Recently, Salik announced its financial results for the second half of 2023 and provided

Business

March 4, 2024

Palestinian artist’s installation in Dubai reimagines everyday spaces as bomb shelters -thumnail

Palestinian artist’s installation in Dubai reimagines everyday spaces as bomb shelters 

By Shrija Roy

Dima Srouji is a Palestinian artist who grew up during times of conflict in her home country. As a child, she and her family would use ordinary spaces in their

News

March 4, 2024

Delhi LG Approves CBI Investigation into Allegations of Extortion Against AAP Leader Satyendar Jain-thumnail

Delhi LG Approves CBI Investigation into Allegations of Extortion Against AAP Leader Satyendar Jain

By Shrija Roy

The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, VK Saxena, has granted permission for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to launch a probe into allegations of extortion levelled against Aam Aadmi Party

News

March 2, 2024

New Airline Fly91 Begins Operations Between Goa and Bengaluru-thumnail

New Airline Fly91 Begins Operations Between Goa and Bengaluru

By Shrija Roy

Fly91 has recently started its flight operations, becoming one of the latest airlines in India. On March 2nd, 2024, the airline operated its first flight connecting Manohar International Airport in

Business

March 2, 2024

India and Nepal strengthen financial ties, new digital payment system to launch soon-thumnail

India and Nepal strengthen financial ties, new digital payment system to launch soon

By Shrija Roy

India and Nepal have agreed to strengthen financial cooperation between the two neighbouring countries. A new digital payment system allowing direct online fund transfers from India to Nepal will soon

Digital Transformation

March 2, 2024

New Dubai property rules create opportunities for real estate brokers-thumnail

New Dubai property rules create opportunities for real estate brokers

By Shrija Roy

The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in Dubai recently announced some changes to the rules around listing real estate properties for sale or rent. The new rules limit each property

News

March 1, 2024

Rising piracy threats stretch Indian Navy resources -thumnail

Rising piracy threats stretch Indian Navy resources 

By Shrija Roy

The Indian Navy is expecting an increase in piracy attacks in the Arabian Sea and Red Sea regions over the coming period, according to senior officials. Pirate activity in these

News

March 1, 2024

India to Boost its Maritime Presence in Indian Ocean with Mauritius’ Help-thumnail

India to Boost its Maritime Presence in Indian Ocean with Mauritius’ Help

By Shrija Roy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius are set to launch an airstrip and jetty facility on the Mauritian island of Agalega today. This

Indian Govt

February 29, 2024

Bitcoin price rises sharply in February, on track for best month since 2020-thumnail

Bitcoin price rises sharply in February, on track for best month since 2020

By Shrija Roy

The price of Bitcoin has increased dramatically this month and is heading for its largest monthly gain since December 2020.  According to the article, Bitcoin was trading at around $61,100

Finance

February 29, 2024

former Hockey India CEO denies allegations in Delhi High Court affidavit-thumnail

former Hockey India CEO denies allegations in Delhi High Court affidavit

By Shrija Roy

Elena Norman, who resigned recently as the CEO of Hockey India, had filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court in February denying allegations made against her in an inquiry

News

February 29, 2024

Manipur Police Commandos Take Strong Stand After Kidnapping of Senior Officer-thumnail

Manipur Police Commandos Take Strong Stand After Kidnapping of Senior Officer

By Shrija Roy

In the northeastern state of Manipur, tensions are rising following the brazen kidnapping of a top police official by suspected militants. In a rare show of protest, commando units of

News

February 28, 2024

Reliance Capital to Exit Stock Exchanges -thumnail

Reliance Capital to Exit Stock Exchanges 

By Shrija Roy

In a major development that will impact shareholders and the financial sector, Reliance Capital has announced plans to delist or remove its shares from stock exchanges. Here are the key

News

February 28, 2024

Rethinking Travel: Dubai Airports CEO Proposes Revolutionary New Transport Model-thumnail

Rethinking Travel: Dubai Airports CEO Proposes Revolutionary New Transport Model

By Shrija Roy

Paul Griffiths, the CEO of Dubai Airports, has proposed a revolutionary new model for transportation that could significantly reduce carbon emissions from travel while improving passenger experience. Speaking at a

Business

February 28, 2024

India Expresses Sadness Over No Charges in Indian Student’s Death in US-thumnail

India Expresses Sadness Over No Charges in Indian Student’s Death in US

By Shrija Roy

The Indian government has expressed sadness over the decision by a US court not to press charges against a police officer involved in the death of an Indian student in

News

February 24, 2024

Traffic Restrictions Announced in Bengaluru for Constitution Awareness Event-thumnail

Traffic Restrictions Announced in Bengaluru for Constitution Awareness Event

By Shrija Roy

The Bengaluru police announced several traffic restrictions that will be in place tomorrow for a large Constitution awareness event being held in the city. Over 100,000 people are expected to

News

February 24, 2024

Joe Root Means Business in Ranchi Test, Says Graeme Swann-thumnail

Joe Root Means Business in Ranchi Test, Says Graeme Swann

By Shrija Roy

England Test captain Joe Root produced a patient innings in difficult conditions in Ranchi to steer his team to a solid position on day one of the fourth Test against

Business

February 23, 2024

Oil Prices Drop After US Federal Reserve Signals No Immediate Rate Cuts-thumnail

Oil Prices Drop After US Federal Reserve Signals No Immediate Rate Cuts

By Shrija Roy

Crude oil futures fell sharply after the head of the US Federal Reserve indicated that interest rates may not be cut soon, dampening expectations of a boost to fuel demand.

Business

February 23, 2024

Dubai Restaurants Expand Overseas as UAE Dining Goes Global-thumnail

Dubai Restaurants Expand Overseas as UAE Dining Goes Global

By Shrija Roy

Dubai is known worldwide for its vibrant dining scene, with restaurants serving cuisines from every corner of the globe. Now, some of the city’s most popular eateries are taking their

Business

February 23, 2024

India’s Rise as an Economic Powerhouse-thumnail

India’s Rise as an Economic Powerhouse

By Shrija Roy

According to a recent report by global brokerage firm Jefferies, India is well on its way to becoming one of the largest economies in the world. The report outlines India’s

Economy

February 22, 2024

China facing pressure to take strong steps to fix its economy-thumnail

China facing pressure to take strong steps to fix its economy

By Shrija Roy

China’s economy is going through a difficult time. Its growth has slowed down and inflation is very low. The property market, which is very important for China, is also weak. 

Economy

February 22, 2024

Dubai Airports recognises best employees with new award-thumnail

Dubai Airports recognises best employees with new award

By Shrija Roy

Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, has started a new award to appreciate the hard work of its staff. The award is called the ‘OneDXB

Business

February 22, 2024

HSBC Bank’s Profits Rise Significantly Due to Higher Interest Rates-thumnail

HSBC Bank’s Profits Rise Significantly Due to Higher Interest Rates

By Shrija Roy

One of the world’s largest banks, HSBC, reported a huge jump in its pre-tax profits for 2023. The London-headquartered financial institution earned $30.3 billion before taxes last year, up nearly

Business

February 21, 2024

Farmers and Police Face-off at Shambhu Border Intensifies-thumnail

Farmers and Police Face-off at Shambhu Border Intensifies

By Shrija Roy

The ongoing protest by farmers at the Shambhu border in Haryana escalated on Wednesday as they geared up to breach barricades using tractors and bulldozers. The police responded by deploying

News

February 21, 2024

Metropolitan Group Ranks Among Top Workplaces in UAE-thumnail

Metropolitan Group Ranks Among Top Workplaces in UAE

By Shrija Roy

The Metropolitan Group has achieved its highest ever ranking in the Great Place to Work UAE Index, placing third among large companies in 2024. This recognises Metropolitan’s efforts to create

Business

February 21, 2024

Bodos in Assam Finding More Peace and Stability Ahead of Lok Sabha Elections-thumnail

Bodos in Assam Finding More Peace and Stability Ahead of Lok Sabha Elections

By Shrija Roy

A recent visit to Assam found that the Bodo community, which has faced years of conflict, now seems more at peace following recent accords that granted them greater autonomy. Journalist

Indian Govt

February 20, 2024

UAE Leading the Way in Adopting Metaverse for Tourism as Sector Prepares for Virtual Future-thumnail

UAE Leading the Way in Adopting Metaverse for Tourism as Sector Prepares for Virtual Future

By Shrija Roy

A new report has found that the UAE has emerged as one of the global leaders in adopting and investing in metaverse technologies, positioning its tourism industry well for the

Investment & Funding

February 20, 2024

Coal India’s E-Auction Premiums Decline But Higher Volumes Could Offset Impact, Say Analysts-thumnail

Coal India’s E-Auction Premiums Decline But Higher Volumes Could Offset Impact, Say Analysts

By Shrija Roy

Coal India, India’s state-owned coal mining company, saw a decline in e-auction premiums in January and February 2024 according to updates provided by the company’s management. However, analysts believe higher

Finance

February 20, 2024

Paytm and Axis Bank to partner for UPI payments-thumnail

Paytm and Axis Bank to partner for UPI payments

By Shrija Roy

Paytm is one of India’s largest digital payment platforms with over 300 million users. However, it has faced some issues recently regarding its payments business. The Reserve Bank of India

Business

February 19, 2024

New Luxury Taxi Service Launched in Dubai for Millionaires-thumnail

New Luxury Taxi Service Launched in Dubai for Millionaires

By Shrija Roy

A new taxi company has started operating in Dubai that is aimed only at millionaires and high net worth individuals. The service called Black & White is hoping to compete

New Launch

February 19, 2024

World’s Rarest and Most Expensive Supercars to be Auctioned in Dubai-thumnail

World’s Rarest and Most Expensive Supercars to be Auctioned in Dubai

By Shrija Roy

Some of the rarest and most expensive supercars in the world will be available to buy at an auction happening next month in Dubai. The auction is being organised by

Business

February 19, 2024

Top 10 Stocks to Buy Before 2024 Elections for Potential Gains-thumnail

Top 10 Stocks to Buy Before 2024 Elections for Potential Gains

By Shrija Roy

The 2024 general elections in India are expected to take place next year to elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha. As the elections near, the stock market often

Business

February 17, 2024

Sports and News: Catalysts of India’s Addressable TV Revolution-thumnail

Sports and News: Catalysts of India’s Addressable TV Revolution

By Shrija Roy

The past year has borne witness to a seismic shift underway in India’s television landscape, with addressable technologies emerging as the harbinger of change. Powered by accelerating digitization and affordable

Business

February 17, 2024

“A Day Out for Helpers”: An Expat Group Organises a Fun Trip for 150 Domestic Workers-thumnail

“A Day Out for Helpers”: An Expat Group Organises a Fun Trip for 150 Domestic Workers

By Shrija Roy

Many domestic workers who help take care of homes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) do not get opportunities to go out for fun activities or trips. They are usually

News

February 17, 2024

ISTO Unveils Cinematic Desert Villa Drawn from Iconic Sci-Fi Epic Dune-thumnail

ISTO Unveils Cinematic Desert Villa Drawn from Iconic Sci-Fi Epic Dune

By Shrija Roy

The blockbuster sci-fi film Dune, based on Frank Herbert’s classic novel, transported viewers to the mysterious desert planet of Arrakis with its vast sandy landscapes and intricate structures blending into

News

February 16, 2024

Smartifai Drives Impactful Communication of Dubai Holding’s Sustainability Message-thumnail

Smartifai Drives Impactful Communication of Dubai Holding’s Sustainability Message

By Shrija Roy

Dubai Holding has taken a pioneering step in the MENA region by leveraging innovative attention technologies to raise awareness about climate change and sustainability initiatives. Partnering with Magna MENA and

News

February 16, 2024

Etihad Rail Introduces Integrated Ticketing with Nol Cards-thumnail

Etihad Rail Introduces Integrated Ticketing with Nol Cards

By Shrija Roy

The UAE continues to strengthen its position as a global leader in sustainable infrastructure development with the ongoing expansion of its national rail network. In the latest milestone, Etihad Rail

Business

February 15, 2024

Reloc8 Em: Guiding Investors to Capitalize on Dubai’s Booming Property Market -thumnail

Reloc8 Em: Guiding Investors to Capitalize on Dubai’s Booming Property Market 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai has established itself as a premier global business and tourism hub thanks to its ambitious growth and development over the past few decades. Powered by strategic initiatives to diversify

Business

February 15, 2024

India Real Estate Market Records Investment Boom as NRIs Cash in on Gulf Economic Growth-thumnail

India Real Estate Market Records Investment Boom as NRIs Cash in on Gulf Economic Growth

By Shrija Roy

The Indian real estate market has been witnessing a significant boom in investment from Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) based in the Gulf region over the past year, according to new reports.

Business

February 15, 2024

Spinneys Dubai 92 Cycle Challenge Pedals into Expo City Dubai -thumnail

Spinneys Dubai 92 Cycle Challenge Pedals into Expo City Dubai 

By Shrija Roy

The upcoming Spinneys Dubai 92 Cycle Challenge is set to transform Expo City Dubai into a vibrant hub for cycling enthusiasts from February 24th to 25th. Now in its 14th

News

February 14, 2024

Dubai Lynx Partners with Publicis Groupe ME to Foster Emerging Creative Talent-thumnail

Dubai Lynx Partners with Publicis Groupe ME to Foster Emerging Creative Talent

By Shrija Roy

Dubai Lynx, the leading creative awards and festival in the MENA region, has announced new initiatives to nurture young talent in the local advertising industry. At the forefront of these

Business

February 14, 2024

Dubai Forecast to See Strongest Growth in Prime Residential Property Market in 2024-thumnail

Dubai Forecast to See Strongest Growth in Prime Residential Property Market in 2024

By Shrija Roy

According to a recent report by global real estate consultancy Savills, Dubai is expected to see the strongest growth in its prime residential property market amongst top global cities in

Business

February 14, 2024

The Link Dubai: Redefining the Dubai Dining Experience-thumnail

The Link Dubai: Redefining the Dubai Dining Experience

By Shrija Roy

The Link Dubai, located at the One&Only One Za’abeel in Dubai, is set to become one of the most talked about dining destinations in the city with its world-class culinary

News

February 13, 2024

Dubai Investments Promotes Sustainability Goals with Third Annual Green Run-thumnail

Dubai Investments Promotes Sustainability Goals with Third Annual Green Run

By Shrija Roy

Dubai Investments is committed to furthering sustainability in the UAE through community initiatives that support green practices and healthy living. On February 18, 2024, the leading investment company will host

Business

February 13, 2024

Sundar Pichai’s Morning Routine: How The Google CEO Starts His Day-thumnail

Sundar Pichai’s Morning Routine: How The Google CEO Starts His Day

By Shrija Roy

In a recent interview, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed key insights into how he kicks off each morning. The technology industry leader follows a disciplined schedule that sets him up

Business

February 13, 2024

Emirates NBD Announces Criteria for SME Participation in Dubai’s AED500 Million International Growth Initiative -thumnail

Emirates NBD Announces Criteria for SME Participation in Dubai’s AED500 Million International Growth Initiative 

By Shrija Roy

Emirates NBD, one of the largest banks in the UAE, recently revealed the eligibility requirements for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to take part in the first phase of Dubai’s

Business

February 12, 2024

Tata Motors Registers Strong Sales Growth in January 2024 Led by Punch and Nexon SUVs-thumnail

Tata Motors Registers Strong Sales Growth in January 2024 Led by Punch and Nexon SUVs

By Shrija Roy

Tata Motors, India’s leading automotive manufacturer, reported robust sales in the month of January 2024 with total volumes crossing the 50,000 unit mark for the first time. The company sold

Business

February 12, 2024

Paytm confirms resignation of independent director Manju Agarwal – A detailed analysis-thumnail

Paytm confirms resignation of independent director Manju Agarwal – A detailed analysis

By Shrija Roy

Paytm, one of India’s leading fintech companies, recently confirmed the resignation of Manju Agarwal from the board of its banking subsidiary Paytm Payments Bank. Agarwal, who served as an independent

Business

February 12, 2024

A British Chef Leading Sustainable Change in Dubai’s Food Industry-thumnail

A British Chef Leading Sustainable Change in Dubai’s Food Industry

By Shrija Roy

Russell Impiazzi is a renowned British chef who has been working in Dubai’s hospitality industry for over 25 years. He is currently the executive chef at Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk

News

February 10, 2024

The Future of Education Forum Returns in 2024-thumnail

The Future of Education Forum Returns in 2024

By Shrija Roy

The Ministry of Education in the United Arab Emirates has announced that the second Future of Education Forum will take place during the World Government Summit in 2024. The World

Business

February 10, 2024

Government Cracks Down on Financial Fraud by Blocking Mobile Numbers-thumnail

Government Cracks Down on Financial Fraud by Blocking Mobile Numbers

By Shrija Roy

The Government of India has taken strong action against financial fraud by blocking over 1.4 lakh mobile numbers involved in such illegal activities. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and other

News

February 10, 2024

Government Push for Cervical Cancer Vaccine Hopes to Reduce Deaths from the Disease-thumnail

Government Push for Cervical Cancer Vaccine Hopes to Reduce Deaths from the Disease

By Shrija Roy

Cervical cancer has been in the spotlight in India recently due to the government’s renewed focus on vaccination against it. The disease disproportionately impacts women in the country, causing over

Healthcare

February 9, 2024

Emaar Announces Plans for Dubai Square Shopping Mall-thumnail

Emaar Announces Plans for Dubai Square Shopping Mall

By Shrija Roy

Real estate developer Emaar has revealed plans to open a unique new shopping mall in Dubai called Dubai Square. What makes this mall stand out is that it will allow

News

February 9, 2024

Virgin Voyages Cancels Dubai Cruise Trips Due to Safety Concerns in the Red Sea-thumnail

Virgin Voyages Cancels Dubai Cruise Trips Due to Safety Concerns in the Red Sea

By Shrija Roy

Virgin Voyages, a cruise line company based in Florida, has cancelled some of its cruise trips to Dubai and changed the route of one of its cruise ships. This is

News

February 9, 2024

Zheng Xiang Xiang: Pioneering a New Model of Lightning-Fast Influencer Marketing-thumnail

Zheng Xiang Xiang: Pioneering a New Model of Lightning-Fast Influencer Marketing

By Shrija Roy

The story of Zheng Xiang Xiang showcases how the landscape of online marketing and product promotion is rapidly evolving in the digital age. As one of China’s top social media

Business

February 8, 2024

RBI’s Monetary Policy Stance and Decision: A Deep Analysis-thumnail

RBI’s Monetary Policy Stance and Decision: A Deep Analysis

By Shrija Roy

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee met today to review the prevailing economic situation of the country and decide on the monetary policy stance. In this in-depth analysis,

Business

February 8, 2024

RBI Action Against Paytm: A Detailed Analysis -thumnail

RBI Action Against Paytm: A Detailed Analysis 

By Shrija Roy

The Reserve Bank of India’s recent action against digital payments major Paytm Payments Bank has garnered significant attention from the fintech industry as well as customers. In this in-depth analysis,

Business

February 8, 2024

Nestle India Reports Increase in Quarterly Profits and Revenue-thumnail

Nestle India Reports Increase in Quarterly Profits and Revenue

By Shrija Roy

Nestle India, one of the largest food and beverage companies in India, recently announced its financial results for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023. The results showed that both Nestle’s

Business

February 7, 2024

Dubai Inflation Sees Small Increase in 2023-thumnail

Dubai Inflation Sees Small Increase in 2023

By Shrija Roy

The cost of living in Dubai rose a little bit last year according to new reports. The consumer price index, or CPI, for Dubai went up 3.3% in December 2023.

News

February 7, 2024

Tata Steel Calls Off Merger with TRF, Shares Hit Upper Circuit-thumnail

Tata Steel Calls Off Merger with TRF, Shares Hit Upper Circuit

By Shrija Roy

In September 2022, Tata Steel had announced plans to merge seven of its group companies to streamline operations. One of these proposed mergers was between Tata Steel and TRF Limited.

Business

February 7, 2024

Lionel Messi Explains His Injury That Prevented Him From Playing in Hong Kong-thumnail

Lionel Messi Explains His Injury That Prevented Him From Playing in Hong Kong

By Shrija Roy

Football star Lionel Messi spoke to reporters in Tokyo, Japan about the injury that kept him from playing a match in Hong Kong with his club Inter Miami. Messi and

News

February 6, 2024

Researchers Win $700,000 Prize for Using AI to Decode Words on Ancient Burnt Scrolls-thumnail

Researchers Win $700,000 Prize for Using AI to Decode Words on Ancient Burnt Scrolls

By Shrija Roy

Three researchers have been awarded $700,000 for their work using artificial intelligence (AI) to read words on very old scrolls that were damaged in a volcanic eruption long ago. The

Business

February 6, 2024

Gold Prices Rise Again in Dubai After Falling the Day Before-thumnail

Gold Prices Rise Again in Dubai After Falling the Day Before

By Shrija Roy

Gold prices went up again in Dubai’s markets on Tuesday morning, after dropping on Monday. Data from the Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group showed that 24 karat gold rose over

Business

February 6, 2024

Anand Mahindra’s Comments Spark Discussion on India’s Most Challenging Exams-thumnail

Anand Mahindra’s Comments Spark Discussion on India’s Most Challenging Exams

By Shrija Roy

Industrialist Anand Mahindra is known for engaging in interesting discussions with people on social media. In a recent post on Twitter, Mahindra shared the perspective of an IIT graduate who

Education

February 5, 2024

IREDA’s Share Price Surges After Strong Quarterly Performance-thumnail

IREDA’s Share Price Surges After Strong Quarterly Performance

By Shrija Roy

India’s state-owned renewable energy financing firm IREDA has seen its stock price skyrocket since listing on the stock exchanges less than three months ago. According to a report on CNBC

Business

February 5, 2024

Tata Motors’ Profits Surge in Third Quarter-thumnail

Tata Motors’ Profits Surge in Third Quarter

By Shrija Roy

Tata Motors, one of India’s largest automakers, saw a huge jump in profits during the third quarter (October to December) of the current financial year. According to financial results released

Business

February 5, 2024

LK Advani to Be Conferred India’s Highest Civilian Honour, the Bharat Ratna-thumnail

LK Advani to Be Conferred India’s Highest Civilian Honour, the Bharat Ratna

By Shrija Roy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on February 3rd that veteran BJP leader LK Advani will be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour. PM Modi spoke to the 96-year-old

News

February 3, 2024

North Korea Claims it Tested Cruise Missiles with “Super Large Warheads”-thumnail

North Korea Claims it Tested Cruise Missiles with “Super Large Warheads”

By Shrija Roy

On February 2nd, North Korea announced that it had conducted tests of long-range cruise missiles earlier this week. According to state media, the missiles were fired on Monday and Tuesday

News

February 3, 2024

Over 200 Students Participate in 3-Day Regional Model Congress at Canadian University Dubai-thumnail

Over 200 Students Participate in 3-Day Regional Model Congress at Canadian University Dubai

By Shrija Roy

The Canadian University Dubai recently hosted their second annual regional model congress in partnership with Harvard Model Congress Middle East. Over 200 high school students from 10 different countries took

Business

February 3, 2024

Property Buyers in Dubai Look to New Areas for Affordable Homes-thumnail

Property Buyers in Dubai Look to New Areas for Affordable Homes

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s property market has seen strong growth in recent years. However, home prices in many popular areas have become quite high. Many buyers are now looking farther out from the

Business

February 2, 2024

Paytm Assures Users of Smooth Functioning Beyond February 29-thumnail

Paytm Assures Users of Smooth Functioning Beyond February 29

By Shrija Roy

The news of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to bar Paytm Payments Bank from taking on new customers due to certain violations had caused concerns among Paytm app

Business

February 2, 2024

Apple to Introduce Advanced AI Features on iPhone & Mac in 2024-thumnail

Apple to Introduce Advanced AI Features on iPhone & Mac in 2024

By Shrija Roy

In a recent earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed exciting new plans about incorporating advanced artificial intelligence capabilities on the company’s devices. While not providing specifics, Cook confirmed that

Business

February 2, 2024

Gyanvapi Masjid Committee Challenges Court Order in Allahabad HC-thumnail

Gyanvapi Masjid Committee Challenges Court Order in Allahabad HC

By Shrija Roy

The committee managing the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi has approached the Allahabad High Court to challenge the recent order by a local district court that allowed Hindu devotees to perform

News

February 1, 2024

Emirates Flights Face Disruption as German Workers Strike -thumnail

Emirates Flights Face Disruption as German Workers Strike 

By Shrija Roy

Emirates airline experienced flight cancellations and delays to several German destinations on February 1st due to industrial action by transport workers in Germany. A nationwide strike impacted operations at major

Business

February 1, 2024

Dubai Taxi Fleet Expands to Meet Rising Airport Demand -thumnail

Dubai Taxi Fleet Expands to Meet Rising Airport Demand 

By Shrija Roy

The Dubai Taxi Corporation recently announced plans to expand their fleet of taxis serving Dubai International Airport by 100%, increasing the number from 350 vehicles to 700. This move comes

Business

February 1, 2024

Tecom Group Posts Strong 2023 Financial Results, Delivers DH1.1 Billion Net Profit-thumnail

Tecom Group Posts Strong 2023 Financial Results, Delivers DH1.1 Billion Net Profit

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s leading operator of economic free zones, Tecom Group, announced solid financial results for the year 2023, highlighting strong business performance and growth. In a statement, Tecom reported achieving record

Business

January 31, 2024

Chancellor McCormick rules against Musk’s $56 billion Tesla compensation package -thumnail

Chancellor McCormick rules against Musk’s $56 billion Tesla compensation package 

By Shrija Roy

In a significant judgment handed down by the Court of Chancery of Delaware, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick invalidated the mammoth $56 billion compensation package granted to Elon Musk by

Business

January 31, 2024

Nova Agritech IPO Lists Today: Experts Predict Positive Debut for Agritech Player-thumnail

Nova Agritech IPO Lists Today: Experts Predict Positive Debut for Agritech Player

By Shrija Roy

The initial public offering (IPO) of Nova Agritech, an agrochemical company providing soil and crop solutions, will list on the stock exchanges today. The listing comes after the IPO saw

Business

January 31, 2024

Neuralink Makes Progress in Brain-Computer Interface Technology-thumnail

Neuralink Makes Progress in Brain-Computer Interface Technology

By Shrija Roy

In a major development in the field of brain-computer interface technology, Elon Musk’s neurotech startup Neuralink has successfully implanted its brain chip in a human subject for the first time.

Business

January 30, 2024

Cantor Fitzgerald Bullish On Adani Enterprises, Foresees Value Unlocking In Airports Business-thumnail

Cantor Fitzgerald Bullish On Adani Enterprises, Foresees Value Unlocking In Airports Business

By Shrija Roy

Global brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated coverage on Adani Enterprises with an ‘Overweight’ rating and sees substantial upside potential for the flagship company of the Adani Group. In its

Business

January 30, 2024

Bajaj Finance Shares Drop on Q3 Results: Should Investors Buy on Dips?-thumnail

Bajaj Finance Shares Drop on Q3 Results: Should Investors Buy on Dips?

By Shrija Roy

Bajaj Finance reported its results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year on January 30th, 2023. The market reacted negatively to certain aspects of the results, with the

Business

January 30, 2024

Zerodha Tech Glitch Leaves Traders High and Dry-thumnail

Zerodha Tech Glitch Leaves Traders High and Dry

By Shrija Roy

It was a chaotic morning for many traders as Zerodha, the largest stock broker in India, suffered a major technical glitch that disrupted trading activities on its popular trading platform,

Business

January 29, 2024

Reliance Industries Hits New Milestone as Market Value Surpasses Rs 19 Lakh Crore-thumnail

Reliance Industries Hits New Milestone as Market Value Surpasses Rs 19 Lakh Crore

By Shrija Roy

Mumbai: Conglomerate behemoth Reliance Industries achieved a new landmark as its market capitalization crossed the Rs 19 lakh crore mark for the first time ever. This came on the back

Business

January 29, 2024

Adani Group Stocks Surge on Positive Sentiment Around Fundraising Plans -thumnail

Adani Group Stocks Surge on Positive Sentiment Around Fundraising Plans 

By Shrija Roy

Mumbai: Shares of Adani Group companies rallied on Friday led by a sharp rise in flagship firm Adani Enterprises, amid positive sentiment around the conglomerate’s plans to raise up to

Business

January 29, 2024

Bajaj Finance’s strong AUM growth to drive over 25% rise in Q3 net profit-thumnail

Bajaj Finance’s strong AUM growth to drive over 25% rise in Q3 net profit

By Shrija Roy

India’s leading non-banking financial company Bajaj Finance is expected to report robust growth in key financial metrics for the third quarter of current fiscal backed by strong rise in assets

Business

January 27, 2024

Yes Bank Reports 2.3% Rise in Net Interest Income in Q3 FY2024; Net Profit Falls Short of Estimates-thumnail

Yes Bank Reports 2.3% Rise in Net Interest Income in Q3 FY2024; Net Profit Falls Short of Estimates

By Shrija Roy

Private sector lender Yes Bank reported its financial results for the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year 2024 today, posting a 2.3% year-on-year rise in net interest income. However,

Business

January 27, 2024

Binny Bansal Steps Down From Flipkart Board to Avoid Conflict of Interest With New Venture-thumnail

Binny Bansal Steps Down From Flipkart Board to Avoid Conflict of Interest With New Venture

By Shrija Roy

Binny Bansal, one of the co-founders of Flipkart, has resigned from the board of the e-commerce major citing potential conflict of interest arising from his new business venture.  Bansal had

Business

January 27, 2024

Ayodhya Set for Tourism Windfall as Ram Mandir Inauguration Sparks Religious Travel Boom-thumnail

Ayodhya Set for Tourism Windfall as Ram Mandir Inauguration Sparks Religious Travel Boom

By Shrija Roy

The inauguration of the grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya last week has set the stage for an unprecedented tourism bonanza in the historic city, with major players in the travel

Business

January 25, 2024

Key Indian Equity Indices Open Flat, but Majority of Stocks Trade With Positive Bias-thumnail

Key Indian Equity Indices Open Flat, but Majority of Stocks Trade With Positive Bias

By Shrija Roy

The key domestic equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty, opened Thursday’s session on a muted note but largely maintained their ground amid a positive bias in the broader market. At the

Business

January 25, 2024

Bopanna-Ebden Duo Enter Australian Open 2024 Men’s Doubles Final-thumnail

Bopanna-Ebden Duo Enter Australian Open 2024 Men’s Doubles Final

By Shrija Roy

India’s Rohan Bopanna and his men’s doubles partner Matthew Ebden of Australia have reached the final of the Australian Open 2024 afyer a hard fought semifinal win. The seasoned pair

News

January 25, 2024

E-Commerce Giant eBay Forced to Downsize Workforce Amid Changing Market Conditions-thumnail

E-Commerce Giant eBay Forced to Downsize Workforce Amid Changing Market Conditions

By Shrija Roy

In yet another instance of Big Tech firms readjusting their payroll, online marketplace eBay announced it will lay off approximately 1000 employees or 9% of its workforce. Citing organisational changes

Business

January 24, 2024

Major International Asset Managers Increased Holdings in Adani Group’s Dollar Bonds-thumnail

Major International Asset Managers Increased Holdings in Adani Group’s Dollar Bonds

By Shrija Roy

Despite facing significant losses after the Hindenburg Research report alleged irregularities in Adani Group’s operations, some major international asset managers increased their holdings in the conglomerate’s dollar bonds over the

Business

January 24, 2024

Army Personnel Attack Injures Colleagues in Manipur-thumnail

Army Personnel Attack Injures Colleagues in Manipur

By Shrija Roy

In a shocking incident of violence, an Assam Rifles soldier opened fire on his fellow colleagues at an army camp near the border in the northeastern state of Manipur. As

News

January 24, 2024

Regulators Provide Leeway to Offshore Funds on Disclosure Compliance -thumnail

Regulators Provide Leeway to Offshore Funds on Disclosure Compliance 

By Shrija Roy

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the country’s markets regulator, has granted offshore funds an additional seven months to comply with disclosure requirements around investor data, according to

Business

January 24, 2024

Technical Glitch Hits Growing Investor Base of Groww-thumnail

Technical Glitch Hits Growing Investor Base of Groww

By Shrija Roy

On January 23rd, leading Indian investment platform Groww experienced widespread technical issues that prevented many users from accessing their accounts. According to reports, clients were unable to login to the

Business

January 23, 2024

Israel Reels After Its Deadliest Attack Since 2015 Gaza War-thumnail

Israel Reels After Its Deadliest Attack Since 2015 Gaza War

By Shrija Roy

Israel suffered a devastating blow this week when 21 soldiers were killed in a single incident in Gaza – the largest death toll from one event since the Jewish state’s

Business

January 23, 2024

Gold weakens on Reduced Expectations of Early Fed Rate Cut-thumnail

Gold weakens on Reduced Expectations of Early Fed Rate Cut

By Shrija Roy

The gold price kicked off the week on a softer note after traders trimmed their bets of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in the coming months.

Business

January 22, 2024

Sony Calls Off Proposed Merger With Zee Entertainment -thumnail

Sony Calls Off Proposed Merger With Zee Entertainment 

By Shrija Roy

In a major setback for India’s media industry, Sony Group has officially terminated its plans to merge with Zee Entertainment Enterprises, ending over two years of negotiations between the two

Business

January 22, 2024

Prime Minister Modi to Inaugurate Grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya -thumnail

Prime Minister Modi to Inaugurate Grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya 

By Shrija Roy

The stage is set for the grand opening ceremony of the new Ram Temple in Ayodhya, underway today with the attendance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This historic moment has

Business

January 22, 2024

IRCON’s Upward Momentum: Will the PSU Major’s Gains Sustain?-thumnail

IRCON’s Upward Momentum: Will the PSU Major’s Gains Sustain?

By Shrija Roy

State-owned IRCON International Ltd witnessed sharp appreciation in its share price over the past week, as investor sentiment towards the stock remains boisterous. On Friday’s special trading session, the company’s

Business

January 20, 2024

Rumours Confirmed: Shoaib Malik Marries Sana Javed After Reports of Split from Sania Mirza-thumnail

Rumours Confirmed: Shoaib Malik Marries Sana Javed After Reports of Split from Sania Mirza

By Shrija Roy

The cricketing world was abuzz with speculation recently regarding veteran Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik’s marital status. After numerous conjectures throughout the recent past, the accomplished sportsman has now definitely put

News

January 20, 2024

Property Investment: How Home Renovations in Dubai Can Boost Your Returns-thumnail

Property Investment: How Home Renovations in Dubai Can Boost Your Returns

By Shrija Roy

With the red-hot property market in Dubai showing no signs of cooling, savvy investors are always on the lookout for strategies to maximize profits from real estate holdings. One tactic

Business

January 20, 2024

Dubai Authorities to Add Two New Toll Gates to Manage Traffic Flow-thumnail

Dubai Authorities to Add Two New Toll Gates to Manage Traffic Flow

By Shrija Roy

As the city of Dubai continues its rapid growth and development, managing efficient traffic circulation around the bustling metropolis remains a key priority for transportation authorities. In the latest measure

Business

January 19, 2024

Analyst Feedback Points to Nearing Turnaround for HDFC Bank-thumnail

Analyst Feedback Points to Nearing Turnaround for HDFC Bank

By Shrija Roy

Global brokerage house CLSA has released insights from interactions with over 20 clients following HDFC Bank’s third quarter earnings release earlier this week. Both domestic and foreign investors aired varied

Business

January 19, 2024

Big Earnings Day: Key Indian Companies Line Up to Report Q3 Results-thumnail

Big Earnings Day: Key Indian Companies Line Up to Report Q3 Results

By Shrija Roy

Top companies from key sectors of the Indian economy are gearing up to unveil their performance for the third quarter (Q3) of the current financial year as the earnings season

Business

January 19, 2024

Indian Stock Markets See Major January Declines on Banking Woes-thumnail

Indian Stock Markets See Major January Declines on Banking Woes

By Shrija Roy

After witnessing record highs earlier this month, Indian stock markets suffered sharp declines this week as banking and financial stocks corrected significantly. As per the article, both key indices Nifty50

Business

January 18, 2024

Dubai’s Luxury Floating Villa Project to Drive Real Estate Investments -thumnail

Dubai’s Luxury Floating Villa Project to Drive Real Estate Investments 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai continues to set new benchmarks in real estate extravagance with its ambitious Neptune Project comprising customisable floating villas priced between AED 100-250 million each. Slated to be located off

Business

January 18, 2024

Escalating Tensions Between Neighbors- Pakistan and Iran-thumnail

Escalating Tensions Between Neighbors- Pakistan and Iran

By Shrija Roy

Tensions have been rising between neighbouring states Pakistan and Iran, with both countries recently carrying out missile strikes on each other’s territory. According to reports, Pakistan conducted operations targeting “terrorist

News

January 18, 2024

LIC Ascends to the Top as Most Valued PSU-thumnail

LIC Ascends to the Top as Most Valued PSU

By Shrija Roy

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has achieved a notable milestone by surpassing State Bank of India (SBI) to become the most valuable public sector undertaking (PSU) listed on Indian

Business

January 17, 2024

NRI Investor Ups Ante in Adani Group and Other Stocks-thumnail

NRI Investor Ups Ante in Adani Group and Other Stocks

By Shrija Roy

Mumbai: As one of India’s largest conglomerates continued to attract global attention, new details have emerged about increasing investments from an influential overseas investor.  Rajiv Jain, an NRI financier based

Business

January 17, 2024

Violence Flares Up Again in Manipur-thumnail

Violence Flares Up Again in Manipur

By Shrija Roy

After a period of relative calm, fresh violence has erupted once more in the northeastern state of Manipur. On Wednesday morning, an exchange of fire broke out between security forces

News

January 17, 2024

Elon Musk Seeks More Control Over Tesla’s Future as AI Ambitions Grow-thumnail

Elon Musk Seeks More Control Over Tesla’s Future as AI Ambitions Grow

By Shrija Roy

Elon Musk, Tesla’s founder and largest individual stakeholder, has expressed a desire to increase his voting control of the electric vehicle maker to 25% as the company increasingly pushes into

Business

January 16, 2024

LIC Stock Hits An Important Milestone – What This Means For Investors-thumnail

LIC Stock Hits An Important Milestone – What This Means For Investors

By Shrija Roy

India’s largest insurance company, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), has witnessed its share price cross an important milestone recently. For the first time since its market debut, LIC stock

Business

January 16, 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy withdraws from US Presidential Race: Here’s Why-thumnail

Vivek Ramaswamy withdraws from US Presidential Race: Here’s Why

By Shrija Roy

Indian-American businessman Vivek Ramaswamy has announced his decision to withdraw from the Republican party’s nomination for the 2024 US Presidential elections. Ramaswamy had launched his presidential bid earlier this year

News

January 16, 2024

Top Executives Expect Stable Inflation and Interest Rates in Near Term: MC Survey-thumnail

Top Executives Expect Stable Inflation and Interest Rates in Near Term: MC Survey

By Shrija Roy

A survey by Moneycontrol of over 50 CEOs and business heads across diverse industries in India has found that the majority expect inflation and interest rates to remain unchanged over

Business

January 15, 2024

Multiple Passengers Wounded as Buses Collide on Yamuna Expressway -thumnail

Multiple Passengers Wounded as Buses Collide on Yamuna Expressway 

By Shrija Roy

In a disturbing pre-dawn incident today, two buses collided on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura, leaving many travellers injured. As per initial reports, over 40 people were hurt when the

News

January 15, 2024

Passenger Assaults Indigo Pilot After 13 Hour Flight Delay -thumnail

Passenger Assaults Indigo Pilot After 13 Hour Flight Delay 

By Shrija Roy

A shocking incident of passenger violence against airline crew has emerged from New Delhi airport. A video that has now gone viral on social media shows an Indigo pilot being

Business

January 15, 2024

Travellers Stranded as Flight gets Diverted to Dhaka-thumnail

Travellers Stranded as Flight gets Diverted to Dhaka

By Shrija Roy

In an unfortunate series of events, a Guwahati-bound IndiGo flight from Mumbai had to make an unscheduled landing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, leaving over 170 passengers stranded for several hours on

News

January 13, 2024

Tragic Accident in Telangana Leaves Woman Dead-thumnail

Tragic Accident in Telangana Leaves Woman Dead

By Shrija Roy

Early on Saturday, a horrific bus accident in Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal district claimed the life of one passenger and left another injured. According to reports, the private travel bus was

News

January 13, 2024

Rising Star Dhruv Jurel Earns Maiden India Call-Up-thumnail

Rising Star Dhruv Jurel Earns Maiden India Call-Up

By Shrija Roy

22-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel received a dream call-up to the Indian Test team when he was chosen in the squad for the upcoming two-match series against England. Jurel has impressed

News

January 13, 2024

Indian Stock Markets Rise Sharply on Strong Results from IT Giants -thumnail

Indian Stock Markets Rise Sharply on Strong Results from IT Giants 

By Shrija Roy

Indian stock markets witnessed sharp gains on Friday led by strength in IT stocks following impressive December quarter results from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys. The BSE Sensex rose

Business

January 12, 2024

The NISAR Satellite Launch Delayed to March-thumnail

The NISAR Satellite Launch Delayed to March

By Shrija Roy

The launch of an important joint satellite mission between India and the United States has been postponed to a later date. The Nisar mission aims to study changes on Earth

Business

January 12, 2024

Australian Premium Solar (India) IPO to open on January 11th-thumnail

Australian Premium Solar (India) IPO to open on January 11th

By Shrija Roy

Australian Premium Solar (India) Limited is set to launch its initial public offering (IPO) on the NSE SME platform. The company manufactures solar panels and provides EPC services for solar

Business

January 11, 2024

TCS Q3 Results: Company Continues Strong Growth Amid Macro Challenges-thumnail

TCS Q3 Results: Company Continues Strong Growth Amid Macro Challenges

By Shrija Roy

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) declared its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 ending December, reporting continued revenue growth despite macroeconomic headwinds facing the IT sector. Some

News

January 11, 2024

Polycab Shares Tumble 20% on Income Tax Search; What Investors Need to Know-thumnail

Polycab Shares Tumble 20% on Income Tax Search; What Investors Need to Know

By Shrija Roy

It has been a tumultuous start to the new year for investors in Polycab India Limited, as shares in the cable and wire manufacturer plunged 20% on January 11 following

Business

January 11, 2024

Delta Corp Q3 Profit Declines Sharply, Stock Likely To Fall Further-thumnail

Delta Corp Q3 Profit Declines Sharply, Stock Likely To Fall Further

By Shrija Roy

Delta Corp, one of India’s leading gaming and casino companies, announced a significant drop in its Q3 net profit. For the quarter ended December 2023, the net profit declined nearly

Business

January 10, 2024

TikTok Limits Access to Analysis Tools After Criticism of Content Suppression  -thumnail

TikTok Limits Access to Analysis Tools After Criticism of Content Suppression  

By Shrija Roy

TikTok, the video sharing social media platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has recently placed restrictions on the tools researchers use to analyse trends and content on its platform. This

Business

January 10, 2024

Cochin Shipyard Shares Surge to Record High Post Stock Split Approval -thumnail

Cochin Shipyard Shares Surge to Record High Post Stock Split Approval 

By Shrija Roy

Cochin Shipyard Ltd saw its share price rally to new highs on Wednesday after the company fixed a record date for its recently approved stock split. According to the exchange

Business

January 10, 2024

Sony Flags Off Zee Deal: What Next for the Two Media Giants?  -thumnail

Sony Flags Off Zee Deal: What Next for the Two Media Giants?  

By Shrija Roy

In a major setback, reports indicate that Sony is considering termination of its proposed $10 billion merger with Zee Entertainment. Citing regulatory issues faced by Zee MD Punit Goenka, the

Business

January 9, 2024

Bajaj Auto’s Buyback Offer Drives Share Price Higher: What Investors Should Know-thumnail

Bajaj Auto’s Buyback Offer Drives Share Price Higher: What Investors Should Know

By Shrija Roy

Bajaj Auto has announced plans to buyback shares worth Rs. 4,000 crore through a tender offer route. The buyback price of Rs. 10,000 crore represents a steep 43% premium to

Business

January 9, 2024

Should You Press ‘Subscribe’ to Jyoti CNC’s Rs. 1000 Crore IPO? -thumnail

Should You Press ‘Subscribe’ to Jyoti CNC’s Rs. 1000 Crore IPO? 

By Shrija Roy

Jyoti CNC Automation, one of India’s leading manufacturers of CNC (computer numerical control) machines, is set to launch its initial public offering (IPO) next week to raise Rs. 1000 crore.

Business

January 9, 2024

Asia Wealth Managers Opening Offices in Dubai-thumnail

Asia Wealth Managers Opening Offices in Dubai

By Shrija Roy

An increasing number of wealth management firms from Asia are setting up offices in Dubai. They see growing opportunities in the city as wealthy clients from the region look to

Business

January 8, 2024

Flipkart to Reduce its Workforce by 5-7% -thumnail

Flipkart to Reduce its Workforce by 5-7% 

By Shrija Roy

E-commerce giant Flipkart is planning to cut jobs as part of its annual performance reviews. The workforce is expected to shrink by 5-7% which can impact over 1,500 employees. This

Business

January 8, 2024

India-Maldives Tensions Rise as Ministers Make Offensive Remarks-thumnail

India-Maldives Tensions Rise as Ministers Make Offensive Remarks

By Shrija Roy

The recent diplomatic tensions between India and the Maldives have escalated after derogatory comments were made against India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Maldivian ministers. In protest, travel companies have

Indian Govt

January 8, 2024

Fire on Bangladesh Train Kills 4 Ahead of Controversial Election-thumnail

Fire on Bangladesh Train Kills 4 Ahead of Controversial Election

By Shrija Roy

A devastating fire on a passenger train in Bangladesh just one day before nationwide elections has led to calls of foul play from opposition groups. On Friday evening, as the

News

January 6, 2024

XRISM Reveals First Glimpse of Hidden Cosmic World-thumnail

XRISM Reveals First Glimpse of Hidden Cosmic World

By Shrija Roy

Japan’s newest space observatory called XRISM has provided scientists with an exciting early look at the invisible universe through X-rays. Though the mission just launched last month, researchers operating its

News

January 6, 2024

Better Markets CEO Urges SEC to Reject Spot Bitcoin ETFs  -thumnail

Better Markets CEO Urges SEC to Reject Spot Bitcoin ETFs  

By Shrija Roy

The CEO of nonprofit organization Better Markets has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) not to approve proposed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that would directly invest in Bitcoin. In

Business

January 6, 2024

Houthi Drone Boat Explodes in Red Sea Following US Warning-thumnail

Houthi Drone Boat Explodes in Red Sea Following US Warning

By Shrija Roy

On January 5th, 2023, reports emerged of a Houthi explosive-laden drone boat exploding in the Red Sea just hours after a US warning of consequences if attacks did not cease.

News

January 5, 2024

South Korea Orders Evacuation of Border Islands as North Korea Conducts Artillery Drills-thumnail

South Korea Orders Evacuation of Border Islands as North Korea Conducts Artillery Drills

By Shrija Roy

On January 5th, 2023, South Korea ordered the evacuation of two islands near the maritime border with North Korea after North Korea conducted live-fire artillery drills in the area. The

News

January 5, 2024

Indian Navy Helps Hijacked Ship with 15 Indian Crew Members -thumnail

Indian Navy Helps Hijacked Ship with 15 Indian Crew Members 

By Shrija Roy

A big ship was taken over by bad men near Somalia in Africa. The ship is called MV Lila Norfolk. It belongs to the country Liberia. 15 Indian workers were

Business

January 5, 2024

Pampered with Luxury: Extravagant Gifts amongst the Ambani Family-thumnail

Pampered with Luxury: Extravagant Gifts amongst the Ambani Family

By Shrija Roy

The Ambani family is renowned for their incredible wealth and opulent lifestyle. Being one of the richest families in India, they certainly do not shy away from showering one another

Business

January 4, 2024

Adani Family Becomes India’s Wealthiest After Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Stock Prices-thumnail

Adani Family Becomes India’s Wealthiest After Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Stock Prices

By Shrija Roy

The Adani family has surpassed Mukesh Ambani to regain the title of India’s richest family according to recent estimates, thanks to a significant rally in stocks of companies owned by

Business

January 4, 2024

Tata Motors Set For Recovery as JPMorgan Lifts Outlook on Jaguar Strength -thumnail

Tata Motors Set For Recovery as JPMorgan Lifts Outlook on Jaguar Strength 

By Shrija Roy

Automaker Tata Motors saw its shares rise over 2% recently after an influential investment bank upgraded their recommendation on the stock. JPMorgan analysts believe the company is poised for gains

Automotive

January 4, 2024

DSF’s Famous Pop-Up Market Returns for Its 11th Edition-thumnail

DSF’s Famous Pop-Up Market Returns for Its 11th Edition

By Shrija Roy

Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) is once again welcoming visitors to experience one of its most popular features – the Market Outside the Box (MOTB) pop-up market. Now in its 11th

Business

January 3, 2024

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Paves The Way For Direct-to-Phone Satellite Internet -thumnail

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Paves The Way For Direct-to-Phone Satellite Internet 

By Shrija Roy

In a move that could further revolutionize global connectivity, SpaceX’s satellite internet division Starlink has taken the capability of beaming internet from space directly to users’ devices. The company recently

Business

January 3, 2024

Adani Group Stocks Rally on SC Verdict Clearing Allegations-thumnail

Adani Group Stocks Rally on SC Verdict Clearing Allegations

By Shrija Roy

The markets reacted strongly today as major Adani group companies saw their share prices surge, buoyed by a favorable judgment from the Supreme Court. In its ruling, the apex court

Business

January 3, 2024

BHEL Emerges as Sole Bidder for NLC India’s Odisha Power Plant Project after L&T Withdraws-thumnail

BHEL Emerges as Sole Bidder for NLC India’s Odisha Power Plant Project after L&T Withdraws

By Shrija Roy

The tight deadline for the bidding process of NLC India’s ambitious thermal power plant project in Odisha has led to an unexpected development, with engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T)

Business

January 2, 2024

A Passion for Music: Expat’s Extensive Vinyl and CD Collection Worth Over Dh1 Million-thumnail

A Passion for Music: Expat’s Extensive Vinyl and CD Collection Worth Over Dh1 Million

By Shrija Roy

Ali Maarrawi Dabbah’s love for music is on full display upon entering his Jumeirah Beach Residence apartment in Dubai. The walls are completely lined with shelves holding nearly 12,000 vinyl

Business

January 2, 2024

Japan Braces for Rising Death Toll as Powerful Quake Strikes Coast-thumnail

Japan Braces for Rising Death Toll as Powerful Quake Strikes Coast

By Shrija Roy

A powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s coast on New Year’s Day has left extensive damage and casualties likely to increase in coming days, according to officials assessing the destruction. The

News

January 2, 2024

PM Modi Inaugurates New International Airport in Ayodhya-thumnail

PM Modi Inaugurates New International Airport in Ayodhya

By Shrija Roy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the holy city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh today to inaugurate a new international airport. Ayodhya holds deep religious significance as the birthplace of Lord

Economy

December 30, 2023

Indian Billionaires Grow Even Richer in 2023-thumnail

Indian Billionaires Grow Even Richer in 2023

By Shrija Roy

The past year was very good for India’s super-wealthy, with some of the country’s richest individuals adding billions to their already massive fortunes. Leading the pack was Mukesh Ambani, chairman

Business

December 30, 2023

UAE Stock Markets End 2023 on a High Note -thumnail

UAE Stock Markets End 2023 on a High Note 

By Shrija Roy

The final day of trading for stock exchanges in Dubai and Abu Dhabi saw moderate gains, providing a positive finish to the year. Both indices closed higher on Friday December

Business

December 30, 2023

Vedanta Shares: How Debt, Dividends and Demergers Impacted Anil Agarwal’s Company in 2023-thumnail

Vedanta Shares: How Debt, Dividends and Demergers Impacted Anil Agarwal’s Company in 2023

By Shrija Roy

The year 2023 proved to be a challenging one for Vedanta Ltd., the mining giant controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal. Issues around high debt levels, fluctuating dividend payouts, and plans

Business

December 29, 2023

Google Settles Major Lawsuit Over Tracking Users’ Private Browsing Data-thumnail

Google Settles Major Lawsuit Over Tracking Users’ Private Browsing Data

By Shrija Roy

In a major privacy lawsuit settlement, Google has agreed to pay billions of rupees to users after being accused of secretly monitoring people’s internet activity even when they were browsing

Business

December 29, 2023

Dubai’s Continued Dominance of the GCC Real Estate Market-thumnail

Dubai’s Continued Dominance of the GCC Real Estate Market

By Shrija Roy

The real estate sector in Dubai continues to outperform other markets across the GCC region and is expected to retain its leadership position in 2024 according to experts. analysts predict

Business

December 29, 2023

Escalating Israel-Hamas Conflict Spreads Across Indian Region-thumnail

Escalating Israel-Hamas Conflict Spreads Across Indian Region

By Shrija Roy

The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza is spreading its tentacles across the volatile Middle East region. According to analysts, the prolonged war risks destabilizing

Economy

December 28, 2023

Tamil Film Icon & Politician Vijayakant Passes Away After Battling Illness -thumnail

Tamil Film Icon & Politician Vijayakant Passes Away After Battling Illness 

By Shrija Roy

It was tragic news for fans across Tamil Nadu when iconic actor and politician Vijayakant breathed his last on December 28th. According to reports, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK)

Business

December 28, 2023

Dense Winter Fog Causes Travel Disruptions Across North India-thumnail

Dense Winter Fog Causes Travel Disruptions Across North India

By Shrija Roy

The northern states of India have been experiencing dense fog over the past few days which has led to major delays and disruptions in air and train travel. According to

Environment

December 28, 2023

Happy Forgings Shares Start Trading Much Higher Than Their Issue Price-thumnail

Happy Forgings Shares Start Trading Much Higher Than Their Issue Price

By Shrija Roy

The initial public offering (IPO) of Happy Forgings saw strong interest from investors as the company’s shares began trading on the stock exchanges today at a significant premium.  Happy Forgings

Business

December 27, 2023

Indian Investors Put $335 Million Into Dubai’s Property Market in the First Half of 2023-thumnail

Indian Investors Put $335 Million Into Dubai’s Property Market in the First Half of 2023

By Shrija Roy

In the first six months of this year, investors from India significantly contributed to Dubai’s real estate sector, pouring around $335 million into various property deals and projects across the

Business

December 27, 2023

Adani Green Completes Major Joint Venture Deal With Energy Giant TotalEnergies-thumnail

Adani Green Completes Major Joint Venture Deal With Energy Giant TotalEnergies

By Shrija Roy

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), India’s largest solar power developer, has announced the completion of a major joint venture deal with one of the world’s largest energy companies, TotalEnergies of

Business

December 27, 2023

Wipro Stock Surges on Possibility of Former LTI CEO Jalona’s Entry-thumnail

Wipro Stock Surges on Possibility of Former LTI CEO Jalona’s Entry

By Shrija Roy

The rumours of Sanjay Jalona potentially joining IT services leader Wipro as a senior executive sent the company’s shareholders into a tizzy last week. On Friday, December 22nd, Wipro shares

Business

December 26, 2023

Dubai Holiday Home Rentals See Record Income Amid COP28 Tourism Rush-thumnail

Dubai Holiday Home Rentals See Record Income Amid COP28 Tourism Rush

By Shrija Roy

As COP28 concluded with unprecedented tourism inflow, Dubai’s short-term rental market reaped the rewards with rental rates surging over 50%. According to market sources, landlords offering holiday apartments cashed in

Business

December 26, 2023

Motisons Jewellers Shines Brightly After Grand Stock Market Debut-thumnail

Motisons Jewellers Shines Brightly After Grand Stock Market Debut

By Shrija Roy

The fancy first day of trading for Motisons Jewellers showed there is lots of interest in India’s quality jewelry business. Its stock price jumped a huge 98% above the offer

Business

December 26, 2023

Mysterious Drone Attack on Commercial Ship Raises Security Concerns-thumnail

Mysterious Drone Attack on Commercial Ship Raises Security Concerns

By Shrija Roy

In a shocking development, reports have emerged of an apparent drone strike that targeted a merchant vessel sailing off the coast of India near Gujarat. While full details are still

Business

December 23, 2023

Infosys’ Huge Setback as $1.5 Billion Deal Is Suddenly Terminated-thumnail

Infosys’ Huge Setback as $1.5 Billion Deal Is Suddenly Terminated

By Shrija Roy

In a major jolt to India’s second largest IT services company, Infosys has lost one of its largest deals signed just a couple of months ago. The Bengaluru-based tech giant

Business

December 23, 2023

“Extremism Shouldn’t Be Given Space”: EAM Jaishankar’s Message After US Temple Attack-thumnail

“Extremism Shouldn’t Be Given Space”: EAM Jaishankar’s Message After US Temple Attack

By Shrija Roy

The vandalism of Swaminarayan Mandir temple in California has shocked Hindus living in the US as well as in India. However, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made it clear that

Indian Govt

December 23, 2023

Canada Courts UAE Talent in Hunt for Skilled Workers-thumnail

Canada Courts UAE Talent in Hunt for Skilled Workers

By Shrija Roy

Several Canadian provinces are looking abroad to address domestic labour needs, with the UAE emerging as a keyinternational recruitment hub. In a significant move highlighting two-way cooperation between the nations,

Business

December 22, 2023

Dubai Duty Free Marks 40 Years with Whopping Anniversary Sales -thumnail

Dubai Duty Free Marks 40 Years with Whopping Anniversary Sales 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai Duty Free ushered in a new year this week by celebrating four decades in the industry with a spectacular anniversary sale that saw over Dh54 million in sales within

Business

December 22, 2023

LIC Shares Rally on Revised MSP Rules: What Investors Need to Know -thumnail

LIC Shares Rally on Revised MSP Rules: What Investors Need to Know 

By Shrija Roy

Shares of insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) saw significant gains yesterday after the government announced a regulatory tweak removing a long-standing overhang on the stock.  LIC rallied over 5%

Business

December 22, 2023

Cryptocurrencies Sparkle Amid Renewed Investor Interest in 2023-thumnail

Cryptocurrencies Sparkle Amid Renewed Investor Interest in 2023

By Shrija Roy

The year 2023 witnessed a notable recovery in cryptocurrency markets, with major coins such as Bitcoin and Ethereum appreciating significantly from January lows. This price resurgence is encouraging from a

Business

December 21, 2023

Export Potential of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir Models  -thumnail

Export Potential of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir Models  

By Shrija Roy

The growing global demand for models of the Ram Mandir currently being constructed in Ayodhya represents an encouraging opportunity for artisans and entrepreneurs in the city. According to reports, workshops

News

December 21, 2023

A New Entrant Makes Waves in Dubai’s Prestigious Real Estate Market-thumnail

A New Entrant Makes Waves in Dubai’s Prestigious Real Estate Market

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s property sector has cemented its status as a magnet for both regional and international investment, with transaction values reaching record highs in 2023 on rebounding demand. Into this landscape

News

December 20, 2023

Public Sector Energy Giants Surge to New Peaks on Renewed Profit Optimism-thumnail

Public Sector Energy Giants Surge to New Peaks on Renewed Profit Optimism

By Shrija Roy

In a sign that investor sentiment towards India’s state-run oil majors may be turning a corner, shares of Oil India Ltd. and ONGC witnessed sharp intraday rallies yesterday. Pushed up

News

December 20, 2023

PM Modi Responds to Controversial Assassination Plot Allegations -thumnail

PM Modi Responds to Controversial Assassination Plot Allegations 

By Shrija Roy

New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally addressed the swirl of controversy surrounding recent US claims of an Indian assassination plot, delivering a carefully crafted response emphasizing due

News

December 20, 2023

Graco Opens New Application Support Center in Dubai to Better Serve MENA Customers -thumnail

Graco Opens New Application Support Center in Dubai to Better Serve MENA Customers 

By Shrija Roy

Industrial equipment manufacturer Graco has expanded its footprint in the Middle East with the recent opening of an advanced Application Support Center in Dubai. Located in Dubai South, the new

Business

December 19, 2023

PSU Bank Stocks Primed for Further Upside as Fundamentals Strengthen-thumnail

PSU Bank Stocks Primed for Further Upside as Fundamentals Strengthen

By Shrija Roy

India’s public sector banks have seen quite the turnaround in recent years after struggling with low profits and asset quality issues for much of the last decade. A massive clean-up

Business

December 19, 2023

India Shines as a Global Growth Engine According to Latest IMF Analysis-thumnail

India Shines as a Global Growth Engine According to Latest IMF Analysis

By Shrija Roy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its annual assessment of the Indian economy, highlighting the country’s stellar growth performance and significant contribution to global economic recovery. According to the

Business

December 19, 2023

Kaye & Co Sets Industry Benchmark with Groundbreaking Forest Initiative-thumnail

Kaye & Co Sets Industry Benchmark with Groundbreaking Forest Initiative

By Shrija Roy

In a pioneering move, leading UAE real estate firm Kaye & Co has undertaken an ambitious environmental sustainability project that will set an example for others in the sector to

Business

December 18, 2023

Dubai Insurance Partners With OneDegree to Offer Comprehensive Coverage for Crypto Firms-thumnail

Dubai Insurance Partners With OneDegree to Offer Comprehensive Coverage for Crypto Firms

By Shrija Roy

The crypto industry in the UAE is set for enhanced protection and stability with Dubai Insurance’s new collaboration with OneDegree to provide specialized insurance solutions. As the region’s crypto market

Business

December 18, 2023

Sugar Stocks Surge on Reversal of Sugarcane Juice Ban for Ethanol Production-thumnail

Sugar Stocks Surge on Reversal of Sugarcane Juice Ban for Ethanol Production

By Shrija Roy

The Indian government’s recent reversal of the ban on using sugarcane juice for ethanol production has come as welcome relief for sugar stocks, which witnessed significant gains in early market

Business

December 18, 2023

India’s Rising AI Prowess Attracts Global Attention-thumnail

India’s Rising AI Prowess Attracts Global Attention

By Shrija Roy

Top AI expert and entrepreneur Andrew Ng shed light on India’s leading position in AI adoption and skills at the CNBC TV18 Global AI Conclave. Ng, who is the co-founder

Artificial Intelligence

December 16, 2023

Dewa’s Solar Park Metaverse Experience to Boost Dubai’s Clean Energy Credentials  -thumnail

Dewa’s Solar Park Metaverse Experience to Boost Dubai’s Clean Energy Credentials  

By Shrija Roy

In line with its ambitions of becoming a leader in clean energy adoption and carbon reduction, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has launched an immersive virtual reality experience at

Business

December 16, 2023

Surat’s Diamond Bourse Set to Solidify India’s Grip on Global Diamond Trade-thumnail

Surat’s Diamond Bourse Set to Solidify India’s Grip on Global Diamond Trade

By Shrija Roy

In a major boost for Gujarat’s diamond industry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate what is billed as the world’s largest diamond trading facility in Surat this weekend.

Business

December 16, 2023

Indian Markets Hit New Highs, Investor Wealth Swells by Rs. 2 Lakh Crore-thumnail

Indian Markets Hit New Highs, Investor Wealth Swells by Rs. 2 Lakh Crore

By Shrija Roy

Dalal Street witnessed an energetic surge in trading activity over the past week, with both the key indices scaling new record highs and bolstering investor wealth substantially. The benchmark S&P

Business

December 15, 2023

Tech Stocks Eye Gains as Rate Cut Hopes Rise; Mastek, Mphasis, Mindtree in Focus-thumnail

Tech Stocks Eye Gains as Rate Cut Hopes Rise; Mastek, Mphasis, Mindtree in Focus

By Shrija Roy

Indian information technology stocks saw significant buying interest on Thursday amid hopes that a potential slowdown in rate hikes by global central banks will bode well for the sector. Leading

Business

December 15, 2023

Interest Rates Turning Supportive Globally and in India-thumnail

Interest Rates Turning Supportive Globally and in India

By Shrija Roy

Indian equity markets are expected to see another 5% rally during the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal year 2024-25 leading up to the general elections, says Andrew Holland, Managing Director

News

December 15, 2023

Indian Stock Markets Rally on Hopes of Slower Rate Hikes by US Federal Reserve-thumnail

Indian Stock Markets Rally on Hopes of Slower Rate Hikes by US Federal Reserve

By Shrija Roy

Mumbai: Dalal Street resumed its bullish momentum on Thursday as key benchmark indices zoomed over 1% in early trade, fuelled by positive sentiments after the US Federal Reserve signalled a

Business

December 14, 2023

Indian Army Mounts Massive Relief Operation to Rescue Over 1200 Stranded Tourists in Sikkim-thumnail

Indian Army Mounts Massive Relief Operation to Rescue Over 1200 Stranded Tourists in Sikkim

By Shrija Roy

Gangtok: In a Herculean relief and rescue effort through the night, personnel of the Indian Army evacuated over 1200 stranded tourists caught in inclement weather and heavy snowfall in remote

News

December 14, 2023

Parliament Security Breach: Protestors Reveal Reason Behind Dramatic Protest-thumnail

Parliament Security Breach: Protestors Reveal Reason Behind Dramatic Protest

By Shrija Roy

New Delhi: Police investigation into last week’s shocking breach of Parliament security has revealed key details about the objectives and planning behind the dramatic protest staged by six individuals. In

Business

December 14, 2023

Adani Total Gas Shares Fall Sharply, Doubts Emerge Over Stock Holding Rs 1000 Mark  -thumnail

Adani Total Gas Shares Fall Sharply, Doubts Emerge Over Stock Holding Rs 1000 Mark  

By Shrija Roy

The shares of Adani Total Gas witnessed a significant decline over the past two trading sessions, dropping around 15% from its recent highs. This has led to concerns whether the

Business

December 13, 2023

Stamp Duty Ruling to Strengthen Arbitration Agreements in India -thumnail

Stamp Duty Ruling to Strengthen Arbitration Agreements in India 

By Shrija Roy

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India has strengthened arbitration agreements by ruling that unstamped documents containing such clauses will not be considered void. In a major boost

Indian Govt

December 13, 2023

India Backs UN Call for Gaza Ceasefire as Casualty Debate Deepens Rift Between Israel and US-thumnail

India Backs UN Call for Gaza Ceasefire as Casualty Debate Deepens Rift Between Israel and US

By Shrija Roy

New Delhi: As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continued to escalate in Gaza, India voiced its support for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, backing a UN General Assembly resolution. The

Indian Govt

December 13, 2023

Subodh Bajpai’s Firm Unified Investments LLC Promises Lucrative Returns in Dubai-thumnail

Subodh Bajpai’s Firm Unified Investments LLC Promises Lucrative Returns in Dubai

By Shrija Roy

Dubai – A new investment firm is promising Dubai-based investors unprecedented returns with its portfolio of strategic projects spread across various sectors. Unified Investments LLC, headed by veteran financial executive

Business

December 12, 2023

Controversial Adani Contractor Emerges Under New Name-thumnail

Controversial Adani Contractor Emerges Under New Name

By Shrija Roy

Ahmedabad – A construction firm that was at the centre of a past investigation into one of India’s largest conglomerates has resurfaced as a major contractor for the group, through

Business

December 12, 2023

Bomb Hoax at Raj Bhavan Raises Security Concerns-thumnail

Bomb Hoax at Raj Bhavan Raises Security Concerns

By Shrija Roy

Bengaluru: Late last night, Bengaluru city police received alarming information about a threat to Raj Bhavan, the iconic residence of the Karnataka state governor. However, what seemed like a serious

Business

December 12, 2023

Dubai Offers Positive Climate for Japanese Business -thumnail

Dubai Offers Positive Climate for Japanese Business 

By Shrija Roy

Over 300 Japanese companies have set up operations in Dubai, taking advantage of the emirate’s business-friendly conditions. With around 3,500 Japanese expatriates also living there, Dubai hosts the largest Japanese

Business

December 11, 2023

The Ongoing Funding Winter for Indian Startups -thumnail

The Ongoing Funding Winter for Indian Startups 

By Shrija Roy

The Indian startup ecosystem experienced a significant downturn in funding activity throughout 2023 as conditions across both public and private markets deteriorated sharply. According to data from research firm Tracxn,

Business

December 11, 2023

Global Investment Giant Bets Big on India’s Booming Airport Sector-thumnail

Global Investment Giant Bets Big on India’s Booming Airport Sector

By Shrija Roy

GMR Airports Infrastructure saw its share price surge by nearly 7% on Monday after a global investment firm picked up a significant stake in the company. US-based investment management firm

Business

December 11, 2023

Dubai’s EV Partnership to Drive Sustainable Development and Rural Livelihoods in Yemen-thumnail

Dubai’s EV Partnership to Drive Sustainable Development and Rural Livelihoods in Yemen

By Shrija Roy

A new collaboration between Dubai-based EV startup Fuse and international NGOs is electrifying transportation for remote Yemeni communities while creating social and economic opportunities. The project demonstrates how green initiatives

Business

December 8, 2023

Ed Sheeran Dubai Concerts to Provide Economic Boost Through Tourism and Event Spending-thumnail

Ed Sheeran Dubai Concerts to Provide Economic Boost Through Tourism and Event Spending

By Shrija Roy

Dubai’s entertainment sector and economy are set for a lift as global pop star Ed Sheeran’s two back-to-back shows at Sevens Stadium promise to generate substantial tourism revenues and visitor

Business

December 8, 2023

Dubai’s Mega Solar Project to Drive Renewable Energy Investments and Cost Savings -thumnail

Dubai’s Mega Solar Project to Drive Renewable Energy Investments and Cost Savings 

By Shrija Roy

As the largest CSP plant globally, Dubai’s new solar project will be transformative for tapping green finance flows and transitioning to renewable energy powered economic growth. With a $1.5 billion

Business

December 7, 2023

Dubai’s Giga Farm Project to Boost Food Security and Agricultural GDP-thumnail

Dubai’s Giga Farm Project to Boost Food Security and Agricultural GDP

By Shrija Roy

Food is a basic necessity for any economy and society. With over 1% of the UAE’s food needs set to be locally produced from the new giga farm, this project

Business

December 7, 2023

Gaining Exposure through Marketing Stunts: How Dubai Developer Sobha Attracts New Investors-thumnail

Gaining Exposure through Marketing Stunts: How Dubai Developer Sobha Attracts New Investors

By Shrija Roy

Developers in competitive property markets like Dubai constantly seek innovative ways to promote their brands and upcoming projects. Through its record-breaking helmet mosaic achievement, Sobha has demonstrated creative marketing acumen

Business

December 6, 2023

Dubai Emerges as Regional Hub for Tech Investment Opportunities -thumnail

Dubai Emerges as Regional Hub for Tech Investment Opportunities 

By Shrija Roy

Dubai has established itself as the dominant technology startup hub in the Middle East, attracting a growing number of entrepreneurs and investors to the region. With its progressive policies and

Business

December 6, 2023

How Saudi Arabia’s Surging Renewables Investment is Powering the Economy -thumnail

How Saudi Arabia’s Surging Renewables Investment is Powering the Economy 

By Shrija Roy

At the ongoing COP28 climate summit, Saudi Arabia revealed that investments in renewable energy are yielding big returns both economically and environmentally.  Investing In Future Amid global efforts to transition

Energy

December 5, 2023

Al Ghurair Centre’s Festive Windfall: How The Mall Hopes to Cash in Big This Christmas Season -thumnail

Al Ghurair Centre’s Festive Windfall: How The Mall Hopes to Cash in Big This Christmas Season 

By Shrija Roy

Al Ghurair Centre knows that Christmas time is super important for businesses. Lots of people do their shopping during December to buy gifts and decorate. This holiday season is a

Business

December 5, 2023

Expo City Farm: Growing Sustainable Profits -thumnail

Expo City Farm: Growing Sustainable Profits 

By Shrija Roy

Out in the deserts outside Dubai, Expo City is cultivating more than just crops – it’s planting the seeds for a greener future. With its new organic farm, the development

Business

December 4, 2023

DIFC Plants Seeds for a Greener Future  -thumnail

DIFC Plants Seeds for a Greener Future  

By Shrija Roy

The folks at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) have planted an important seed that’s set to grow our world in a whole new sustainable direction. As the Middle East’s top

Business

December 4, 2023

Property Buzz Shows Investor Faith in Dubai Market -thumnail

Property Buzz Shows Investor Faith in Dubai Market 

By Shrija Roy

The Dubai property scene has been red hot this week, with investors sinking over 2.4 billion dirhams into real estate deals. This shows folks are feeling confident about the market

Business

December 2, 2023

Investment Opportunity Amid Dubai’s Booming Property Market-thumnail

Investment Opportunity Amid Dubai’s Booming Property Market

By Shrija Roy

Any financial enthusiast focusing on high-net-worth clients in the UAE will be excited to get an exclusive tour of the model units at Fairmont Residences Dubai Skyline ahead of their

Business

December 2, 2023

Voting Open- What’s On Dubai Awards 2024!-thumnail

Voting Open- What’s On Dubai Awards 2024!

By Shrija Roy

The annual- What’s On Dubai Awards is a highly anticipated event in the city’s events calendar. As the established authority on the best of leisure, culture and entertainment in Dubai,

Business

December 1, 2023

Dubai Shopping Festival- Dazzling Lights to Spark Shopping Bonanza  -thumnail

Dubai Shopping Festival- Dazzling Lights to Spark Shopping Bonanza  

By shrija Roy

The Dubai Shopping Festival is back from December 8th to January 14th, and organisers are hoping this year’s event will light up the economy to the tune of billions. With

Business

December 1, 2023

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