Funding rounds, launches and founder stories from India's startup ecosystem.
Slice, India’s fastest-growing fintech unicorn, scaled from a student card startup to a $1.8B valuation. With 12M+ users, $342M in funding, and monthly transactions worth $265M, Sl...
Meet Semlani, a former JPMorgan associate, quit his high-paying banking job to join a startup with a 70% pay cut. Disillusioned by corporate life, he sought fulfillment and flexibi...
Deepinder Goyal, founder of Eternal, is exploring the launch of Temple, a wearable device company focusing on brain health through real-time cerebral blood flow monitoring. The dev...
Chennai-based spacetech startup Agnikul Cosmos has raised ₹150 crore ($17 million) in a fresh funding round at a $500 million valuation. The capital will accelerate its reusable ro...
Aman Sanger, a 25-year-old MIT graduate, co-founded Anysphere, creators of Cursor—an AI-powered coding tool transforming software development. With an estimated net worth exceeding...
A viral exchange between Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham and an Indian entrepreneur has ignited debate on startup motivations. The Indian founder advised against starting compa...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have agreed to start the initial phase of linking India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with the Eurosystem’s...
A San Francisco‑based Indian founder has posted an internship opening in Bengaluru with a ₹1 lakh monthly stipend, but requiring interns to work from 11 am to 11 pm, six days a wee...
DeHaat, India’s fastest-growing agritech startup, has scaled from a Patna-born idea to serving 2M+ farmers across 11 states. Backed by $270M+ funding, it offers a full-stack platfo...
The Karnataka government has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative to bolster deeptech startups by offering special grants ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 45 crore, backed by a combin...
AMD, Cisco, and Saudi-backed Humain have launched a joint venture to build AI data centers totaling 100 megawatts, with generative video startup Luma AI confirmed as the first cust...
IdeaForge, born out of an IIT Bombay project, has soared to dominate India’s drone surveillance sector. With a ₹1000+ crore IPO and 90% market share in defense-grade drones, it’s n...
With the US imposing steep new fees on H-1B visas, India’s elite IITs are witnessing a shift in career ambitions. Graduates are increasingly prioritizing domestic opportunities in...
Indian businesses are bleeding lakhs annually in hidden costs tied to office procurement—lost time, manual coordination, and fragmented vendor deals. Startup Yosto is pitching a co...
A startup incubated at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) has launched a fully indigenous alumni networking platform. Conceptualised and built in India, the pla...
Less than a year after launch, Mira Murati’s AI venture Thinking Machines is reportedly in talks to raise fresh funding at a staggering $50 billion valuation. The move could catapu...
India battled through a shaky start with key top-order wickets falling but managed to post a strong 189 in response to South Africa's 159 in the first innings. With contributions f...
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), in collaboration with MyGov, has launched the “One Innovation – Towards A Self-Reliant India” initiative under the India International Scienc...
