Category: Startups
Startups lead India Inc on women’s C-suite pay
Smaller and early-stage startups are emerging as unexpected pace-setters on pay equity in India’s leadership ranks, with compensation for women in the C-suite rising 17%…
Mutual funds adopt India Inc’s next gen companies with open arms
Domestic mutual funds held shares worth Rs 1.77 lakh crore in about two dozen new-age companies at the end of 2025, nearly double compared with…
Domestic MFs double their holdings in new-age startups over a year
Domestic mutual funds held shares worth Rs 1.77 lakh crore in about two dozen new-age companies at the end of 2025, nearly double compared with…
Healthcare startup Preventify raises Rs 2 crore in funding round led by PedalStart
Healthcare startup Preventify has raised Rs 2 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by PedalStart, alongside participation from angel investors, including Narayana Health Executive…
Homegrown startups outperform returnee tech talent, study shows
India’s fiercely competitive startup field has provided evidence to suggest that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run than returning diaspora with overseas experience,…
Investors catch a big whiff of money in D2C fragrance firms
Initial signs of India’s direct-to-consumer fragrance and deodorants segment attracting risk capital are emerging, with several early-stage brands in talks to raise funds. DSG Consumer…
Large fintechs press the pedal on marketing spends to boost growth
After two years of focussing on profits and trimming costs, large fintechs have started pressing the pedal on their marketing expenses in fiscal 2026. Digital…
Venture capitalists must increase support for defence startups, says NITI Aayog’s Saraswat
NITI Aayog member and former DRDO director general VK Saraswat on Sunday said venture capitalists must increase financial support for Indian defence startups, which he…
Startup India sops to boost deeptech firms’ revenue, research
The government’s move to allow deeptech startups to access fiscal benefits with relatively more lenient regulations under the Startup India scheme could materially improve their…
Fractal Analytics IPO: CEO and early investors set to make up to 2,24,000% returns
Promoters and early investors of Fractal Analytics are staring at massive wealth creation as India’s first pure-play artificial intelligence IPO heads to the market with…