Category: Startups
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $505 million this week, up 83% on-year
Startups raised around $504.6 million between October 18 and 24, an 83.3% increase from the $275.3 million raised during the same period last year, driven…
VCs moving into deeptech as India’s startup space matures: Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath
Venture capital (VC) firms in India are now focussing on startups offering “more challenging, complex” solutions as the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country matures, Zerodha…
IPO-bound Lenskart bags Rs 90 crore from DMart’s Radhakishan Damani
Billionaire investor Radhakishan Damani, founder of Avenue Supermarts (DMart), has invested around Rs 90 crore in eyewear retailer Lenskart Solutions in a pre-IPO (initial public…
Kerala’s climate tech startup gets Rs 75 lakhs grant from Cochin Shipyard
Deeptech climate startup Neiox Eco Cycle has won a prototyping grant of Rs 75 lakh from Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) under the USHUS Maritime Innovation…
Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw to headline ET Startup Awards on October 31 in Bengaluru
Union minister for commerce and industry Piyush Goyal and Union minister for railways, information and broadcasting, electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw will be guests…
ET Startup Awards 2025: Chakr Innovation eyes international foray and new technology
This is part of a series of interviews with the winners of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2025. Gurgaon-based deep-tech startup Chakr Innovation is developing…
DPIIT inks pact with Kotak Mahindra Bank, Primus Partners to support startups
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Thursday said it has inked separate pacts with Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Primus Partners…
Ola Electric board to decide on fresh funding in Oct 25 meet
The board of electric two-wheeler maker Ola Electric Mobility will convene on October 25 to decide on raising fresh funds by issuing equity shares, according…
ET Soonicorns Summit 2025: Maharashtra startup report to be unveiled at Mumbai Sundowner
The stage is set for an evening where Maharashtra’s entrepreneurial pulse takes centre stage. Following the success of its previous editions in Hyderabad and Gurugram,…
ET Soonicorns Summit 2025: What to expect at the Mumbai Sundowner
The Economic Times Soonicorns Sundowner in Mumbai is all set to propel the Indian startup conversation on October 29, 2025, continuing the momentum built by…