Category: Startups
IPO-bound Rentomojo doubles net profit on 37% revenue growth in FY25
Furniture and electronics rental startup Rentomojo, which is preparing to go public next year, nearly doubled its net profit to Rs 43 crore in fiscal…
Deeptech funding ticks up as startups move beyond labs in 2025
India’s deeptech sector saw a marginal increase in funding in 2025, with capital increasingly flowing into startups that have moved beyond proof-of-concept and laboratory-stage validation….
Indigenous startup Digantara ventures into tracking missiles from space
Digantara, which specialises in monitoring space debris, has ventured into the domain of tracking missiles using satellites, citing greater interest from governments across the world…
Year in review: Startup funding flat in 2025 on early-stage AI reset
ETtech Despite a pickup in growth-stage funding, Indian startup funding remained largely flat in 2025 as fewer large deals and evolving venture capital thesis on…
AI tech helps semicon startups step up as they face chip goliaths
Technology innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are helping early-stage semiconductor startups accelerate chip production, shorten design cycles and manage with smaller teams, as they gear…
WorkIndia raises Rs 97 crore in round led by Aavishkaar Capital
WorkIndia, a recruitment platform for blue- and grey-collar workers, has raised Rs 97 crore in its latest funding round led by Aavishkaar Capital. Beenext Capital…
Instant househelp demand triples in two months as industry scrambles to crack economics
India’s newest and buzziest consumer internet category has gone from zero to several hundred thousand weekly orders in a matter of months. The 10-minute househelp…
MobiKwik appoints Navdeep Singh Suri as board chair
Synopsis Suri, who has been associated with the company since 2021 as an Independent Director, holds extensive experience from his tenure in the Indian Foreign…
OfBusiness cofounder Nitin Jain quits; to start up in the manufacturing space
Nitin Jain, cofounder and chief business officer of business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce startup OfBusiness and its lending arm Oxyzo has quit from his role, and plans…
Spacetech startup Digantara raises $50 million to boost space surveillance push
Spacetech firm Digantara Industries said on Tuesday it had raised $50 million in a funding round to develop indigenous space surveillance capabilities and strengthen its…