Category: Startups
From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds
AI companies are on the hunt to design the ideal device to deliver AI’s superpowers, and some new enterprises are convinced that headphones or earbuds…
VC fundraising rebounds fivefold to $3.3 billion in 2025
Limited partners (LPs), on their return to India-focused venture capital funds after a slowdown, are applying sharper fund management filters, prioritising team stability, performance across…
Veteran consumer internet founders roll up sleeves to launch deeptech, AI startups
India is increasingly witnessing entrepreneurs and senior startup leaders who have built large businesses in the consumer internet space now taking on more complex, longer-gestation…
Grab acquires AI robotics firm Infermove to boost delivery capabilities
Synopsis Grab Holdings has acquired Infermove, a Chinese AI robotics firm. This move aims to boost the former’s first and last-mile delivery services. Grab plans…
India’s private credit moment: A quiet shift in global relative value
As private credit markets in the US begin to reflect late-cycle dynamics, narrowing spreads, intensifying competition and monetary policy inflection transitioning from rate pause to…
Startups jump onto souped-up IPO bandwagon; may pick up Rs 50,000 crore from public markets in 2026
The lineup of new-age companies planning to list in 2026 is shaping up to be as crowded as last year, with PhonePe, Zepto, Oyo, Boat,…
Esops tax pause may be opened to more startups
The Centre is considering extension of the tax deferral on employee stock option plans (Esop) to all startups recognised by the Department for Promotion of…
Cars24 acquires vehicle information management startup CarInfo in Rs 400 crore deal
SoftBank-backed used car sales platform Cars24 has acquired Delhi-based vehicle information management startup CarInfo. The deal size was around Rs 400-425 crore, people in the…
Polymage Labs ties up with US-based Tenstorrent to develop AI compiler
Polymage Labs, a deep-tech startup incubated at the IISC, has entered into a strategic collaboration with US-based Tenstorrent Inc to develop an AI compiler for…
Awfis CFO Ravi Dugar steps down; Sumit Rochlani takes over
Ravi Dugar, chief financial officer (CFO) of the co-working company Awfis, has stepped down from his role to pursue new career opportunities, the company said…