Category: Startups
Ecommerce festive sales fizzle out on price pangs
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and executives at ecommerce platforms and logistics firms have flagged a tepid festive season so far, with online delivery dispatches during the…
VC’s remark on deeptech sets off a debate on where India’s capital should go
A comment from Anmol Maini, general partner at early-stage venture capital firm Untitled Ventures, has stirred up a debate online, where he said most deeptech…
Deepfakes: Deepfakes muddy protest coverage as online platforms restrict individual accounts
Bengaluru: A video of a scantily clad, artificial intelligence (AI)-generated woman trying to stop a police van, sexualised content edited into protest footage, forged documents…
ETtech Deals Digest: Boldfit, GreenCell lead as weekly funding hits $232 million, down 45% on-year
Indian tech and startup funding rose to $231.5 million across 26 rounds during the week ended October 16, more than double the previous week’s tally,…
Urban Company’s Q2 loss triples on InstaHelp burn; CEO Bhal says ready to ‘respond in full’ to rivals
Home services platform Urban Company has signalled that it is ready to spend heavily to defend its instant househelp business, after its net loss for…
Cult.fit gets Sebi nod for Rs 3,500-4,000 crore IPO
Fitness and active lifestyle platform Cult.fit has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for its proposed Rs 3,500-4,000 crore initial…
‘We’d make those investments again’: Snabbit CEO on FY26 losses
Snabbit founder and CEO Aayush Agarwal defended the startup’s FY26 financials, saying an annual profit-and-loss statement does not capture how quickly the business has improved….
Urban Company Q2 Results: Loss widens to Rs 182 crore; revenue jumps 41% YoY
Urban Company on Friday reported a net loss of Rs 182 crore in the September quarter, widening from Rs 59 crore a year earlier and…
Urban Company board approves plan to raise Rs 2,500 crore via QIP
Synopsis Urban Company raised Rs 472 crore through its initial public offering (IPO) in September last year. As of June 30, the company had Rs…
Ethereal Exploration Guild unveils 150-acre rocket testing facility in Andhra Pradesh
Bengaluru-based spacetech startup Ethereal Exploration Guild has unveiled a 150-acre rocket development and testing facility in Andhra Pradesh, as it builds ground infrastructure for its…