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Urban Company’s quick services vertical InstaHelp crosses 50,000 daily bookings
Urban Company’s quick service vertical InstaHelp has crossed 50,000 daily bookings less than a year after launch, at a time when the listed home services…
Pronto clocks 15,000 bookings per day, burned $8 million in the past year
Quick service platform Pronto’s founder Anjali Sardana said that the business has scaled to over 15,000 bookings per day from zero within 10 months of…
VC firm Avaana Capital appoints Vikas Verma as partner, promotes Shruti Srivastava
Climate-focused venture capital fund Avaana Capital, which is looking to scale up its investments in deeptech, has appointed Vikas Verma as Partner and elevated Shruti…
House-help startup Pync shuts down amid fierce competition; founders to join Snabbit
In what could be an early sign of consolidation in the fast-growing instant house-help segment, Bengaluru-based Pync, backed by Accel and General Catalyst, is shutting…
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…
ETtech State of Startups Survey: Startups expect to pivot to an AI avatar this year
A majority of Indian founders, chief executives and venture capital investors expect hiring to be significantly impacted in 2026 as artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates…
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…
Snapdeal parent AceVector files updated DRHP for D-Street debut
AceVector, the parent entity of ecommerce company Snapdeal, filed its updated draft red herring prospectus (UDRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)…
Snapdeal parent AceVector files updated prospectus; to raise up to Rs 300 crore via IPO
AceVector, the parent company of ecommerce platform Snapdeal, has filed its updated draft red herring prospectus (UDRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India…