inc42

Voice AI startup Desible.ai has raised 32 Cr (around $3.7 Mn) in a seed funding round led by Prime Venture

OpenAI Agents Hit Wikimedia OpenAI is under fresh scrutiny over its rogue agents. Wikimedia Foundation claims that the AI juggernauts

Sixteen founders across 10 new-age tech companies earned a combined 43.4 Cr in fixed remuneration in FY26, up 8.2% from

Marico has acquired an additional 24.09% stake in plant-based nutrition and personal care brand Plix for 1,012.03 Cr in an

Dronetech company ideaForge Technology promoter and CEO Ankit Mehta has pledged 2.8 Lakh shares 0.56% of the companys total

Edtech major PhysicsWallahs wholly owned subsidiary FinZ Finance has agreed to sell a 95.79 Cr loan portfolio to Auxilo Finserve,

Bankings AI Investment Playbook No longer content with buying AI tools, banks are moving to co-build and invest in AI

Private equity (PE) giant TPG has now offloaded more shares of listed logistics giant Shadowfax via an open-market transaction for

AI coding tools are generating code faster, shifting more of engineers attention towards designing systems, reviewing output, and testing whether

Flipkart is leveraging AI to move beyond keyword-led product searches to interpret what shoppers want, ask follow-up questions, and adapt

Mumbai-based consumer appliance startup EDT has raised $2.4 Mn (over 23 Cr) in its pre-Series A round led by existing

Contract manufacturing company Aequs board has approved a fund raise of up to 650 Cr via a preferential issue of

Funding activity remained strong as Indian startups raised a combined $203.4 Mn across 21 deals between September 21 and September

In 1998, the newly incorporated Pine Labs was helping petrol pumps accept payments and manage loyalty programmes. Nearly three decades

In June 2026, three spacetech startups became the first cohort to receive funds selected under the Indian National Space Promotion

Snapdeal parent AceVectors 420 Cr IPO was subscribed 9% as of 14:12 IST on the first day of bidding, with

Enterprise tech startup CodeKarma is in talks to raise $5 Mn to $6 Mn in a fresh funding round, sources

Digital lender Moneyviews 1,092 Cr IPO was subscribed 3.55X by 13:15 IST on the second day of bidding. The public

IRDAI Resets Insurtechs Economics The IRDAI has proposed a radical overhaul of the insurance tech sector. The draft norms threaten

Shortly after the IPO lock-in expiry, SEDEMACs institutional investors A91 Partners, Xponentia, NJRN Family Trust and Mace Pvt Ltd have

For insurance distributors, the commission earned on every policy is central to their business model. It determines how much they

Multiples Alternate Asset Management has led a $150 Mn funding round in Prime Focus-backed AI audiovisual content platform Brahma AI,

Indian Startup IPOs In Full Swing Indian startup IPO spring is in full bloom. Snapdeal parent AceVector is all set

IPO-bound B2B seafood brand Captain Fresh crossed the 5,000 Cr revenue mark in FY26, while its adjusted EBITDA nearly tripled

The Clean Label Credibility Test Indias clean-label boom is facing its toughest test yet. FSSAIs recent crackdown on health and

Fintech startup Lendingkarts NBFC arm Lendingkart Finance has managed to trim its loss by 62% to 32.4 Cr for the

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of 10 Lakh on ride unicorn Rapido for misleading advertisements,

IPO-bound NODWIN Gaming has launched NODWIN Sports, a mainstream sports vertical focused on developing sporting properties, mass-participation events, and commercial

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has urged the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations to set up

New-age tech stocks delivered a mixed performance this week as weakness in the broader equity market kept investor sentiment cautious.

Eternals food delivery arm Zomato has begun charging an additional Pay on delivery fee on some cash-on-delivery (COD) orders, with

Startup funding activity rebounded back sharply in the second week of September. Between September 7 and September 11, Indian startups

EaseMyTrip cofounder and chairman Nishant Pitti has pledged 34.51 Cr shares of the online travel aggregator, worth 211.9 Cr, to

ESDS Software Solution extended its post-listing surge into a sixth consecutive trading session today, with its shares touching the upper

Electric two-wheeler (E2W) maker Ultraviolette Automotive is set to raise an additional 373.04 Cr as part of its ongoing Series

AI Takes The Stage At Global Fintech Fest It was an action-packed second day at the Global Fintech Fest 2026

Fintech major PhonePe has reportedly shut down its engineering office in the US, winding down a four year-old team. Sources

After a plethora of new product launches and innovation showcases on day one, the second day of the Global Fintech

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has urged Indian fintech startups to further strengthen cybersecurity and consumer protection as the sector

SaaS soonicorn Whatfix has appointed its cofounder Vara Kumar Namburu as chief executive, shortly after the unfortunate passing of cofounder

Climatetech startup Circolife has netted $4.5 Mn (around 40.45 Cr) in a pre-Series A round led by Polycab Indias joint

Dronetech startup AVPL International parent AITMC Ventures reported a net profit of 14.2 Cr in the fiscal year FY26, a

Voice AI startup Navana.ai has raised 40 Cr ($4.2 Mn) in a Series A funding round led by existing investor

Ola Electric Wants More Money Barely three months after its 780 Cr QIP, Ola Electric is back again in the

Travel and lifestyle brand Mokobara has raised 170 Cr (about $18 Mn) in a Series C funding round led by

Indias startup funding market opened September on a softer note, extending its decline for a second straight week. Between August

OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, its latest frontier model, in a bid to push into AI systems that can use

Healthtech startup Medulance has raised 24 Cr ($2.5 Mn) in its Series A funding round from Auxano Capital, existing backers

RentoMojo Gears Up For IPO RentoMojo is just weeks away from its D-Street debut. The furniture and appliance rental startup

After turning profitable in the fiscal year FY25, furniture rental startup Furlenco saw its net profit for the fiscal year