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VC funding into Indian startups bounces back The month of August started on a positive note driven by the $120 million deal of River Mobility and this welcome relief for the ecosystem The first week of August was a welcome relief for the Indian startup ecosystem as venture capital rose sharply w

The Bhavish Aggarwal-led company said its registrations grew 97% quarter-on-quarter, outpacing the broader electric two-wheeler (E2W) market, which grew 17%.

The Hyderabad-based company manufactures its own survey, surveillance and agricultural drones, and holds a type certificate that allows its mapping model to be bought through government procurement.

The Ahmedabad-based company makes single-phase motors it claims can match brushless efficiency without neodymium magnets, and recently raised a pre-seed round from Campus Fund.

The Chennai-based company runs collection, sorting, processing and reporting for packaging brands and manufacturers, and raised Rs 1.7 crore in a pre-seed round in February 2026.

The Kanpur-based company sells a computer vision system that detects, classifies and tracks unauthorised drones, alongside a contract software business in AI and data engineering.

Rescript turns waste paper into everyday notebooks, saving 9,200 trees while building a multi-crore sustainable business in India.

India makes 95% of the worlds handloom, yet its weavers work barely 200 days a year and exports are just 1,359 crore. Making weaving a viable livelihood means filling the order gap and measuring how much value actually reaches the loom.

Mumbai-based WalkAbout is a community-driven engagement platform for older adults, offering classes in finance, business building, health and wellness, and personal enrichment.

The growth in EV sales in July was led by the two-wheeler segment at 2,04,362 units as against 1,08,516 units in the same month last year, up 88.32%.

Young weavers are not walking away from the craft. They are walking away from an income that cannot be relied on.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Friday, August 7, 2026.

Wakefit posted stronger Q1 FY27 revenue and profitability, driven by own-channel growth, retail expansion and improved margins despite input-cost pressures, while warning that raw material inflation could weigh on first-half FY27 performance.

Bengaluru-based Aule Space is building a jetpack that docks with a satellites after they run that has run out of fuel, and extendings theirtheir livesfe by a few years.

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KayEss Square is now Northbound Advisors, and is raising to acquire 8 to 10 smaller firms, all served through a proprietary AI platform built on eight years of client work.

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The capital will be used to expand BlissClubs product categories, accelerate its offline retail network, strengthen product development, and recruit talent for its next phase of growth.

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Jammu and Kashmir has laid the groundwork for startups. Here's what the region needs next to attract investment, scale innovation and create jobs.

Indias deeptech startups have made significant progress in developing hardware, but many still struggle to scale commercially. Experts explain why spacetech has been the exception, and what other sectors can learn from it.

Shiprocket has reduced the size of its IPO by nearly 31% to Rs 1,617.6 crore, from Rs 2,342 crore. Meanwhile, Cresa makes hot-water-soluble sanitary pads that are 100% biodegradable, plastic-free, and dissolve in 80 seconds.

AI is bound to have an impact on the future of medicine. But the most valuable thing that AI will do for us will definitely be beyond substituting doctors or automating clinical decisions.

Karnataka is exploring a long-term AI partnership with Anthropic to improve governance, launch AI skilling programmes and establish an AI University.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Thursday, August 6, 2026.

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The Bengaluru-based company runs modular, software-controlled production lines for wellness and pharmaceutical products, sold as on-demand capacity rather than as machinery.

The Hyderabad-based company makes hardware and software for testing defence electronics in the laboratory, and sells to DRDO as well as contractors in three other countries.

The Bengaluru-based company is developing radio frequency nanosatellites with onboard processing, aimed at tracking ships and aircrafts that optical imaging cannot.

The Chennai-based company makes remotely operated vehicles, autonomous surface vessels and crawling robots, along with the cameras and lighting that go on them.

Nilekani argued that the future of the Indian economy lies in its millions of small businesses, which are more resilient to the disruptions caused by AI.

The company said by FY31, its food delivery business is expected to grow its GOV by 2.5-3.5 times and generate around Rs 5,000 crore in adjusted EBITDA, driven by affordability-led initiatives and operational improvements.

The company said that it will expand its geographical footprint in India and launch greenfield projects in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Real estate consultant Knight Frank on Thursday released a report 'Knight Frank Global Data Centre Atlas 2026' that compares 36 leading global data centre markets across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

Mohit Pardasanis decades of retail experience, a retailfirst strategy, and a conviction in quality over marketing have powered FLiCKAs rise to a Rs 100 crore cosmetics brand. Mohit Pardasani has a simple belief that has guided every decision at FLiCKA Cosmetics since he co-founded the company

Founded by Divanshu Kumar and Moinak Banerjee, Chennai-based Solinas builds robotics and AI systems that inspect, clean, and digitise underground water and wastewater infrastructure, solving problems of water leakages, contamination, and manual scavenging.

The fund will invest around Rs 25-50 crore in each startup and aims to support startups developing globally competitive technologies out of India.

Over the coming months, the company stores will transition to focus on brand and product experience, while dealer partners will become the backbone of local sales, service and scale across the country, the company said.

The Gurugram-based ecommerce enablement platform has reduced the size of its initial public offering by 31% from Rs 2,342 crore ahead of its market debut on August 12

Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan gets a one-year extension, ensuring policy continuity while reviving debate over succession plans.

In the last 5 years, AppSquadz has expanded its cloud capabilities to support some significant digital transformation initiatives across government, healthcare, and enterprise sectors in India.

A licence, a statute and a purchase contract: how three challenger states are gaining ground without simply writing bigger subsidy cheques.

The round is led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Sorin Investments, Titan Capital, Sparrow Capital and Consumer Collective by Atrium.

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Government sources said Meta global officials have been asked to stay back for another round of questioning on Thursday, when IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will meet the company's global executives once again. The meeting will also include executives from Meta's technical team.

Jammu and Kashmir is steadily building its startup ecosystem through policy support, incubators, funding and local entrepreneurs driving innovation.

Freshworks said its revenue rose to $237.4 million in the AprilJune quarter, from $204.7 million a year earlier.

Cresa, a Pune startup founded by Sarika Pathak and Mohan Kulkarni in 2021, makes biodegradable, plastic-free sanitary pads that dissolve in water.

The Delhi-based company has developed MorphX, a point-of-care platform that claims to return a full blood count in minutes without needing a trained technician.

The Bengaluru-based company builds models that generate molecules and predict how they will behave, and has licensed its lead candidate to a US developer.