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The Indias top 200 self-made entrepreneurs of the millennia 2025 list has 88 founders selecting Bengaluru as their residence city, and 52 companies choosing it as its headquarters.

The Gurgaon-headquartered firm intends to use the funds to expand beyond India, enhance its technology platforms and prepare the organisational and regulatory groundwork needed for a stock market listing.

C-DACs dual-core RISCV chip marks a milestone for Indias semiconductor ambitions, with Linux support and a roadmap to Dhanush variants

The launch comes amid rising competition among fintechs and payments firms seeking to tap Indias underpenetrated credit market, particularly among younger consumers and first-time credit users.

The Hurun-IDFC FIRST list of Indias Top 200 self-made entrepreneurs of the millennia 2025 also features notable names like Sriharsha Majety, Nandan Reddy, VSS, and Deep Karla from the Indian startup ecosystem.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Heres the roundup for Wednesday, December 17, 2025.

AI-powered fintech startup, Prodigal, automates loan servicing and debt collection conversations across voice, SMS, and email. The platform analyses customer data to personalise interactions at scale while maintaining compliance.

The Gurugram-based company said the swaps, completed nearly five years after its founding, have enabled about 3.5 billion clean kilometres of travel.

CCI has cleared US-based crypto exchange Coinbases minority stake acquisition in DCX Global, the parent of CoinDCX. The approval follows Coinbases fresh investment announced in October 2025, building on its backing of CoinDCX since 2020.

The Centre has notified a Rs 7,280 crore scheme to promote domestic manufacturing of sintered rare earth permanent magnets. The scheme aims to build an end-to-end value chain, reduce import dependence and support sectors such as EVs, electronics and green energy.

Part of the capital is expected to be used to provide liquidity to employees, while the rest will support product development, acquisitions and AI research.

Founded in 2014, MoEngage provides customer engagement software across web, mobile, email and messaging channels.

Attero's three new e-waste plants will have a capacity of 25,000 tonnes per annum, while its copper recycling unit will add another 25,000 tonnes, bringing the total capacity to 100,000 tonnes per annum.

Avendus was founded in 1999 in Mumbai by Indian entrepreneurs Ranu Vohra, Gaurav Deepak and Kaushal Aggarwal as an internet-focused investment solutions company.

Founded in 2022 by Nirav Kamdar and Soumyadeep Roy, investment platform Neev Finance manages investments professionally through structured portfolios. It is in the process of raising its next institutional round of $3 million, of which it has already closed $1.2 million.

Investors, founders, and the media have too often mistaken paper unicorns for durable businesses. As capital markets recalibrate, it may be time to retire the unicorn metaphor altogether.

The global capability centre (GCC) story of India is now spreading its roots beyond the top metros of the country into Tier II locations, as corporations seek to reap the benefits of their presence in such cities.

By combining LLMs with a secure on-premise deployment model, NineBit is targeting global demand for intelligent document processing.

Aggarwal had previously pledged his shares in the EV-maker to fund his artificial intelligence venture, Krutrim.

Blinq Mobility is redesigning electric vehicles with modular design and battery swapping to cut costs and downtime for urban fleets.

Digantara is also preparing to deploy 15 space surveillance satellites and two missile-warning satellites through 202627, as it moves toward becoming a full-stack sovereign space intelligence provider.

Strapline: Celebrating the real stories from Indias retail frontlines through Locally Yours Gayatri Guha Across Indias bustling streets and quiet corners, women are rewriting the story of retail. Once seen primarily as caregivers within their households, women are now stepping confidently to

Over 2.7 lakh developers registered for the second edition of Google Cloud's Gen AI Exchange Hackathon, which concluded with 40 winning teams showcasing solutions across healthcare, governance, mental wellness, and industrial optimization. Surya Kannoth The second edition of Google Cloud's Gen

Older investors drive a shift toward long-term strategies as the Bitcoin rally and institutional entry reshape the digital asset landscape.

The government has also positioned AI as a key enabler for productivity and inclusive growth, particularly in sectors critical to the economy.

Turtlemint filed for its IPO using a confidential pre-filing route, which allows companies to submit documents to SEBI while keeping draft prospectuses private during initial review stages.

Leading CTOs and CISOs unpacked the realities of protecting data, ensuring compliance, and managing AI-driven risks. Key themes included data quality, access controls, emerging threats, smart storage, and building a culture of resilience. Amrita Ghosh In an era where data fuels innovation and

eVerse.AI helps Indian dairy farmers increase income and reduce methane emissions using affordable AI-powered livestock technology.

LIC also has maximum exposure to power generation and distribution companies, accounting for more than half of its investment portfolio.

Describing technology as a strategic driver of national transformation, India's education minister said estimates indicate AI could add nearly $1.7 trillion to the country's economy by 2035.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Heres the roundup for Tuesday, December 16, 2025.

Shapewear brand Underneat said the capital infusion will primarily be used for scaling operations and strengthening distribution channels across cities.

The round comprises a significant debt component from a consortium of lenders, along with an equity infusion of around Rs 100 crore, which is nearing closure.

The RBE2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is an integral part of the Rafale jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation for the Indian Navy.

The approval allows the amalgamation of eight Singapore-incorporated entities with India-based Flipkart Internet. The combined entity will be called Flipkart Internet and will house the company's core businesses in India, including fashion marketplace Myntra and logistics arm Ekart.

Jeh Aerospace is using hard metals, AI and a US-India model to turn a global supply-chain meltdown into a $150 million order book.

As the wellness industry in India matures, hemp will no longer be viewed as just a product, but rather a tool for overcoming the challenges of a fast-paced modern lifestyle.

Wakefit's shares opened flat at Rs 195 and later slipped to as low as Rs 177 on the NSE. Flam is turning QR codes into fully interactive brand experiences. AID India is running housing programmes for vulnerable tribal communities along Chennais ECR.

D2C haircare brand Moxie has raised $15 million, to deepen its R&D efforts, while also scaling its team and expanding distribution across offline channels like modern trade, salon partnerships and quick commerce channels.

Freshworks will now offer a unified AI-led technology platform through this acquisition that can more effectively handle the issue of downtime for organisations.

In FY24, India recorded 13.42 lakh UPI fraud incidents involving Rs 1,087 crore, the highest level since the real-time payments system became mainstream.

The company plans to use the funding to develop and launch Indias first privately built L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, targeted for launch by 2026.

Legal-tech startup Lawyered secures record funding of Rs 8.5 crore All-Titan deal on IdeaBaaz In a landmark moment in the history of Indian television, legal-tech innovator Lawyered secured an All-Titan investment of Rs 8.5 crore on IdeaBaaz. Legal-tech innovator Lawyered has receive

Shares of the mattress maker opened flat at Rs 195, which was the issue price, and later slipped to as low as Rs 177 on the NSE. It was trading at Rs 197 as of 10.50 AM.

Festival logistics in India serve as both a challenge and a benchmark for operational excellence. The sectors ability to sustain performance during these intense months reflects how effectively it adapts to the realities of geography, infrastructure, and human behaviour.

In other news, used car marketplace Spinny is raising around $160 million as it moves to acquire car services startup GoMechanic, TechCrunch reported.

Global fashion, beauty, and FMCG brands doubled down on India in 2024, betting on aspirational consumers trading up for choice and identity. From Shein and Bershka to Fenty and Biscoff, India emerged as a multi-category growth engine.

For a decade, Indias direct-to-consumer (D2C) boom was engineered in the metros, through flashy Instagram ads, celebrity influencers, and venture money picking up the bill. That machine is now sputtering. Customer acquisition costs in many categories have drifted into the Rs 600Rs 1,500 range,

Founders pitch practical fixes, from carpooling to crop residue processing, as the National Capital braces for another winter of toxic air.

Indian carriers flew 165 million passengers in FY25 and lost Rs 52,897 crore. Only IndiGo is making money.