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[Weekly funding roundup Nov 22-28] Debt funding grows amid startup ecosystem challenges

This week, the debt component of funding received the strongest traction, showing startups are tapping into new channels of capital.

28 Nov 2025 11:19 pm
Supreme Court rejects Byju Raveendrans plea on BCCI settlement

The Supreme Court has refused to interfere in the insolvency battle involving BYJUS and the BCCI, rejecting a plea by promoter Byju Raveendran. The Court said the settlement must be placed before the companys creditors committee as ordered by the NCLAT.

28 Nov 2025 9:07 pm
Eastern India emerging as high-potential last-mile delivery hub, says report

A new industry report shows that Eastern India is emerging as one of the countrys most dynamic last-mile delivery corridors, fuelled by large-scale infrastructure upgrades and rising consumption in smaller cities.

28 Nov 2025 9:06 pm
Ripplr raises $45M in Series C funding round

Distribution and supply chain platform Ripplr reached over one lakh retailers and now plans to expand into newer categories.

28 Nov 2025 8:18 pm
Wanted to pick a valuation that attracted right long-term shareholders: Meeshos Aatrey

Meesho is set to list at a $5.9-billion valuation, below earlier expectations of $7-$8 billion, as more new-age startups opt for conservative IPO pricing to attract long-term investors and avoid sharp post-listing corrections.

28 Nov 2025 6:01 pm
VentureSoul Partners closes maiden debt fund at Rs 300 Cr

The fund has already deployed capital across 15 startups with average cheque sizes of Rs 20-25 crore in sectors such as fintech B2C, B2B, and SaaS.

28 Nov 2025 5:07 pm
Building AI agents in minutes, not months How Elastic empowers AI with context

Elastics Agent Builder provides a complete set of capabilities that help developers build production-ready AI agents in minutes. It unites retrieval, orchestration, and governance to turn enterprise data into trusted intelligence at scale.

28 Nov 2025 3:45 pm
Candi Solar bags $58.5M from International Finance Corp

The funding, announced Thursday, will support Candi Solar's distributed solar projects for commercial and industrial clients in India and South Africa.

28 Nov 2025 3:43 pm
Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (November 28, 2025)

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Friday, November 28, 2025.

28 Nov 2025 3:39 pm
Building insurtech bridges for Bharat: When local innovation meets digital trust

Building BhaInsuranceDekhos Ish Babbar was at TechSparks 2025, and unpacked how local innovation, AI-driven assistance, and digital-first design are making insurance simpler, smarter, and inclusive.

28 Nov 2025 11:54 am
Smarter payments, frictionless journeys: Inside PayUs AI-led evolution

At TechSparks 2025, Sagar Kumar, Vice President - Engineering, PayU, revealed how PayU is using AI to personalize frictionless checkouts by analyzing purchase intent, device behavior, and preferred payment methods.

28 Nov 2025 11:40 am
Meesho IPO set to deliver stellar gains for co-founders and early investors

Meeshos IPO, which values the e-commerce company at $5.6 billion, marks the first ecommerce debut in the public markets and adds momentum to the ongoing wave of startup listings, joining the ranks of newly public tech firms.

28 Nov 2025 11:40 am
InsuranceDekhos future plans; Dangers of ultra-processed food

InsuranceDekho's co-founder talks about the company's focus on grassroots distribution. Widespread ultra-processed foods are causing a nutritional crisis in the country. GenAide acts as an end-to-end export partner.

28 Nov 2025 7:30 am
This ex-IAF pilot and team want to modernise Indias defence and industrial security

Delhi-based defence and security startup CoreShield uses AI to unify fragmented security sensors and speed up threat detection across high-risk facilities.

28 Nov 2025 6:50 am
Swiggy's Bolt accounts for one in every 10 orders: Food Marketplace CEO

Swiggy expects Bolt to remain a key driver of its food services growth, having already reached 10% of total deliveries.

27 Nov 2025 9:09 pm
PM Modi inaugurates Skyroot facility, highlights Indias rise as a space launch hub

PM Modi said the nation is witnessing an unprecedented opportunity in the space sector, driven by a major leap in private participation.

27 Nov 2025 7:27 pm
Beyond 10,000 steps: The new way to stay truly fit

New research shows that the 10,000-step rule may no longer be the most effective way to improve health. Discover what truly matters for fitness in 2026.

27 Nov 2025 6:50 pm
How Ankit Agrawal built InsuranceDekho, one district at a time

The co-founder of InsuranceDekho talks about how a focus on grassroots distribution and the 'cockroach mentality' enabled the building of a vast distribution network.

27 Nov 2025 6:07 pm
ABB's Rajesh Ramachandran on why AI won't replace humans but will make them better at their jobs

At TechSparks 2025, Rajesh Ramachandran, ABB's Global Chief Digital Officer, explains how the industrial giant is scaling autonomous operations across 15 industries while maintaining human supervision at the core of every AI-powered decision.

27 Nov 2025 5:50 pm
Tijori raises $5M from Zerodha to expand its AI product suite

Tijori Finance is expanding its AI product suite beyond retail investors as it prepares to shift its revenue engine toward enterprise customers and international markets, co-founder Siddharth Hegde told YourStory.

27 Nov 2025 5:17 pm
Slow productivity: Marking the end of the hustle culture

Discover why the new slow productivity trend is replacing hustle culture. Learn how working with intention, balance, and focus can boost results.

27 Nov 2025 4:45 pm
India's food system is under strain. How can we fix it?

Widespread ultra-processed foods, shifting diets, and weak regulations are increasingly responsible for the nutritional crisis in the country. The battle for good health calls for a complete overhaul of what we eat, how we eat, how we produce food, and access it as well.

27 Nov 2025 4:11 pm
RBI grants Paytms PPSL final approval to operate as payment aggregator

Earlier this month, Paytm announced that it would be pumping Rs 2,250 crore into PPSL, the wholly owned subsidiary of One97 Communications.

27 Nov 2025 4:07 pm
Ved Family Office, Ananta back $250M IGF fund for Indian brands going global

The initiative, unveiled at IGF Middle East 2025 in Dubai, pairs growth capital with access to Dubais logistics infrastructure and IGFs networks across business and government.

27 Nov 2025 2:44 pm
How reading one book a month can transform your 2026

Discover how reading one book each month in 2026 can sharpen your mind, and completely transform your personal growth journey.

27 Nov 2025 2:10 pm
Heres how Ackos AI-meets-empathy approach is redefining insurance in India

At a fireside chat as part of TechSparks 2025, Ackos Vishwanath Ramarao shared how AI is transforming insurance by delivering speed, personalisation, and real business impact without losing the human touch.

27 Nov 2025 1:40 pm
GenAide is turning Indias pharma chaos into a predictable export engine

GenAide, founded in 2016, acts as an end-to-end export partner, manages 65 fully approved products, and serves over 35 customers across more than 10 countries.

27 Nov 2025 1:39 pm
CloudExtel raises Rs 200 Cr debt to expand fibre and data-center connectivity network

The newly-raised capital will be used to scale CloudExtels fibre footprint and to launch its planned Data Centre Interconnect (DCI) network.

27 Nov 2025 1:08 pm
Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (November 27, 2025)

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Thursday, November 27, 2025.

27 Nov 2025 12:50 pm
Indias Grahaa Space Prepares for First Orbital Nano-Satellite Mission

Bengaluru, 24 November 2025: Bengaluru-based spacetech startup Grahaa Space is preparing for a major leap as it readies to launch

27 Nov 2025 12:45 pm
Amitabh Kant joins edtech firm upGrads board

The appointment is a significant step for upGrad as it looks to broaden its presence in the skilling sector, explore potential acquisitions such as Unacademy and select BYJUS assets, and prepare for a possible public listing.

27 Nov 2025 11:35 am
Happiness is an exponential function of awareness. Just awareness

In a conversation with YourStorys Shradha Sharma, spiritual teacher Pravrajika Divyanandaprana Mataji explains why self-enquiry, meditation, and inner empowerment hold the key to lasting happiness.

27 Nov 2025 11:15 am
From AI to Abundance: The top 10 business books of 2025

Business books in 2025 treated AI as both a subject and a tool, dived deep into geopolitics and corporate power, explored leadership and the purpose at work, and told stories of successful businesses and their leaders.

27 Nov 2025 11:01 am
Dairy ingredients company Ace International raises $35M from global investors

This is the companys first institutional fundraise, and the capital will be used to set up a greenfield, fully integrated dairy ingredients and nutrition facility and complex in Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh.

27 Nov 2025 10:54 am
Industry leaders hail India as a proving ground for next-generation agentic AI

Indias complex, high-volume landscape is becoming a proving ground for autonomous AI systems. At a closed-door roundtable at TechSparks 2025, leaders shared an inside view of this rapid and uneven transition.

27 Nov 2025 10:40 am
From prompts to products: Copilot takes the spotlight to showcase how AI delivers

TechSparks 2025 brought together AI experts from Microsoft, Rocket, Galleri5, Writesonic, and Yubi Group, along with AI Copilot, to show how AI and human creativity can work together to unlock new possibilities.

27 Nov 2025 10:39 am
From AI to agency: Puneet Chandoks 7 rules for the future of work

In a compelling keynote speech at TechSparks 2025, Puneet Chandok of Microsoft outlined seven bold predictions on the future of work, from digital colleagues to unmetered intelligence.

27 Nov 2025 10:38 am
India Approves Rs.7,280 Cr Scheme to Build Rare Earth Magnet Factories

In a major step towards strengthening Indias high-tech manufacturing ecosystem, the Union Cabinet has approved a 7,280-crore Scheme

27 Nov 2025 8:50 am
Dodging digital deception: Why cloud telephony could be Indias silent protector

With strong compliance and consent systems in place, cloud telephony can connect people quickly, securely, and at scalewhile keeping bad actors out of the conversation.

27 Nov 2025 8:00 am
Dream11 to open-source tech stack; BIIs funding playbook for Indian startups

Dream Sports is venturing into an open-source initiative under 'Horizon'. BII is doubling down on electric mobility, renewable energy, agriculture, and the circular economy. HerStory presents a list of women leaders in Indias tech ecosystem who are leading digital transformation across sectors.

27 Nov 2025 7:30 am
Bengaluru surges ahead in premium spending as young tech households reshape consumption

Premium buying in India is shifting from legacy wealthy areas to Bengalurus tech-led, gated-community clusters, where young professional households are driving higher spends across categories.

26 Nov 2025 7:40 pm
HungerBox posts 33% rise in gross transaction value for FY25

Foodtech platform HungerBox saw revenue growth of 26% for FY25, driven by its expansion and entry into newer categories.

26 Nov 2025 6:27 pm
Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (November 26, 2025)

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Wednesday, November 26, 2025.

26 Nov 2025 3:58 pm
A complete guide to Lenovo Pro for startups and small businesses

Learn how Lenovo Pro helps startups and small businesses save on IT, access expert guidance, and scale smarter with its tiered membership benefits.

26 Nov 2025 3:38 pm
Dream Sports to open-source Dream11's tech stack under new SaaS business

The new SaaS offering Horizon is targeted at startups and MSMEs across a range of sectors, including ecommerce, fintech, and health-tech.

26 Nov 2025 3:24 pm
Enterprise AI gets real with voice agents, workflows, and the new ROI math

From voice agents that tap internal systems, to workflow copilots that eliminate repetitive tasks, to radiology tools that flag critical anomalies in seconds, AI is finally driving measurable outcomes. Across industries, leaders are redefining ROI as accuracy, speed, customer experience, and scalabl

26 Nov 2025 11:50 am
Prosus to Double Its India Investment After PM Modi Meeting at G20

At the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, senior leaders from Naspers Limited and Prosus including Chairman Koos Bekker, CEO Fabricio Bloisi

26 Nov 2025 11:47 am
3ev raises Rs 120 Cr in Series A round led by Mahanagar Gas

The Bengaluru-based electric three-wheeler manufacturer said the investment will help scale production capacity, strengthen supply-chain integration, and expand its charging, aftermarket and conversion services division.

26 Nov 2025 11:46 am
AdvantEdge founders partially exit Rapido, earn 11.5x return on Fund I

AdvantEdge said it has distributed over 3X of the paid-in capital to its Fund I limited partners, a major chunk of which came from its exit from Rapido.

26 Nov 2025 11:29 am
Beyond the buzzwords: How blockchain is making AI accountable for India's next builders

At TechSparks 2025, Devika Mittal, of Ava Labs, explains how open infrastructure and developer support are turning India into a global leader in blockchain-enabled AI systems.

26 Nov 2025 11:18 am