Blinkit is focusing on long-term growth, investing in its inventory-led model, customer acquisition, and dark store network, and does not view EBITDA as a near-term target, with overall margins shaped by expansion and market competition.

The company will cut 4,000 jobs as part of ongoing productivity initiatives in its manufacturing and supply chain.

The partnership will offer PhysicsWallah students the IELTS curriculum along with awareness sessions, seminars, boot camps, and expert masterclasses, aiming to build both test readiness and confidence.

The round was led by US-based pension fund CalPERS). Existing investor Avenir, Avra, Lightspeed, Glade Brook, The Stepstone Group and Nexus Venture Partners have also participated.

Deepinder Goyal says Zomato will wait and watch before launching a new low-cost delivery app, as the company lowers its free-delivery threshold to attract value-conscious customers.

Shashank Sharma has left Zepto Cafe to join gourmet retail chain FoodStories as Chief Executive. The leadership change at Zepto Cafe comes amid operational challenges and intensifying competition in Indias quick-commerce food segment.

HSBC Holdings Plc has with payments startup Juspay to develop a full-stack, acquiring solution,ttargeting digital-first and global merchants. The collaboration combines HSBCs global reach with Juspays payments technology to create an end-to-end acquiring platform designed to simplify how merchan

Eternal saw strong revenue growth in Q2, driven by Blinkit, even as net profit fell due to heavy investments in quick commerce and dark stores. Blinkits shift to an inventory model contributed to a surge in segment revenue.

Razorpays The Next Big Thing goes beyond capital to focus on what startups need most in their early stages: visibility. By spotlighting founders and their innovations, the campaign helps young ventures cut through the noise, attract the right stakeholders, and accelerate their journey to scale.

The new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro all get the M5 boost, promising faster AI performance, sharper graphics, and improved efficiency.

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The freshly fund will be mainly invested in content creation and building tools to support creators and storytelling.

Razorpay is expanding its operations in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Malaysia and Singapore, as part of its plan to strengthen its cross-border fintech infrastructure and tap new business markets.

The app from Billion Hearts Software Technologies, led by Mayank Bidawatka, who co-founded Koo, uses on-device artificial intelligence and face matching so that people receive pictures others have taken of them only after they share pictures of those others.

Delhi startup Alt Mobility has created a profitable model that bundles financing, servicing, and uptime to make EVs affordable for logistics operators.

Graph AI aims to modernise how drugmakers detect and report adverse drug events, an area heavily dependent on manual, labour-intensive processes.

Unlike low-cost, mass-market products, startups are now focusing on mass premium menstrual hygiene solutions, high-quality products that prioritise comfort, safety, and sustainability.

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The startups voice-first AI agents remember conversations, follow up across channels, and help banks close leads faster.

Bengaluru-based NEWME has taken a tech-style hybrid approach to cater exclusively to Gen Z without falling into the industrys biggest trap: overproduction.

The acquisition will allow TCC Concept to strengthen its presence in the ecommerce and digital marketplace space, expand Pepperfrys product assortment, and improve fulfilment.

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The move comes after the Reserve Bank of India issued new guidelines for payment aggregators last month requiring companies to keep all merchant payment operations inside licensed entities.

Food delivery platforms are having one of their strongest festive sales in recent years, driven by social gatherings and the overall spirit of the season. Order volumes are expected to peak during Diwali and the year-end holiday celebrations.

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From launches like Agent Builder and MetricsDB to customer success stories and hands-on demos, Elastics flagship event spotlighted Indias growing edge in the global AI transformation.

The deal comes on the heels of Prosuss Rs 1,296-crore investment in ixigo earlier this month, made via a preferential issue of equity shares at Rs 280 per share, valuing the company at roughly Rs 12,800 crore.

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In a fireside chat with Infosys Co-founder and Axilor Ventures Chairman, Kris Gopalakrishnan, at the Global Clean Mobility Summit, Athers CEO Tarun Mehta said capital remains a sticky point for deeptech startups in India.

The US-based crypto platform had first invested in the Indian crypto exchange as part of its Series A fundraise in 2020.

Tara Gaming was born in Pune, with Nouredine Abboud, Amitabh Bachchan, and Amish Tripathi as co-founders and Nicolas Granatino as executive chairman. Thermocool Home Appliances, a Rs 190 crore appliance brand, is now betting on smart, energy-efficient, and solar-powered appliances.

Founded in 2024, Delhi-based Partnr is digitising Indias unorganised two-wheeler repair ecosystem, connecting over 40,000 mechanics and helping them get access to parts, training, and business tools in one place.

Founded by Ishan Sukul and Himanshu Gupta, Bengaluru-based Kreo is blending affordability and quality as it gears up to launch its first made-in-India gaming monitors.

Everbright Health, a managed services platform for mental health providers, has raised $7 million in seed funding from W Health Ventures and Sanos Capital. The company aims to help psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists deliver advanced interventions such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

As the AI landscape shifts from experimentation to execution, AWS is arming enterprises with the tools to build, deploy, and scale autonomous agents with confidence.

Rising EV adoption means an uptick in incoming lithium battery waste that will need to be treated responsibly, ensuring these batteries can be recycled and circulated back into the ecosystem.

FS Life, the parent company of FableStreet, plans to use the fundraise to support its offline expansion.

Google will invest $15 billion over the next five years in setting up an AI hub in India, which will include the country's largest data centre in partnership with Adani Group.

The company plans to use the new funding to scale manufacturing, expand operations beyond medical delivery, refine its technology, and prepare for wider market deployment in 2026.

Funding Currently Raises $1 Million for Indias First Real-Time Social Network Ahmedabad-based startup Currently, founded by Mitesh Shethwala, has raised $1 million led by Aarvi Family Office LLP with participation from LJ Knowledge Foundation, Dhruv Patel, Pratik Patel, Neerav Dad, Arpit Patel, an

Arali Ventures got three exits from its first fund and returned the capital back to the investors.

HouseEazy will use the fresh capital to enhance technology, expand geographically, and strengthen its suite of real estate services.

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The Gurugram-headquartered companys funding round was led by WestBridge Capital, with participation from Elevation Capital and Goodwater Capital.

Muse allows users to make instant, secure payments by tapping their wearable smart ring named Ring One on any NFC (near field communication) enabled payment device with no phone, card, or wallet required.

The Pune-based Two Brothers Organic Farms will use the funds to scale its in-house manufacturing, strengthen farmer engagement, and deepen presence into international markets.

The newly raised funds will be used to strengthen CIMCONs working capital base, provide support for large operations and maintenance contracts, and expand its capacity.