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Update | October 19, 2026 20:35 IST B2B manufacturing company Zetwerks 5,012.3 Cr IPO was oversubscribed 3.06X at the end
In a bid to expand into the budget food delivery segment, cloud kitchen operator Curefoods has begun piloting a new
Inside UCs 2,500 Cr Fundraise Plan A year after listing, Urban Company is back in the market for more funds.
Restaurant chain Burma Burmas parent entity, Hunger Pangs Limited, saw its net loss skyrocket nearly 31X to 15.4 Cr in
Listed home services major Urban Companys board approved a proposal to raise up to 2,500 Cr yesterday, seeking to shore
Pune Police has booked Rapido parent Roppen Transportation Services Pvt Ltd for allegedly running bike-taxi services without the required licence
For years, we at Inc42 have tracked the Indian tech startup ecosystem and seen it grow from a kid to
Startup funding continued to pick up pace in the second week of October. Overall, Indian new-age tech ventures raised $236.2
Markets regulator SEBI has given its go-ahead to gym chain Cult.fits 950 Cr IPO about three months after it filed
Defence tech company Tonbo Imagings 852.1 Cr IPO continued to receive healthy investor interest on the second day of bidding.
B2B manufacturing company Zetwerks 5,012.3 Cr IPO was subscribed 27% on the second day of bidding today. Investors placed bids
Cloud infrastructure company E2E Networks operating revenue jumped 411% to 223.8 Cr in the second quarter of FY27 from 43.8
Shopifys India Checkout Bet Shopify is preparing to bring Shop Pay to India. Setting up a direct clash with domestic
Canadian investor Fairfax Financial Holdings has proposed transferring all its interests in insurtech company Go Digit General Insurance and its
The Ministry Of Communications Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecom operators to roll out calling name presentations (CNAP) across
Indias AI story is moving beyond the model. Until last year, the big question in Indian boardrooms was which large
Nobody on a factory floor wakes up wanting AI, Internet of Things (IoT) systems or a smarter dashboard. Their job
B2B manufacturing company Zetwerks 5,012.3 Cr IPO got off to a rather slow start today, receiving a mere 8% subscription
IT advisory firm Infotech has acquired Bengaluru-based SaaS startup Zluri to add the latters application discovery, identity governance and administration
Indian stockbrokers combined active client base on the NSE rose by about 1.6 Lakh to 4.61 Cr in September, despite
Agentic AI startup RevRag.AI has raised $2.5 Mn (about 24 Cr) in a seed funding round led by Accion Ventures
UC Taps Public Markets Again for Funds Urban Company is hungry for more cash. Despite sitting on over hundreds of
Original | Oct 14, 02:37 IST The government has selected Blume Ventures, Speciale Invest, Chiratae Ventures and 16 others as
Update | October 13, 20:00 IST Adani Groups flagship business Adani Enterprises and US-based manufacturing company Jabil Inc have signed
Amid a potential fire sale on the horizon, ecommerce unicorn DealShares CEO Kamaldeep Singh has stepped down from his role
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is considering dedicated regulations for ecommerce platforms, including quick commerce players,
Ex-Fundamentums cofounder Ashish Kumars VC firm Fundamentum Frontier Advisors (F2A) has marked the first close of its growth-stage AI and
Shares of Lenskart Solutions fell as much as 5% during intraday trade to hit a low of 643.80 on the
Most new-age tech stocks gained this week, as benchmark indices snapped an eight-week losing streak despite a midweek sell-off. Among
Indias cleantech startups attracted substantially more capital in Q3 2026, with large electric mobility rounds driving funding growth alongside an
Early backer Peak XV Partners has sold 12.2 Lakh shares of coworking space provider Awfis in a bulk deal worth
With an eye on entering the homegrown electric two-wheeler (E2W) market, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has signed letters of intent
Shares of fintech companies Paytm, Pine Labs and MobiKwik came under pressure today following reports that the proposed merchant discount
Late Stage VCs Turn Risk Averse In Q3 Indian startup funding stabilised in Q3, but investor appetite split sharply. The
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
Indias startup funding market remained selective in the third quarter of 2026, with investors backing fewer startups even as the
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
Kuku Technologies Limited, parent company of audio OTT platform Kuku FM and microdrama app Kuku TV, swung into the black
Funding momentum in the Indian startup ecosystem continued through the final week of September. Homegrown new-age tech ventures raised
Drone maker ideaForge Technology has received a GST demand and penalty order totalling 109.2 Cr over alleged tax underpayment on
Everything ixigo has done since it started off in 2007 can be called a stepping stone to get to where
OpenAI Dispute Sparks Academic Panic Last month, OpenAIs Codex possibly solved the Navier-Stokes equations in days. But mathematician Tristan Buckmaster
Amid increasing competition in AI, Google has now unveiled its new, most powerful model Gemini 4 Argon. The model is
Startup Funding Up A Mere 5% YoY In Q3 Startup investors turned more selective in Q3 2026. While funding rose
Private equity (PE) giant TPG has now offloaded more shares of listed logistics giant Shadowfax via an open-market transaction for

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