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Fortis Healthcare has signed a pact to acquire the 125-bed People Tree Hospital in Bengaluru for Rs 430 crore through its subsidiary IHL. The deal strengthens Fortis presence in the city, with plans to expand capacity beyond 300 beds.

In this photo essay, we showcase a range of outstanding creative works from SAF 2025 in Goa, along with curator insights.

Decathlon India swung to a loss in FY25 as revenue growth slowed to 3.1%. Sawariya Group is a leading distribution and brand management company. The International Onboarding Program by GWT supports students looking to pursue education in STEM fields at state-run universities in Saxony, Germany.

Surprisingly, the funding amount crossed $350 million in the third week of December, which mostly sees fewer funding activities.

Nearly 55% of Growws client assets generate no revenue today, but Jefferies sees that as upside, not risk. By acquiring young mutual fund investors early & monetising them gradually through margin trading, wealth and credit offerings, Groww is betting on long-term lifetime value over instant ARPUs.

By integrating AI across checkout, fulfilment, risk, and insights, Gurugram-based logistics player Shiprocket wants to ensure that advanced technology works out of the box for sellers across Bharat. Amrita Ghosh Indias commerce story is being rewritten at an unprecedented scale. From neighbour

Flipkart buys into generative video as Indias ecommerce battle shifts from search boxes to AI-led discovery. Founded in 2024, Minivet AI builds tools that convert static product catalogs into short, video formats.

Decathlon India swung to a loss in FY25 as revenue growth slowed to 3.1%, a steep drop from the 41% post-pandemic surge. The retailer faces a tough transition as changing consumer behaviour takes a toll on its growth.

The fund, named the KRAFTON-NAVER-MIRAEASSET Unicorn Growth Investment Fund, will target growth-stage technology companies across Asia, with India as the core investment market.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Friday, December 19, 2025.

The round included participation from Indian lenders such as Union Bank of India, Karur Vysya Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank and STCI Finance, the company said in a statement.

Earlier this month, StockGro also raised Rs 150 crore from stock market investor Mukul Agrawal in a Series B funding round.

The round was led by Japans Mynavi Corporation, with participation from existing backers Blume Ventures, Bharat Inclusive Technologies Seed Fund and Rebright Partners.

The company plans to use the capital to expand manufacturing capacity, strengthen distribution across India, and invest in product development for its brands, MOM Meal of the Moment and Gimi Gimi.

As generative AI becomes central to how businesses operate, many are waking up to shockingly high AI bills and slower response times from large LLMs. Groqs inference chip can help bring these costs down while delivering fast, affordable and highly efficient compute.

Indias fintech revolution is entering its next phase; one where intelligence must move as fast as money. At TechSparks 2025, Paytm and Groq laid out why real-time AI will define the industrys next decade.

Indian companies are discovering that low latency, and not larger models, is now the frontier of AI. This roundtable, featuring Groq alongside leaders from fintech, commerce, mobility and FMCG companies, looked at what it will take to close that gap.

Resortire appoints Nikita Dutta as brand ambassador, unveils co-designed collection Luxury womenswear label deepens its focus on modern, travel-inspired fashion through a creative collaboration that blends global design sensibilities, comfort, and individuality. Resortire The Vacation Luxury,

As blockchain integrates with enterprises, regulation, and Indias digital public infrastructure, these five shifts will define how trust and value move on-chain.

As Vande Mataram turns 150, the freedom anthem is once again at the centre of public debate. Drawing on a recent conversation with Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, this article traces the songs origins and why it still provokes both pride and discomfort.

The International Onboarding Program by German organisation GWT, in collaboration with Dresden University of Technology, supports students looking to pursue education in STEM fields at state-run universities in Saxony, Germany. It also offers a tailored pathway for working professionals.

New-age entrepreneurs are overtaking legacy wealth and rewriting the rules of capitalism. EYVA blends non-invasive sensing with AI-led insights to help users understand metabolic trends. Connecting The Dots works to improve how science and mathematics are taught in schools.

After attaining the 200-cafes milestone recently, Third Wave Coffee Roasters is planning to open a 100 more in FY2026. The focus will be on newer markets and disciplined scale.

The latest move raises PWs holding above 77% and follows a similar move in Utkarsh Classes earlier this month.

Air India Group emerged as the airline group with the highest number of technical defects reported during the year, as per data tabled in Parliament. The disclosure, inclusive of Air India Express, comes in a year marked by a fatal Air India crash and renewed scrutiny in the aviation sector.

The EV startup has reportedly partnered with Chinese EV giant BYD to design and manufacture electric tractors, trucks, buses, and three-wheelers.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Thursday, December 18, 2025.

Even Healthcares latest data shows that structured post-discharge care can sharply cut readmissions, admissions, and costschallenging the assumption that expanding hospital capacity alone can fix Indias healthcare strain.

The Bengaluru-based company said the capital will support national expansion of showrooms and service centers, as well as investments in product development.

The firm is the latest among a string of Indian VCs that are stocking up on dry powder to help fund early-stage startups in the country.

WorkIndia said the fresh capital will be used to upgrade its technology platform, sharpen its job matching algorithms, expand into high demand regions and drive product innovation.

Students in India are showing a growing interest in blockchain, and the numbers clearly reflect this trend. This year's Binance Case Challenge saw nearly nine times more participants than last year.

Razorpay has been central to Wow! Momos expansion across 725 stores by streamlining payments, automating workflows, and driving customer engagement. The partnership helped the QSR brand scale smarter, serve faster, and build a strong digital foundation for its ambitious global growth. Amrita Gh

At TechSparks 2025, Kavita Viswanath of Toast revealed how businesses can scale AI responsibly, through ethical intent, transparent systems, human-in-the-loop governance, and environmentally conscious engineering.

Indias startup founders are no longer mere disruptors; theyre the new power centres. With thousands of crores in enterprise value, significant job creation, and growing tax contributions by their companies, new-age entrepreneurs are overtaking legacy wealth and rewriting the

Nothing's community base now stands at around 13,000 investors who have collectively contributed over $16 million to date.

Juneja will lead the companys revenue strategy, sales and business development functions, and customer engagement initiatives.

From cash to QR codes, Indias relationship with money has undergone a quiet revolution. What began as a policy experiment with UPI has evolved into a trusted digital habit, reshaping how Indians pay, save, and think about money.

For India, investing in reducing black carbon can benefit both the climate and health, making it an effective tool to tackle the global climate crisis.

Eternal's Deepinder Goyal tops India's Top 200 self-made entrepreneurs of the millennia 2025 list. Neev Finance manages investments professionally through structured portfolios. A new study shows that young women in India are facing a layered health crisis, shaped by work, stress and inequality.

Healthtech startup EVYA blends non-invasive sensing with AI-led insights to help users understand glucose stability, energy patterns, and long-term metabolic trends.

The seed-stage investment firm has also elevated Venture Partner Vijay Jacob to General Partner to help the firm make bets beyond seed stage in deep-tech companies.

With Strand Life Sciences, Reliance is pushing genetic testing toward the mainstream. Incumbents, regulators and doctors are bracing for what comes next.

Courseras deal to buy Udemy creates a $2.5 billion online learning platform, combining university credentials with instructor-led courses as demand grows for AI-related workplace skills.

A new docu-reel series from YourStory Meta follows early Indian builders using open-source Llama models in practical, sector-specific ways.

The member of the Rajya Sabha argues that blockchain-based fractional ownership could emulate UPI's payments revolution for assets.

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.