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Bharat Innovates 2026 opened in Nice on 14 June 2026, with PM Modi, President Macron and Piyush Goyal launching India's deep-tech showcase, followed by its first cross-border MoUs and investment commitments.

Razorpay provides a wide variety financial services encompassing payments, collections, access to capital, etc.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Heres the roundup for Monday, June 15, 2026

With Golani's appointment, UNIVO aims to strengthen its position in online higher education through learner-focused programmes, university partnerships, and AI-driven personalised learning experiences.

The new AI tools directed at the Indian sellers on Amazon is aimed at helping them achieve better efficiency and also get access to global markets.

Foodstories plans to use the funding to enhance its digital channel, retail footprint, and delivery network.

Sudarshan Mogasale, CEO of Dassault Systmes Solutions Lab (India), on why deep tech in India is at an inflection point, the power of virtual twins, and the road to Bharat Innovates 2026 in France.

At DevSparks 2026 in Bengaluru, NVIDIA's Jigar Halani made the case that every model choice and agent a developer ships has a direct cost implication, and that understanding tokeconomics is now a core developer skill.

The multipronged approach of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) encompassing funding, infrastructure, networks, market reach has led to expansion of biotech startups in India.

Several successful biotech startups trace their roots to BIRAC. Cleantech company GPS Renewables, for example, received funding under BIRACs Biotechnology Ignition Grant.

Bengaluru-based Pint of View hosts sold-out academic lectures in bars across India, proving that curiosity doesnt end with college and that people will happily pay to learn with a drink in hand.

At DevSparks 2026 in Bengaluru, Ramprakash Ramamoorthy, Director of AI Research at Zoho Corp, explained how open-weight models forced a rethink of what an in-house AI lab is actually for, and why inference engineering became Zoho Labs' answer.

When India recently hosted the world for a landmark AI summit, the headline was not profit or processing power. It was possibility.

This insightful feature from YourStory tests and strengthens your business acumen! Here are 5 questions to kick off this 236th quiz. Ready?

In this photo essay, we feature highlights from a Gallery Time and Space art exhibition, along with curator insights.

Pramatra Space has developed an in-house photonics chip that generates encryption keys using the physics of quantum entanglement, with the aim of making enterprises quantum-resilient.

This Rigvedic invocation has guided Indias civilisational openness to knowledge. Today, it finds urgent expression in innovation.

In this episode of the Prime Venture Partners Podcast, Amit Somani speaks with Ambarish Kenghe (AK), CEO of Angel One. Having held leadership roles at Myntra, Google Pay, and now Angel One, AK reflects on India's evolving relationship with money and where the biggest opportunities lie in the decade.

Cookies as hero product for dessert: the story of FES Cafe.

WitchHunt is a large-scale AI hackathon organised by HopeWorks Foundation in partnership with AI4India and the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission. In other news, cricketer Rohit Sharma has joined health and fitness platform FITTR as an investor and equity partner.

Venture capital funding into Indian startups is showing a steady upward trend but this is unlikely to build into strong momentum given the current market conditions.

The acquisition gives Meesho deeper access into the grocery market and a platform for B2B play across categories.

Indias next phase of growth will be shaped by how effectively it turns ideas into institutions, enterprises and technologies for the world.

Singapores High Court has stayed the committal and surrender provisions of a civil contempt order against Byju Raveendran, pending his appeal against the finding.

Bharat Innovates 2026 speakers include N. R. Narayana Murthy, Ajay Sood, Ritesh Agarwal and European Innovation Council President Michiel Scheffer. Here is who will take the stage in Nice.

The Karnataka government has concluded ELEVATE NxT 2026, its flagship DeepTech startup program, after drawing applications from 983 startups

The new fund aims to invest in 25-30 deeptech startups at the pre-seed and seed stages of funding.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Friday, June 12, 2026.

Marine robotics startups Rekise Marine will utilise this funding primarily towards product development and hiring of engineering talent

The initiatives are being implemented through the Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission, leading academic institutions, and ecosystem partners.

From small towns to global impact: Indias MSMEs are powering the next wave of entrepreneurship As India continues to work toward becoming a global innovation and entrepreneurship powerhouse, Indias MSMEs are playing a vital role by driving jobs, exports, digital adoption, and inclusive growth.

Deeptech and IP-led innovation-focused Aum Ventures has earlier backed deeptech companies like Skyroot Aerospace, semiconductor start-up Azimuth AI, Cosmoserve Space, AI-based defence tech firm Sharang Shakti, etc.

The startups are Bengaluru-based companies Astrobase Space Technologies and SatSure Analytics India and TM2SPACE Technologies from Hyderabad.

At DevSparks 2026 in Bengaluru, CoRover AI's Ankush Sabharwal made the case that offline-first, edge-deployed conversational AI is not a constraint to work around, but a more deliberate and often more effective form of AI engineering.