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The venture capital funding raised in the third week of July comes as a welcome relief after a subdued inflow in the preceding two weeks.

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Aurrevia launches Category III AIF, gets $10 million anchor commitment Investment platform Aurrevia has launched its Category III Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), backed by a $10 million anchor commitment from the Kothari Family Office through Aarii Ventures, as the firm looks to tap growing inv

The investment platform has received a $10 million commitment from Kothari Family Office.

The Gurugram-based startup's AI-powered system SURGE detects, tracks and neutralises rogue drones, and has become one of the youngest Indian defence firms to win a nine-figure Ministry of Defence contract.

This Bengaluru-based defencetech startup builds autonomous drones for battlefield logistics and air defence, and have passed the Indian Army qualification in its maiden year.

The Bengaluru startup makes hardware-aware AI models for firmware and embedded systems, and has raised $2 million to take them into chips, cars and defence.

Founded by a former Asteria Aerospace product lead, the Bengaluru startup makes multi-sensor perception hardware and agentic AI for unmanned vehicles across air, land and sea.

PM Modi launches India's first hydrogen train on the Jind-Sonipat route. Where it wins, where it falls short, and why it matters.

Tulon Materials raised Rs 10 crore to turn unrecyclable plastic waste into speciality resins for paints, printing inks and adhesives.

Becoming Quotient raises 7.5 crore to build a platform that makes professional growth measurable, portable and owned by employees

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Andhra Pradesh is pushing Mazzucato's entrepreneurial state further, treating entrepreneurship itself as public infrastructure across the state; Wipro delivered a muted performance for the first quarter of FY27 and the revenue guidance for the second quarter remained disappointing.

The fresh capital will be used to strengthen its frontier AI capabilities, accelerate the development of AI agents and expand its platform globally

Groyyo will use this funding towards strengthening its technology, expanding manufacturing network, and for global expansion.

Neo Group will utilise the funding for investment into technology, expand advisory network and introduce new products.

In a bid to realise India's $2.6 trillion BioEconomy vision by 2047, the country must move from fragmented initiatives to a coordinated national execution architecture, the Aayog said.

Elon Musk's APR Energy acquisition, worth over $1 billion, gives him a 1 GW mobile turbine fleet to power xAI's Grok data centres.

Conquest, Asia's largest student-run startup accelerator and an initiative of BITS Pilani's Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL)

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The state government aims to make Telangana a $1 trillion economy by 2034 and a $3 trillion economy by 2047, while the union government aims to make the country a $30 trillion economy by 2047, he said.

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Agnikul Cosmos said Mission 02 will attempt Indias first recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster while also demonstrating an upper stage that remains operational in orbit instead of being discarded after deploying a satellite.

Lawyers representing YouTube filed a notice of appeal Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, less than a week after Meta, which was also a defendant in the case, filed its own notice of appeal.

Doodhvale Farms is building a profitable farm-to-door dairy brand around trusted milk, protein products and daily essentials.

Green Tiger Mobility converts old petrol scooters into EVs with patented, ARAI-approved technology and battery-swapping support.

Wimbledons iconic towels are woven in Gujarat, revealing Indias quiet role behind one of tenniss most coveted souvenirs.

The capital will be used to accelerate SwitchOn's international expansion, strengthen R&D, and expand sales and go-to-market capabilities across key manufacturing sectors worldwide.

Paytm's continued increase in domestic ownership comes on the back of the company materially strengthening its operating performance.

Angel One's total income rose 25.4% to Rs 1,434 crore during the April-June quarter of FY27 from Rs 1,143 crore a year ago.

Metastable Materials believes India's growing battery waste isnt really waste. The Bengaluru startup extracts lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and aluminium from spent batteries and sells them as refined commodity metals.

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Artificial intelligence is changing the economics of lending by reducing the cost of evaluating borrowers, enabling lenders to responsibly serve customer segments that were previously difficult to assess.

Emergent was valued at $300 million during its Series B funding round in January this year. The latest fundraise takes its total capital raised to $230 million across three funding rounds.

The company said the fresh capital will be used to expand its offline retail footprint, strengthen its product pipeline, and deploy artificial intelligence across its supply chain.

This Ernakulam-based deeptech startup builds humanoids from scratch in its Kochi facility, and is now shipping them to the Gulf.

Founded in 2025, the startup puts compute, connectivity and storage on one made-in-India board, already used by 150-plus companies and 100,000-plus students

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The second edition of India Semiconductor Mission is expected to attract investments of around Rs 4 lakh crore.

Ather Energy has approved the preferential fundraise from Hero MotoCorp, the India-Japan Fund and its founders to support manufacturing expansion, product development, research and general corporate purposes.

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The investment platform noted that its strong performance was supported by focus on product quality, user experience and trust, resulting in better user retention rates than the industry.

Meta is facing a lawsuit from 26 employees who allege the company's AI-assisted layoff system discriminated against workers on medical, parental and disability-related leave by factoring in metrics that failed to account for protected absences.

BIZ-UDAAN-FUND 07:27 PM, 14 Jul 2026372 Words New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) IPO-bound eB2B platform udaan on Tuesday said it has secured USD 160 million in a financing round through the issuance of fresh equity and debt, as well as through the conversion of existing debt into equity. The proposed tran

The startup said the fresh capital will be used to accelerate product innovation, strengthen the companys research and development efforts, and expand its market presence across India ahead of the commercial launch of its first scooter, E3 TRION.

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In a candid conversation with Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory and The Bharat Project, Karnataka Minister for Greater Bengaluru Development Krishna Byre Gowda, talks about his vision for the city. Meanwhile, Google has unveiled a broad India AI strategy.

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Byju Raveendrans legal team said reports mischaracterised a Singapore court ruling. The High Court rejected only a stay request, while his substantive appeal against the civil contempt order remains pending before the Court of Appeal.