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Horizon3 Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 4 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Horizon3 Raises $250 Million Series E at Over $2 Billion Valuation Led by NightDragon and NEA

Horizon3 has raised $250 million co-led by NightDragon and NEA, tripling its valuation in fourteen months. The price works out at roughly 20 times its own claimed recurring revenue.
Ather Founders
Markets & IPO · EV & Mobility · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Ather Energy Reports ₹1,217 Crore Revenue in Q1 FY27 as Net Loss Narrows 71% to ₹51 Crore

Ather Energy's operating revenue rose 89% year-on-year to ₹1,217 crore in Q1 FY27 and its loss narrowed to ₹51 crore. Expenses were almost flat against the previous quarter.
Sarvam Founders
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Sarvam AI Board Approves ₹698 Crore Share Issue to NVIDIA, Glade Brook Capital and Others

Sarvam AI's board has cleared an issue of preference shares to raise ₹698 crore, led by NVIDIA. The issue price implies no increase on the valuation set at the June first close.
Matel Founders
Funding · 3 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Matel Raises ₹130 Crore in Series B Led by UC Impower to Expand Motor Manufacturing Capacity

Pune-based powertrain maker Matel has raised ₹130 crore led by UC Impower, with Catamaran entering the cap table. Its FY25 revenue was about half the annual sales figure it targeted in 2024.
Kaapi Machines Founder
Funding · FMCG & Retail · 3 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Kaapi Machines Raises ₹50 Crore in Equity From Sedna HoReCa Alongside Strategic Partnership

Coffee equipment distributor Kaapi Machines has taken ₹50 crore in equity from B2B foodservice platform Sedna HoReCa. Neither side has disclosed the stake, the valuation or the dilution.
UN:BLOC Founder with Yuvraj Singh
Lite Updates · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Yuvraj Singh Joins Healthians Founder Deepak Sahni's Stealth Healthtech Venture UN:BLOC

Singh comes in as an investor and founding team member at the Gurugram startup, which is still in stealth. Neither the cheque size nor the product has been disclosed.
Urban Company Founders
Markets & IPO · 1 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Urban Company Posts ₹92 Crore Q1 FY27 Loss as Revenue Rises 44% to ₹528 Crore on InstaHelp Push

Urban Company's core marketplace reached its highest reported operating profitability while consolidated results swung to a loss. The quick-service vertical InstaHelp lost ₹131.58 crore on ₹11.11 crore of revenue.
Truth and Hair Founders
Funding · D2C · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Truth & Hair Raises ₹5.4 Crore Seed Led by Inflection Point Ventures for Hair Styling Range

Angel platform Inflection Point Ventures leads the round, which funds distribution and product expansion at the Gurugram brand. Terms, valuation and the fate of its on-air Shark Tank offer are undisclosed.
PM Modi Meta India Head
Policy · SaaS & Tech · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Hyderabad Police Book Meta India Head Arun Srinivas Over Morphed Content Featuring PM Modi

Hyderabad Cybercrime police have registered two cases naming Meta's India head alongside unidentified Facebook and Instagram account operators. Neither complaint alleges that Meta itself created the content.
Aham Housing Finance Founder
Funding · Real Estate · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Aham Housing Finance Raises ₹100 Crore Led by The Sanmar Group to Expand Affordable Home Loans

The Chennai lender will use the equity to widen its branch network and lending capacity across four states. The cheque is roughly twice all the equity it has raised since inception.
super.money CEO
Fintech · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

super.money Launches superGift Multi-Brand Gifting Solution With Flipkart, Myntra and Cleartrip

The rewards instrument spans Flipkart, Myntra, Cleartrip, District and Zomato, in digital and physical formats. Razorpay and Pine Labs power redemption, and super.money says more partners will follow.
Simile Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Simile Raises $200 Million at $2 Billion Valuation Five Months After Its $100 Million Series A

Greenoaks led the round, with Index Ventures investing again and CVS Health Ventures returning. Simile says revenue has grown fivefold since February without disclosing the base.
Sambanova Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

SambaNova Raises $1 Billion at $11 Billion Valuation in First Close of Series F Round

General Atlantic led the first close, with Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates and Capital Group also investing. The round is not complete and no second close has been announced.
Apna Mart Founder
Funding · FMCG & Retail · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Apna Mart Raises ₹120 Crore Series C From Existing Backers Accel, Fundamentum and Peak XV

Accel India and Fundamentum have put in ₹55 crore each and Peak XV Partners ₹10 crore. The round is about half the size of the March 2025 Series B at roughly twice the valuation.
Sid's Farm Founder
Funding · FMCG & Retail · 30 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Sid's Farm Raises ₹81 Crore Pre-Series B as Listed Rival Dodla Dairy Takes 2 Percent Stake

The round is led by Omnivore and Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office, with Dodla Dairy, Next Bharat Ventures and LIO joining. Dodla told the exchanges it is paying ₹11.64 crore for 2 per cent.
Arboreal Bioinnovations Founders
Funding · 30 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Arboreal Bioinnovations Raises ₹230 Crore Series A Co-Led by EAAA and Omnivore to Add Capacity

The Series A is co-led by EAAA Alternatives and Omnivore, with existing investor Rainmatter by Zerodha participating. It is the first investment from Edelweiss's second Discovery Fund, which closed above ₹1,200 crore.
SUIND Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 30 Jul 2026 · 5 min

SUIND Raises ₹20.5 Crore Seed Led by Transition VC to Scale Bumblebee Agriculture Drone

The seed round is led by Transition Venture Capital Fund with participation from IIMA Ventures. SUIND was still pre-revenue in FY25, with a filed loss of ₹1.89 crore.
fnp Founder
Markets & IPO · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Ferns N Petals Plans 2028 Listing as FY26 Revenue Reaches ₹1,085 Crore on 25% Growth

FNP has set an end-2028 listing target and is guiding to 25% annual revenue growth. The same executive said in 2024 that the company would list in FY27.
Revspot Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Revspot Raises $4.8 Million Series A Co-Led by Inflexor Ventures and Info Edge Ventures

Revspot sells AI-driven lead qualification to high-ticket B2C businesses and claims more than 50 customers. Neither revenue nor the round's valuation has been disclosed.
Zepto Founders
Markets & IPO · E-commerce · 29 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Zepto Investors Discuss Revised $3 Billion Post-Money IPO Valuation, Down From $7 Billion Peak

Zepto and its investors are discussing a post-money IPO valuation of about $3 billion, less than half the mark set in October 2025. No decision on pricing or structure has been taken.
Fixxly Founders
Funding · E-commerce · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Fixxly Raises $5.5 Million Seed Round From Accel, Fireside and Lightspeed Ahead of September Launch

Fixxly plans 30-minute delivery of building materials to contractors through a network of dark stores in Bengaluru. The company has not yet begun commercial operations.
Yaanendriya Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Yaanendriya Raises ₹15 Crore From Piper Serica to Scale Navigation and Inertial Sensors

Piper Serica has put ₹15 crore into Yaanendriya's navigation controllers and inertial sensors, its first institutional round. Reported FY26 revenue was ₹72 lakh against an FY27 target of ₹5.4 crore.
Hegdinvst Founder Aditya Bhandari
Funding · Banking & Finance · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Hegdinvst Raises ₹11.5 Crore Series A to Fund Sponsor Commitment to Proposed Category III Fund

The company says the bulk of the round funds its sponsor commitment to a proposed Category III hedge fund. That commitment is a SEBI requirement rather than a discretionary show of alignment.
Musafir Cafe Netflix Terribly Tiny Tales
Lite Updates · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Terribly Tiny Tales Produces Netflix Series Musafir Cafe 13 Years After Launching as a Facebook Page

The series was produced by a studio that began in 2013 as a page publishing tweet-sized fiction on Facebook. It was acquired by Collective Artists Network two years ago for an undisclosed sum.
Rapido Ownly Founders
Lite Updates · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Rapido Integrates Ownly Into Its Main App, Extending Zero-Commission Food Delivery in Bengaluru

Bengaluru users can now order food inside the main Rapido app rather than through the separate Ownly application. The service remains confined to one city, against an earlier plan that envisaged ten by this month.
BigBasket CEO Amit Nanda
Markets & IPO · E-commerce · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

BigBasket's Consumer Arm Reports ₹8,223 Crore FY26 Turnover as Losses Widen 66% to ₹3,073 Crore

Turnover at BigBasket's consumer arm rose 7.7% in FY26 while losses widened 66%. The two entities together lost ₹3,175 crore, close to two-thirds of parent Tata Digital's net loss for the year.
House of Student Founder Vaibhav Verma
Funding · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

House of Student Raises $2 Million Seed Round Co-Led by Saltwater Sutra and Nirmitsu

The seed round is a mix of equity and debt, co-led by Saltwater Sutra and Nirmitsu Inspirational Ventures. The split between the two instruments has not been disclosed, and neither has a valuation.
Bombay Shaving Company Founder
Markets & IPO · D2C · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Bombay Shaving Company Parent Visage Lines Reports ₹635 Crore FY26 Revenue and ₹9 Crore Net Loss

Visage Lines Personal Care more than doubled operating revenue in FY26 and reported its first positive adjusted EBITDA. The figure is struck after adding back ESOP cost, and the company remains loss-making.
Narayana Murthy Infosys
Policy · SaaS & Tech · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Infosys Fined €175,000 (₹2 Crore) by French Labour Authority Over Time-Tracking Gaps

France's labour regulator DRIEETS fined Infosys €175,000 over gaps in its working-hours tracking system. The company has not disclosed which employee categories were affected or whether the system needs an overhaul.
Omega Seiki Mobility Founder
Funding · EV & Mobility · 27 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Omega Seiki Mobility Raises ₹50 Crore From Securocorp Securities And Family Office Investors

The electric commercial vehicle maker takes capital from a securities firm, a family office and two individuals. It was reported this month to be seeking ₹125 crore ahead of a listing.
Berrylush, Snitch Founders
Lite Updates · D2C · 27 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Snitch Acquires Womenswear Brand Berrylush To Enter India's Women's Fashion Market

The menswear brand takes over a Noida-based women's western wear label and says it will rebuild it over 100 days. Neither company has disclosed what was paid.
PhonePe CEO
Fintech · 27 Jul 2026 · 5 min

PhonePe Reports ₹7,920 Crore FY26 Revenue As Net Loss Widens 62 Percent To ₹2,792 Crore

Operating revenue grew 11.5 per cent while total expenses rose 16 per cent, widening the consolidated loss by 62 per cent. The company puts its normalised operating loss at ₹1,377 crore.
Veefin Founders
Markets & IPO · 27 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Veefin Solutions Board Approves ₹35 Crore Non-Convertible Debenture Issue On Private Placement

The board has cleared up to 3.5 lakh debentures of ₹1,000 each, to be placed privately in tranches. Terms including coupon, tenure and security remain undisclosed.
Cactus Partners
Lite Updates · 27 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Cactus Partners Targets ₹1,600 Crore for Fund II With Plans for 13 to 15 Investments

The firm has stated a corpus, a cheque size and an investment count for its second fund. It has not announced a first close, an anchor investor or a timeline.
Amazon CEO
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 27 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Amazon Cuts Jobs in Its Artificial General Intelligence Group After 16,000 January Layoffs

Amazon has eliminated an undisclosed number of roles in the unit that builds its Nova models. The cuts come as the company forecasts $200 billion in 2026 capital expenditure.
Man Left His Job to Open Café
Lite Updates · 26 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Man Quitting ₹1.5 Lakh Mumbai Job for ₹4 Lakh Hometown Income Goes Viral

The post says he sold a ₹3 crore Mumbai flat and split it across land, a house, two restaurants and fixed deposits. None of the figures is independently verifiable.
Priyank Kharge
Policy · 26 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Karnataka to Form Two AI Working Groups After Minister's Visit to Anthropic's Bengaluru Office

Two groups drawn from the Centre for e-Governance and the Home Department will identify where AI fits state services. No agreement has been signed and no terms disclosed.
Tech Mahindra Employee Protest
Lite Updates · 25 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Former Tech Mahindra Engineer Alleges Wrongful Termination After Leave to Care for Daughter

A former software engineer says she was dismissed after taking leave for her sick daughter. No FIR has been registered, and Tech Mahindra has not responded on record.
Zetwerk Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 25 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Zetwerk Secures ₹500 Crore Pre-IPO Funding From Bharat Value Fund Ahead of Planned Listing

The pre-IPO round lands about two weeks after SEBI cleared Zetwerk's confidential draft papers. Zetwerk has not confirmed it, and the reported valuation has moved since March.
Flipkart food delivery
Lite Updates · E-commerce · 24 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Flipkart to Enter Food Delivery With Bengaluru Pilot and ONDC Integration, Krishnamurthy Confirms

Group chief executive Kalyan Krishnamurthy said food delivery will be another use case on the main platform, starting with a pilot. The commission structure, rider model and launch date were not disclosed.