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Farm Watt biomass
Funding · 24 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Farm Watt Innovations Raises ₹32.5 Crore Co-Led by IAN Alpha Fund and Rainmatter to Expand Biomass Network

The two-year-old startup aggregates crop residue and sells it as feedstock to compressed biogas plants. It runs 15 hubs today and has named eleven states it wants to enter.
Wiffy
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 23 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Wiffy Raises $3 Million Series A Led by Earth Fund to Expand Installation Services Network

The Mumbai company recruits and deploys technicians who install furniture and appliances on behalf of brands. It raised a comparable amount at pre-Series A two years ago.
CARPL.ai
Funding · Healthcare · 23 Jul 2026 · 5 min

CARPL.ai Raises $10 Million Series A Led by IFC to Expand Radiology AI Marketplace

The platform lets hospitals deploy and monitor medical imaging AI from many vendors through one integration. It hosts more than 300 applications from over 100 vendors and serves 30 hospitals.
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay
Lite Updates · Policy · 23 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Centre Approves Two Tamil Nadu Electronics Manufacturing Clusters Worth ₹1,012 Crore

The clusters at Manallur and Pillapaikkam will provide land and shared infrastructure for electronics firms. The same two sites were announced in March 2025 at a higher figure.
UpKraft
Funding · 23 Jul 2026 · 5 min

UpKraft Raises ₹1.6 Crore Pre-Seed Led by PedalStart to Expand Across Bengaluru and Gurugram

The Bengaluru company sends vetted tutors into gated communities to teach music and other extracurricular subjects. It was founded twelve months ago and has published no enrollment or revenue figures.
Bioscan Research
Funding · Healthcare · 23 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Bioscan Research Raises $1 Million Seed Led by Unicorn India Ventures for CEREBO Brain Injury Device

The company's CEREBO device uses near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning to detect intracranial bleeding without radiation. It has held Indian regulatory clearance since 2023.
NeuralKart
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 23 Jul 2026 · 5 min

NeuralKart Raises ₹2.35 Crore Seed Led by Inflection Point Ventures for AI Insurance Platform

The Bengaluru startup sells AI software that reads insurer policy documents to automate underwriting, claims and audits. It is also building a separate computer vision product for industrial sites.
Pruthviraj P
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 23 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Karnataka Engineer Pruthviraj P Joins NVIDIA Deep Learning Team, Compensation Reportedly ₹2.6 Crore

Pruthviraj P, an electronics graduate from PES University, joined NVIDIA's deep learning group in California. No source has been named for the ₹2.6 crore compensation figure now circulating.
Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa
Markets & IPO · 23 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Eternal Reports ₹92 Crore Q1 Profit as Blinkit Lifts Revenue 182% to ₹20,211 Crore

Blinkit contributed 77.5% of operating revenue under an inventory-led model that books the full value of goods sold. The 47% sequential fall in profit reflects a higher tax charge, not weaker operations.
Suminter Founder
Funding · 21 Jul 2026 · 6 min

Suminter Raises ₹25 Crore Debt From BlackSoil to Finance Harvest Procurement

BlackSoil’s loan will help Suminter purchase ingredients from its farmer network during the harvest window. The additional liquidity arrives as the company manages subdued profitability, repayment obligations and a Negative long-term credit outlook from Crisil.
30 Sundays Founders
Funding · 21 Jul 2026 · 6 min

30 Sundays Raises ₹61 Crore Led by Bessemer to Expand Its AI Holiday Platform

The Series A was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with Info Edge Ventures and Eximius Ventures increasing their stakes. The company claims an annualised gross booking value of roughly ₹200 crore, but has not disclosed revenue, margins, valuation or the round’s primary-secondary split.
Gurgaon Auto Driver
Lite Updates · 21 Jul 2026 · 6 min

Gurgaon Auto Driver Says He Left ₹25,000 Supervisor Job and Now Earns ₹45,000

The auto driver told Zypp Electric co-founder Akash Gupta that he earns approximately ₹40,000–₹45,000 a month while educating three children.
VERIQUS Founder
Funding · Banking & Finance · 21 Jul 2026 · 6 min

Veriqus Raises ₹387 Crore Led by Norwest to Build an Integrated Wealth Platform

Norwest led the round, with participation from family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Veriqus plans to combine wealth management, asset management, business advisory and lending, although its valuation, round structure and other investors were not disclosed.
Deloitte Employee
Lite Updates · 21 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Deloitte Senior Consultant Quits After 10 Years, Citing 74-Hour Weeks and 5% Hike

A Hyderabad-based technology professional said he left Deloitte after being denied a promotion and receiving a 5% hike on a ₹35 lakh salary. His account is anonymous and has not been independently verified.
Plazza Founder
Funding · Healthcare · 20 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Plazza Raises $15 Million to Expand Its AI-Led Pharmacy Network

Accel, Elevation Capital and Nexus Venture Partners have backed Plazza’s attempt to combine neighbourhood pharmacies with localised inventory planning. The harder test will be whether deeper availability can justify the working capital and operating cost of a rapid store rollout.
Bijit Ray NEET
Lite Updates · 18 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Assam Student Bijit Ray Scores 502 in NEET UG 2026, Highlighting Tier-3 Test-Prep Access

Despite severe financial constraints and a lack of legacy institutional knowledge, an e-rickshaw driver’s son has bypassed traditional high-cost coaching hubs, signaling a democratization of competitive educational resources.
Le'Udhaar
Lite Updates · Fintech · 18 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Le'Udhaar Launches Repayment Automation Suite to Capture Value Across India's $200 Billion Informal Credit Market

Founded by grant-awarded entrepreneur Daya Juwatkar, the Mumbai-based fintech startup is raising up to ₹1.5 crore to layer AutoPay mandates, micro-debit systems, and legal frameworks over the country's vast digital cash transfers.
EliteMindz Founders
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 18 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Elite Mindz Launches ZYNO AI Suite to Introduce Natural Language Prompting to Enterprise Software

The New Delhi-headquartered software firm is leveraging 16 years of enterprise experience to deploy a prompt-based AI layer across ERP, procurement, and HRMS networks to capture workflows across 30 countries.
Mitsubishi West Bengal
Lite Updates · Policy · 11 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Mitsubishi Explores Setting Up Semiconductor Manufacturing Unit in West Bengal

The Japanese conglomerate is exploring sites in Durgapur and Panagarh as the state government prepares a new industrial policy to attract advanced supply chains away from established western and southern hubs.
TCS CEO K Krithivasan
Lite Updates · Policy · 10 Jul 2026 · 5 min

TCS CEO K Krithivasan Says AI Will Not Reduce Overall Headcount Following Strong Q1 Hiring

Despite Chairman N Chandrasekaran recently predicting the deployment of half a million autonomous AI agents, the company's CEO insists the workforce will simply transition into prompt engineering and model management to service a $2.6 billion AI pipeline.
Jainam Jain
Lite Updates · 5 Jul 2026 · 3 min

14-Year-Old Founder Jainam Jain Launches AI Marketing Startup Mengo Engine in Dubai

Operating from the Burj Khalifa, the 14-year-old entrepreneur has launched an AI marketing platform into beta, highlighting how accessible application-layer software development has become.
Pepsico India CEO Jagrut Kotecha
Lite Updates · 2 Jul 2026 · 5 min

PepsiCo India Opens ₹1,266 Crore Flavour Manufacturing Facility in Ujjain

The 22-acre facility represents a major slice of the FMCG giant’s ₹5,700-crore investment pipeline, aiming to localise the production of its core intellectual property and empower its regional bottling partners.
I Love Bengaluru
Lite Updates · 2 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Bengaluru Overtakes Mumbai as India’s Top Hub for Under-30 Entrepreneurs

With 21 founders featured on the latest Hurun India list, the southern tech capital has displaced Mumbai by attracting a new generation of entrepreneurs focused on artificial intelligence, space technology, and electric mobility.
Supply6 Founders Vaibhav Bhandari and Rahul Saji Jacob with Kriti Sanon
Funding · D2C · 1 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Supply6 Raises ₹48 Crore Led by Unilever Ventures to Expand Foundational Nutrition

The Bengaluru-based nutraceutical brand will leverage fresh capital from Unilever Ventures and Kriti Sanon to defend its daily supplement market share against established FMCG incumbents.
Anthropic CEO
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 1 Jul 2026 · 5 min

US Lifts Export Ban on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI Models

The US Commerce Department has restored global access to Anthropic's advanced models, but the abrupt two-week restriction exposes the severe geopolitical risk of building Indian enterprise software on proprietary American infrastructure.
Kunal Shah WhatsApp Head
Lite Updates · 30 Jun 2026 · 5 min

WhatsApp Opens Username Reservations Ahead of Global Rollout Under New Head Kunal Shah

The Meta-owned platform is abandoning mobile numbers as its sole primary identity, creating a crucial privacy shield to support its new global head’s mandate to scale high-frequency commerce.
Ford CEO
Lite Updates · 30 Jun 2026 · 4 min

Ford Rehires 350 Veteran Engineers to Fix Quality Gaps Missed by Automated Systems

After automated systems failed to catch real-world manufacturing errors, the US automaker brought back hundreds of experienced technical specialists to retrain its AI and halt a massive spike in recall costs.
Lytmus AI Ajit Kumar, Praveen Y., and Naveen Yadav
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 29 Jun 2026 · 5 min

Lytmus AI Raises ₹5 Crore Pre-Seed Round Led by Boundless Ventures

The Bengaluru-based startup is leveraging fresh capital from Boundless Ventures to build autonomous, hyper-personalized AI mentors for NEET aspirants, aiming to decouple high-quality instruction from human limitations.
Incuspaze Founder
Funding · Real Estate · 29 Jun 2026 · 4 min

Incuspaze Raises ₹150 Crore Led by Bharat Value Fund Ahead of FY29 IPO

The Gurugram-based managed workspace provider is leveraging fresh capital to acquire regional competitors and capture booming real estate demand from Global Capability Centres.
Kolkata L&T
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 28 Jun 2026 · 5 min

L&T to Invest ₹4,500 Crore in West Bengal Data Centre and Software Park

The engineering giant is allocating massive capital toward a 30 MW Tier-3 data centre and a sprawling software park to transform Kolkata into a major eastern technology hub.
Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr
Lite Updates · 27 Jun 2026 · 5 min

Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr Erase $550 Million in Medical Debt for 261,000 Californians

By purchasing unpaid hospital bills on the secondary market for pennies on the dollar, the Snapchat CEO and his wife achieved a massive 100x multiplier on their philanthropic capital.
Prabhjeet Singh OpenAI
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 26 Jun 2026 · 4 min

OpenAI Appoints Prabhjeet Singh as India Managing Director to Lead Enterprise Expansion

The former Uber India President will take charge of the AI giant's local operations in September, tasked with driving commercial adoption, striking infrastructure partnerships, and navigating regional compliance.
Calcutta Stock Exchange
Lite Updates · Policy · 26 Jun 2026 · 5 min

West Bengal Government Announces Plan to Revive Calcutta Stock Exchange

After thirteen years of dormancy, the newly elected state government has proposed backing the historic regional exchange in its 2026-27 budget to decentralise India's financial ecosystem and unlock local public-sector value.
SuperLiving Founders Manavdeep Singh Grover and Gurjot Kaur
Funding · Healthcare · 25 Jun 2026 · 4 min

SuperLiving Raises $7 Million Series A Led by Lightspeed to Expand AI Wellness Platform

The Bengaluru-based startup has secured fresh capital to scale its preventive health platform, utilizing a proprietary AI memory layer to bring affordable, personalised wellness coaching to India’s smaller cities.
BYJU's  Aakash
Lite Updates · 25 Jun 2026 · 5 min

MEMG and GLAS Trust Near Final Settlement Over Aakash Shareholding

Manipal Education and Medical Group and the US lenders’ representative are finalising documentation to divide the remaining value of the collapsed edtech empire’s crown jewel.
Unnati Agri Founders Amit Sinha and the late Ashok Prasad
Funding · 23 Jun 2026 · 4 min

Unnati Agri Raises ₹17 Crore in Growth Capital From Recur Club

Following its merger with Gramophone, the integrated agritech platform is leveraging non-dilutive financing to fund seasonal inventory procurement and expand its rural distribution network ahead of a planned IPO.
Sherlocks AI Founders Gaurav Toshniwal and Akshat Jain
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 23 Jun 2026 · 5 min

Sherlocks AI Raises ₹7.5 Crore Pre-Seed Round Led by SenseAI Ventures

Founded by former Doubtnut executives, the AI-native incident management startup plans to use the fresh capital to expand its autonomous enterprise infrastructure tools across North America.
Square Yards Founders Tanuj Shori and Kanika Gupta
Funding · Real Estate · 23 Jun 2026 · 4 min

Square Yards Enters Unicorn Club With $95 Million Pre-IPO Funding Round

The Gurugram-based real estate platform has secured ₹900 crore in mixed debt and equity financing, relying on its massive financial services vertical to drive profitability ahead of a planned public listing.
Uber
Policy · 23 Jun 2026 · 4 min

Uber Board Sued by Shareholders Over Serial Compliance Failures and Abuse Claims

A Detroit pension fund is leading a derivative lawsuit against CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and other directors, alleging the ride-hailing giant sacrificed passenger safety and disabled access to accelerate growth.
Oracle
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 23 Jun 2026 · 4 min

Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs in Fiscal 2026 as AI Restructuring Costs Hit $1.84 Billion

The cloud-computing giant has slashed 13% of its global headcount, absorbing massive severance costs to aggressively pivot its capital toward artificial intelligence infrastructure and hyperscale data centers.