Sabyasachi Chandra

Electric two-wheeler registrations dropped 16.2 per cent to 1.72 lakh units, a second straight monthly fall. The purchase subsidy was halved this month, and the market noticed.

Over twenty second-level fund managers are due to be appointed within weeks. The governance questions raised by the first ₹2,192 crore round have not been answered.

The Chinese robotics firm listed in Hong Kong on Tuesday, raising up to $347 million on about $55 million of revenue. The margin curve explains why investors queued.

Magna already owned 51% of Yuma. This round takes its total investment to $87 million, raises its stake further, and dilutes Yulu — which is also Yuma's biggest customer.

Blue Ashva Capital led an $8 million seed into a Bengaluru company that bootstrapped for eight years on roughly $850,000 of revenue. Six defence satellites are due in 2027.

Volume hit a record 24.51 billion while value slipped to ₹29.82 lakh crore. The average payment is shrinking, and the industry's revenue fix depends on the payments that are not.

SignalFire and Las Olas VC led a $6 million seed into a Boston startup used by 225 agencies across 25 states. It answers a question every minute.

The fast-fashion retailer raised $1.74 billion at the midpoint of its range, about 73 per cent below its 2022 valuation. Hong Kong's appetite has moved elsewhere.

John Ternus takes over on 1 September. India expects its share of global iPhone output to reach 30-35 per cent within five years, on a strategy Cook negotiated personally.

The proposed share swap values the former unicorn a little above its cash pile of more than $90 million. The operating business is worth close to nothing.

India's deal value grew 5 per cent in the first seven months while volumes fell 13 per cent. The gap is less about caution than about what this cycle funds.

A listing in late September or early October would be the largest ever attempted. The prospectus must also explain what Anthropic's stated limits have already cost.

The AI Compute Partnership let smaller cloud operators borrow against Nvidia's promise to rent unsold GPUs. Some deals are on hold after internal antitrust warnings.

Around 240 roles go with the closure of Customer Delight operations in Hyderabad. What stays in-house moves to Gurugram, to sit beside product and engineering.

Info Edge Ventures led ₹20 crore into a Gurugram company that was already profitable on ₹13 crore of revenue. It is the first institutional money in sixteen years.

Ford Business Solutions will recruit around 500 people next year for AI, data and connected-vehicle roles. Its India centre already employs more than 12,000.

The heavy industries ministry has sanctioned a second straight year of auto PLI money for Ola Electric. Its June-quarter revenue was still 45 per cent below a year earlier.

Cook hands over on 1 September with India assembling one in four iPhones. The government thinks a hardware engineer in charge could push that toward a third.

The NCLT cleared a plan settling ₹22,006 crore of claims for ₹6.5 crore. Lenders now say the family entities that voted it through should never have voted.

The 36-year-old already runs JSW Cement and JSW Paints. Automobiles are a harder problem than either, and he is now running three parallel bets on them.

SoftBank's second Lenskart sale in two months landed 26% above its June price. Y Combinator and Qualcomm Ventures trimmed listed positions in the same fortnight.

The parent of Pernia's Pop-Up Shop drew 10 anchors led by ICICI Prudential ahead of its all-fresh-issue IPO. The luxury retailer remains loss-making with a negative net worth.

The MD and CEO told the board he did not want another term and wanted his successor to start clean. The board says it will fast-track the search.

The Hyderabad CRDMO's draft papers show FY26 revenue of ₹2,178.39 crore and 591 customers. Goldman Sachs and Quadria Capital are among its existing backers.

Deloitte India surveyed 257 employers and 505 campuses for its Campus Workforce Trends 2026. Skills now price entry-level talent almost as much as institute tier does.

Serbia's Šabac facility is the manufacturing end of a Minth–AgiBot partnership. Stated capacity on full build-out is 20,000 humanoid robots and robot dogs a year.

The year-old startup's valuation has climbed from $50 million to $2.5 billion in about four months, before its public launch. Its AI agent has also drawn privacy and security concerns.

The logistics platform raised the first close of a larger Series A to scale its Datashastra software and control-tower stack. Its valuation was not disclosed and the round is not yet complete.

The partnership embeds Salesforce CRM data and 37 prebuilt sales skills inside Claude, with actions governed by existing permissions. The plugin is in pilot, with open beta expected in September 2026.

The AI-powered marketplace sells luxury-grade goods direct from the factories that make them, undercutting brand prices. Its valuation was not disclosed and its headline growth figure is a projection.

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy the open-source AI hub for $12.9 billion, roughly 86 times its revenue. Neither company has confirmed the deal, and the price reflects strategic position rather than financials.

The IIT-Bombay-incubated startup will use the round to flight-qualify its satellite-servicing technology and run four in-orbit missions. Its valuation was not disclosed.

The Wolfpack Labs-incubated brand said it will expand from three outlets to 10 across Tier 2 markets and strengthen its central kitchen. The round is company-stated and its valuation was not disclosed.

The creator-led kitchen brand co-founded by chef Sanjyot Keer will use the round to expand its appliance range and supply chain. Its valuation and revenue were not disclosed.

The AI infrastructure firm backed by Greenko's founders placed a binding order for NVIDIA's latest systems for a Hyderabad AI factory. It is the first tranche of a stated $8 billion compute buildout.

The dog care startup will use the pre-seed round to open two new Bengaluru properties and train canine coaches. No valuation was disclosed, and the company is about a year old.

The enterprise voice AI startup will use the extension to expand beyond phone calls into WhatsApp and browser workflows. Its valuation was not disclosed, and it competes in a crowded, fast-moving category.

The spiritual platform will use the round to expand its temple network and fulfilment as it scales online puja and prasad services. Its valuation and the round's terms were not disclosed.

The aerospace startup builds tail-sitter drones designed to weigh less than their cargo, aiming for cost parity with trucking. Its valuation was not disclosed, and its scale-up depends on drone-flight approvals.

The specialty coffee chain raised ₹408 crore from existing backers at a reported ₹2,000 crore valuation, nearly double its 2023 mark, to fund new cities and its dessert push. FY25 losses narrowed.