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

This tranche exists because the Series B was never fully closed. Sarvam announced a $300 million round on 15 June 2026 and closed $234 million of it, with HCLTech putting in $150 million and Bessemer Venture Partners joi…

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Lite Updates 4 min read

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

A celebrity name on a cap table is a distribution asset, not an operating one, and the distinction matters more in chronic care than in most categories. Chronic disease management is a subscription business in economic s…

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Markets & IPO 4 min read

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

The loss reduction did not come from selling scooters at better prices. It came from spending almost nothing more to sell considerably more of them. Total expenses in Q1 FY27 were ₹1,310.74 crore, against ₹1,314 crore in…

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Funding 5 min read

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

Matel sells components into vehicles it does not build, which fixes the shape of the business. Every design win requires the customer to validate and certify the motor against its own platform, a process measured in quar…

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Funding 5 min read

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

Kaapi Machines sits between global equipment manufacturers and Indian café operators, and the business it actually monetises is not the machine sale. A commercial espresso machine is a one-off transaction. What follows i…

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