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Sugar Cosmetics Raises ₹144 Crore at a Quarter of Peak, and Its Own Valuer Says Why

The cause is not mysterious, and it is not the market. Sugar raised $50 million in 2022 and spent much of it building physical retail: exclusive outlets, distributor relationships, shelf space reaching 550 cities. It is …

Crusoe Raises $3B at $30B on a Jane Street Contract That Is a Ceiling, Not a Booking

Jane Street is the part of this worth thinking about, and it has little to do with the size of the cheque. Almost every large AI infrastructure contract so far has come from one of three places: a hyperscaler, a model la…

Cradlewise Raises $12M Building $1,799 Cribs in Pune and Selling Them in America

The convertibility is the whole commercial argument, and it is a good one. A SNOO is a bassinet. It works for roughly the first six months, after which the family buys a crib anyway. Cradlewise converts, and covers the f…

Leanwatts Raises $2M for the Charger Inside the Vehicle, Not the One on the Street

There is a useful distinction buried in this round, and it is the difference between the charger on the street and the charger inside the vehicle. Public charging is the part of the EV transition that attracts capital an…

Ultrahuman Raises $70M After Engineering Its Way Around a US Import Ban

Read this round against the last eighteen months and it looks less like a growth raise than a vote of confidence in an engineering team that has just survived something. In August 2025 the International Trade Commission …