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Markets & IPO · Startups · 21 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Jio Drew ₹2.5 Lakh Crore Of Anchor Bids For ₹8,110 Crore Of Stock

Anchors bid thirty times what was on offer. The band was still set below what the market had been told to expect.
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Even Healthcare Founders
Funding · Healthcare · 19 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Even Healthcare Raises $50M to Build Hospitals That Earn More When Patients Need Them Less

The managed-care company is paid through memberships, so shorter stays and fewer readmissions help its margins. It plans five new Bengaluru hospitals after losing ₹90 crore on ₹25 crore of revenue in FY25.
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Startups · Markets & IPO · 18 Oct 2026 · 4 min

Flipkart's Logistics Revenue Rose 2.4 Times While Its Marketplace Commissions Fell 44 Per Cent

Logistics revenue rose 2.4 times as marketplace commissions fell 44 per cent. A third of the reported loss was non-cash ESOP charges.
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Markets & IPO · Startups · 17 Oct 2026 · 4 min

Urban Company Loses ₹279 On An Order Worth ₹114, And Is Raising ₹2,500 Crore To Keep Going

Loss per order fell 19 per cent. Order value fell 17 per cent. The board approved a ₹2,500 crore raise the same day.
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Rapidcanvas founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 16 Oct 2026 · 5 min

RapidCanvas Raises $29M on the Bet That AI Pilots Fail for Lack of People, Not Software

The Simility founders pair an AI platform with field engineers who build each customer's applications and stay responsible for the results. Recurring revenue has grown eightfold in six quarters.
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The Stack Founders
Funding · Healthcare · 14 Oct 2026 · 5 min

The Stack Raises ₹21.5 Crore on a Bet That Indians Will Pay More for Better Magnesium

The Goa brand names its ingredient forms and suppliers and sells only five products. One in three customers reorders within six months, and the top tenth of buyers bring in nearly a third of revenue.
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Circle founders
Funding · D2C · 14 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Circle Raises ₹25 Crore to Take the Risk Out of Buying Second-Hand From Strangers

Classifieds connect buyer and seller and leave the rest to them. Circle verifies the item, holds the payment and moves the goods, which is safer for users and far more expensive to run.
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Adani Jabil Inc Deal
Spotlight · SaaS & Tech · 13 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Adani and Jabil Sign a Non-Binding Deal to Build AI Racks in India, Not the Chips Inside Them

The proposed 50:50 venture would assemble racks, servers and networking gear and make power and cooling systems. The GPUs still come from abroad, and the anchor customer may be Adani's own data centres.
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Wudhomes Founders
Funding · D2C · 13 Oct 2026 · 5 min

wudhomes Raises ₹2.5 Crore to Own Every Step From Inspiration to a Custom Sofa

The Bengaluru startup makes custom sofas in its own factory and sells them through a store, home visits and visualisation software. It is a heavy model for ₹2.5 crore, in a category that has humbled bigger rivals.
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Manus Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 13 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Manus Raises $500 Million From Chinese Backers After Beijing Blocked Its Sale to Meta

The AI agent company moved to Singapore, sold itself to Meta for about $2 billion, and was ordered by Beijing to undo the deal. Its new round is led by Boyu Capital and IDG, with Tencent returning.
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Getty Images Headquarters
Spotlight · Funding · 13 Oct 2026 · 6 min

Getty Images Plans Bankruptcy to Go Private, With the Getty Family and Koch Taking All of It

Revenue hit a record in 2025. The debt, a collapsed $3.7 billion Shutterstock merger and AI's pressure on stock photography did the damage. The new owners would hold all of the reorganised company.
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Boldfit Founders
Funding · D2C · 12 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Boldfit Raises ₹400 Crore to Take a Profitable Online Brand Into Stores and Factories

It earned ₹35 crore on ₹304 crore of revenue in FY25 selling fitness gear online. The new money goes into retail, manufacturing and acquisitions, the capital-heavy parts of a sports brand.
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The Dough Therapy Founder
Funding · D2C · 8 Oct 2026 · 5 min

The Dough Therapy Raises ₹5.25 Crore to Double Its Vegetarian Pizza Chain and Take It Beyond Mumbai

Ten Mumbai outlets become the base for twenty within a year. A quarter of the money goes into supply chain and central operations, because consistency is where pizza chains break as they grow.
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Zinara Founders
Funding · D2C · 8 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Zinara Raises ₹3.6 Crore to Put Real Lab-Grown Diamonds on Gold-Plated Silver

The stones are certified lab-grown diamonds; the metal is 18K gold vermeil, sterling silver under a gold layer. That is how a diamond ring reaches ₹5,000, and what a lifetime warranty has to cover.
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Zomint Founders
Funding · Fintech · 7 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Zomint Raises ₹36 Crore to Turn a YouTube Finance Audience Into Wealth Clients

Every client so far came from Bekifaayati, its co-founder's 50-lakh-subscriber finance channel. Zomint is a mutual fund distributor, so it earns from the funds those clients buy.
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byteXL Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 7 Oct 2026 · 5 min

byteXL Raises $9M to Teach AI Inside the Engineering Degree, Not After It

The Hyderabad company sells to colleges, not students, building skills into the four-year degree. Its test is placements, in entry-level IT jobs that AI is rapidly reshaping.
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Desible AI Founders
Funding · Fintech · 7 Oct 2026 · 5 min

Desible.ai Raises ₹32 Crore for Bank AI Agents That Can't Ad-Lib a Disclosure

Its voice agents run collections, renewals and claims calls for 40-plus banks, NBFCs and insurers. The conversation can flow; disclosures, consent and escalations follow fixed rules.
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SuperMush
Funding · Healthcare · 6 Oct 2026 · 5 min

India's NDude Labs Leads $3M in SuperMush, Betting on Both Ends of the Supplement Aisle

Three weeks ago the investor bought into a Mumbai maker of clinically studied supplement ingredients. Now it has led the round in a US brand selling shilajit gummies at Target.
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CureMeAbroad Founders
Funding · Healthcare · 6 Oct 2026 · 6 min

CureMeAbroad Raises $1.1M to Send Western Patients to Surgeons in Turkey, Mexico and India

The Pune company is not built to bring patients to India. It sends patients from the US, UK and Australia to whichever country fits, and India is one option among six.
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Kinetic Age Founders
Funding · Healthcare · 6 Oct 2026 · 6 min

Kinetic Age Raises $250K for At-Home Care That Children Buy for Ageing Parents

It brings physiotherapy, training, nutrition and a doctor to older adults at home, with a relationship manager keeping their families informed. The funding pitch widens it to everyone over 40.
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QpiAI Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 5 Oct 2026 · 6 min

QpiAI Borrows ₹50 Crore at 13.85%, Due Two Years Before Its 1,000-Qubit Target

The quantum company earned about ₹2 crore in FY25. A year's interest on this debt is roughly ₹6.9 crore, so repayment rests on the next equity round, not on quantum revenue.
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Scooter Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 5 Oct 2026 · 6 min

Scooter Raises ₹1.5 Crore to Test Salespeople on Selling, Not on Selling Themselves

A sales interview rewards the candidate who pitches themselves best to a friendly buyer. Scooter shows managers how candidates handle real objections before they see the CV.
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Seeds Fincap Founder
Funding · Fintech · 1 Oct 2026 · 6 min

Seeds Fincap Raises ₹100 Crore to Lend to Businesses Too Small to Have a Balance Sheet

Its 70,000 borrowers average about ₹1 lakh each, assessed on cash flow rather than paperwork. For a lender, this equity is what makes several times as much borrowing possible.
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Unveilr AI Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 1 Oct 2026 · 7 min

Unveilr Raises at ₹16.7 Crore to Do the AI Search Work That Dashboards Only Measure

Profound just raised $180 million selling software that tracks brands in AI answers. Unveilr's founder argues nobody wanted another dashboard, and sells the work itself.
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Gemini 4 Argon
SaaS & Tech · Spotlight · 1 Oct 2026 · 7 min

Google Gives Gemini 4 Argon to Cyber Defenders First, Without the Guardrails

The model reaches trusted cyber defenders first, without the restrictions that stop it helping with security work. Google's own staff reportedly find it better on tests than on real tasks.
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Arivihan Founders
Funding · Spotlight · 30 Sept 2026 · 7 min

Arivihan Raises $10M for Teaching Without Teachers, Priced at Thirty Times Revenue

Revenue of ₹3.14 crore against a loss of ₹4.45 crore, priced near $60 million. The bet is that teaching without teachers holds its margin as it scales.
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Bharat Housing Network
Funding · Cleantech · 29 Sept 2026 · 7 min

Bharat Housing Network Turns Its Mortgage Rails Toward Solar Panels and EVs

This is borrowed money, not equity, and the cost of it is the business. The company named for housing is lending it against solar panels and electric vehicles.
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Alive Founder
Funding · D2C · 28 Sept 2026 · 6 min

Alive App Raises $1M After Bengaluru Turned Its First Profitable Quarter

Bengaluru turned its first profitable quarter, which means the oldest city is now funding the newest. The harder problem is getting people to come back.
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Balwaan Krishi Founders
Funding · Logistics · 28 Sept 2026 · 7 min

Balwaan Krishi Raises ₹100 Crore to Stop Importing the Machines It Sells

Most small farm equipment sold in India is assembled from imported parts. The bulk of this round is going into making them in Jaipur instead.
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Amaani Founder
D2C · Funding · 28 Sept 2026 · 4 min

Amaani Has Raised $5 Million For Its Arab-Ingredient Beauty Brand AÏZA

The brand launched in December 2024, so the ninefold growth is measured against a first half-year. What it does track is the move onto shelves it does not pay for.
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Rivet Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 25 Sept 2026 · 6 min

Rivet Raises $10.5M From Peak XV to Undo What Its Founder Helped Build at Tinder

Taru Kapoor spent eight years at Tinder before building the app that argues swiping was the mistake. Peak XV and Blume are funding it from India.
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Safebox Founders
Fintech · Spotlight · 24 Sept 2026 · 7 min

Safebox Raises $1.11M to Map What Indian Families Own Before Anyone Has to Look

Two founders survived a near-fatal accident and found no product that would have told their families what they owned. ₹86,917 crore sits unclaimed in bank deposits alone.
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Betterhood Founders
D2C · Healthcare · 24 Sept 2026 · 4 min

betterhood Has Raised ₹11.5 Crore For Preventive Pain Care, Led By Sauce

The money funds two different businesses at once: quick commerce shelves and a community of 7,000 physiotherapists. Only one of them is defensible.
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ONYA Founders
Funding · D2C · 24 Sept 2026 · 7 min

ONYA Raises ₹12.5 Crore Having Doubled Its Stores and Kept the Economics Intact

Eight stores and ₹3.5 crore a month, up from four and ₹2 crore ten months ago. Revenue per store slipped slightly, which is what healthy retail expansion looks like.
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Ultraviolette Founders
Funding · EV & Mobility · 23 Sept 2026 · 6 min

Ultraviolette Raises $85M, Taking It to $151M Against ₹32 Crore of Revenue

The round takes disclosed funding to $151 million since August 2025. FY25 revenue was ₹32.3 crore on 547 vehicles, which tells you what is actually being funded.
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Indian Walker Founder
Funding · D2C · 23 Sept 2026 · 7 min

Indian Walker Raises at ₹20 Crore for Bags Built on a Rapido Rider's Commute

The round size is undisclosed and most of it goes into stock. Bags are a forgiving category for that, because a backpack has no sizes and does not go out of season.
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Adani Group Durga Puja Grant
Policy · Spotlight · 23 Sept 2026 · 5 min

Adani Puts ₹2 Crore Into Durga Puja, Aimed at the Artists Rather Than the Banners

Eight committees will receive ₹25 lakh each, with a preview tour from 10 to 12 October. The money is aimed at the making rather than the visibility.
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Protein Pantry Founders
Funding · D2C · 22 Sept 2026 · 7 min

Protein Pantry Raises ₹9 Crore to Build the Factory That Makes Chaap Without Maida

Factories turned down the recipes, so the founders built their own. The funding goes into that plant, making soya chaap without the refined flour most brands bulk it out with.
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Uday Narang
Funding · Markets & IPO · 21 Sept 2026 · 5 min

Prime Industries to Raise ₹11.86 Crore From Omega Seiki Mobility Founder Uday Narang

The OSM founder will take about 11.32 percent through a preferential issue at ₹42 a share, and a director from his group has already joined the board.
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MoroMaa Founder with Aviral Bhatnagar AJVC
Funding · D2C · 18 Sept 2026 · 6 min

MoroMaa Raises ₹1.5 Crore for 9%, the Same Terms ajvc Offered Two Days Ago

Three months after launch, and on exactly the terms ajvc gave Slayd two days ago. The fund appears to run a fixed price rather than negotiate one.
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