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New Delhi: Tech funding in India stood at $11.7 billion in FY 2025-26, an increase of 20 per cent compared to $9.7 billion raised in FY2023-24 amid strong early-stage momentum and a surge in IPO activity, according to a new report. As per Tracxn analysis, India ranked as the fourth-highest funded country globally during FY 2025-26, behind the United States, the United Kingdom and China, while staying ahead of Germany and France. It further stated that funding trends showed strong traction acro ...Read More >
MUMBAI, India, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas, a technology company headquartered in Singapore, today announced it has raised $6 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by Accel and Stellaris, two of India's leading early-stage venture capital firms. The capital will be used to expand Atlas's AI platform, grow its network of partner accounting firms in North America, and accelerate go-to-market efforts in a sector worth more than $150 billion annually. In the United States alone, mor ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Indian technology startups' total fundraise declined by 18 per cent to USD 11.7 billion in 2025-26, market intelligence firm Tracxn said on Wednesday. The technology startups had raised USD 14.3 billion in the financial year 2025. "India's startups raised USD 11.7 billion in FY 2025-26, marking an 18 per cent decline from USD 14.3 billion in FY 2024-25, but a 20 per cent increase compared to USD 9.7 billion raised in FY 2023-24," Tracxn's India Tech Annual Funding Report ...Read More >
Aman Gupta, co-founder of boAt, has raised Rs 100 crore in seed funding for his new venture, Off Beat. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, underscoring investor willingness to back entrepreneurs with a proven track record of building scalable companies. Off Beat, a content and creator-led venture, is expected to focus on leveraging technology and AI to build its platform, although detailed business specifics remain undisclosed. Announcing the fundraise, Gupta emphasized the strateg ...Read More >
Early-stage investment platform JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation (JIIF) has invested over Rs 150 crore across more than 100 pre-seed and seed-stage startups over the past two years and plans to deploy an additional Rs 80-100 crore over the next 12-18 months. The startup incubator reported over 15 exits during the period. The platform has also made a Rs 26.5 crore investment in Mumbai-based Atomic Capital, marking its entry into a fund-of-funds approach. The move allows JIIF to particip ...Read More >
RTP Global leads the $25 million round as Apple, JPMorgan Chase, Toyota, Deutsche Telekom, BHP and Crédit Agricole turn to Kestra to orchestrate mission-critical workflows across data, AI and infrastructure. NEW YORK, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kestra, the open-source orchestration platform unifying data, AI, infrastructure and business workflows, today announced a $25 million Series A funding round led by RTP Global, with continued participation from Alven, ISAI and Axeleo. The round bring ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Deepika Padukone, who has been a strong advocate for mental health awareness, reacted to cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues' recent revelation about battling anxiety. The 'Om Shanti Om' actress, known for openly sharing her own struggles with depression in the past, praised Jemimah for her honesty and courage in speaking up, highlighting the importance of conversations around mental well-being in sports and beyond. Taking to her Instagram Stories, Deepika Paduko ...Read More >
Hyderabad : Helex, a US and India based therapeutics startup developing a new class of targeted medicines for genetic kidney diseases, today announced its oversubscribed $3.5 million Seed round, led by pi Ventures. Others participating in this round include Bluehill Capital, SOSV, and a global syndicate of investors. With this round, Helex has raised over $6 million in total funding to date. With its recent funding, the company will accelerate preclinical development of its lead program, advanc ...Read More >
GURGAON, India, Oct. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Deepinder Goyal, one of India's most respected self-made entrepreneurs, known for his contributions to entrepreneurship, innovation, mentorship, and ecosystem building, has announced the launch of Continue Research, supported by a $25 million personal fund dedicated to advancing global longevity science. Continue Research was founded two years ago as an independent scientific initiative exploring upstream biological mechanisms -- the fundamental lev ...Read More >
GURGAON, India, Oct. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Deepinder Goyal, one of India's most respected self-made entrepreneurs, known for his contributions to entrepreneurship, innovation, mentorship, and ecosystem building, has announced the launch of Continue Research, supported by a $25 million personal fund dedicated to advancing global longevity science. Continue Research was founded two years ago as an independent scientific initiative exploring upstream biological mechanisms -- the fundamental lev ...Read More >
PNNNew Delhi [India], October 14: As India continues to surge forward as a global economic powerhouse, a new generation of companies is rewriting the rules of innovation, impact, and enterprise. From AI-integrated healthcare and futuristic vehicle management to affordable PR and quantum healing, these 10 dynamic ventures are not just building businesses -- they're shaping entire ecosystems. Representing a wide range of sectors including wellness, technology, finance, education, and digital marke ...Read More >
Rocket.new, an Indian startup building an AI-powered app development platform, has raised $15 million in a seed round led by Salesforce Ventures to take on viral vibe-coding rivals like Lovable, Cursor, and Bolt by letting users build full, production-ready apps from natural-language prompts rather than just quick prototypes. Accel and Together Fund joined Salesforce Ventures in the all-equity seed round, which comes only three months after Rocket.new launched its platform in beta in June. Sin ...Read More >
PNN New Delhi [India], September 15: Adaptiv.me, a French-Tech edtech startup with roots in both India and France, and Unicraft VC, a hands-on seed fund and startup studio based in Paris and Luxembourg, have announced the launch of a pioneering Indo-French AI incubator. Alongside this milestone, the two organizations have also signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to establish a state-of-the-art AI Lab in Ajmer, Rajasthan, positioning India as a global execution hub for next-generation artificial int ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Urban Company's initial public offering closed with record-breaking demand, subscribed 103.6 times overall, making it India's most subscribed IPO of 2025 among the largest issues so far. The offer drew bids for 1,106.5 crore shares against the 10.67 crore shares on offer.The biggest push came from institutions. The qualified institutional buyers (QIB) portion was subscribed 140.2 times, led by both foreign and domestic funds. Foreign institutional investors applied for 264.9 crore sha ...Read More >
Gurugram : JSW MG Motor India today announced that India's best-selling EV, the MG Windsor, has achieved another remarkable milestone. In July, the company set a new record for Windsor sales, selling 4,308 units in a single month. The carmaker has sold nearly 36,000 units of the MG Windsor since its launch. The robust sales performance has helped the company expand its market share in the EV Segment. In Q2 CY'25, the company recorded a 4% increase in market share, rising to 32% from 28% in Q1 C ...Read More >
Bengaluru - August 13, 2025; Enterprise software runs on APIs but connecting those APIs remains frustratingly manual. Every new workflow, system upgrade, or edge case spawns new tickets. Every year enterprises pay $350B to big consultancies and systems integrators to ensure API's work smoothly. Refold AI aims to end this tax on business with a platform that removes API complexity into repeatable, productized software with AI. Refold AI, a new startup rethinking integrations from the agent up, i ...Read More >
VMPL Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 14: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and AMPIN Energy Transition, in collaboration with Deloitte & Sumitomo Corporation, successfully concluded its pivotal seminar titled 'Renewable Energy Transition for Commercial and Industrial Consumers in the Southern Region' at Hotel Taj MG Road. The event brought together a diverse group of industry leaders, policymakers, and C&I consumers who discussed the roadmap to achieve 100 ...Read More >
Shivalik Small Finance Bank (SSFB) has raised nearly $11.4 million led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund-Japan. In another development, Refold AI, an enterprise AI startup, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding. Shivalik Small Finance Bank secures $11.4m Shivalik Small Finance Bank (SSFB) on Thursday announced that it has raised nearly $11.4 million (Rs 100 crore) led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund-Japan, the corporate venture capital arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). The funding also saw ...Read More >
Kolkata - Parkobot the world's first "Airbnb for parking" powered by IoT smart Parking Space Barrier has raised INR 2.09 Crores in seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures, one of India's largest angel investing platforms. The round also saw participation from HNIs. The funds will be utilized to expand infrastructure, reach additional markets, strengthen backend and increase product portfolio. Since its founding, Parkobot has made its mark as the world's first startup to launch an "Airbnb fo ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when ...Read More >
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The global AI video generation market continues to accelerate. Grand View Research reckons it was worth $555 million in 2023 but that by 2030, it will be close to $1.96 billion. That equates to 20% growth a year. However, while the competition in this new market is stiff, with fast-growing businesses such as Runway, Invideo and Synthesia offering tools that make it easy for anyone to generate professional looking video for s ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) As Tesla announced its foray into the Indian market on Tuesday, Liberty General Insurance and ACKO said they have become insurance partners for the American electric carmaker in India. Liberty General Insurance said it has developed a suite of finely tuned protection plans that complement Tesla's engineering and performance excellence while anticipating the distinct needs of EV users. "At Liberty, we're deeply honoured to be among Tesla's preferred insurance providers f ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 15 (PTI) AI video platform Trupeer has raised USD 3 million (around Rs 25.8 crore) in a seed funding round led by RTP Global, a statement said on Tuesday. The funding round also saw participation from Salesforce Ventures and a consortium of over 20 CIO and CTO angel investors from Fortune 500 companies, Trupeer said. "This round supports Trupeer's mission to reinvent how teams create product videos, tutorials, and walkthroughs, the AI platform said, adding that it will help unlock ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], July 15: In a defining moment for Indian luxury jewellery, Zoya- India leading luxury jewellery atelier from the Tata Group--unveils a limited-edition capsule in collaboration with globally acclaimed British designer and curator Alice Cicolini, marking the first international creative partnership for an Indian luxury jewellery atelier. Born out of deep mutual admiration of Indian craft, the capsule pays homage to enamel--one of India most poetic art forms in luxury. Ins ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 15 (PTI) AI video platform Trupeer has raised USD 3 million (around Rs 25.8 crore) in a seed funding round led by RTP Global, a statement said on Tuesday. The funding round also saw participation from Salesforce Ventures and a consortium of over 20 CIO and CTO angel investors from Fortune 500 companies, Trupeer said. Also Read | Ganeshotsav 2025: MSRTC To Run 5,000 Special Buses to Konkan From August 23 to September 7, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik Announces; Group Bookings Sta ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 15: The Bihar Idea Festival, an initiative aimed at discovering and supporting emerging startups across the state, driven by ideas, identity, and innovation, has taken a significant step forward with the launch of its new portal, opening a "significant opportunity for Bihar's startup sector." Also Read | Dabba Trading-Online Betting Racket: ED Conducts Searches in Mumbai in Money Laundering Case; INR 3.3 Crore Cash, Luxury Watches and Jewellery Seized. Launched a fe ...Read More >
Patna: The state govt on Monday launched the 'Bihar Idea Festival', a dedicated portal aimed at encouraging grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. State industries minister Nitish Mishra inaugurated the portal at an event held at Soochna Bhawan, describing it as a "milestone" initiative that will allow students, youth, entrepreneurs and startup teams, even from rural areas, to submit their ideas directly to the govt."The aim is to collect innovative ideas and solutions from ...Read More >
Patna: The state govt on Monday launched the 'Bihar Idea Festival', a dedicated portal aimed at encouraging grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. State industries minister Nitish Mishra inaugurated the portal at an event held at Soochna Bhawan, describing it as a "milestone" initiative that will allow students, youth, entrepreneurs and startup teams, even from rural areas, to submit their ideas directly to the govt."The aim is to collect innovative ideas and solutions from ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal unit of BJP, under the leadership of its new State party President Samik Bhattacharya is making all efforts to ensure a political rally in the state, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it, before Trinamool Congress's annual Martyrs' day rally in Kolkata on July 21. An insider from the state committee of BJP said that the week before July 21, the Prime Minister is scheduled to go for an election campaign in Bihar where the Assembly polls ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's fintech sector raised $889 million in the first six months of 2025, a drop of 26% from $1.2 billion of H2 2024 and a 5% slide from $936 million seen a year ago, according to a report by market intelligence platform Tracxn.As per the report, India ranked third globally, trailing only the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Seed-stage startups raised $91.2 million, a fall of 27% from H2 2024 ($126 million) and 33% from H1 2024 ($137 million). In striking contrast, e ...Read More >
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