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STAGE funding

India’s STAGE gets $12.5Mn in Series B for its multilingual OTT platform

STAGE, an India based regional over-the-top (OTT) platform, has successfully raised $12.5…

Musk’s xAI acquires gen-AI video startup ‘Hotshot’ to compete with OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo 2

Elon Musk’s AI company — xAI — has acquired Hotshot, a startup…
InsuranceDekho secures $70 million

Slikk Club, which delivers fashion in 60 minutes, gets $3.2M to expand across India’s metros

With quick commerce being all the rage in India’s online commerce space,…
Protectt.ai raises funds for AI security

Protectt.ai gets $8.8Mn for its AI-powered mobile security suite for financial sector

Protectt.ai, a mobile security startup that provides a comprehensive AI-powered security suite…

India’s quick-commerce giants face antitrust complaint

Zomato-owned Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart, and Zepto — three companies who mostly control…
InsuranceDekho secures $70 million

InsuranceDekho gets $70Mn in fresh funding

InsuranceDekho, the domestic insurtech firm, has now secured $70mn in a new…

Y Combinator deletes Optifye.ai’s demo video after backlash over dehumanizing and exploitative concept

Optifye.ai, a AI startup backed by Y Combinator, has recently faced significant…

Udaan secures $75 million ahead of IPO plans

Udaan, the B2B trade platform, has successfully closed a new Series G…
softbank

SoftBank to lead $500Mn investment in AI robotics startup ‘Skild AI’: Report

SoftBank, which has been committing billions in US investments around data centres…
Ati Motors Floor Robot

Automation upstart Ati Motors raises $20Mn in Series B to fund global expansion

Bangalore-based Industrial automation upstart Ati Motors, has now secured a total of…
Paytm logo on a tent roof

Paytm narrows loss in Q3 FY25, revenue rises to ₹1,828 crore

One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, has now released its financial…

Swiggy launches SNACC, a new 15-minute food delivery app

After Zomato, now Swiggy is taking the “bite” out of wait times…
Quick-commerce firms accused of predatory pricing

Zomato is back with 15-mins food delivery service

After scrapping the 10-minute food delivery service in 2023, Zomato has re-entered…
Dunzo

Dunzo co-founder to join Walmart-owned Flipkart as startup looks for distress sale

Dunzo, the Indian hyperlocal delivery upstart backed by Google and Reliance, could…

Blinkit pilots 10-minute ambulance service, starting with Gurugram

Quick commerce startup Blinkit – acquired by Zomato in 2022 – has…

Accel raises $650Mn for its eighth India focused fund

After announcing its $650Mn eighth European fund in May 2024 – Accel,…

360 Capital secures €140Mn in first close of climate tech fund

Paris-headquartered venture capital firm 360 Capital – which has a portfolio of…

Tether to inject $775Mn into video-sharing platform Rumble

Toronto-headquartered YouTube competitor Rumble is receiving a fresh strategic investment of $775…