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[Update] Ringg AI Nets Additional $10 Mn, Closes Series A At $15.5 Mn

Update | August 26, 2026, 10:55 IST Bengaluru-based AI startup Ringg AI has raised an additional $10 Mn (95 Cr),

26 Aug 2026 11:00 am
Mamaearth Parent Honasa Calls Off

Beauty and personal care (BPC) major Honasa Consumer has called off its proposed 135 Cr acquisition of a 58% stake

26 Aug 2026 10:19 am
Zerodha Fund House FY26: Revenue Up 79% YoY To

Zerodha Asset Management Pvt Ltd, the entity behind Zerodha Fund House, saw its operating revenue zoom 78.7% to 16.8 Cr

26 Aug 2026 4:05 am
IPO-Bound Pernia Pop Up Shop

Pernia Pop Up Shops parent Purple Style Labs (PSL) consolidated net loss for the year ending March 31, 2026 (FY26)

25 Aug 2026 10:21 pm
Verlinvest, Mirchandani Family Raise Stakes In Epigamia In $20 Mn Secondary Deal

D2C brand Epigamias existing shareholders Verlinvest and the family of its late cofounder Rohan Mirchandani have increased their stakes in

25 Aug 2026 4:52 pm
Spiritual Tech Startup Utsav Raises

Spiritual tech startup Utsav has secured 36 Cr ($3.8 Mn) in a Series A funding round led by Atomic Capital.

25 Aug 2026 4:35 pm
Pine Labs Invests

In line with its bid to modernise its digital payments offerings, fintech major Pine Labs invested about 24 Cr on

25 Aug 2026 4:03 pm
Urban Company Sues Kent RO Over Allegedly Disparaging Native Ads

Consumer services company platform Urban Company has filed a defamation and disparagement suit against Kent RO Systems over advertisements questioning

24 Aug 2026 10:59 am
Inc42 CTO Summit 2026

Indias technology ecosystem is entering another major transition. Over the past decade, technology leaders have navigated the shift to mobile,

24 Aug 2026 10:17 am
From Loan Diversion To Forged Letters: CBI Books BluSmart Founders In

The CBI has registered an FIR against Gensol Engineering, Gensol EV Lease, and BluSmart founders Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet

22 Aug 2026 4:48 pm
D2C Brand Be Clinical Bags

D2C skincare brand Be Clinical has raised 21 Cr (about $2.2 Mn) in its seed extension round led by Sauce,

22 Aug 2026 3:46 pm
Accel, AVP Sell Over 1 Cr Amagi Shares In

Venture capital (VC) firms Accel and AVP (formerly AXA Venture Partners) sold over 1 Cr shares of listed media SaaS

21 Aug 2026 9:46 pm
IPO-Bound Atomberg

IPO-bound consumer appliances startup Atomberg Technologies saw its consolidated net loss widen 26.8% to 148.9 Cr in the financial year

21 Aug 2026 4:44 pm
Why Dogsee Chew Refused A UK Distributor

Pet wellness brand Dogsee Chew was once asked by a UK distributor to remove the Made in India label from

19 Aug 2026 4:23 pm
How AI Helped The Bear House Grow Its Conversions 5X

As AI moves from powering search and recommendations to making decisions on behalf of consumers, ecommerce is beginning to shift

19 Aug 2026 4:04 pm
Butterfly Learnings Raises

Healthtech startup Butterfly Learnings, which operates a child development and behavioral healthcare network, has raised 65 Cr ($7.7 Mn) in

19 Aug 2026 3:56 pm
Shiprocket Makes Bumper Market Debut, Lists At 35% Premium

Shares of ecommerce enablement platform Shiprocket made a strong stock market debut on the BSE and the NSE today. The

19 Aug 2026 10:11 am
When A Sale

Flipkart wanted to draw attention to the final day of its Freedom Sale. Instead, its obituary-style print advertisement has triggered

17 Aug 2026 9:45 pm
RDI Fund Row: Deeptech Investors Seek More Transparency, Independent Oversight

For Indias deeptech sector, the governments deeptech-focused 1 Lakh Cr Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) fund was supposed to be

16 Aug 2026 4:36 pm
Can Astrotalk Chart A Future Beyond Astrology?

Astrotalk pulled off something unique this week. It became Indias 133rd unicorn but in the process, it didnt raise any

16 Aug 2026 11:00 am
Ola Electric Unveils Three New Energy Storage Products

With an eye on bolstering its energy solutions business, electric vehicle (EV) maker Ola Electric yesterday announced the launch of

16 Aug 2026 5:28 am
IPO-Bound Zypp Electric Slashes FY26 Loss By 45% YoY To

EV logistics startup Zypp Electrics parent Bycyshare Technologies managed to trim its consolidated net loss to 59.7 Cr in the

15 Aug 2026 10:31 pm
AI Startups To Watch: 5 Startups That Caught Our Eye In August

Indias AI story has grown beyond building an Indian equivalent of ChatGPT. The current phase is about building the infrastructure,

15 Aug 2026 11:00 am
Turtlemint Q1: Loss Trims 19% YoY To

Recently listed insurtech company Turtlemint managed to trim down its Q1 FY27 net loss 19% to 37.8 Cr from a

14 Aug 2026 5:34 pm
Zaggle Q1 Profit Dips 33% YoY To

Fintech SaaS company Zaggles net profit for the June quarter (Q1 FY27) dipped 33% to 17.5 Cr from 26.1 Cr

14 Aug 2026 5:32 pm
Tiger Global Offloads Entire Stake In OTT Platform The Viral Fever

Private equity firm Tiger Global Management has reportedly exited The Viral Fever (TVF), the digital entertainment company behind shows such

14 Aug 2026 5:22 pm
Can Zepto

In 2021, when much of India was still getting used to ordering groceries online, two teenage Stanford dropouts, Aadit Palicha

14 Aug 2026 5:16 pm
Why Infra.Market Is Using Shalimar Paints To Reach The IPO Milestone

The Infra.Market IPO was never easy to follow. It all started with RDC Concrete. In 2021, Infra.market acquired RDC Concrete

14 Aug 2026 5:10 pm
LEAP India Shares List At 4.4% Premium To Issue Price Of

Shares of LEAP India made their stock market debut on the BSE and NSE today, listing at a premium of

14 Aug 2026 10:13 am
How $303 Mn Bluetile Acquisition Complicates Nazara

At a time when founder Nitish Mittersain is set to step down as the CEO on September 1, 2026, Nazara

13 Aug 2026 4:39 pm
Honasa Q1 Profit More Than Doubles To

Mamaearth parent Honasa Consumers consolidated net profit more than doubled to 90.5 Cr in the quarter ended June 2026 from

13 Aug 2026 3:47 pm
Exclusive: AI Healthtech Startup August AI In Talks To Raise $4 Mn From Peak XV

AI health companion startup August AI is in talks to raise about $4 Mn from Peak XV Partners, sources told

12 Aug 2026 4:13 pm
Lenskart Q1: Profit Zooms 3.7X YoY To

Omnichannel eyewear giant Lenskarts consolidated net profit for Q1 FY27 surged 273% to 228.4 Cr from 61.2 Cr in the

12 Aug 2026 3:54 pm
Enterprise AI Spend Gets A Reality Check

The cost of using AI is falling rapidly, with the price of processing a million tokens dropping by roughly 10X

12 Aug 2026 11:00 am
Yulu Bags $93 Mn To Scale EV Fleet, Enter Full-Size Electric Scooter Segment

Electric mobility service provider Yulu has raised $93 Mn (about 887.5 Cr) in its Series C funding round led by

12 Aug 2026 10:08 am
Mobavenue AI Q1: PAT Zooms 94% YoY To

Listed adtech company Mobavenue AI Techs net profit zoomed 94.3% to 11.7 Cr in the first quarter (Q1) of the

11 Aug 2026 10:13 pm
Inside Dark Store Festive Stock Up Strategy

August is here, and Indias biggest shopping months are just around the corner. From Raksha Bandhan and Ganesh Chaturthi to

11 Aug 2026 11:00 am
Cars24 Launches Enterprise AI Company Deployment Inc, Invests $5 Mn

Adding to its AI initiatives, used car marketplace Cars24 announced the launch of an independent enterprise AI company, Deployment Inc,

10 Aug 2026 4:35 pm
Delhivery Q1 Profit Sinks 65% YoY To

Logistics major Delhiverys consolidated net profit for the June quarter of FY27 slumped 65% to 31.9 Cr from 91.1 Cr

8 Aug 2026 4:32 pm
Payments Council Rules Out Consumer MDR; PhonePe

The Payments Council of India (PCI) has clarified that UPI payments will remain free for consumers amid growing speculation over

8 Aug 2026 3:47 pm
Inside Nykaa

Nykaa was once called the Amazon of beauty. And it wasnt an unfair comparison to some degree. Like Amazon, Nykaa

7 Aug 2026 10:44 pm
Ola Electric Q1: Loss Narrows 22% YoY To

EV major Ola Electric managed to trim its net loss for the June quarter (Q1 FY27) by 22% to 336

7 Aug 2026 4:35 pm
BlissClub Raises

D2C athleisure brand BlissClub has raised 160 Cr (about $16.8 Mn) in a fresh funding round led by Singularity AMC,

7 Aug 2026 11:13 am
Edtech Klassroom

Shares of Fusion Klassroom Edutech made their stock market debut on the BSE SME platform today, listing at a premium

7 Aug 2026 10:31 am
IPO-Bound LEAP India Nets

Ahead of the commencement of the bidding for its public issue on August 7, logistics tech platform LEAP India has

6 Aug 2026 10:53 pm
IPO-Bound Shiprocket FY26 Loss Widened 7%YoY To

In the run up to go public, logistics unicorn Shiprockets consolidated loss for the fiscal year FY26 increased by around

6 Aug 2026 4:24 pm
Inside The Economics That May Make Or Break Instant Home Services

On August 2, Urban Company cofounder and CEO Abhiraj Singh Bhal announced that the companys instant housekeeping service, InstaHelp, had

6 Aug 2026 4:12 pm
From Firefly To Honeybee: How India

In 2024, NASA was looking at how to incorporate hyperspectral imagery at scale. Having been introduced in the early 1980s,

6 Aug 2026 3:51 pm
[Update] Exclusive: HomeRun Raises $12 Mn To Scale Construction Materials Quick Commerce Platform

Update | August 6, 2026, 10:15 IST Quick commerce startup for construction and interior materials HomeRun has raised $12 Mn

6 Aug 2026 10:15 am
Shiprocket IPO To Open On August 12, Issue Size Cut To

Logistics major Shiprocket has filed the RHP to raise 1,617 Cr (about $170 Mn) via its IPO, a 30% reduction

6 Aug 2026 9:53 am