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UPI transactions touched a fresh all-time high in August, with transaction volume rising nearly 4% MoM to 24.51 Bn from

Festive shopping has always involved some last-minute panic. A forgotten gift, an extra box of sweets or a beauty order

Battery swapping platform Yuma Energy has raised $35 Mn (333 Cr) in its Series A funding round from existing backer

Financial services giants BNP Paribas and Societe Generale and US-based hedge fund Millennium Management have offloaded omnichannel eyewear giant Lenskarts

Enterprise cloud and AI company ESDS Software Solutions IPO was subscribed more than eight times within the first two hours

Clean tech startup YOGa Clean Air has raised 20 Cr (around $2.1 Mn) in its Series A round, in a

Craft beer maker Bira 91 is facing a fresh insolvency threat, with glass manufacturer Hindusthan National Glass & Industries Ltd

Voice AI startup Gnani.ai has unveiled Artha, an end-to-end sovereign AI stack aimed at Indian enterprises and public institutions. The

In less than a decade since its launch in 2017, Groww has gone from just a mutual funds app to

With investors continuing to invest money into startups, new products entering the market and public-market activity picking up pace, August

Cloud and data centre company ESDS Software Solution has raised 216 Cr from anchor investors ahead of the opening of

In a bid to address persistent gaps in Indias labour market, NITI Aayog has proposed linking government funding for skilling

Healthtech startup Even Healthcare has reportedly laid off around 350 employees as it phases down its insurance business and redirects

Online astrology startup InstaAstro has raised $12 Mn (about 114.5 Cr) in a Series A funding round led by Singularity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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