12 October 2026, India – Bharat Value Fund Backs Boldfit With ₹400 Crore Investment. The Wealth Company Alternates’ Bharat Value Fund, a Category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), has invested approximately ₹400 crore in Boldfit, an Indian sports and fitness brand, as part of the company’s Series B funding round. According to a statement, the … Read more
12 October 2026, India – Nazara Technologies founder Nitish Mittersain is stepping down as Managing Director (MD) and will be redesignated as Founder and Non-Executive Director, marking a significant leadership transition at one of India’s oldest gaming companies. Mithun Sacheti, co-founder of jewellery retailer CaratLane and a co-promoter of Nazara Technologies, will take over as … Read more
11 Oct 2026 – The Asian startup ecosystem recorded another week of fundraising activity from October 4 to October 9, 2026, with companies across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, consumer technology, deeptech, healthcare and clean energy attracting investor interest. The week’s funding announcements highlighted a broad range of business priorities, from building infrastructure for AI-powered software to … Read more
Asian startups continued to attract venture capital and strategic investment during the week of September 27–October 2, 2026, with funding flowing into travel technology, fintech, biotech, cybersecurity, edtech, investment technology, infrastructure software, beauty and preventive healthcare. The latest funding activity highlights continued investor interest in businesses building technology-led solutions for regional and global markets. From … Read more
Published: September 22, 2026- Consumer technology startup Demoverse has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding as it works to develop a new model for consumer product creation that brings customers into the design process before products reach manufacturing. The round was led by Lumikai, an India-focused venture capital fund specialising in interactive media, digital platforms and … Read more
For years, the arrangement between Indian celebrities and consumer brands was simple. A star got paid, and a brand got a face for its billboard. That arrangement is changing. A growing number of actors and cricketers now take equity in the startups they believe in, and some go back again and again as those companies … Read more
Mumbai | August 31, 2026 – Zomato, the food delivery business operated by Eternal, has reportedly shut down its customer support operations in Hyderabad, resulting in around 240 employees being impacted, according to sources cited by Inc42. The move is part of a broader review of Zomato’s customer-support operating model and organisational structure. Over the … Read more
Gurugram, August 30, 2026: Early Indian e-grocery startup Satvacart has shut down after 12 years of operations, closing a chapter that began well before quick commerce transformed the country’s online grocery market. The startup ceased operations on August 28, with founder Rahul H. Saxena confirming that the company’s team had been disbanded. The shutdown follows … Read more
From technology and fintech to fashion, food, healthcare and family enterprises, sibling partnerships are proving that trust and complementary strengths can become powerful business assets. Raksha Bandhan is traditionally associated with the bond between brothers and sisters. But beyond the rituals and celebrations, the relationship also offers an interesting lens through which to view entrepreneurship. … Read more
BENGALURU, INDIA — August 26, 2026: Bengaluru-based agentic AI startup Runable has raised $21 million in Series A funding as it looks to expand its AI-powered platform for small businesses. The funding round was co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Together Fund and Array VC. Runable plans … Read more
Astrotalk, an astrology and spiritual-commerce app, is now worth $1 billion. It got there without taking a single rupee from a new investor. On August 12, the Noida-based company told Entrackr and YourStory it had crossed unicorn status through an ESOP buyback — more than 100 employees selling a slice of their shares back to … Read more
Bengaluru-based quick home services startup Snabbit has appointed Pradeep Yadav as its new Head of Operations, bringing in an experienced consumer internet and supply-chain leader as the company looks to strengthen execution and scale its home services network across India. Yadav will oversee Snabbit’s operations, with a focus on service delivery, operational efficiency, supply-chain systems … Read more
August 16, 2026 | ENN India’s startup funding market saw a sharp slowdown this week, with startups raising $151.5 million across 14 funding rounds between August 9 and August 14, compared with approximately $383.8 million across 28 deals in the previous week. Despite the decline, the week delivered several notable developments across electric mobility, fintech, … Read more
New Delhi | August 2026 — South Korean gaming and technology company Krafton is deepening its investment commitment to India with a fresh $150 million investment mandate, signalling a broader strategy that extends beyond gaming into artificial intelligence, robotics, consumer technology and digital content. The new commitment follows previous investment allocations of $150 million in … Read more
NEW DELHI ( ENN News) — A Delhi-based startup founder says roughly one in five job applications she now receives contain unedited, AI-generated text, after a screenshot she posted of a botched cover letter drew more than 107,000 views online. Ananya Narang, founder and chief executive of Entourage, a content-as-a-service platform, shared the screenshot on … Read more
Asia’s startup ecosystem closed the first week of August with a burst of activity, led by a handful of large late-stage rounds and a long tail of early-stage bets across fintech, mobility, AI and insurtech. Ten deals stood out across the region, and in India specifically, the week marked a sharp rebound from a quiet … Read more
BENGALURU, Aug 6 (ENN) – Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), India’s largest retailer, said on Wednesday it has acquired Furrl, a Bengaluru-based fashion discovery startup, in an all-cash deal for an undisclosed sum, as it looks to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities in fashion e-commerce. Furrl’s entire team, its proprietary AI styling platform and its … Read more
A decade ago, Startup India was a bet that the country could build companies, not just consume products. Today the bet has matured into something more ambitious: Atmanirbhar Bharat, a push to build the sovereign capability — in chips, rockets, batteries, and quantum machines — that a rising power can no longer afford to import. … Read more
Gurugram, India: Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has joined UN:BLOC, the new healthcare venture founded by serial entrepreneur Deepak Sahni, as an investor and a member of the company’s founding team. The partnership marks the second entrepreneurial collaboration between the two after their successful association with healthtech company Healthians. The move highlights the growing interest … Read more
From your first angel cheque to Series C and beyond — real data, proven frameworks, and the government schemes most founders leave on the table. India’s startup ecosystem has crossed a quiet but important threshold. It is no longer a market where a handful of headline-grabbing rounds define the year — it is a deep, … Read more
