Start Ups

IPO-bound Rebel Foods in talks to bring more global brands to India

The company became the master franchisee of American fast food giant Wendy's in 2023. Since then, Rebel has scaled Wendy's to 200 stores, with the latest one opening in Gurugram on Wednesday

Updated On: 12 Mar 2025 | 9:27 PM IST
Bs_logoIPO-bound Rebel Foods in talks to bring more global brands to India

Fashion-tech brand Virgio aims to invest $1 mn across 16 stores under plan

On the international front, the fashion-tech brand plans to open two stores in Dubai. It is currently scouting locations and aims to begin operations by the end of 2025

Updated On: 12 Mar 2025 | 8:06 PM IST
Bs_logoFashion-tech brand Virgio aims to invest $1 mn across 16 stores under plan

Focusing to scale up business sustainably, says Ather CEO Tarun Mehta

Speaking on the sidelines of TiECon, Mehta stated that Ather's focus remains on scaling its business, as the company is bullish on expanding its market beyond South India

Updated On: 12 Mar 2025 | 7:10 PM IST
Bs_logoFocusing to scale up business sustainably, says Ather CEO Tarun Mehta

Neobanking startup Zolve secures $251 million funding in equity, debt mix

The company has about 750,000 users and was launched in 2021

Updated On: 11 Mar 2025 | 8:11 PM IST
Bs_logoNeobanking startup Zolve secures $251 million funding in equity, debt mix

Edtech firm Simplilearn plans to relaunch fresher upskilling vertical

The Blackstone-backed firm had shut down its study abroad and fresher upskilling verticals in 2024 as they failed to generate the expected outcomes

Updated On: 10 Mar 2025 | 11:59 PM IST
Bs_logoEdtech firm Simplilearn plans to relaunch fresher upskilling vertical

Funds under PRIP scheme likely to be sanctioned by August 2025: DoP

The department had last week sought expressions of interest from interested entities for project funding under the PRIP scheme

Updated On: 10 Mar 2025 | 11:58 PM IST
Bs_logoFunds under PRIP scheme likely to be sanctioned by August 2025: DoP

Family offices, corporate venture capitals clinch a bigger deal slice

These two segments, however, focused on deals under $10 million, which accounted for 60-70 per cent of total deals in 2024

Updated On: 11 Mar 2025 | 6:02 AM IST

Aakash Educational plans to invest up to Rs 1,000 crore in AI, digital push

New Delhi-based education provider, which started in 1988, is now ramping up its presence in smaller Indian towns, betting on the growing demand for quality coaching in Tier 3 and Tier 4 cities

Updated On: 10 Mar 2025 | 11:09 PM IST

Swish secures $14 mn in Series A funding from Hara Global and Accel

This funding will support Swish's expansion across Bengaluru, with plans to extend its quick food delivery model to more pincodes in the coming month

Updated On: 08 Mar 2025 | 6:02 AM IST

Women-led tech startups' funding drops 25% in 2024, says Tracxn report

India ranks third globally after US and UK in funding raised by women-led tech startups

Updated On: 07 Mar 2025 | 11:02 PM IST

Women-led technology startups struggle to overcome funding winter

Women VCs, including Jahagirdar and Chaturvedi, believe that more women investors can make the fundraising process less intimidating for women founders

Updated On: 07 Mar 2025 | 8:34 PM IST

Razorpay enters Singapore, its 2nd international foray after Malaysia

The expansion into Singapore comes on the back of the company's focus on the South East Asian market

Updated On: 07 Mar 2025 | 6:00 AM IST

Women entrepreneurs face uphill task in startup world amid funding winter

Even as the entrepreneurial ecosystem continues to grow, the number of startups with at least one woman founder has been on the decline since at least 2020

Updated On: 05 Mar 2025 | 6:18 PM IST

Fintech dominates India's startup funding this year, shows Tracxn data

In terms of deal volume, consumer startups saw the highest number of funding rounds (92), ahead of high-tech (70) and retail (61)

Updated On: 04 Mar 2025 | 10:33 PM IST

Former Kissht founders launch debt resolution platform, secure $3.5 mn

Rezolv claims to simplify collections by centralising data and optimising workflows. It utilises AI analytics to improve recovery rates

Updated On: 04 Mar 2025 | 4:48 PM IST

Indian startups raise $1.65 bn in February, median valuation at $83.2 mn

The February figure marks a 19.5 per cent uptick from $1.38 billion in total funding in January 2025

Updated On: 03 Mar 2025 | 3:47 PM IST

US court finds Riju Ravindran, Camshaft, Think & Learn guilty of fraud

Think & Learn Pvt Ltd (Byju's) unlawfully orchestrated and benefited from a fraudulent scheme. Sham hedge fund Camshaft Capital facilitated the fraudulent scheme to defraud term loan lenders

Updated On: 28 Feb 2025 | 10:51 PM IST

Agri water technology startups need Rs 500-600 crore investment: Report

India has between 70-100 active AgWaterTech startups, but many risk closure due to investment hurdles, according to the report

Updated On: 28 Feb 2025 | 6:40 PM IST

CtrlS Datacenters mulls IPO, eyes over Rs 9,000 crore investment in Chennai

Company scouts for fresh land in Chennai for bigger centre; mulls IPO

Updated On: 25 Feb 2025 | 11:38 PM IST

Flipkart-backed super.money acquires checkout financing platform BharatX

The company plans to introduce checkout financing for direct-to-consumer (D2C) and e-commerce brands

Updated On: 25 Feb 2025 | 6:01 AM IST