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AI is enabling startups across sectors in India: RTP Global's Nishit Garg

RTP Global's Nishit Garg discusses India's evolving startup ecosystem, AI's role as an enabler, and the firm's investment focus on climate, EV, SaaS, and fintech amid improving market conditions

Reliance-backed Addverb to launch next-gen humanoid robots in 2025

Founded in 2016, Addverb provides smart end-to-end robots for warehouses and industrial automation

Wardwizard partners with SpeedForce to boost Joy e-bike service, reach

SpeedForce, which operates in over 350 locations and services around 150 vehicles per outlet monthly, will now provide sales and service support for Joy e-bikes

The Good Glamm Group completes 100% acquisition of The Moms Co

This comes on the heels of the group's completion of its Sirona transaction and increases in shareholding in other portfolio brands Organic Harvest and Winkl

HealthKart raises $153 million from ChrysCapital, Motilal Oswal Alternates

HealthKart also announced an employee ESOP buyback worth Rs 55 crore, the company's first liquidity event

India's startup ecosystem sees rebound, late-stage deals take lead

Investors attribute the revival to the country's strong public markets, which are boosting confidence in initial public offering (IPO)-bound startups offering viable exit opportunities

Vecmocon raises $10 million in the first phase of Series A funding

The vehicle intelligence firm will use the funding to expand its reach in various market segments, including electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers, light commercial vehicles (LCVs), and buses

Drone startup Airbound raises $1.7 million funding, to focus on deliveries

Airbound will deploy its R&D efforts to initially focus on medical deliveries and then expand into other areas such as food and groceries

Niti Aayog's WEP partners with Urban Company for women empowerment

According to the statement, WEP, under its award-to-reward initiative, launched the pilot to support women MSMEs to scale up their businesses in the beauty and wellness sector

Ola Electric wrongly claims to solve service issues, CCPA initiates probe

The National Consumer Helpline has reportedly received over 10,000 complaints against Ole Electric regarding product quality and after-sales service in the past year

Startups are like upstarts, they end up burning strategy: Rajiv Bajaj

Bajaj made the remarks when asked about who was going to win the battle -- the startups or the established players -- when it comes to embracing technology

ideaForge boosts India's drone sector with focus on tech indigenisation

ideaForge has the largest operational deployment of indigenous UAVs across India, with an ideaForge-manufactured drone taking off every five minutes on average for surveillance and mapping

A litmus test for fintech IPOs as MobiKwik inches closer to listing

After Paytm's disappointing performance after listing in 2021, the markets have evolved and the fintech ecosystem has matured with greater regulatory clarity from the RBI

Razorpay launches venture investment programme in partnership with VCs

Early-stage ventures could see potential fundraising of up to $1 million as part of the programme

Supply chain startup Zetwerk considers raising $1 billion through IPO

Zetwerk's technology platform helps connect suppliers and customers in areas such as aircraft engine manufacturing, consumer electronics and home appliances

Indian-born founders lead the charge in US unicorns, reveals study

India heads the list of non-US-born unicorn founders, with 90 from the country, followed by Israel with 52, Canada with 42, the UK with 31, and China with 27 founders

Odisha startup Bon V Aero launches fully autonomous drone logistics service

The launch of the drone service was made in the presence of venture capitalist Tim Draper

BS BFSI Summit: 'Higher PE/VC funding boosts governance excellence'

Bain Capital's Kotecha highlighted that the strongest indicator of PE's value is the long-term track record and measurable impact on portfolio companies

UnifyApps raises $20 mn Series A to deliver AI agents across enterprise

UnifyApps integrates deeply with all SaaS applications within an enterprise, making it easy for enterprises to view and manage all their data in a single place

Savings, credit, jewellery major focus for Jar amid evolving finance needs

Amid growing financial uncertainty, Jar enables Indians to save in digital gold, offering small daily investments and options for jewellery conversion through its platform