Startups
Climate funding: Why PSUs are stepping in where VCs fear to tread
Shipyards, gas utilities, global asset managers are reshaping India’s climate-tech funding. While venture capital steers clear, these legacy institutions and overseas investors are backing long-gestation technologies—from marine coatings to EV infrastructure to carbon removal—with patient capital.
9 min read18 Jan 2026Shark Tank India: Turning TV exposure into startup growth
Startups on Shark Tank India often gain more than funding—national TV exposure drives instant visibility, customer trust and rapid growth.
8 min read17 Jan 2026From build to buy: Indian startups chase scale through overseas acquisitions
In 2025, companies pursued 26 outbound deals worth $1.1 billion, the highest on record, while domestic acquisitions touched a three-year high of $4.1 billion across 137 transactions, data from Venture Intelligence showed.
4 min read17 Jan 2026Anthropic names ex-Microsoft MD Irina Ghose to head India operations
AI startup Anthropic has tapped former Microsoft India managing director Irina Ghose as its first senior leader in the country, signalling its push to scale in its second-largest market.
2 min read16 Jan 2026Moglix debuts Cognilix, expanding into enterprise AI
The B2B unicorn has launched an AI-led platform to streamline procurement and enterprise workflows, signalling a push beyond its marketplace business.
2 min read15 Jan 2026Military surveillance–the new lucrative front for India’s space startups
Startups, including Pixxel and Digantara, target at least half of their business by launching satellites for defence forces in India and overseas. Experts say private startups can't simply piggyback Isro, and they will have to prove their products in space
5 min read15 Jan 2026Pee Safe raises $32 million from OrbiMed to accelerate expansion
The fresh capital will be used to expand Pee Safe’s offline retail footprint, strengthen brand-led marketing, and expand rapidly across quick commerce and marketplaces, the company said on Wednesday
1 min read14 Jan 2026Unacademy to exit offline centres, shift to franchise model, founder Gaurav Munjal tells employees
Unacademy's founders Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini will continue with the company, with plans to hive off Airlearn now dropped.
4 min read14 Jan 2026Bengaluru-based CloudSEK becomes first Indian cybersecurity firm to get investment from a US state fund
CloudSEK, a Bengaluru-based cybersecurity firm, has raised $10 million from Connecticut Innovations, marking a historic milestone as the first Indian-origin company to secure investment from a US state-backed fund. market.
2 min read13 Jan 2026Lightspeed gears up for new India-Southeast Asia fund, may raise $500 mn
The new fund this year coincides with an aggressive global fundraising push as Lightspeed raised over $9 billion across six new global funds.
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