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View All PicksInsurance Brokers Warn IRDAI Commission Caps Could Wipe Out Up to 70% of Sector Revenue
The Insurance Brokers Association of India and insurtechs including PolicyBazaar, Turtlemint and Coverfox are pushing back against IRDAI proposals to reintroduce product-wise commission caps, warning of a 60–70% revenue collapse and up to 10 lakh job losses.
Maharashtra Orders Rapido, Uber and Ola to Run Fully Electric Bike-Taxi Fleets by July 2027
Maharashtra has given bike-taxi aggregators nine months to replace petrol two-wheelers with electric ones, rejecting industry requests for a deadline as late as 2030 and raising hard questions about who pays for the switch.
Alli Schaper's SuperMush Raises $3 Million Series A Led by India's NDude Labs as Functional Wellness Goes Mainstream
SuperMush, the functional wellness brand co-founded by Alli Schaper, has raised a $3 million Series A led by Indian healthcare investor NDude Labs after expanding into more than 2,000 US stores including Target and Sprouts.
Deep Dives

Schneider Electric Bets $22.6 Billion on Industrial AI With Record Takeover of PTC, and Its Shares Pay the Price
France's Schneider Electric will buy Boston-based PTC for $205 a share in cash, its largest deal ever, to build an industrial software and AI powerhouse. Investors sent Schneider shares down nearly 10%.

Cabinet Clears ₹10,000 Crore SME Growth Fund to Close India's Missing-Middle Capital Gap
The Union Cabinet has approved a ₹10,000 crore SME Growth Fund that will channel government capital through alternative investment funds into high-potential small and medium enterprises, with a tilt towards manufacturing in smaller cities.

Type One Energy Raises $200 Million to Put a Fusion Power Plant on the US Grid by 2034
Tennessee-based Type One Energy has raised $200 million in a Series B led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Clutterbuck Capital, betting that an integrator model built on outside suppliers can deliver commercial fusion faster and cheaper.

Marico Pays ₹1,012 Crore to Take Control of Plix, Valuing the Plant-Based Wellness Brand at Roughly Five Times Sales
Marico has raised its stake in Plix parent Satiya Nutraceuticals to 84.09% with a ₹1,012 crore all-cash tranche, as the D2C wellness brand's revenue climbed more than fivefold in two years.

QpiAI Borrows ₹50 Crore at 13.85% as India's Quantum Hardware Ambitions Meet the Debt Market
Bengaluru's QpiAI has raised ₹50 crore through non-convertible debentures from InnoVen Capital, a rare venture-debt deal in India's quantum sector that tests how lenders price deep-tech risk.
Startups

Quanfluence Raises $10 Million to Build a Full-Stack Photonic Quantum Computer in India
Bengaluru-based Quanfluence has raised about ₹92 crore in a round led by Chiratae Ventures, with Rainmatter and Pi Ventures, to build a light-based quantum computer that it says will ship early processors by 2027.

Beyond Appliances Raises ₹110 Crore as Fireside Ventures Bets on Kitchens Built for Indian Cooking
Bengaluru kitchen-appliances brand Beyond Appliances has raised ₹110 crore in a Series B led by Fireside Ventures to fund R&D, a new manufacturing plant and new product categories.

StockGro Raises ₹110 Crore From Existing Backers as It Prepares for a ₹2,500 Crore IPO
Investment learning platform StockGro is raising ₹110 crore in a Series B extension led by BITKRAFT Ventures, weeks after its parent pre-filed draft papers for an IPO of up to ₹2,500 crore.

Pluckk Takes Indian Clean-Label Food to Britain, Targeting 500 UK Stores Within a Year
Digital-first FMCG brand Pluckk has entered the UK, its first major international market, and says it plans to reach 500 stores and more than 50 products there within a year as it seeks a quarter of revenue from overseas.
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Maharashtra Orders Rapido, Uber and Ola to Run Fully Electric Bike-Taxi Fleets by July 2027
Maharashtra has given bike-taxi aggregators nine months to replace petrol two-wheelers with electric ones, rejecting industry requests for a deadline as late as 2030 and raising hard questions about who pays for the switch.

Amazon India Adds 50 Ashray Rest Centres as Heat, Long Shifts Push Delivery Worker Welfare Up the Agenda
Amazon India is opening 50 more Ashray rest centres for delivery drivers, taking the network to 200 and extending air-conditioned mobile rest vans to Bengaluru, as scrutiny of gig-worker conditions intensifies.

Type One Energy Raises $200 Million to Put a Fusion Power Plant on the US Grid by 2034
Tennessee-based Type One Energy has raised $200 million in a Series B led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Clutterbuck Capital, betting that an integrator model built on outside suppliers can deliver commercial fusion faster and cheaper.

At Home Harmony Raises $5 Million to Bring Doctors, Nurses and Pharmacists to Seniors' Doorsteps
Virginia-based At Home Harmony, which provides primary care, pharmacy and personal care to elderly patients at home, has raised $5 million and joined a 10-year Medicare accountable care programme.

The Quiet Force
Ratan Tata doesn't fit the modern idea of a global business icon. No aggressive visibility. No personal branding machinery. No Obsession with scale for it own sake. And yet he reshapoed the glohal perception of indian business, not through nocie, but through the stready accumulation of pricipled decisions made over decades.
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Ratan Tata doesn't fit the modern idea of a global business icon. No aggressive visibility. No personal branding machinery. No Obsession with scale for it own sake. And yet he reshapoed the glohal perception of indian business, not through nocie, but through the stready accumulation of pricipled decisions made over decades.
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