Auckland-based Outlier Space has raised NZ$10.5 million in pre-seed funding, backed by GD1, Airtree and Investible, to build orbital manufacturing technology.
Munich-based Zeit AI has raised a €5 million seed round from Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital Scout Fund and other investors to build enterprise AI and data infrastructure tooling.
D2C ayurvedic beauty brand The Ayurveda Co, along with sister brand Khadi Essentials, has formally shut down more than a year after ceasing operations, with cofounder Param Bhargava citing overexpansion.
India's largest stockbroker Zerodha has received SEBI's approval to operate as a merchant banker through subsidiary Zerodha Corporate Advisors, as it diversifies beyond its core broking business.
Fashion group House of Anita Dongre is combining point-of-sale, e-commerce and loyalty data into a single customer view through a new partnership with customer-engagement platform MoEngage.
German rocket start-up Isar Aerospace has raised $232.82 million as Europe works to rebuild sovereign launch capacity and reduce its reliance on non-European providers.
Bruno Milano, a direct-to-consumer brand designing affordable, quality-focused watches for the Indian market, has raised $784,000 from Titan Capital and Sauce.
Specialty coffee and QSR chain Thirdwave Coffee has raised $42.64 million from WestBridge Capital Partners to expand its network of cafés across Indian cities.
Seoul-based aerospace startup Airbility has raised ₩6.5 billion in Series A funding to scale its interceptor drone technology, aiming to make counter-drone defense economically proportional to the cost of the threats it neutralises.
Two of India's leading online insurance marketplaces, InsuranceDekho and RenewBuy, have officially announced a merger, creating one of the country's largest digital insurance distribution platforms ahead of a planned public listing.