The global lifestyle retailer is now available across Indian metros through Instamart, as Swiggy's quick-commerce arm widens its catalogue well beyond daily essentials.
Hyderabad-based innovation hub T-Hub has partnered with Japan's OKI Electric Industry to select eight Indian deeptech startups for a programme aimed at helping them validate technology and explore commercial opportunities in the Japanese market.
Hindustan Unilever has moved the Delhi High Court against sustainable household brand Beco over a comparative advertising campaign, in a dispute that highlights growing legal friction between legacy FMCG giants and India's sustainability-focused challenger brands.
Bengaluru-based babycare quick-commerce platform Peeko has closed a Rs 67.4 crore ($7 million-plus) Series A round led by Chiratae Ventures and Inflection Point Ventures, as competition intensifies in India's fast-delivery parenting category.
The European Union's Women TechEU programme offers up to €75,000 in equity-free grants plus mentoring for women-led deep-tech startups, part of a broader set of EU funding routes aimed at closing the gender gap in hard-science entrepreneurship.
Indian startups building in 'physical AI' — robotics and real-world-data systems that extend artificial intelligence beyond software into physical environments — have attracted $155 million in funding in 2026.
A round-up of the funding transactions closed by Indian startups on 19 August 2026, spanning data centres, fintech, edtech, deep tech and enterprise AI.
Chandigarh-based traveltech startup Atravelq has raised seed funding at a Rs 10 crore valuation, reflecting continued early-stage investor interest in travel-booking platforms built outside India's traditional startup hubs.
Shareholders of listed food-delivery and quick-commerce major Swiggy have approved a 49.5% cap on foreign ownership, a governance move with implications for the company's future capital markets strategy.
Jaipur-based B2B quick-commerce startup DigiDukan has raised Rs 2 crore in angel funding from United Plywood directors as its construction-material delivery platform reports eightfold GMV growth since the start of 2026.