Bengaluru-based fitness and wellness brand Boldfit has raised more than ₹400 crore in a Series B round led by Bharat Value Fund, with Bessemer returning, as the profitable D2C company plans offline stores, in-house manufacturing and possible acquisitions.
Bengaluru’s Mesa School of Business has raised ₹110 crore in equity and venture debt, with Dharana Capital and Elevation Capital co-leading an ₹85 crore Series A, to build AI-first curricula and launch new programmes for India’s startup workforce.
Indian e-commerce platforms recorded about ₹24,000 crore in gross sales in the first two days of the festive season, according to Redseer, with mobiles leading and Tier II and smaller cities powering a surge of 8–9 crore orders.
Bengaluru electric two-wheeler maker River Mobility has opened its first international retail and service store in Kathmandu’s Naxal area with partner Vishal Group, pricing its Indie scooter at NPR 3,70,000 as Indian EV brands target Nepal’s hydropower-backed market.
Clueso, the AI video and documentation startup founded by three IIT Madras alumni and backed by Y Combinator, has raised a $10 million Series A led by Dharana Capital to scale its platform used by Atlassian, Zendesk and more than 1,000 companies.
Indian smart-ring maker Ultrahuman has signed a two-year MoU with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center to develop and validate a biological-age model that works across wearables, deepening its push into the UAE, one of its top ten markets.
Ayurvedic personal-care brand Nat Habit, co-founded by Swagatika Das and Gaurav Agarwal, has raised ₹142 crore in a Series C round led by Trident Growth Partners as it targets 60–70% growth from an annualised gross revenue of ₹330 crore.
Qualcomm’s venture arm has sold a 0.98% stake in listed logistics firm Shadowfax Technologies for about ₹157 crore, completing its exit after an August sale, as early investors book gains on a stock lifted by a sharp rise in profits.
Honeyjar, the San Francisco startup led by CEO Michelle Masek and CCO Nadia Jamshidi, has launched AI tools that help PR and communications teams plan and run campaigns, drawing 10,000 waitlist sign-ups in 24 hours ahead of TechCrunch Disrupt.
Mistlabs, led by former Plaud executive Peter Mo, has raised $26 million in rounds led by Luminous Ventures with electronics maker Huaqin to launch Ambi, an ambient AI assistant for iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch that can listen all day.