Noida-based spiritual-tech platform Astrotalk has become India's 133rd unicorn after an ESOP buyback valued the company at $1 billion, funded entirely from operating profits rather than a fresh funding round.
Ayati Devices, an IIT Bombay-incubated medical technology company, has raised Rs 15 crore in its first institutional funding round, led by Inflexor Ventures, to scale its portable diagnostic platform for diabetic foot complications and peripheral vascular disease.
Early-stage VC firm Aum Ventures has raised Rs 225 crore toward its Rs 750 crore India Innovation Fund II, with over 65% of commitments from international LPs, targeting pre-seed and seed deeptech startups in space, semiconductors, AI and defence.
Ather Energy is now receiving more than 50,000 pre-orders a month against a fraction of that in monthly retail sales, prompting an accelerated Rs 2,500 crore capacity expansion as dealer waiting periods stretch past two months.
Earth-observation startup GalaxEye has acquired Bengaluru-based StarOps, a TeamIndus-origin spacecraft engineering firm, bringing qualified satellite bus platforms across three weight classes and a team of ISRO-linked engineers in-house.
Flipkart's quick-commerce arm Minutes has launched a gourmet grocery range spanning imported cheese, specialty coffee and artisanal chocolates, alongside its own private label Pykd, joining Blinkit's Gourmet and Zepto's upcoming Select in the race for higher-value quick-commerce baskets.
Hector Beverages, the maker of Paper Boat, grew FY26 revenue 13.8% to ₹760 crore, but profit collapsed 96% to just ₹2 crore as the company's growing reliance on lower-margin traded goods and rising costs outpaced its topline expansion.
Indian startups raised approximately $383.5 million across 25 disclosed deals in the week of August 3–8, a 4.7X jump from the previous week, led by River Mobility's $120 million Series C round from Elev8 and Claypond Capital.
Payments platform Easebuzz grew FY26 revenue 9.1% to ₹716 crore, but profit fell 42% to ₹11 crore as the government's real-money gaming ban and rising expenses squeezed margins at the Pune-based fintech firm.
Delhivery's Q1 FY27 revenue jumped 27.8% to ₹2,931 crore on strong express-parcel and PTL freight volumes, but a 65% collapse in net profit to ₹32 crore reveals how labour costs, election-linked disruptions and the Ecom Express integration are weighing on India's largest listed logistics company.