Annette Gregg, former CEO of the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence, becomes the first woman to lead the World Trade Centers Association, a network of more than 300 WTC locations in nearly 100 countries.
IPO-bound Razorpay will help Indian brands such as Tanishq, Tata Neu and Traya plan, run and measure ChatGPT Ads through its Razorpay Engage platform, extending a partnership with OpenAI that began with agentic payments.
Nykaa's September-quarter update points to GMV growth close to 30%, fashion sales growing in the late forties and the strongest like-for-like store performance in six quarters.
Ola Electric's founder has pledged 20 crore shares to finance his share of a ₹1,000 crore rights issue, as the EV maker's market share slides to about 6.5% and rivals TVS and Bajaj pull further ahead.
Kuku Technologies swung to a ₹182.7 crore profit in FY26 as subscription revenue from its audio and microdrama apps surged, but marketing absorbed more than three-quarters of its costs.
AceVector lists on 5 October after a ₹420 crore IPO subscribed 4.93 times. SoftBank-backed Starfish sold shares worth ₹88.3 crore at about 0.08 times its investment.
Startups with Indian operations drew $418 million across 22 deals in the week to 2 October, led by SiMa.ai's $150 million Series C and Simple Energy's ₹1,750 crore round.
Indian startups raised $233.6 million across 16 deals between 28 September and 2 October, with electric two-wheeler maker Simple Energy accounting for about $180 million of the total.
At the Kautilya Economic Conclave, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra cited risks to monetary sovereignty and capital flows from crypto, while saying the central bank is already using its underlying technologies.
Reliance's digital arm is reported to be preparing an all-fresh-issue IPO of about $3.8 billion, opening around 21 October at an enterprise valuation of $143 billion to $146 billion.