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StartupsJun 17, 2026

The ₹14.90 War: Why Zomato's Latest Fee Hike Is Pushing India's Foodies to Their Breaking Point

In March 2026, Zomato quietly raised its platform fee from ₹12.50 to ₹14.90 per order—a 19.2% increase that pushed the effective total (including GST) to ₹17.58. For a company that introduced the fee at just ₹2 in August 2023, this marks a staggering 745% increase in under three years. The backlash has been swift and furious, with users threatening to abandon the platform entirely. As competitors circle and delivery fatigue sets in, Zomato's bet on aggressive monetization may have finally crossed a line.

WomenJun 17, 2026

Tracxn data shows India's 7,000+ women-led startups have collectively raised $26.4 billion, making India second only to the US globally.

India has 7,000+ women-led startups. They have raised $26.4 billion. India ranks second in the world for women-led startup funding. And women founders still receive ₹4 for every ₹100 that flows through India's most powerful startup networks. Both of these are true. That gap between them is the story.

WomenJun 17, 2026

Women-Only Founding Teams Still Receive Just About 2.3% Of Total Funding, Compared With Nearly 23% For Mixed-Gender Teams.

Women are launching startups across India at unprecedented rates, yet women-only founding teams still receive just 2.3% of venture funding, highlighting one of the biggest gaps in the country's innovation economy.

FundingJun 17, 2026

Government data shows 1,02,054 of India's 2,12,283 recognized startups now have at least one woman director or partner

Nearly half of India's recognised startups have a woman at the table. Women-led startups still receive ₹4 for every ₹100 raised by men. Both facts are true at the same time — and that tension is the entire story.

FundingJun 17, 2026

Women-led Indian startups secured record VC funding in H1 2026 with growing investor confidence in fintech, health-tech, and sustainability founders.

One turned down ₹1 crore to chase a dream nobody believed in. The other got 700 mothers to test her product before a single investor saw it. Together, they built the foundations of India's record-breaking women-led startup moment — not by waiting for the system to change, but by making the system irrelevant.

StartupsJun 16, 2026

The ₹1,500 Crore Bet on India's Sovereign AI Future

Sarvam AI just became India's newest unicorn — raising $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, with HCLTech leading the round. India's sovereign AI stack is here. And it's not asking for permission.,

StartupsJun 16, 2026

The Great Indian Cinema Paradox: Why a Blockbuster in Bihar Means Nothing in Bengaluru — And What It Tells Us About the Future of Indian Film

Pan-India hits like Dhurandhar are breaking records. But regional cinemas are stronger than ever. Hindi films flop in the South. Tamil blockbusters rule the North. And Indian producers are learning a hard lesson: no one-size-fits-all strategy works anymore.,

FundingJun 16, 2026

Fusion Startups Just Raised $300M+ in a Single Week. Clean Energy Investment Is Back — and It's Different This Time.

For decades, nuclear fusion carried the same punchline: the energy source of the future, and always will be. Then in December 2022, a government laboratory in California achieved what generations of physicists had failed to do — a fusion reaction that released more energy than was delivered to the fuel. And then came the money. In a single week in late May and early June 2026, fusion startups raised over $340 million between them. That is not a coincidence of timing. It is the downstream consequence of a physics proof, an AI electricity crisis, and a fundamental change in who is writing the cheques — and why.

StartupsJun 16, 2026

The $8.5 Billion Marriage That Reshaped Indian Entertainment Forever

Reliance and Disney merged their Indian media empires to create JioStar — a 100‑channel, 500‑million‑user colossus with 48% of Hindi GEC viewership and a global‑scale streaming platform. The $8.5 billion marriage reshaped Indian entertainment. Now comes the hard part.,

StartupsJun 16, 2026

The Orange Economy Is India's New Gold Rush: Why Your Child's Art Class Just Became a National Priority

The government just announced AVGC labs in 15,000 schools and 500 colleges — training 10 million students in animation, VFX, gaming, and comics. The Orange Economy is India's new gold rush. No factory required.,