Accel has closed a $550 million ninth early-stage India fund, oversubscribed and closed within weeks, as the venture firm bets on AI, advanced manufacturing and deeptech even with over half its previous fund still undeployed.
Gig-work platform TimbuckDo will serve as workforce partner for IdeaBaaz Startup Fest, creating Rs 25 lakh in earning opportunities for more than 100 students at the five-day Bharat Mandapam event.
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.
Five carriers now operate more than 230 weekly flights between India and Malaysia, with capacity from 14 Indian cities underpinning Malaysia's push to attract 2.1 million Indian visitors in 2026.
With visa-free access extended through 2026 and regional tensions unsettling some traditional Gulf destinations, Malaysia is marketing itself as a nearby, low-friction alternative for Indian travellers.
Tourism Malaysia's Sales Mission 2026 in Bengaluru targeted South India's leisure, MICE and wedding-tourism segments as the country works toward attracting 2.1 million Indian visitors this year.
Tourism Malaysia is targeting 2.1 million Indian visitors in 2026, building on 1.56 million arrivals last year, as the Visit Malaysia Year campaign leans on visa-free access and improving bilateral ties.
At IBPC Dubai's India Wealth Window 2026, bankers, policymakers and investors made the case for deeper Gulf-Indian participation in India's growth story, spotlighting a foreign-currency deposit route open only until September.
British Future director and prominent immigration-policy voice Sunder Katwala joins the board overseeing more than £790 million a year in UK community funding, as part of a wider board refresh at one of Britain's largest grant-making bodies.
Indian American psychiatrist Dr. Aakash Sathappan has been named site director of Lumin Health's Brookline clinic, taking on oversight of interventional care for patients with treatment-resistant depression across the Greater Boston region.