Gaming company Nazara Technologies will raise Rs 733.5 crore through a preferential share issue entirely subscribed by its incoming CEO and the leadership of newly acquired studios Bluetile and BestPlay.
More than one lakh of India's 2.12 lakh government-recognised startups now have at least one woman director or partner, according to data shared in the Lok Sabha, reflecting a structural shift in founder demographics.
Pune startup Cresa has engineered a fully biodegradable, plastic-free sanitary pad that dissolves in hot water in roughly 80 seconds, tackling India's menstrual waste crisis and the stigma around pad disposal.
Mumbai investment firm Piper Serica has raised Rs 300 crore toward its Rs 800 crore Bharat Tech Fund within 45 days of launch, targeting deeptech startups in semiconductors, defence and spacetech.
Fintech platform super.money has launched splitStore, an in-app marketplace letting users buy across 60 lakh products in zero-interest instalments without a credit card, fulfilled through Flipkart's logistics network.
Fund operations platform Taghash has launched a WhatsApp-based AI agent that lets venture capital and private equity teams query deal, portfolio and LP data conversationally, without opening a dashboard.
Climate-tech startup Mitti Labs has raised $9.5 million led by Aramco Ventures — the Saudi oil major's venture arm's first Indian investment — to scale AI-powered, water-efficient rice farming across Asia.
IIT Madras-incubated deeptech startup Solinas Integrity has raised $5.5 million to expand its robotics platform for inspecting and cleaning underground water and sanitation infrastructure.
Women's activewear brand BlissClub has closed a Rs 160 crore Series B led by Singularity AMC, with founder Minu Margeret and her partner, Meesho CEO Vidit Aatrey, putting in significant personal capital.
Bengaluru-based cross-border payments platform PayGlocal, founded by three former Visa executives, is set to raise fresh capital at a $120 million valuation as it scales its international payment gateway.