Non-profit accelerator FourthWave has selected 14 US women founders for its eighth annual cohort, spanning health and life sciences, AI and enterprise tools, and sustainability and agriculture technology, as alumni companies have gone on to raise more than $180 million in venture funding.
Israeli venture creation platform Team8 has raised $365 million in new capital — $265 million for its third core fund and over $100 million for follow-on investments — bringing its total assets under management to nearly $2 billion as it targets Seed and Series A startups building AI-native cybersecurity, fintech and infrastructure companies.
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.
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.