Everyone else in quick commerce is racing on speed. One Bengaluru startup decided to compete on quality instead — and just doubled its valuation in nine months to prove the bet was right.
Eleven years ago, two founders set out to make insurance simpler for India's agents. This week, the biggest mutual funds and insurers in the country lined up to buy a piece of that idea.
India needs double its hospital beds, seven times its clinical workforce, and $500 billion in healthcare investment. HealthQuad just put ₹550 crore toward closing that gap.
Genspark was valued at $1.6 billion in March 2026. By June 17, that number was $2.6 billion. In between, the company added $150 million in new annual recurring revenue in a single quarter. It has raised $645 million total, serves enterprise clients globally, and built an AI platform that orchestrates over 70 models simultaneously.
France didn't build a state fund. It built a persuasion machine — convincing insurers, pension funds, rail operators, and defence companies to move their own capital into tech instead of safer, lower-yield assets. The result: €31 billion mobilised since 2020 and a €13 billion Phase 3 that is quietly becoming the most sophisticated institutional tech funding model in Europe.
Pramaana Labs has raised a remarkable $27 million seed round from Khosla Ventures, Accel, Nexus Venture Partners and Premji Invest, highlighting growing investor conviction in India's next generation of AI startups.
The woman who will soon run a $90 billion financial empire started as an investment banker at Credit Suisse and UBS. She joined CME Group in 2006 and steadily rose through the ranks, becoming CFO in 2023 and President in 2024. In March 2027, Lynne Fitzpatrick will become the first female CEO of the world's largest derivatives exchange—a position that gives her oversight of markets that influence global interest rates, commodity prices, and the financial system itself.
Sensex crashed 732 points on June 19 as Accenture's cautious outlook triggered an IT bloodbath — Infosys fell 8%, TCS dropped 6%, Nifty IT hit a three-year low, and nearly ₹2 lakh crore in investor wealth was wiped out. The five-day bull run on Dalal Street is over.
IT stocks crashed on June 19 after Accenture cut its revenue outlook — Nifty IT plunged 6%, Infosys fell 8%, TCS dropped 6%, and nearly Rs 2 lakh crore in investor wealth was wiped out. The five-day bull run on Dalal Street is over
Sensex closed above 77,000 for the first time, Nifty settled at 24,168 — 5 straight sessions of gains. A US-Iran peace deal sent crude oil tumbling to $75.9, adding ₹2.57 lakh crore to investor wealth in a single day. The bulls are back.