In Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, women known as 'Solar Didis' are using solar-powered pumps to irrigate farms, cut costs for smallholders and build independent incomes, offering a grassroots model for India's clean-energy transition.
Early-stage investor Lavni Ventures has closed its second deep-tech impact fund at its ₹200 crore target, with a ₹100 crore green-shoe option, to back foundational technologies in health and climate.
Comfort-engineered heels brand Nuvah, founded by Avni Jain in October 2025, has raised ₹4 crore in a pre-seed angel round backed by Amit Jain, Shantanu Deshpande and Ishendra Agarwal to fund R&D and customer acquisition.
Delhi-based Protein Pantry, co-founded by Disha Bhattacharya and Prashanth Bhushan, has raised ₹9 crore in a seed round led by Sharrp Ventures to set up manufacturing for its clean-label, high-protein frozen foods.
Pune-based Definedge has raised ₹22 crore in a Pre-Series A round, taking total funding to ₹30 crore, as it scales its trading platforms, launches an MCP interface for AI agents and targets ₹5,000 crore in AUM through Momentify.
PhonePe has secured in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE for two payment licences, its first regulatory clearance outside India, as the Walmart-backed fintech plans to plug into local rails Aani and Jaywan.
Used-car platform Spinny has confidentially pre-filed draft IPO papers with SEBI to raise up to ₹3,000 crore, appointing former Bharti CFO Akhil Gupta and Geeta Mathur as independent directors ahead of a targeted 2027 debut.
Cairo-based Bekia has raised $765,000 in Seed funding led by Madica to digitise Egypt's largely informal waste-collection economy, with plans to convert collection records into verified carbon-avoidance certificates for corporate customers.
European telecoms group United Group has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, reaffirming its target to source 100% renewable electricity by 2027 and reach net-zero emissions by 2040, while reporting 42% female representation at group leadership level.
China and ASEAN countries have developed 16 cross-border electricity transmission lines rated at 110kV or above, with cumulative power exchange exceeding 75 billion kWh, according to the China Electricity Council, announced at the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo.