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D2C's easy growth is raising the bar for startup funding

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- India's direct-to-consumer (D2C) ecosystem is maturing-and investors are raising the revenue thresholds they expect from brands seeking funding. The shift is visible from the se... Read More


Govt may turn security concerns into a market for India-designed chips

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The government could use its buying power and national security requirements to create a market for India-designed semiconductor processors, potentially becoming an anchor custom... Read More


Porter in no hurry to go public, says CEO Uttam Digga

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Logistics unicorn Porter, backed by Tiger Global Management, isn't in a hurry to go public, its CEO and co-founder Uttam Digga told Mint. He said the company is currently focused... Read More


India's startups look to UK as trade deal opens new opportunities

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- India's startups are looking to the UK as an alternative market for international expansion, as a new trade agreement cuts tariffs on goods and eases some of the costs of deployi... Read More


InRisk Labs raises $27 million as subsidiary EarthRe gets reinsurer licence

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- InRisk Labs said on Wednesday it has raised $27 million in a Series A funding round, as the climate-tech and reinsurance startup looks to strengthen its technology stack and expan... Read More


Who pays when an AI agent goes rogue? Indian law has no clear answer

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Indian startups rushing to deploy autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents are entering a legal grey area: if an AI system independently hacks another company's network, exi... Read More


The new money backing India's deeptech startups

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- India's wealthiest families are stepping into one of the country's toughest startup funding gaps, backing deeptech companies that often require years of patient capital before bec... Read More


This startup's next-gen engine may power India's defence ambitions

New Delhi, July 30 -- A Delhi-based defence startup says it has achieved a milestone in one of the Indian military's most challenging technological frontiers-propulsion. D-Propulse conducted a ground... Read More


Free AI pilot pain eases for startups, but scale challenge stalks

New Delhi, July 27 -- Amid the rapidly expanding universe of business-to-business (B2B) artificial intelligence (AI) startups, enterprises are now increasingly willing to pay for projects rather than ... Read More


Nuclear fusion startups seek regulatory clarity, more patient capital

New Delhi, July 24 -- India's nuclear fusion startups are demanding a dedicated regulatory framework, arguing the country's newly overhauled atomic energy law still treats their reactors as if they ca... Read More