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Greenwave Circularity raises $31.5 mn from Development Bank of Austria

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Greenwave Circularity, a Moon Beverages-backed recycling and sustainable packaging company, has raised $31.5 million (about Rs.300 crore) in financing from OeEB, the Development... Read More


India's consumer-protection framework has an AI blind spot

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- What if an artificial intelligence (AI) tool provides materially wrong or misleading information that causes a user financial loss? Or a chatbot encourages or facilitates self-ha... Read More


Khosla Ventures-backed AI note-taking unicorn Fireflies AI eyes acquisitions in India

NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 -- Khosla Ventures-backed AI note-taking unicorn Fireflies AI is looking to pursue acquisitions in India. The company based in the San Francisco Bay Area is targeting application-la... Read More


Dream11 completes pivot to a global sports engagement platform after real-money gaming ban

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- A year since the government banned online real-money gaming, Tiger Global Management-backed Dream11 has completed its shift from fantasy sports to a global sports engagement plat... Read More


VCs look past payment figures to spot 'dead users' hiding in UPI autoPay metrics

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- India's investors are increasingly relying on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) autoPay to evaluate user retention during fundraising discussions. By looking at recurring payment ... Read More


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