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Beyond the chatbot: The tech duo building an anti-ChatGPT for classrooms

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- Peeyush Ranjan, a former senior executive at Google and Airbnb and ex-chief technology officer of Flipkart, has teamed up with former Cure.fit co-founder Mukesh Bansal to bet tha... Read More


Lab-to-fab in weeks: Why Fundamentum led Whizzo's $15 million raise

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- Fundamentum Partnership has led a $15 million Series A funding round in Whizzo, a Bengaluru-headquartered materials science startup that develops and makes specialised fabrics fo... Read More


Mint Explainer: What the Karnataka HC's share attachment means for the Aakash rights issue

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- A Karnataka high court order on 13 January has effectively "locked" a block of Aakash Educational Services Ltd's (AESL) shares allegedly linked to Byju Raveendran, creating fresh... Read More


India data protection law collides with digital lenders' monitoring models

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- India's new data protection regime makes a seemingly simple promise: if an app can take consent in a tap, it must allow users to withdraw it just as easily. But in digital lendin... Read More


Sukino's $31 million round signals shift toward post-hospital care

Bengaluru, Jan. 13 -- Venture capital and private equity investors are increasing their bets on post-hospital care-often referred to as 'continuum care'-as India's hospitals are discharging patients m... Read More


Swiggy expands Noice beyond staples, testing limits of private labels in quick commerce

Bengaluru, Jan. 12 -- Swiggy's private-label brand, Noice, which debuted on its quick-commerce platform Instamart, has expanded rapidly by adding contract manufacturers across various categories, incl... Read More


A rebound year for India VC fundraising, but deployment headwinds linger

New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026-to help you know what to e... Read More


Simple Energy looks to raise $30-40 million as it launches its long-range scooter yet

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- Electric two-wheeler maker Simple Energy plans to raise $30-40 million in fresh capital, largely from international backers and existing investors, in what could be its first roun... Read More


Inside Flipkart's OneTech: the stack powering IPO readiness, q-comm and AI

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Since stepping into the role of Flipkart's chief product and technology officer (CTPO) in September, Balaji Thiagarajan has been overseeing OneTech and the internal organization ... Read More


Aakash rights issue: The plot thickens-a mysterious UAE woman steps in Byju Raveendran's place

Bengaluru, Dec. 11 -- In the latest twist in the unravelling saga of e-learning platform Byju's, it has emerged that a UAE-businesswoman, who was earlier named in a Delaware case against promoter Byju... Read More