Startups
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The Pant Project raises ₹109 crore for retail expansion
The Pant Project, an Indian menswear brand specializing in well-fitting trousers, raised ₹109 crore in a funding round announced in October 2026.
21 Oct, 10:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Newport Restaurant Group is fully employee-owned and has paid $33 million since 1995
Newport Restaurant Group, which owns The Mooring and 17 other hospitality venues across Rhode Island and Massachusetts, has been 100% employee-owned since 1995.
21 Oct, 10:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Mach9 raises $34 million after pivoting to AI CAD software
Mach9, originally founded as Mach9 Robotics in 2021 by Alex Baikovitz, announced a $34 million Series A funding round on Wednesday after shifting its focus…
21 Oct, 08:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Indian-origin inventor Rahul Agarwal secures $350,000 deal on Shark Tank USA
Indian-origin inventor Rahul Agarwal secured a $350,000 (approximately ₹3.33 crore) deal on Shark Tank USA for his innovative foldable measuring spoon.
21 Oct, 10:05 am IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Ixigo’s hotel segment revenue grows sixfold in Q2 FY27
Travel tech company ixigo reported its hotel segment revenue grew more than sixfold to ₹8.1 crore in Q2 FY27, marking it as the company’s fastest-growing business line.
21 Oct, 12:05 am IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Discovered Materials raises $9 million to accelerate semiconductor discovery
Discovered Materials, a San Francisco-based AI startup, raised $9 million in a seed funding round led by Lightspeed, with participation from Y Combinator,…
20 Oct, 04:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Startup lets strangers pay to fill empty wedding seats
Jeff and Karina Besen launched Not a Wedding Crasher in mid-March to connect couples with unused wedding seats to verified guests willing to pay a fee to attend.
20 Oct, 04:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
AI-powered cooking assistants make home cooking convenient and engaging
AI-powered cooking assistants are gaining traction in India as busy professionals seek convenient ways to prepare home-cooked meals.
20 Oct, 12:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Curefoods pilots budget food delivery app MegaBite in Bengaluru
Curefoods has launched a pilot for its budget food delivery app, MegaBite, in Bengaluru’s HSR Layout, offering dishes priced between ₹49 and ₹199.
19 Oct, 10:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Hunar raises ₹40 crore to scale AI for frontline hiring
Bengaluru-based conversational AI startup Hunar.AI has raised ₹40 crore ($4.2 million) in a Series A funding round led by Blume Ventures to scale its agentic AI platform for frontline hiring.
19 Oct, 08:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Bill Gross launches Idealab.ai to create 1 million startups with AI
Bill Gross, founder of Idealab, has launched Idealab.ai, a free public platform designed to help entrepreneurs create up to 1 million new startups and 100 million jobs using AI.
19 Oct, 04:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Even Healthcare raises $50 million to expand Bengaluru hospital network
Bengaluru-based managed care startup Even Healthcare has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by existing investor Khosla Ventures, with part…
19 Oct, 02:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
ixigo reports ₹63 crore Q2 profit, shares jump over 13%
Shares of online travel aggregator ixigo rose 13.12% to an intraday high of ₹163.30 on the BSE after the company reported a consolidated net profit of ₹63.…
19 Oct, 12:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Zerodha launches US stock investing with access to 2,000 shares
Discount brokerage Zerodha has launched US stock investing in beta on its Kite platform, allowing Indian investors to buy shares of up to 2,000 US-listed companies and around 1,000 ETFs.
19 Oct, 12:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Burma Burma parent’s FY26 loss rises 31X to ₹15 crore
Hunger Pangs Limited, the parent company of restaurant chain Burma Burma, reported a net loss of ₹15.4 crore in fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26), a nearly 31-fol…
18 Oct, 04:05 am IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Snabbit reports ₹168 crore loss on ₹12 crore revenue in FY26
Snabbit, an instant house-help startup operated by Maestroedge Solutions Pvt. Ltd, reported a loss of ₹167.75 crore for the fiscal year 2026 (FY26), a near…
17 Oct, 10:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Cleartrip’s FY26 loss widens 28% to ₹805 crore despite revenue growth
Cleartrip, the Flipkart-owned online travel platform, reported a net loss of ₹805 crore in FY26, marking a 28.1% increase from ₹628.4 crore in FY25, according to inc42.com.
17 Oct, 08:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 1 min
Krishna Grover’s Herald E-Bikes earns ₹1.5 crore monthly from 550 showrooms
Krishna Grover, founder of Herald E-Bikes, has grown his electric two-wheeler business to a monthly revenue run rate of ₹1.5 crore from 550 active showrooms.
17 Oct, 08:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Mark Cuban paid for college with a dorm-room chain letter scam
Mark Cuban, now worth $10 billion and known as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a Shark Tank investor, paid for his junior year of college through a dorm-room chain letter scheme.
17 Oct, 08:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Ekart narrows FY26 loss by 98% to ₹26 crore despite revenue decline
Ekart, the Flipkart-owned logistics company, reduced its loss by 98.3% to ₹26 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2026 (FY26), compared to a loss of ₹1,508 crore in FY25.
17 Oct, 06:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Foundry raises ₹12 crore pre-seed round to develop smart kitchen appliances
Foundry, a premium home appliance startup founded by former Dyson India managing director Ankit Jain, has raised ₹12 crore in a pre-seed funding round.
17 Oct, 04:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
ixigo posts ₹63 crore profit in Q2, revenue rises 13% year-on-year
ixigo reported a consolidated net profit of ₹63.4 crore in the second quarter of FY27, reversing a loss of ₹3.5 crore in the same period last year, according to inc42.com.
17 Oct, 02:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Burma Burma parent files DRHP for ₹150 crore fresh issue IPO
Hunger Pangs, the parent company of the vegetarian restaurant chain Burma Burma, has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for an initial public of…
17 Oct, 02:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
FirstCry's consolidated revenue rises 13.1% in Q1 FY27 with losses down 34%
FirstCry reported a 13.1% year-on-year increase in consolidated revenue to ₹2,106.2 crore in the first quarter of FY27, while its net losses fell by nearly…
17 Oct, 12:05 am IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Snabbit's FY26 losses surge to ₹168 crore amid expansion push
Snabbit, the instant home-help startup, reported a net loss of ₹167.75 crore in the fiscal year 2026 (FY26), nearly 30 times its loss of ₹5.7 crore in FY25, according to livemint.com.
16 Oct, 08:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Veritas launches anti-counterfeit chip for jewelry and luxury items
Veritas, a startup founded by former Tesla product manager Luci Holland, has introduced the second version of its anti-counterfeit chip designed for luxury goods.
16 Oct, 08:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 1 min
Reese Witherspoon buys back Hello Sunshine, a $900 million media company
Reese Witherspoon reacquired her media company Hello Sunshine this week, which is valued at $900 million, according to fortune.com.
16 Oct, 12:05 am IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
VCs ghosting founders is common, treat them as sales prospects
Founders often experience silence from venture capitalists during fundraising, a phenomenon commonly referred to as "ghosting." Jason Lemkin, a SaaS indust…
15 Oct, 08:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Bengaluru leads India as top hub for young entrepreneurs in 2026
Bengaluru has retained its position as India’s leading startup capital, hosting the highest number of corporate headquarters founded or led by entrepreneur…
15 Oct, 12:05 pm IST - STARTUPSSTARTUPS · 2 min
Shamrock AI raises $5 million seed round to scale enterprise AI platform
Shamrock AI, an enterprise AI startup based in Shillong, raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by Endiya Partners with participation from Capria Ventures, the company announced.
15 Oct, 12:05 pm IST