4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (290+ words) Early-stage, sector-agnostic venture capital firm Inflexor Ventures has announced the first close of its third fund, securing commitments of Rs 400 crore towards its target corpus of Rs 1,250 crore. The fund, named the Inflexor Technology Discovery Fund, is backed by anchor…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (409+ words) This move highlights how investors are increasingly backing founders tackling complex industrial and infrastructure problems rather than focusing on consumer internet businesses alone. The nine companies emerged from stealth at Antler's latest India Showcase in Bengaluru, where founders presented their…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (252+ words) In a move to cut waste, the European Union has enforced a ban on the disposal of unsold clothes and shoes. Per the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, large companies with more than 250 employees and over 50 million euros in…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (288+ words) Venture capital (VC) funding into Indian startups has dropped to its lowest level on a weekly basis so far this year so far, exposing challenges faced by the ecosystem in terms of weakened capital inflow as well as absence of credible…...

2+ mon, 22+ hour ago   (286+ words) Early stage venture capital firm Physis Capital has announced the final close of its maiden Rs 400 crore fund, backed by institutional investors and family offices including SUD Life, Lotus Holdings, Ajmera Realty, Narayana Nethralaya, and DS Group. Founded by the…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (304+ words) Venture capital and private equity funds invested $2.7 billion across 83 deals in April, as rupee depreciation amid geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment, a report said on Monday. The bets were around 50% lower than in the year-ago period and in the…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (358+ words) Karnataka's flagship startup grant programme, ELEVATE, has hit a decade-long milestone, and the state is marking the occasion by throwing its doors open wider than ever before. The Department of Electronics, IT, Bt, Government of Karnataka, on Tuesday announced the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (313+ words) Bengaluru-headquartered travel-fintech startup Scapia has raised $63 million in a fresh round of funding led by General Catalyst and also saw participation of existing investors, Peak XV Partners and Z47. Scapia said it will utilise this fresh funding towards strengthening its brand…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (351+ words) D2C Insider, a community of D2C brand founders and enablers, plans to launch a Rs 150-crore venture capital fund called ConsumerX Ventures. A Category II alternative investment fund, ConsumerX Ventures will back around 25 early-stage D2C (direct to consumer) brands and enablers at the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (360+ words) Hyderabad-based venture capital firm Pavestone VC has invested $5 million (about Rs 46.6 crore) in deep-tech startup Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence, as it looks to tap into the growing demand for high-performance, energy-efficient artificial intelligence infrastructure. The funding will be used to accelerate…...