NeoGeo Raises $20M Series A to Chase Gulf, Americas Push
The Gurugram geospatial integrator's Series A is more than ten times its only prior disclosed round.
Hadia Seema
Hadia Seema is a journalist covering entrepreneurship, innovation, and business developments across the startup ecosystem. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Delhi. Her work makes complex corporate and market developments accessible, highlighting emerging startup trends, founder journeys, and innovation across India, MENA, and beyond.
Discovered Materials Raises $9M Seed Led by Lightspeed India
The Y Combinator-backed startup is racing to solve a heat problem slowing down the AI chip build-out — before bigger, better-funded rivals do.
Smallest.ai raises $13 Mn Series A led by Seligman Ventures
The Bengaluru voice AI startup, founded by an IIT Guwahati graduate who bought the domain for $100 in 2022, is chasing enterprise voice contracts against rivals that have raised many times more capital.
River Mobility raises $120 Mn Series C led by Elev8, Claypond
The electric two-wheeler maker's first major cheque from Indian institutional investors arrives four years after it launched with a single scooter model, taking its total capital raised to $188 million.
MS Dhoni invests in SolarSquare, joins as brand ambassador
The former India cricket captain backs the rooftop solar startup through his family office, adding a recognisable face to its recently closed $53 million Series C.
Leverage Edu Acquires Mundus Agency in Brazil Push
The study-abroad platform's move into South America lands as it lines up a ₹2,000-3,000 Cr IPO and courts a market sending 90,000 students overseas each year.
CCI Clears upGrad’s ₹2,055 Cr All-Stock Acquisition of Unacademy
The regulatory nod moves forward a deal that values Unacademy at a 90% discount to its 2021 peak, capping years of on-off merger talks.
Nikhil Kamath’s WTF Acquires Creative Agency BTG In Second Buyout
The acquisition builds WTF's portfolio of founder-led creative businesses after its earlier purchase of One Hand Clap.
Bhavin Turakhia Bets $30 Million Of His Own Money On AI Work Platform Neo
The serial entrepreneur behind Zeta argues legacy office software can't simply bolt on AI — it has to be rebuilt from scratch.
Mukesh Bansal’s Nurix AI Acquires Enterprise Conversational AI Firm Verloop.io
The deal brings voice and chat automation under one roof as Nurix expands its enterprise AI footprint across India and the Middle East.
BatX Energies Raises ₹105 Crore Series A Led By IvyCap Ventures
The Gurugram battery recycling startup pulled in family-office backers alongside its lead investor as India's EV supply chain draws fresh cleantech capital.
Pixxel and Sarvam AI Will Put a Data Centre in Orbit by End of 2026
The Pathfinder satellite will carry datacenter-class GPUs and India-built AI models into low Earth orbit — processing hyperspectral imagery in space, without touching a foreign cloud.