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.
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.
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.
Dil Foods Raises ₹72 Cr Series B to Scale India’s Regional Virtual Restaurant Brands
Bikaji Foods' family office leads the round — a legacy snack empire betting on a delivery-first platform that has grown 30x since it operated from just 30 locations three years ago.
Physics Wallah’s Alakh Pandey Calls Out NTA as NEET 2026 Gets Cancelled
The founder of India's largest edtech platform said what 22 lakh medical aspirants had been thinking — and the viral moment arrived exactly ten days after the exam that should never have been counted.
Deepika Padukone-Backed Epigamia Names Ritesh Gauba CEO, Elevates Ankur Goel to Co-Founder & COO
Around seventeen months after the death of co-founder Rohan Mirchandani, the Greek yogurt brand has formally completed its leadership rebuild — appointing an FMCG veteran as CEO and recognising the man who held the company together in the interim.
HealthFab Raises ₹20 Crore to Take Reusable Period Products Mainstream
India's period care market is quietly shifting from disposable to reusable. HealthFab has been building at that frontier since 2019 — and Atomic Capital just bet ₹20 crore it can move the category into the mainstream.