Saicon Buys Nagpur’s Pragmatyc, Its Third India AI Acquisition in a Row
The US technology services firm deepens its Nagpur bet, folding in a third India-based acquisition as it builds out enterprise AI delivery capacity.
Laiba Nayab
Laiba Nayab is an Associate Editor at LAFFAZ, covering startups, technology, and business developments across India and MENA. An alumna of St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, with a Diploma in Modern Arabic, she brings research-backed reporting and a sharp eye for emerging trends to her work across the startup and tech ecosystem.
ekincare Acquires AI Claims Adjudication Platform Superclaims
The deal deepens ekincare's reach across insurers and TPAs as it eyes global expansion for its health benefits and insurance-tech stack.
Yotta Raises $150 Million at ₹37,000 Crore Valuation to fuel its AI Expansion
The Hiranandani Group's data centre arm is racing to scale GPU capacity as it eyes a future IPO.
BlackSoil Acquires Credit Fair’s Solar Financing Business
The alternative credit platform is betting on rooftop solar and MSME financing as it expands beyond its traditional lending base.
Incuspaze Raises ₹150 Crore Led By Bharat Value Fund, Eyes FY29 IPO
The managed workspace operator's second institutional round follows its acquisition of Hyderabad-based iKeva and sets a ₹1,000 crore revenue target.
Yash Raj Films Backs Rusk Media in First Vertical Entertainment Bet
The Bollywood studio known for the YRF spy universe is stepping into portrait-mode storytelling, partnering with the Alright! TV platform to co-develop original animation and micro-drama IP for Gen Z audiences.
Rapido Raises $240 Mn from Prosus, Hits $3 Bn Valuation in Bid to Outlast Uber in India
The Bengaluru ride-hailing platform — now Uber's own-declared biggest rival in India — closes a $730 Mn primary and secondary transaction as it doubles down on tier-2 expansion and affordable mobility.
Vobiz.ai Raises $1 Mn to Build India-Native Infra for AI Voice Agents
As AI voice agents proliferate across customer service, sales, and enterprise workflows, the telephony layer they run on is becoming its own infrastructure category — and Bengaluru's Vobiz.ai is betting on being the plumbing.
Temasek Bets ₹482 Crore on Milky Mist Before Its IPO — Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal
The Erode-based dairy brand that sells no liquid milk just secured Singapore's sovereign wealth giant as a pre-IPO backer. The market debut is now a matter of timing, not if.
HyugaLife Raises Rs 100 Crore Series A From IvyCap to Build India’s Most Trusted Nutrition Marketplace
Nutrition marketplace HyugaLife has raised Rs 100 crore in a Series A led by IvyCap Ventures, with plans to build a dark store network and push into offline retail for the first time.
Freepik Rebrands as Magnific: What Every Indian Creator Must Know
Freepik — the stock asset library that every design student in India has had open in at least one browser tab — has rebranded as Magnific. What looks like a name change is actually a declaration: the era of downloading free vectors is over.
Bengaluru mobile gaming startup Spill Games raises $3.1 million in seed round co-led by Centre Court Capital and PeerCapital
The casual gaming studio behind Cozy Finds and Zen Math Crossword plans to test 20-plus new prototypes over the next 18 months after nearly quadrupling its total funding.