Sugar Cosmetics Raises ₹144.5 Crore at a Quarter of Its 2022 Peak
A91 Partners alone funds the round as revenue falls for a second straight year and a valuer's own report, filed alongside the round, calls out sustained financial deterioration.
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InspeCity Raises ₹100 Crore to Fund Four Orbital Servicing Missions
The IIT Bombay-incubated space-tech startup has closed a pre-Series A co-led by Speciale Invest and Ashish Kacholia, taking its total raise to roughly ₹150 crore ahead of a compressed 18-month flight schedule.
Actor Kunal Kapoor Launches Doctor-Led Metabolic Health Platform MetaGO
Built by the founding team behind Ketto, the new venture pairs GLP-1 therapies with continuous clinical supervision for obesity and metabolic care.
Ecofy Secures $15 Mn Debt from Mirova to Scale Solar and EV Loans
India's first green-only NBFC has raised debt from one of Europe's most active sustainable investment arms — the fourth such DFI bet on Ecofy in three years, and a sign that global climate capital is flowing with increasing confidence into India's distributed energy market.
Mumbai’s Ubiqedge Raises ₹10 Cr Seed Round Led by Piper Serica for AIoT OS
India's industrial infrastructure runs on fragmented, mostly manual systems. Ubiqedge built the hardware and software stack to fix that from scratch — and Piper Serica just led its first institutional round.
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.
Minimalist Never Hired a Bollywood Face, HUL Paid ₹2,955 Crore for It Anyway
While Indian brands debated celebrity versus influencer, two brothers from Rajasthan quietly built the country's biggest D2C beauty exit — by trusting the right creators over the biggest names.
Shortgun Games — India’s First AA Game Studio — Acquires 30% Stake in Creative Studio GiantDot
The Mumbai studio building India's first AA game wants storytelling baked into development from day one — not treated as an afterthought.
Abhishek Middha launches Middha Ventures with Rs. 1.05 crore bets on Ruskle, Fitreak
Mumbai-based investor enters early-stage ecosystem with first investments across consumer and fitness startups
Magic Bus India Foundation expands AI skilling push for underserved youth ahead of India AI Impact Summit 2026
NGO scales national AI programmes and employer engagement series to prepare underserved youth for an AI-driven workforce, aligning skilling pathways with industry demand under the IndiaAI Mission.
Pine Labs’ market debut: strong listing, stretched valuations – what investors should know
India’s payments firm Pine Labs made a high-profile market debut on Nov. 14, 2025, listing above its issue price as investors cheered growth but analysts warned of valuation risks. Here’s a concise explainer on what happened, why it matters and what to watch next.
Mumbai-based Nia.one raises $2.4 million seed funding to expand gig worker network
Nia.one raises USD 2.4M from Elevar Equity to expand gig worker network, launch Niadel hubs, and boost worker wellbeing across India.