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Aukera Raises Rs 90 Crore: Lab-Grown Goes Tier 2
The lab-grown diamond brand went from 13 to 35 stores in a year and its new city list includes Lucknow, Dehradun and Vizag. Tier 2 is the plan, not the pilot.
13 Jul 2026 · via Inc42Flipkart Drops the Rs 1,000 Cap: All Fashion Products Now Sell at Zero Commission
Flipkart has removed the price ceiling on its zero-commission policy for fashion. Every fashion listing now pays no commission, and products under Rs 1,000 in every other category already did.
13 Jul 2026 · via IBEFQuick Commerce Is Projected to Reach 65 to 70 Billion Dollars by 2030. The Compounding Has Barely Started
A 7 to 8 billion dollar market growing at over 100 percent a year, with a 2030 projection nearly ten times today's size. The channel decision is no longer optional.
13 Jul 2026 · via Best Startup IndiaIndian Startups Raised 7.4 Billion Dollars in H1, the Strongest First Half Since 2022, and AI Took the Biggest Slice
The funding recovery now has a shape: the strongest first half in four years, with AI growing four times year on year while everything else competes for the rest.
13 Jul 2026 · via StartupTalkyRainmatter Backs Econovus With 40 Crore to Make E-Commerce Packaging Compostable
Every quick-commerce order ships in packaging that outlives the product. Zerodha's Rainmatter just funded a plant-based alternative.
13 Jul 2026 · via IBEFTier-3 Cities Now Contribute 38 Percent of E-Commerce Orders, Growing at 21 Percent
The centre of gravity of Indian e-commerce keeps moving away from the metros. Small-town India is not the future customer. It is the current one.
13 Jul 2026 · via Best Startup IndiaSarvam AI Raises 234 Million Dollars at a 1.5 Billion Valuation, the Largest Series B in Indian AI
India has a new unicorn, and it is a sovereign AI company. HCLTech led the round with 150 million dollars.
13 Jul 2026 · via ClearTaxE-Way Bills Get Stricter From August 1: Ship-To GSTIN Becomes Mandatory
From August 1, every bill-to ship-to consignment needs the consignee's GSTIN on the e-way bill. Brands shipping to warehouses, marketplaces and project sites should fix their master data now.
13 Jul 2026 · via StartupTalkySwiggy Turns Majority Indian-Owned, and Instamart May Get the Right to Hold Its Own Inventory
A shareholding shift most people scrolled past could quietly rewrite quick-commerce economics. Swiggy's foreign ownership has fallen below half.
9 Jul 2026 · via Meesho investor industry reportMeesho Holds Nearly 37 Percent of India’s E-Commerce Orders, and Value Commerce Is the Volume Engine
By order volume, the biggest e-commerce platform in India is not the one with the biggest billboards. Meesho captured nearly 37 percent of the country's orders by FY25.
9 Jul 2026 · via Business TodayEarnings Season Opens: TCS and Nine Others Report, and the Quarter’s First Signals Land
Ten companies including TCS, Anand Rathi Wealth and GM Breweries reported April-June numbers on July 9, opening the Q1 FY27 earnings season.
9 Jul 2026 · via UpstoxSBI Funds Management Opens the Largest IPO of 2026, and India’s Capital Markets Keep Deepening
India's largest mutual fund house is going public: an 11,693 crore rupee issue opening July 14, priced to value the company near 1.17 lakh crore.
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