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Phi Commerce board approves Rs 38.54 Cr round at Rs 1,505 Cr
21 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrFleetx.ai acquires TMS provider Pando.ai, value undisclosed
21 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrZaydn raises $681K seed led by Inflection Point Ventures
21 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrD2C watch brand Bruno Milano raises Rs 7.5 Cr led by Sauce VC
21 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrNobel Hygiene files DRHP: Rs 150 Cr fresh issue plus OFS
21 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Atomberg FY26: revenue up 34.8%, net loss widens to Rs 148.9 Cr
21 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Deepinder Goyal’s Temple Wearable Shrinks Ahead of 2026 Launch
21 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Madras High Court Restrains Matrimony.com From Using Jodii
21 Aug 2026 · via Inc42UBS Sees a Blinkit Moment in Home Services, Urban Company Jumps
21 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Walmart Q2: Flipkart Ads Lifts Global Advertising Business
20 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Zaggle jumps 12% after Kedia Securities buys 1.48% stake
20 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrCashify turns public limited, names independent directors
20 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Cashfree FY26 revenue Rs 967 Cr, loss narrows to Rs 118.5 Cr
20 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrNavi raises $100 Mn from Prosus at a reported markdown
20 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrYantra Packs raises Rs 12 Cr seed led by Caret Capital
20 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrOrange Health FY26: Rs 138.6 Cr revenue, Rs 146 Cr real loss
20 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrBGauss raises Rs 110 Cr at about Rs 1,000 Cr valuation
20 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Peeko raises $7 Mn to double Bengaluru dark store count
20 Aug 2026 · via Inc42The Bear House reports 5X conversions with Glance AI agent
20 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Dogsee Chew refused a UK ask to drop its Made in India label
20 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Emami growth chief: use influencers only after product market fit
20 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Hammer picks cables over premium headphones for quick commerce
19 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrBobble AI enters insolvency over Rs 5.77 Cr debt default
19 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrNeoGeo raises $20 Mn Series A for geospatial stack
19 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrDSP Finance acquires Volt Money to add loans against funds
19 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrKKR signs deal for minority stake in BookMyShow
19 Aug 2026 · via Inc42NoPaperForms FY26 profit hits Rs 11.9 Cr, helped by a tax credit
19 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrupGrad crosses Rs 2,000 Cr gross revenue, EBITDA up about 8X
19 Aug 2026 · via Inc42MobiKwik puts Rs 60.85 Cr into its lending arm, names a CBO
19 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrRazorpay launches Vulcan, a model trained on 4 billion payments
19 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrButterfly Learnings raises Rs 65 Cr in pre-Series B round
19 Aug 2026 · via Inc42DeHaat’s Honest Farms raises Rs 35 Cr pre-Series A round
19 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrMilky Mist lists at Rs 165, a 17.86% premium to issue price
19 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Manyavar says algorithms take 70-75% of its retail decisions
13 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrMirae Asset marks first close of MAVOF II at Rs 1,125 Cr
13 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrCentricity raises Rs 280 Cr Series A led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund
13 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Bank of America to buy up to 49.9% of Jio Credit for $1.9 Bn
13 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Infra.Market proposes reverse listing via Shalimar Paints swap
13 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrIndiQube Q1 FY27: loss narrows to Rs 23.88 Cr, revenue up 37%
13 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Amagi Q1 FY27: profit Rs 33.9 Cr, but down from Q4
13 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Yatra Q1 FY27: profit down 97.9% as bookings rise 16.5%
13 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrLenskart Q1 FY27: profit 3.7X to Rs 228 Cr, revenue up 43%
13 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrScrubsy raises Rs 27 Cr: home care is a pack architecture game
13 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrAstrotalk hits $1 Bn on $34 Mn raised: the ratio is the story
13 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrUber Bike adds 100 cities: rider supply just got deeper
13 Aug 2026 · via Inc425.1 lakh ecommerce complaints in 2025: fulfilment is the fault line
12 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Mobavenue AI Q1 profit up 94% to Rs 11.7 crore
Mobavenue AI Tech sells performance advertising to banks, fintechs and consumer brands. Its June quarter numbers are a readable proxy for how hard those brands were spending on user acquisition.
12 Aug 2026 · via Inc42AvenuesAI Q1 profit up 45% as payments revenue doubles
AvenuesAI, the CCAvenue owner formerly known as Infibeam Avenues, more than doubled operating revenue in Q1 FY27. Profit grew far slower than the top line, which is what a payments book usually looks like.
12 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrGST boost to insurance demand fades at Policybazaar
PB Fintech management says the GST-led surge in insurance demand already started fading in Q1 FY27. The quarter still printed 40 percent revenue growth. The question is what happens when the tailwind stops.
12 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrOla Electric gets five-year PLI window for cell unit
The Ministry of Heavy Industries has revised the PLI timelines for Ola Cell Technologies, giving it a five-year window through 2031 and access to incentives of up to Rs 7,240 crore. The window is granted. The money is not yet received.
12 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrVecton AI raises Rs 6 Cr pre-seed led by Zeropearl VC
Vecton AI, a Bengaluru startup building compliant AI and agent systems for banks and insurers, has raised Rs 6 crore in pre-seed funding.
12 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrTable Space FY26 revenue Rs 2,262 Cr, EBITDA up 88%
Table Space grew FY26 operating revenue 66% to Rs 2,262 crore and EBITDA 88% to Rs 1,168 crore, while net loss narrowed 74% to Rs 403.35 crore.
12 Aug 2026 · via Entrackrslice posts Rs 51 Cr profit in Q1 FY27, income up 38.6%
slice reported Rs 50.9 crore of net profit in Q1 FY27, more than it made across the whole of FY26, on total income of Rs 413.8 crore.
12 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrAccel closes $550 Mn ninth India early-stage fund
Accel has raised a $550 million India fund, its ninth early-stage vehicle for the country, taking what it has raised for India to $1.2 billion in 18 months.
12 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrYulu raises $93 Mn Series C led by GEF Capital
Electric mobility platform Yulu has raised $93 million in Series C, splitting $63 million of equity led by GEF Capital Partners with $30 million of debt, to take its fleet from 50,000 vehicles to 200,000.
12 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Shiprocket nets Rs 727.4 Cr from anchor investors
Shiprocket raised Rs 727.4 crore from anchor investors at the top of its price band, with domestic mutual funds taking two thirds of the book. The Rs 1,617 crore IPO opens today.
12 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrPorter posts Rs 6,650 Cr FY26 revenue, profit up 4x
Intracity logistics platform Porter grew operating revenue 54.4% to Rs 6,650 crore in FY26 and more than quadrupled net profit to Rs 229 crore, on a cost base that is 90% fleet operator payouts.
12 Aug 2026 · via Inc42Karnataka FDA seals Zepto warehouse in Bengaluru
Karnataka's food safety department has sealed a Zepto warehouse in Hoskote over labelling, misbranding and hygiene violations, one day after the Maharashtra FDA suspended a Blinkit dark store licence in Mumbai.
11 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrGalaxEye acquires spacecraft engineering firm StarOps
The earth observation startup buys a Bengaluru satellite platform company. Deal value was not disclosed.
11 Aug 2026 · via EntrackrLightspeed leads $9 million seed in Discovered Materials
The deep tech startup is building thermal materials for AI chip packaging. Y Combinator, Peak XV and Paul Graham joined the round.
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