Piston Raises $15 Million Series A Led by FPV Ventures: How Its Cardless Payment Network Is Changing Fleet Fuel Payments
Piston, a US-headquartered fintech startup with an engineering hub in Kolkata, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by FPV Ventures. Existing investors Spark Capital and Pear VC also participated in the round. The latest funding takes…
Pizza Bakery Founders’ Popo Global Raises ₹532 Crore From Artal Asia: Expansion Beyond Bengaluru Next
Bengaluru-based restaurant company Popo Global, the parent of The Pizza Bakery, Paris Panini and Smash Guys, has raised ₹532 crore from global investment firm Artal Asia for a significant minority stake. The investment marks an important milestone for…
Namma Yatri Launches Namma Santhe: A Retail Platform Built to Save Its Drivers Money, Not Make Any
Every driver on a ride hailing app earns money the same visible way, fare by fare, trip by trip. What almost nobody talks about is the other side of that ledger, what a driver actually spends on the ordinary stuff of running a life, a rain cover before…
RentoMojo IPO Closes With 72.88X Subscription: 158.68 Crore Shares Bid, What Happens Next?
RentoMojo’s IPO received a massive response from investors, with the issue closing with an overall subscription of 72.88 times and bids for approximately 158.68 crore shares, according to the final subscription figures. The Bengaluru-based rental…
Ultraviolette to Raise ₹373 Crore as BIGGA Factory Takes Shape
Ultraviolette Automotive is raising ₹373 crore as the Bengaluru-based electric two-wheeler maker moves ahead with its new BIGGA manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The development comes at a crucial stage for the company. Ultraviolette is…
Flipkart Minutes Gets Standalone App: Flipkart Takes Quick-Commerce Fight to Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart
Flipkart is making a bigger push into India’s quick-commerce market. The Walmart-backed e-commerce company is testing a standalone app for its quick-commerce business, Flipkart Minutes, taking the service beyond its earlier position as a feature…
Theater Raises ₹75 Crore to Expand Offline Presence: What the D2C Fashion Startup Plans Next
India’s direct-to-consumer fashion market is seeing another significant funding deal. Fashion and lifestyle startup Theater has raised ₹75 crore as it looks to scale its business and strengthen its offline presence. The funding comes at an important…
Swish Raises $24 Million to Expand Its 10 Minute Food Delivery Network Across Bengaluru and NCR
Six months ago Swish closed a $38 million round and told everyone it was going to chase multi city expansion. Now it’s back at the fundraising table again, this time pulling in ₹224.54 crore, roughly $24 million, in an extended Series B led by…
Meta Launches Muse, an AI Agent That Can Act on Your Behalf: What It Means Before You Hand It Your Payment Card
Meta launched Muse on September 8, 2026, a personal AI agent that CEO Mark Zuckerberg describes as working “24/7 on your behalf to improve your relationships, health, career, finances, home management, hobbies, and more.” Unlike a chatbot…
QNu Labs Raises ₹200 Cr to Scale Quantum Cybersecurity R&D
Every encryption system protecting your bank transactions, government records, and private messages today relies on a mathematical assumption: that certain problems are too hard for computers to solve quickly. Quantum computers, once powerful enough, are…