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The Next Test For Ecommerce, Unacademy On Sale & More

India, Dec. 11 -- The 2026 Outlook For Ecommerce The year gone by disrupted the traditional ecommerce playbook. While quick commerce and IPOs dominated headlines, an omnichannel and profitability-fir... Read More


Infibeam Avenues To Rebrand As 'AvenuesAI' Amid AI Push

India, Dec. 11 -- Fintech company Infibeam Avenues plans to rebrand as 'AvenuesAI' to position itself as an AI-driven digital payments company. The company received the approval for the name change f... Read More


Honasa To Acquire Men's Personal Care Brand Reginald For INR 195 Cr

India, Dec. 11 -- Beauty and personal care major Honasa Consumer is acquiring BTM Ventures Pvt Ltd (BVPL), the parent of men's personal care brand Reginald Men, for INR 195 Cr. In an exchange filing,... Read More


Lightspeed Launches 'India Ascends' To Back Early Stage Deeptech Startups

India, Dec. 11 -- Multi-stage venture capital (VC) firm Lightspeed Ventures has launched an accelerator programme, India Ascends 2026, to back under-25 year old Indian founders building R&D-first tech... Read More


The Age Of Agents: Diving Into Indian Tech's Agentic AI Moment In 2025

India, Dec. 11 -- Last year, many expected agentic AI to become one of the major forces to reshape India's tech and business landscape. And as we conclude this year, the impact is clearly visible. En... Read More


Coworking Startup iSprout Bags INR 60 Debt From Tata Capital

India, Dec. 11 -- Hyderabad-based coworking startup iSprout has raised INR 60 Cr (around $6.6 Mn) in debt funding from Tata Capital, giving the managed office operator fresh firepower to scale its foo... Read More


NeoSapien Bags $2 Mn To Scale AI-Native Wearable Production

India, Dec. 11 -- Deeptech startup NeoSapien has raised $2 Mn (INR 18 Cr) in its seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital (VC) firm Merak Ventures. Angel investors including boAt's cofoun... Read More


Edtech Startup Uolo Bags $7 Mn To Expand School Partnerships

India, Dec. 11 -- Edtech startup Uolo has raised $7 Mn in its pre-Series B round led by global edtech fund Five Sigma, with participation from existing investors Blume Ventures, Morphosis, and Alicorn... Read More


Fireside's 2026 Vision: Mapping The Course Of Consumer Retail, D2C Ecosystem

India, Dec. 11 -- With its fourth fund closed last week, Fireside Ventures is looking at a new landscape of consumer brands and retail in India. The INR 2,265 Cr (around $253 Mn) fund IV will look to... Read More


Centre Moves 12.7 Lakh Official Email Accounts To Zoho

India, Dec. 11 -- The Centre has migrated around 12.68 Lakh email accounts across ministries and departments to SaaS major Zoho's cloud-based platform. This includes accounts of 7.45 Lakh central gov... Read More