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Six Startups That Entered The Unicorn Club In 2025

India, Dec. 9 -- The late stage Indian startup ecosystem rediscovered its rhythm in 2025 in terms of IPOs, but the number of unicorns in India is growing at a much slower clip than ever before. Is thi... Read More


Govt To Conduct 2027 Census Via Digital Means

India, Dec. 9 -- Marking a major shift in how data is collected in the country, minister of state (MoS) for home affairs Nityanand Rai today informed the Parliament that the government plans to undert... Read More


DPIIT Proposes Hybrid Licencing For AI Training

India, Dec. 9 -- In its working paper on GenAI and copyright, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed not allowing AI companies to train their models on copyri... Read More


Swiggy Opens QIP, Sets Floor Price At INR 390.51 Per Share

India, Dec. 9 -- A day after receiving shareholder nod, consumer services major Swiggy has opened its INR 10,000 Cr ($1.2 Bn) qualified institutional placement (QIP) for subscription. The floor price ... Read More


How India's New AI Governance Rules Will Redefine Liability, Safety & Data In The Auto Industry

India, Dec. 9 -- The India AI Governance Guidelines (AI Governance Guidelines), released by the Ministry of Electronics & IT under the IndiaAI Mission on 5 November 2025, have profound implications fo... Read More


Gaming In 2026, PW Rolls In Q2 Profits & More

India, Dec. 9 -- Gaming In The Post-RMG Era India's online gaming industry closed a painful chapter in 2025. The ban on online real money gaming toppled giants, triggered mass layoffs and even led to... Read More


SoftBank-Backed Whatfix Fires 60 Employees

India, Dec. 9 -- SoftBank-backed B2B SaaS startup Whatfix has laid off around 60 employees, with most of the cuts coming from its sales and marketing go-to-market (GTM) teams. The company had a total ... Read More


[Update] Wakefit IPO: Issue Subscribed 39% On Day 2, Retail Portion Fully Booked

India, Dec. 9 -- Update | December 9, 18:40 IST Wakefit's IPO was subscribed 39% at the end of the second day of bidding. The issue received bids for 1.4 Cr shares against 3.6 Cr shares on offer. Th... Read More


Sports-Focussed VC Firm Centre Court Capital Closes Maiden Fund At INR 410 Cr

India, Dec. 9 -- Sports and gaming focussed venture capital (VC) firm Centre Court Capital has announced the final close of its maiden fund at INR 410 Cr, surpassing the initial target corpus of INR 3... Read More


Meesho IPO: Cofounders Rake In INR 354 Cr, Y Combinator Mints 108X Return

India, Dec. 9 -- The cofounders and investors of Meesho, which is set to list on the exchanges tomorrow, got hefty returns from the ecommerce unicorn's IPO. Y Combinator, which offloaded 71.9 Lakh sh... Read More