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Sauce.vc Closes Rs.750 Cr Fund To Double Down On Portfolio Startups

India, Feb. 26 -- Consumer-focused venture capital (VC) firm Sauce.vc has marked the final close of its second "opportunities fund" at Rs.750 Cr (about $82.5 Mn). With the fund, the VC firm intends t... Read More


[Update] Exclusive: AI Startup Companion Labs Raises $2.5 Mn

India, Feb. 26 -- Update | February 26, 2026, 13:50 IST Interactive AI startup Companion Labs has secured $2.5 Mn (about Rs.22.7 Cr) in its seed funding round led by Peak XV's Surge, with participati... Read More


Exclusive: BRND.ME Completes Reverse Flip Amid IPO Prep

India, Feb. 26 -- Ecommerce unicorn BRND.ME (erstwhile Mensa brands) has received approval from National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to redomicile to India from Singapore, ahead of its IPO plans. As ... Read More


Gushwork AI Raises $9 Mn To Help SMEs Acquire Customers Via AI Search Engines

India, Feb. 26 -- Agentic AI startup Gushwork has raised $9 Mn (about Rs.81 Cr) in its seed round led by Susquehanna Asia VC, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed, B Capital, Seaborne... Read More


AI Tip Toes Into BFSI, Cautiously

India, Feb. 25 -- After disrupting the consumer app landscape, artificial intelligence is now seeking to penetrate India's banking and financial services industry (BFSI). However, the progress is meas... Read More


A Decade And $1 Bn Later, Can Amazon Pay Turn Scale Into Fintech Dominance?

India, Feb. 25 -- More than a decade after entering India as an ecommerce marketplace, Amazon is steadily stitching together a full-stack fintech play through Amazon Pay, spanning UPI, credit, BNPL, i... Read More


[Update] Data Breach On YES Bank-BookMyForex Cards Led To Rs.7.63 Cr Loss

India, Feb. 25 -- Update | February 25, 21:30 IST YES Bank has claimed that fraudulent transactions worth $840K (Rs.7.63 Cr) were approved on behalf of 5,000 customers between 03:30 IST and 08:30 IST... Read More


MyGate Trims FY25 Loss By 61% To Rs.15.4 Cr

India, Feb. 25 -- Community management and security startup MyGate managed to trim its net loss for the fiscal year FY25 by 61% to Rs.15.4 Cr from Rs.39.7 Cr loss incurred in the previous fiscal. The ... Read More


India's AI Stack Comes Alive, LAT's Defence Tech Foray & More

India, Feb. 25 -- India's AI Stack Builders India is shaking up the global AI order. At the recently concluded India AI Impact Summit 2026, homegrown startups debuted sovereign models and teased new ... Read More


Supplement Startup ZeroHarm Sciences Nets Rs.65 Cr To Expand Overseas

India, Feb. 25 -- Hyderabad-based nutrition supplements startup ZeroHarm Sciences has raised Rs.65 Cr ($7.2 Mn) in a funding round led by Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited and Alkemi Growth Capit... Read More