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Y Combinator Rakes In Rs.1,435 Cr From Groww Stake Sale, Clocks 55.7X Return

India, Aug. 19 -- US-based startup accelerator Y Combinator has sold shares worth Rs.1,435.2 Cr in Groww parent Billionbrains Garage Ventures through a bulk deal, marking another partial exit from one... Read More


Rezolv Bags $12.5 Mn To Expand AI-Powered Lending Suite

India, Aug. 18 -- AI-powered lending tech startup Rezolv has raised $12.5 Mn (about Rs.115 Cr) in a Series A funding round led by Norwest. Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India and existing investo... Read More


Festive Ecommerce: The Battle Beyond The Checkout

India, Aug. 18 -- In last week's edition of The Checkout, we explored how efficient dark store management will be central to quick commerce platforms' festive season sales strategies. Therefore, this ... Read More


Resilient Asset Management Offloads Paytm Shares Worth Rs.2,949 Cr

India, Aug. 18 -- Vijay Shekhar Sharma-owned Resilient Asset Management, acting on behalf of Alibaba Group affiliate Antfin, has offloaded 1.92 Cr shares in fintech major Paytm in a block deal worth a... Read More


Razorpay Launches AI Foundation Model Vulcan To Expedite Digital Payments

India, Aug. 18 -- Razorpay has launched a transformer-based AI foundation model Vulcan built to expedite digital payments. The IPO-bound startup claims that the model can make every digital payment mo... Read More


Meta Begins Action Against Centre's Concerns Over CSAM, Deepfakes: Report

India, Aug. 18 -- Social media giant Meta has reportedly begun taking steps to address concerns raised by the Central government over child sexual abuse material (CSAM), deepfakes, unlabelled AI-gener... Read More


Swiggy Shareholders Vote To Cap Foreign Ownership At 49.5%

India, Aug. 18 -- At Swiggy's 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the foodtech giant's shareholders voted to cap its aggregate foreign ownership at 49.5% and to tweak the company's Articles of associat... Read More


IPO-Bound NoPaperForms' FY26 Profit Surges To Rs.11.9 Cr, Revenue Up 25%

India, Aug. 18 -- IPO-bound education-focused SaaS company NoPaperForms, which got SEBI's nod for its IPO in March this year, saw its profit after tax jump 6.3X to Rs.11.9 Cr in the financial year end... Read More


Ecommerce Giants Woo Sellers With AI, Jar's Troubles & More

India, Aug. 18 -- Will Sellers Embrace AI Blitz? The AI war in the Indian ecommerce space is now moving into the seller realm. Online marketplaces are using AI tools to automate catalogues, forecast ... Read More


MobiKwik Infuses Rs.61 Cr In Lending Arm, Appoints Ex-Bajaj Markets' Manish Pathania As Its CBO

India, Aug. 18 -- Months after receiving a regulatory nod for its NBFC licence, MobiKwik has now completed the transfer of its digital lending operations and associated team to its wholly owned subsid... Read More