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Lending, Payments, And DPDP: Outlook 2026

India, Dec. 29 -- 2025 has been a strong year, and 2026 is shaping up to be an exceptionally busy one across the ecosystem. The lines between different models are getting blurred. Neobanking startups... Read More


Why Paytm Went Back To Basics In 2025

India, Dec. 28 -- Reset, reposition, revive - perhaps these three words in this order can best describe the year for Paytm. Few Indian fintech firms have staged as dramatic a reversal as did the Vijay... Read More


Indian Startup Funding Decline 8% YoY To $11 Bn In 2025

India, Dec. 28 -- Initial public offerings (IPOs) were a defining theme for the Indian startup ecosystem in 2025, with 18 startups making their public market debuts. While these 18 startups raised abo... Read More


2025's Mega Deal Paradox: Volume Tanks, But Ticket Size Soars

India, Dec. 28 -- Mega funding ($100 Mn and above) trends in 2025 unravelled a tale of contradictions. While Indian startups witnessed a dramatic contraction in mega deal activity, the average capital... Read More


Indian Startup Funding Declines 8% YoY To $11 Bn In 2025

India, Dec. 28 -- Initial public offerings (IPOs) were a defining theme for the Indian startup ecosystem in 2025, with 18 startups making their public market debuts. While these 18 startups raised abo... Read More


From CoreEL Technologies To PowerUp Money - Indian Startups Raised $49 Mn This Week

India, Dec. 27 -- Amid the year-end and festivities, the funding activity saw massive decline this week. Between December 22-26, Indian startups cumulatively managed to raise a mere $49.2 Mn, marking ... Read More


Meesho, Aequs Slide In Another Mixed Week For New-Age Tech Stocks

India, Dec. 27 -- Amid a holiday-shortened week, new-age tech stocks saw another mixed week. During December 22-26, twenty three new-age tech companies gained in a range of 0.21% to close to 14%. In ... Read More


Will 2026 Be The Year Of Startup M&As?

India, Dec. 27 -- India's M&A market may not make a resounding comeback in 2026, even as global M&A activity turned more buoyant in a late-year rally. But there are nuances at play that will have rami... Read More


Zepto Files Confidential Draft Papers For Over $1.3 Bn IPO

India, Dec. 27 -- Quick commerce major Zepto has pre-filed the draft papers for an over $1.3 Bn (around INR 11,682 Cr) IPO with markets regulator SEBI, sources told Inc42. As reported earlier, the Aa... Read More


Wow! Momo Raises INR 75 Cr From Madhusudan Kela

India, Dec. 27 -- Quick service restaurant (QSR) chain Wow! Momo has bagged INR 75 Cr (about $8.4 Mn) as part of its ongoing bridge funding round from ace investor and Singularity AMC founder Madhusud... Read More