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WorkIndia Bags $10.8 Mn To Expand Into Non-Metro Markets

India, Dec. 18 -- WorkIndia, a recruitment platform for blue and grey collar workers, has raised INR 97 Cr ($10.8 Mn) in funding for its Series B round. The round was led by Avishkaar Capital, which i... Read More


WorkIndia Raises INR 97 Cr To Formalise Blue Collar Hiring Beyond Tier I

India, Dec. 18 -- WorkIndia, a recruitment platform for blue and grey collar workers, has raised INR 97 Cr ($10.8 Mn) in funding for its Series B round. The round was led by Avishkaar Capital, which i... Read More


Ice Popsicle Brand Skippi Hits Rough Patch After Shark Tank Boom

India, Dec. 18 -- Shark Tank-famed ice popsicle startup Skippi is grappling with a sharp slowdown after rapid expansion, with its FY25 financials and audit notes pointing to deeper operational and reg... Read More


Rajasthan DigiFest X TiE Global Summit To Open New Gateways To Global Investors & Innovation

India, Dec. 18 -- India has firmly established itself as a global force in the startup ecosystem, boasting the world's third-largest tech startup landscape. In the first nine months of 2025, Indian te... Read More


FabHotels Parent Travelstack Files DRHP For IPO

India, Dec. 18 -- Travelstack Tech, the parent of hotels-focused corporate management provider TravelPlus and budget hotel chain FabHotels, has filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Securiti... Read More


Magma Closes $8 Mn Series A To Scale Across Key Industrial States

India, Dec. 18 -- B2B manufacturing startup Magma has raised an additional $3 Mn (around INR 27 Cr), closing its Series A round at $8 Mn. The startup had raised $5 Mn in the first tranche of the roun... Read More


Speciale Invest To Launch INR 1,400 Cr Fund For Growth Stage Deeptech Startups

India, Dec. 18 -- VC firm Speciale Invest plans to launch a growth stage fund with a target corpus of INR 1,400 Cr ($155.3 Mn) to back deeptech startups. In a statement, the firm said it plans to rai... Read More


EV Startup Oben Electric Raises INR 85 Cr To Scale Distribution Network

India, Dec. 18 -- Electric bike maker Oben Electric has raised INR 85 Cr (about $10 Mn) in its pre-Series B funding round from Indian-American family offices based in the US, largely with manufacturin... Read More


Paytm Gets PA Licences For Offline & Cross-Border Transactions

India, Dec. 17 -- Shortly after receiving online payment aggregator (PA) licence last month, fintech major Paytm's payments subsidiary Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL) has now bagged another three c... Read More


[Update] Bhavish Aggarwal Sells Ola Electric Shares Worth INR 234 Cr

India, Dec. 17 -- [Update] December 17, 21:06 IST Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal today sold 4.19 Cr shares, or nearly 1% of his stake, on December 17 for INR 142.3 Cr at an average price of IN... Read More