AI is moving closer to the investor’s decision loop, promising faster analysis, personalised insights and conversational interfaces. At the same time, it raises unresolved questions around accountability, explainability and regulation.
The fundraise comes amid rising investor activity in the baby care segment, with specialised brands and vertical quick-commerce models gaining traction.
Institutional investors in India have remained focused buying blue chip and high-liquidity crypto tokens including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Ripple; making up to 2-5% of their overall portfolios.
The fund aims to back startups poised to become unicorns across areas such as AI, fintech, digital content, and logistics.
As many as five investors are engaging with Jar for the new round.
The round saw participation from investors including Raj K Soin, Musa Dakri and Ramesh Bhutada. With this infusion, Oben Electric’s total funding to date stands at Rs 285 crore.
Valued at around $800–850 million, the customer engagement platform says AI-led migrations from legacy marketing clouds, improving profitability and a largely secondary funding round are shaping its IPO roadmap
The fund will continue to back seed and Series A startups and about 80-85 percent of the corpus will be reserved for such early bets
A potential $25 million round, from Epiq Capital, Glade Brook Capital, General Catalyst and Bain Capital, comes as 10–15 minute home-services startups race to scale amid intensifying competition and rising investor interest
The fund will invest from Series A onwards, backing deep-tech companies as they move from technical validation to commercial deployment.
Peers PhonePe and Paytm also have co-branded Rupay credit cards that can be linked to UPI for merchant payments.
The round also included a $15-million employee tender offer and selective secondary transactions for early investors including Eight Roads Ventures, Helion Venture Partners, Z47 and Ventureas.
Cracking defence markets is key to building a sustainable space business, founder Anirudh Sharma tells Moneycontrol
Atlys is being valued at around $200 million in the ongoing negotiations with potential investors, including Sofina, sources told Moneycontrol
In a statement, Ola Electric said the transaction was a one-time, limited monetisation by the founder at a personal level to fully repay a promoter-level loan of Rs 260 crore.
SIP holders grew 623% YoY, with the platform having 572,000 total SIPs created in 2025, as per CoinDCX annual report.
The funding comes as the mass-premium shapewear brand crosses Rs 150 crore in ARR and turns EBITDA positive within eight months of launch.
The pre-seed round marks Saggi’s return to consumer startups after her exit from Good Glamm Group and will be used to build a design- and R&D-led appliances portfolio spanning home, kitchen and personal care.
With offerings in forex cash, debit and credit options, along with a slew of travel-related products and services, Niyo looks to turn profitable in two years.
Angel deal activity fell sharply in the second half of the year as higher entry thresholds and compliance changes have reduced participation and reshaped how early-stage rounds are getting done, stakeholders told Moneycontrol
Cosmix, founded in 2019, had last raised Rs 1 crore at a valuation of Rs 100 crore on Shark Tank in 2024 and is now looking to be sold to Marico for about Rs 300 crore, sources told Moneycontrol.
According to the firm, the funds will be deployed across seed, early-stage, growth and later-stage investments globally, spanning sectors such as artificial intelligence, enterprise software, fintech, healthcare and consumer technology.
Fresh capital will be used to deepen R&D, expand product innovation and build offline and omnichannel distribution capabilities, co-founder Nikita Khanna told Moneycontrol.
Nearly 32.2 per cent of CoinSwitch’s 2.5 crore user base came from Tier 2 cities, while Tier 3/4 cities contributed 43.4 per cent.
The November milestone follows a recovery in transacting users and repeat demand, with faster deliveries and reduced competitive intensity helping the company return to sustained growth, sources told Moneycontrol.
