Bengaluru-based edtech startup Emversity raised a $30M Series A led by Premji Invest, sources say at a $120M post-money valuation, up from $60M in April 2025
As AI automates parts of the workforce, Emversity, an Indian workforce-training startup, is building talent pipelines for roles …
Tracxn: VC funding for Indian startups fell 17%+ YoY to $10.5B in 2025 across 1,518 deals, down ~39% YoY; AI startups raised $643M, up 4% YoY, across 100 deals
India's startup ecosystem raised nearly $11 billion in 2025, but investors wrote far fewer checks and grew more selective …
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined $67.5B in Indian investments since October, 80% of those in December, as part of an AI spending frenzy in India
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Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined $67.5B in Indian investments since October, 80% of those in December, as part of an AI spending frenzy in India
Amazon, Microsoft and Google have pledged a combined $67.5 billion in Indian investments since October. Eighty percent of those commitments came this month.
Sources detail how Tiger Global fueled the COVID-era unicorn bubble that burst ahead of the AI boom; the firm recently shared its $12.7B 2021 fund is now up 16%
many of them ultimately collapsing under the weight of their outsized valuations. As investors rush into AI, will history repeat itself? https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : When billion-dollar ...
Indian e-commerce platform Meesho is set to launch an India IPO, seeking to raise $606M, targeting a post-issue valuation of ~$5.60B
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Indian e-commerce platform Meesho is set to launch an India IPO, seeking to raise $606M, targeting a post-issue valuation of ~$5.60B
Meesho, an Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, is set to launch a roughly $606 million IPO marked by token sell-downs from early backers …
Edtech startup Physics Wallah closed up 44% in its Indian IPO, giving it a ~$5B market cap; it was last valued at $2.8B in 2024 when it raised a $210M Series B
Indian edtech startup Physics Wallah ended its first day as a public company on a high, with its shares closing 44% higher …
Indian payment startup Pine Labs' stock closed at ~$2.83, up 13.5% from its ~$2.49 IPO price, after a ~$440M IPO earlier this week that was 2x oversubscribed
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Indian investment app Groww raised ~$748M in its Indian IPO, closing up 29% and giving it a ~$9B market cap; Groww is the first Indian YC-backed startup to IPO
Indian online brokerage platform Groww's IPO on Wednesday proved to be the largest listing by an Indian fintech so far this year …