The Economic Times

A $33M Series B for Bengaluru trading platform Sahi capped coverage that increasingly tied The Economic Times to Indian fintech, logistics, and startup expansion stories.

Who they are

The Economic Times appears in this corpus as a publisher of business and technology reporting, particularly on Indian companies, platforms, financing, and market expansion. Its directly attributed recent stories include Bengaluru trading platform Sahi, Uber’s India logistics rollout, and PhonePe’s financing ahead of a prospective IPO.

The recent arc

Coverage reached its all-time quarterly high in 2025Q2, amid a broader run of stories involving major technology and business actors including Apple, OpenAI, Elon Musk, Meta, and India. The highest-impact items in that period centered on Trump’s threatened tariff on US-sold iPhones made outside the US and the escalating Trump-Musk dispute, showing the entity’s coverage context extending beyond domestic business news into globally consequential technology and policy developments.

Later coverage became more visibly anchored in Indian commercial execution and capital formation. The Economic Times reported that Uber Direct launched in India with ONDC integration and Bengaluru grocery-delivery partners Zepto and KPN Farm Fresh, that PhonePe raised $600M at a $14.5B valuation as it prepared for an IPO, and most recently that Sahi raised a $33M Series B to expand margin-trade funding and commodities offerings.

The tension

The central thread is the push to scale Indian digital services and financial platforms while they operate alongside global technology companies and changing policy conditions. Uber’s ONDC-linked launch illustrates the importance of local network integration, while PhonePe’s pre-IPO funding and Sahi’s expansion plans place financing, distribution, and regulated financial-product growth at the center of the coverage.

Why it matters

If this trajectory continues, The Economic Times’ role in the corpus will increasingly connect India’s startup and platform economy to the strategic choices of global technology companies. The open question is whether capital raises and new service launches translate into durable expansion, particularly where logistics integrations, digital payments, and trading products face competitive and regulatory constraints.

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