2026-02-17
🚨 Leading venture firms are poised to pump $300-500 million each to India's AI ecosystem at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit, marking one of the largest coordinated capital pushes the sector has seen.
Reuters
Indian conglomerate Adani Group announces plans to invest $100B to build renewable energy-powered AI-ready data centers across India by 2035
Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) said on Tuesday that the group will invest $100 billion to build renewable energy-powered AI-ready data centres by 2035 …
🚨 Leading venture firms are poised to pump $300-500 million each to India's AI ecosystem at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit, marking one of the largest coordinated capital pushes the sector has seen.
The Economic Times
Sources: top VC firms in India like Khosla and Accel are set to commit investments from $300M to $500M each to India's AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit
Top venture capital firms in India are set to invest $300-500 million each into the country's AI ecosystem, covering infrastructure …
👉Allocations will span the full stack — from GPU and compute infrastructure to enterprise software and vertical AI use cases in financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Reuters
Indian conglomerate Adani Group announces plans to invest $100B to build renewable energy-powered AI-ready data centers across India by 2035
Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) said on Tuesday that the group will invest $100 billion to build renewable energy-powered AI-ready data centres by 2035 …
👉Allocations will span the full stack — from GPU and compute infrastructure to enterprise software and vertical AI use cases in financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing.
The Economic Times
Sources: top VC firms in India like Khosla and Accel are set to commit investments from $300M to $500M each to India's AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit
Top venture capital firms in India are set to invest $300-500 million each into the country's AI ecosystem, covering infrastructure …
📌Even five or six such commitments could together channel over $1 billion into AI startups, blowing past last year's total AI fundraising in India. 📌 Investors say limited partners are pushing for deeper exposure as AI shifts from a niche theme to a core allocation.
Reuters
Indian conglomerate Adani Group announces plans to invest $100B to build renewable energy-powered AI-ready data centers across India by 2035
Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) said on Tuesday that the group will invest $100 billion to build renewable energy-powered AI-ready data centres by 2035 …
📌Even five or six such commitments could together channel over $1 billion into AI startups, blowing past last year's total AI fundraising in India. 📌 Investors say limited partners are pushing for deeper exposure as AI shifts from a niche theme to a core allocation.
The Economic Times
Sources: top VC firms in India like Khosla and Accel are set to commit investments from $300M to $500M each to India's AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit
Top venture capital firms in India are set to invest $300-500 million each into the country's AI ecosystem, covering infrastructure …
2026-01-22
🆕 Deepinder Goyal, who resigned as CEO of Eternal on Wednesday, will surrender employee stock options. ▶️ At Eternal's current share price of about Rs 278, these 3.3 cr shares are worth around Rs 917 crore. ▶️Goyal holds around 4% stake in Eternal, which is worth ~Rs 11K cr.
TechCrunch
Deepinder Goyal, CEO of Indian online food delivery service Zomato and its parent Eternal, steps down and will be succeeded by Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa
Deepinder Goyal, the co-founder and CEO of food delivery service Zomato and its parent Eternal, is stepping down from his role …
2026-01-14
🚴🚴 Delivery partners rush out of dark stores—the hubs that make ten-minute delivery possible—carrying customers' essentials. Around 5,000 dark stores have sprung up in recent years, affecting traffic, safety, and more. [image]
The Economic Times
India lacks specific policies or zoning regulations for overseeing quick commerce dark stores, which HSBC projects will hit 5,000 to 5,500 by the end of FY2026
The army of on-the-clock delivery boys, imperilling themselves and pedestrians, has become a familiar sight across urban India.
Top story on #ETtech | As q-commerce usage continues to rise in India, nearly 5,000 dark stores have mushroomed across cities, with wide-ranging implications on traffic, safety and much else. ET reporters across New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai take a deep dive. [image]
The Economic Times
India lacks specific policies or zoning regulations for overseeing quick commerce dark stores, which HSBC projects will hit 5,000 to 5,500 by the end of FY2026
The army of on-the-clock delivery boys, imperilling themselves and pedestrians, has become a familiar sight across urban India.
2025-12-17
👉GCCs now employ nearly 2 million professionals, up from about 1.2 million in 2022, creating roughly 300,000 jobs each year. 👉Over the same period, IT services firms added just 25,000-40,000 employees annually on a net basis.
The Economic Times
TeamLease Digital: Global Capability Centers in India have grown tech headcount to ~2M from 1.2M in 2022, rising 18%-27% YoY, compared to 4%-6% at IT companies
Tanya Pandey / The Economic Times :
👥📈Global capability centres (GCCs) have emerged as the preferred growth engine for India's technology job market, expanding headcount at a pace more than four times that of traditional IT services firms.
The Economic Times
TeamLease Digital: Global Capability Centers in India have grown tech headcount to ~2M from 1.2M in 2022, rising 18%-27% YoY, compared to 4%-6% at IT companies
Tanya Pandey / The Economic Times :
📌According to TeamLease Digital, GCC headcounts are growing at 18-27% year-on-year, far ahead of the 4-6% growth seen across the IT services sector.
The Economic Times
TeamLease Digital: Global Capability Centers in India have grown tech headcount to ~2M from 1.2M in 2022, rising 18%-27% YoY, compared to 4%-6% at IT companies
Tanya Pandey / The Economic Times :
2025-12-10
🚨 #IPOWatch | SoftBank-backed Meesho is set to list on Wednesday, December 10, after completing its Rs 5,421-crore IPO. The issue drew extraordinary interest. [image]
Bloomberg
Bengaluru-based e-commerce platform Meesho's stock opened up 54% in its debut, giving the company an ~$8.4B market cap after raising ~$603M in its India IPO
Bloomberg :
👉The IPO ran from December 3 to December 5. ▶️It was subscribed 79.03 times overall. ▶️The institutional quota (QIB) category saw the heaviest demand, and was subscribed 120.18 times. ▶️The non-institutional investors segment was subscribed 38.16 times.
Bloomberg
Bengaluru-based e-commerce platform Meesho's stock opened up 54% in its debut, giving the company an ~$8.4B market cap after raising ~$603M in its India IPO
Bloomberg :
#Meesholisting | CEO Vidit Aatrey at the NSE listing ceremony: This feels surreal to me. It's a moment all of us at the company have been waiting for. It's a milestone for every single person in this room and those back in the office. [image]
Bloomberg
Bengaluru-based e-commerce platform Meesho's stock opened up 54% in its debut, giving the company an ~$8.4B market cap after raising ~$603M in its India IPO
Bloomberg :
A look at its financials: [image]
Bloomberg
Bengaluru-based e-commerce platform Meesho's stock opened up 54% in its debut, giving the company an ~$8.4B market cap after raising ~$603M in its India IPO
Bloomberg :
Meesho will become the first horizontal ecommerce marketplace to list in India. 🚨The Rs 5,421-crore issue, including Rs 4,250 crore raised as fresh capital, values the company at Rs 51,535 crore on a post-money basis. Read more: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ ...
Bloomberg
Bengaluru-based e-commerce platform Meesho's stock opened up 54% in its debut, giving the company an ~$8.4B market cap after raising ~$603M in its India IPO
Bloomberg :
2025-09-11
🏍️ Once dismissed as a niche player in bike taxis, Rapido has quickly grown to become India's largest ride-hailing platform, outpacing giants Uber and Ola in scale and momentum. Our top story today🧵
The Economic Times
Sensor Tower: in July, Rapido had nearly 50M MAUs on Android in India, above Uber's 30M; Rapido has a nearly 30% share in four-wheeler cabs and Uber has ~50%
much of it from Ola, but Uber is starting to feel the heat. [image] Pranav Mukul / @pranavmukul : 🚕Important today for @ETtech: When Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi called Rapido the “t...
2025-08-21
2⃣📍"While typically any new statute passed by parliament gets tested on its own merits, in this case, given past protections, especially in the context of games of skill, there could be a degree of overlap that gets tested," said Mihir Rale, partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.
TechCrunch
India's lower house of parliament passes a sweeping online gaming bill that imposes a blanket ban on real-money games nationwide, threatening a ~$23B industry
India's lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed a sweeping online gaming bill that, while promoting esports …
🚨📉 Nazara shares in freefall, down 23% in 2 days as PokerBaazi game haunts investors While most of the companies operating in the space are unlisted, Nazara Technologies has meaningful exposure in the space via Moonshine Technology (PokerBaazi). https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ ...
TechCrunch
India's lower house of parliament passes a sweeping online gaming bill that imposes a blanket ban on real-money games nationwide, threatening a ~$23B industry
India's lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed a sweeping online gaming bill that, while promoting esports …