Aryaman Gupta

Indian startups raised a combined $54.9 billion between 2022 and May 2026, making Anthropic's single $65-billion funding round about 18% larger than all venture capital invested in India's startup ecosystem over the same period

While large global investors question India's ability to produce world-leading AI companies, domestic investors say the country is building a strong pipeline of startups solving problems that frontier AI labs are unlikely to address.

While large global investors question India's ability to produce world-leading AI companies, domestic investors say the country is building a strong pipeline of startups solving problems that frontier AI labs are unlikely to address.

The fundraising talks come less than four months after the Bengaluru-based robotics startup raised a $2.1 million pre-seed round led by pi Ventures.

In the first five months of 2026, early-stage funding rose 62% from the year-ago period while growth-stage capital fell 49%, highlighting the shift in investor preferences

The company processed nearly twice as many orders as Instamart in the March quarter, but its Rs 1,248 crore adjusted EBITDA loss remained larger than Instamart's Rs 858 crore loss and Blinkit's Rs 37 crore profit.

The quick-commerce firm added 246.5 million options to its ESOP pool ahead of its market debut, even as the number of employees receiving stock grants fell from 2,351 in FY25 to 1,725 in FY26.

With founders staying put, early investors booking partial gains, losses still mounting and dark-store expansion accelerating, Zepto's IPO filing offers a detailed look at the opportunities and risks behind India's second-largest quick-commerce player

Quick commerce firm Zepto has widened its lead over Swiggy Instamart on scale while narrowing the gap with market leader Blinkit, according to its

Quick-commerce startup Zepto disclosed sizeable stock option grants made to several senior executives during FY26 in its recently filed updated