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10 Startup Deals & Business Moves Making News This Week

August 20, 2026: India’s startup ecosystem saw a broad mix of funding activity, new market pushes, acquisitions and product launches this week, with companies across consumer, healthcare, logistics, mobility and enterprise technology making moves.Peeko, a Bengaluru based babycare platform...

NeoGeo’s $20M Push Beyond India

August 19, 2026, Gurugram: NeoGeo has raised $20 million in a Series A round, giving the Gurugram-based geospatial technology company fresh capital to move from executing projects in India to building a larger technology platform with an international footprint.For...

India @80: Modi Tells Startups to Think Bigger, Seize ₹1 Trillion Opportunity

August 17, 2026: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put a Rs 1 Trillion innovation opportunity at the centre of his Independence Day message to India’s startup community, urging young founders to bring forward bigger ideas and build businesses...

Startup Plugzmart Plans ₹100Cr EV Expansion in Tamil Nadu

August 14, 2026: Plugzmart, an EV charging technology startup incubated at IIT Madras Research Park, has signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government to invest ₹100 crore in the state over the next three years.The agreement was signed...

Accel’s $550M New Fund Looks Beyond AI Foundation Models

August 12, 2026: The next big AI opportunity in India may sit one layer below the models themselves. Accel is betting $550 million on that opportunity, with a new India fund focused on founders using AI to solve problems...

Ayati Devices raises ₹15 crore to scale diabetic foot diagnostics

August 11, 2026: What if diabetic foot complications could be detected earlier, without patients having to reach a tertiary hospital? Bengaluru-based medical technology startup Ayati Devices is building its business around that question.The company has raised Rs 15 crore...

Global Investors Back Aum Ventures’ ₹750 Cr Deeptech Bet

BENGALURU, August 10, 2026:  Aum Ventures has raised ₹225 crore in the first close of its second India focused venture fund, setting the stage for a larger ₹750 crore corpus aimed at backing early stage technology companies from India.The...

Indian Spacetech Enters New Orbit as Startups Secure $871M

August 3, 2026: India's private spacetech sector is entering a new phase. After years of building prototypes and proving technology, the country's spacetech startups are beginning to demonstrate something investors have long waited for—commercial execution.According to Tracxn, Indian spacetech...

Groww Founders’ ₹500 Cr Stargazer Fund to Back Breakout Startups

July 31, 2026: The founders of fintech platform Groww are preparing to launch their second startup investment fund with a target corpus of ₹400-500 crore, marking a larger push into India’s early-stage startup ecosystem.The new fund will operate under...

Andrew Ng Wants AI to Train Workers Not Replace Them

July 30, 2026: As artificial intelligence continues to reshape workplaces, Andrew Ng is betting that the future belongs to workers who learn faster, not those who fear automation.The AI pioneer and Coursera co-founder's LearnVector, a new artificial intelligence startup...

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