Niro Calls It Quits: What Happened to the Promising Lending Startup?
In a surprising development, Bengaluru-based lending startup Niro has officially shut down operations, despite raising an impressive $20 million in funding. Founded in 2021 by Aditya Kumar and Sankalp Mathur, Niro made waves in the fintech space by enabling consumer internet companies to offer embedded credit solutions to their…
Building Resilience in an Unpredictable Market
As the global venture capital landscape undergoes dramatic shifts, Vertex Ventures South East Asia and India (VVSEAI) is proving that long-term vision and smart diversification can build resilience even amid market volatility.
The Singapore-based VC firm, part of the Vertex Holdings network under Temasek, recently announced the close of its fifth…
Southern India’s MSME lender GrowXCD Finance has just raised a whopping ₹200 crore in its latest funding round, setting the stage for rapid expansion and technological upgrades.
Blue Earth Capital Leads the Charge
The funding round was led by Blue Earth Capital, which contributed ₹105 crore, while Prosus Ventures invested ₹70 crore. This marks GrowXCD’s second equity raise this year…
Indian deeptech startup Assessli has secured ₹44.37 crore in funding from Foxhog Ventures to build the world’s first Large Behavioral Models (LBMs). The company claims its breakthrough could redefine artificial intelligence, shifting the focus from language processing to true behavioral understanding.
A Bold New Vision for AI
While the global AI ecosystem has been dominated by Large Language…
AI is transforming how businesses access capital, and Recur Club is at the forefront of this revolution. The AI-native debt marketplace has just raised $50 million to supercharge its platform, making debt financing faster, smarter, and more accessible than ever.
The fresh funding round includes $8 million in equity led by InfoEdge Ventures, LC Nueva, Physis Capital, String Ventures, and…
Indian venture capital firm Chiratae Ventures, best known for backing Flipkart, FirstCry, and Lenskart in their early days, has announced the second close of its fifth fund at $150 million. The firm is now on track to raise $350 million (with a hard cap of $500 million) by the first quarter of 2026.
The new fund, named Chiratae Ventures Master Fund V under its Category II AIF Chiratae Ventures…
India’s space-tech dreams just got a major boost. Bengaluru-based deeptech startup SpaceFields has raised $5 million (around Rs 42 crore) in a pre-Series A funding round, with big names like Globaz Technologies, Rockstud Capital, and Venture Catalysts leading the charge.
The round also saw participation from some of the country’s most active backers, including Nithin Kamath’s Rainmatter…
This Startup Just Raised ₹150 Crore – And It’s Attracting Celebrities, Financiers, and Big Investors
Move over traditional investors—there’s a new player making waves in the world of venture capital. Venture Catalysts, one of India’s fastest-growing investing platforms, has just raised a whopping ₹150 crore (around $17 million) at a valuation of ₹1,750 crore ($200 million). But what’s really catching attention is who’s backing it: from celebrity icons like Shah Rukh Khan’s family…
A new player has quietly entered India’s startup funding game — and it’s already betting big on billion-dollar brands you know and love.
PixelSky Capital, a secondaries-focused fund backed by boutique investment bank IndigoEdge and Yumlane founder Hitesh Ahuja, has just raised Rs 150 crore in its first close — with its sights set on a Rs 400 crore war chest.
What’s the strategy? Simple…
In a major vote of confidence for India’s booming MSME ecosystem, Seeds Fincap, a Gurugram-based NBFC, has just closed a Rs 50 crore pre-Series B funding round — and the impact could be transformational for thousands of small businesses across the country.
Led by existing backers Z47 and Lok Capital, and joined by new investors Norinchukin Capital and Alteria Capital, this fresh round gives…
