How BorderPlus Is Turning India’s Talent Surplus Into A Global Workforce
A decade ago, the biggest demographic concern gripping the globe was population overgrowth. Cut to 2026, and the demographic worry has shifted to the other end of the spectrum: declining birth rates....
View Article30 Startups To Watch: Startups That Caught Our Eye In September 2026
September was a busy month for India’s tech and startup ecosystem, with AI and deeptech dominating the conversation. Funding activity remained resilient, led by large rounds such as Pixxel’s $100 Mn...
View ArticleFintech Startups To Watch: Startups That Caught Our Eye In September
It was a busy month for India’s fintech ecosystem. On the public markets, SEBI issued final observations on the proposed IPO of Social Worth Technologies, the parent company of lending tech startup...
View ArticleHow Astrobase Is Building The Base For Tomorrow’s Medium-Lift Rockets
In June 2026, three spacetech startups became the first cohort to receive funds selected under the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre’s (IN-SPACe) Technology Adoption Fund’s (TAF)...
View ArticleManufacturing Startups To Watch: 5 Startups That Caught Our Eye In September
India’s manufacturing story is entering a new era. After years of policy support and incentives, capital is now flowing into factories, production lines and specialised industrial technology. The...
View ArticleHow CubeAPM Plans To Take On Datadog And New Relic In The AI Observability Race
When Vineet Chirania was scaling his train-ticket booking startup, Trainman, a decade ago, he encountered a problem that would eventually inspire his next venture. His team relied on Datadog, an...
View ArticleSemiconductor Chips Have An Elemental Problem And Discovered Materials Wants...
India’s chip build-out continues in full swing. The Centre has so far approved semiconductor projects worth ₹1.6 Lakh Cr to meet the rising chip demand. Simultaneously, the state-backed semiconductor...
View ArticleAI Startups To Watch: 5 Startups That Caught Our Eye In September
India’s AI story is moving beyond models, and the next quest is about how AI is being deployed, integrated into workflows, governed and navigated to deliver measurable value. Last month, Inc42 reported...
View ArticleHow Stelcore Is Helping Brands Simplify Complex D2C Operations
For a large consumer brand, going direct-to-consumer (D2C) is not just about launching a website and selling products online. It also means deciding who will manage the infrastructure needed to fulfil...
View ArticleHow Zeelab Is Turning Its Affordable Pharma Play Into A ₹200 Cr Business
For most consumer businesses, a lower price is a unique selling proposition (USP). But for Zeelab Pharmacy founder and CEO Rohit Mukul, it is a more fundamental need and a way to correct a market where...
View ArticleIndia’s Stratosphere Is Up For Grabs, Can Red Balloon Make The Uncharted...
In May 2026, a small crowd gathered at a stadium in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada to watch a balloon lift off towards the sky. Little did the spectators know that this was a historic first for India. The...
View Article30 Startups To Watch: Startups That Caught Our Eye In August 2026
August turned out to be yet another eventful month for the Indian startup ecosystem. The month marked multiple mega rounds, including River Mobility’s $120 Mn infusion and Navi’s $100 Mn maiden...
View ArticleFintech Startups To Watch: Startups That Caught Our Eye In August
With investors continuing to invest money into startups, new products entering the market and public-market activity picking up pace, August offered little sign of a slowdown in India’s startup...
View ArticleAfter Eight Years Of Building Quietly, Can Raphe mPhibr Conquer The Skies...
For nearly eight years, Raphe mPhibr stayed out of the spotlight. While Indian startups chased rapid growth, unicorn status and successive funding rounds, the Noida-based company was focused on...
View ArticleSupertails Has Built The Pet-Care Ecosystem, But Can It Make The Economics Work?
India’s pet care ecosystem is undergoing a structural shift. What was once a fragmented market dominated by neighbourhood pet stores, a limited number of veterinary clinics, and imported pet-food...
View ArticleManufacturing Startups To Watch: 5 Startups That Caught Our Eye In August
India’s manufacturing sector is entering a new phase. Factors such as policy support, private investment and rising domestic capabilities are pushing the country closer to its self-reliance ambitions...
View ArticleAI Startups To Watch: 5 Startups That Caught Our Eye In August
India’s AI story has grown beyond building an Indian equivalent of ChatGPT. The current phase is about building the infrastructure, data and applications that can make AI work for India and give Indian...
View ArticleHow SwishX Is Fixing Messy Back Office Sales Workflows For Pharma Companies...
When Swish Club raised $4.5 Mn in early 2024, it looked like yet another startup trying to solve enterprise device procurement and leasing. The company rented laptops, leased smartphones and helped...
View ArticleHow STCH Is Modernising Apparel Manufacturing With AI & Factory OS
India’s D2C fashion ecosystem has become exceptionally good at spotting trends. Brands today use AI to generate hundreds of new designs in a matter of hours, identify emerging consumer preferences and...
View ArticleFrom Firefly To Honeybee: How India’s Pixxel Is Widening What Satellites Can See
In 2024, NASA was looking at how to incorporate hyperspectral imagery at scale. Having been introduced in the early 1980s, hyperspectral imaging quickly became the standard for aerial imagery, but the...
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