Entrepreneurship

NeoGeo Raises USD 20 Mn in Series A Led by Neev II Fund, Aavishkaar Capital for Global Expansion.

How SERP Triumph Founder Shahfaisal Khan Is Scaling a Digital Marketing Business Across Markets

“We’ve all seen the massive impact anelephant has on a jungle. I’m building anelephant, something built to last, withfoundations that don’t shake," says Dr Somdutta Singh.

Astrotalk has entered the unicorn club at a valuation of USD 1 billion through an employee stock ownership plan.

A USD 9 million seed round will fuel Discovered Materials’ AI-led approach to advanced semiconductor packaging.

Bhuvan Bam launched premium fragrance brand Sarkar, offering parfum-strength perfumes for the Indian market.

Yuvraj Singh joined healthcare startup UN:BLOC as an investor and founding team member, backing founder Deepak Sahni.

From AI disruption to IPO readiness, Entrepreneur India Investment Forum 2026 highlighted the next phase of India's startup and investment ecosystem.

Business owners and founders will build software for real operational problems using AI, with the most impactful business transformations competing for a total prize pool of INR 1 Crore

Over the past two decades, Gastauer has transformed a vision for borderless banking into one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms.

Charge driven by rising pressure to reduce fossil fuel dependence, localize energy infrastructure, and build resilience against global supply chain disruptions.

Bengaluru continued to overwhelmingly dominate Karnataka’s startup funding landscape, accounting for 98 per cent of total capital raised during the quarter at USD 848 million.

Large firms are becoming more selective. Emerging managers are spinning out to build focused strategies. And policymakers are increasingly treating alternative capital not merely as startup funding, but as a strategic pillar of India’s long-term economic growth architecture.

Global Capability Centres (GCCs), Indian enterprises, and mature startups are now collectively driving a new phase of AI consumption, with a greater focus on operational outcomes than on experimentation.

2026 may ultimately be remembered less as a year of exuberance and more as the year India’s private capital ecosystem matured.

The next phase of innovation will likely belong not to companies chasing scale at any cost, but to those building technology that is commercially durable, operationally responsible, and capable of expanding human potential at scale.

As India strengthens its position in the global technology ecosystem, industry leaders believe the next chapter of growth will depend on balancing innovation with trust, governance, and accessibility.

For many organizations, the decision is shifting from isolated tools toward integrated platforms like Minimus, which aim to deliver both security and operational efficiency at scale.

His immediate priority is straightforward: tighten operational consistency across every jurisdiction InCorp serves.

The opportunity lies less in backing pure-play AI startups and more in enabling the broader ecosystem, tools, infrastructure, and applied use cases that will define India’s AI trajectory.

TIS 2026: Speakers shed light on how AI is redefining the future of innovation and society.