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The funds will support product research, new nutrition formats, expansion into tier II and III markets, and structured brand-building efforts.

The funding is intended to help brands meet marketing, inventory and expansion needs without equity dilution.

The round comprises INR 20 crore in equity and INR 10 crore in debt, with the equity round led by V3 Ventures.

Led by Peak XV Partners with USD 8 million, existing investors InfoEdge Ventures and Chiratae Ventures invested USD 2.5 million each, with participation from Alteria, Stride and angel investors.

The funding round was co-led by Accel and Stellaris Venture Partners, with participation from Whiteboard Capital, DeVC, Soma Capital, MyAsiaVC, and several angel investors from the startup and consumer internet ecosystem.

The fresh funds will be used to strengthen its product offerings and to expand adoption among enterprise customers in global markets.

The IPO will open for public subscription on February 9 and close on February 11.

HyKr will deploy INR 2–4 crore per startup, backing 20 ventures across deep tech, health and bio, and proptech sectors.

As part of the broader US–India trade reset, the tarriff reduction from 50% to 18% could restore competitiveness for India’s export-heavy gems and jewellery industry, potentially accelerating growth in the fast-scaling lab-grown diamonds sector

Regeno manufactures plastic-free packaging products made from vegetable starch, primarily tapioca, along with natural extracts.

Existing investors including Pentathlon Ventures, 100Unicorns and Venture Catalysts also participated in the round.

The capital will be used to scale manufacturing capacity, strengthen institutional partnerships, and expand operations into new cities including Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi.

The collaboration focuses on integrating OpenAI's models directly into the Snowflake platform, allowing businesses to develop and deploy AI-driven tools in a secure environment.

The move links advanced AI development with SpaceX's launch systems and its expanding satellite infrastructure, marking a significant shift in how Musk intends to scale future computing capabilities.

Fund III is expected to back around 20 startups, with an average ticket size of INR 10–15 crore.

According to the RHP, the IPO size has been cut by about 42% to INR 2,834 crore from the INR 4,900 crore issue proposed in the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed last year.

The Series D funding round led by Sofina and Sauce.vc, with a mix of primary and secondary capital and participation from Peak XV Partners, Rainmatter Health and Ayra Ventures.

The studio plans to support emerging filmmakers and new voices while backing ideas that have the potential to reach a broad audience.

Peak XV promoted Abhishek Mohan to General Partner and Saipriya Sarangan to COO, while mutually parting ways with Ashish Agrawal, followed by the departures of Ishaan Mittal and Tejeshwi Sharma.

The Series B round was led by WestBridge Capital, with participation from existing investors RTP Global and Omnivore.

With a record push towards AI-driven skilling and the ‘Education to Employment’ framework, but no GST relief for online learning, edtech leaders call Budget 2026 a structural shift towards outcome-led growth