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Driving Growth through Strategic Investments: The Role of Private Equity in Shaping India’s Future

In this fireside chat at Entrepreneur Summit 2025, Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman & MD of TVS Capital Funds, predicts a 3–5X boom in venture capital and private equity investments in India. He shares insights on India's domestic capital potential, the rise of small business entrepreneurship, and why true success depends on fund managers built for entrepreneurs—not just money.

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Redrob Raises $10M Led by Korea Investment Partners

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Business News

CtrlB Raises $ 2.5 Million Seed Funding Led by Chiratae Ventures

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Business News

Ravity Receives ₹2 Cr Investment from Maruti Suzuki Innovation Fund

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Business News

Ultrahuman Raises ₹100 Cr in Debt from Alteria Capital

The company has said that the new financing will enable it to double down on innovation and accelerate market expansion, sports and research partnerships, and development of new features and software revenue streams.

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Thimblerr raises $1.4 Mn in Bridge Round with Participation from IPV, 3one4 and Others

The company has said that the fresh funds will be utilised towards customer acquisition, product category expansion, and strengthening supply-chain capabilities.

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Agraga secures ₹100 Crore in Pre-Series B Funding Led by Bajaj Finserv Group

Agraga has said that the fresh capital will be used towards its cross-border focused logistics business, expand its LCL (Less-than-Container Load) vertical, and scale its technology investments across automation, real-time visibility, and embedded financial services.

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Stylework Secures ₹30 Cr Funding Led by Equentis

The company is backed by investors including Capri Global Holdings, SCIF Fund, We Founder Circle, Inflection Point Ventures, Ah Ventures, and BizdateUp.

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Luma AI Bags $900 Mn in Series C, Partners with HUMAIN

Luma AI will also now be a customer of HUMAIN, as the PIF company builds 'Project Halo', a 2-gigawatt AI supercluster in Saudi Arabia, making it one of the world's largest compute infrastructure buildouts.

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Business News

SIDBI and Bank of Baroda Sign MoU to Boost Credit Support for MSMEs and Startups

The collaboration seeks to improve access to working capital, long term financing and export opportunities.

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Growth Strategies

Sharp Focus on AI, Health and Consumer-tech

Arise Ventures invests primarily in early-stage startups, from seed to Series A.

By Minakshi Sangwan

Business News

Badshah and Cartel Bros Aim for ₹700 Cr Mark with New Spirits Venture

The brand will also aim to capture a minimum 25 per cent share of India's vodka market and also a valuation of INR 700 crore within three years. The product will be launched in Goa and Maharashtra this month.

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GVFL and Malpani Ventures lead ₹4.5 crore pre-seed round in DOCO

DOCO was founded by Jitendra Yadav and Nishant Agarwal in 2023 as a rural Distribution-as-a-Service (Rural DaaS) platform with an aim to enable fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands to efficiently reach rural and semi-urban markets through a tech-driven network of dark stores and local partners.

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Ochre Spirits Closes Seed Round Led by Ah! Ventures

The capital will be used to deepen its presence in South and Western India, strengthen production, and expand its growing portfolio across categories such as whisky, gin, and agave spirits.

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Bombay Shaving Company closes ₹136 Cr Funding led by Sixth Sense Ventures; Eyes for IPO

Bombay Shaving Company also announced its financials with a net revenue run-rate of INR 550 Cr+ and achieved PAT profitability, having doubled its performance over FY25. The company said that the fundraising serves as a strategic step to consolidate as the brand gears up for a potential IPO.

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Why IITs Produce Some of India’s Most Successful Startup Founders

As per industry data, between 2015 and early 2025, India saw 113,360 tech startups being founded. Of these, 7,141 startups, close to 6.3 percent, came from IIT alumni

By Saumyangi Yadav

Growth Strategies

Cactus Partners Sees Long-Term Value Beyond Hype

Cactus invests primarily at the early growth stage, when companies have begun to prove their business models but require capital and strategic input to scale.

By Minakshi Sangwan

Business News

Karnataka Cabinet Approves Startup Policy 2025–2030 with INR 518 Cr Allocation

The policy places strong emphasis on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing and semiconductor design.

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Business News

Veloce Fintech Launches INR 300 Cr Fund to Support MSMEs and Startups

Veloce Fintech aims to invest in 20–25 firms across diverse sectors by 2026, offering funding between INR 3 crore and INR 15 crore.

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Business News

Indian Homegrown Sneaker Brands Find Their Footing in a Global Market

A new wave of Indian sneaker start-ups is redefining a USD 3.9 billion market through sustainability, cultural storytelling, and local collaborations

By Saumyangi Yadav

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Why is India’s Preschool EdTech Market Promising Yet Challenging

Growing parental demand meets investor caution as early-age edtech ventures navigate funding gaps, screen-time concerns, and scalability hurdles

By Saumyangi Yadav

Growth Strategies

Lightbox Bets on Everyday India, Not Trends

Lightbox typically invests at the Series A stage, when a company is still shaping its identity.

By Minakshi Sangwan

Business News

India’s Next Big Unicorns Will Be Built on Governance, Not Grit: Report

The report highlighted that governance, often perceived as a compliance burden, is instead emerging as a catalyst for stability and scale.

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Business News

IntrCity SmartBus Secures ₹250Cr to Scale Inter-City Bus Travel in India

The company said it plans to use the investments towards improving the customer travel experience, upgrading the fleet management technology platform, and providing deeper and wider coverage to Tier-2 and 3 cities.

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Business News

Jupiter Secures ₹115 Crore Fresh Capital, Records Double Revenues in FY25

According to Jupiter, it has acquired over 3 million customers, with close to 60 per cent actively engaging on the platform across its various products. More than 25 per cent of its active customers use two or more products, underscoring the growing depth of engagement within the Jupiter ecosystem.

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PointAI Announces ₹47 Crore Funding in Pre-Series A Led by Yali Capital

PointAI said that the funding will help accelerate product innovation, expand its market presence, and strengthen its technological capabilities. The company has raised nearly USD 10 million in overall funding.

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SalarySe raises $11.3 Mn Series A led by Flourish Ventures

The company said that the fresh capital infusion will help its aim to transform financial accessibility for India's salaried workforce, making payments, credit, and money management affordable, personalised, convenient, and seamless.

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Goldi Solar Raises ₹1,422 Cr in Growth Capital Led by Havells India and Other Investors

The funding round led by Havells is joined by investors including Ambit Wealth Private Limited, Nikhil Kamath, Shahi Exports Private Limited, SRF Transnational Holdings Limited, Karmav Real Estate Holdings LLP, NSFO Ventures LLP, and Godwitt Construction Private Limited.

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Business News

Snabbit Bags $30 Mn in Series C Round Led by Bertelsmann India Investments

Snabbit said in a release that with newly raised capital, it aims to launch more micro-markets and disrupt other high-frequency categories such as cooks, child care, and elderly care.

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Business News

Q3 PE/VC Investments in India Drop by 5%: Report

According to the report, the third quarter recorded USD 11.7 billion in PE/VC investments, which was 20 per cent higher than its corresponding quarter in 2024, but 5 per cent lower than Q2 of 2025. The number of deals, however, was 11 per cent higher year-over-year (Y-o-Y), totaling 369 deals versus 331 in the third quarter of 2024.

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