In 2015, Munaf Kapadia, then a marketing professional at Google, made an unconventional career pivot. Trading spreadsheets for spice blends, he left the tech giant to build The Bohri Kitchen (TBK) — a venture born from his mother’s traditional Bohri recipes and his entrepreneurial instincts. A decade later, The Bohri Kitchen has evolved into one …
In a significant boost to India’s deep tech and drone ecosystem, EndureAir Systems, a Bengaluru-based startup specializing in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has raised ₹25 crore in fresh funding from undisclosed venture capital investors. The funding round will fuel product innovation, manufacturing scale, and AI integration for agricultural and surveillance applications — sectors that increasingly …
India’s startup ecosystem, the world’s third-largest with 195,065 DPIIT-recognized ventures and a $450 billion digital economy, is a tale of meteoric rises and sobering resets—112 unicorns valued at $350 billion, yet marred by governance scandals and markdowns that expose a transparency void. From Byju’s 99% valuation plunge to $250 million amid fraud allegations to Paytm’s …
When Aakrit Vaish and Swapan Rajdev founded Haptik in 2013, artificial intelligence was still an emerging concept in India. Their vision was simple yet transformative — use conversational AI to make interactions between people and businesses more seamless, intelligent, and efficient. What started as a personal assistant chatbot app soon evolved into one of the …
As India grapples with 90 extreme weather days annually and a $3.6 billion green investment surge since 2014, its startup ecosystem is blooming into a verdant powerhouse, with over 800 climate tech ventures raising $1.5 billion in 2024 alone—a 40% YoY leap. From AI-driven carbon capture to solar-powered agritech, these green startups are not just …