Muskaan Kapoor

Muskaan Kapoor

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Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News - 12 May 2026: HrdWyr Bags $13 Mn, Mekr Raises ₹67 Cr, InCred Capital Acquires S Cube Capital

Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News - 12 May 2026: HrdWyr Bags $13 Mn, Mekr Raises ₹67 Cr, InCred Capital Acquires S Cube Capital

India's startup ecosystem saw funding activity span semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, deeptech, foodtech and cybersecurity on 12 May 2026. Bengaluru-based HrdWyr led the day with a $13 million Series A to build AI-native chips, while Mekr raised ₹67 crore to scale its electronics manufacturing platform. Spacetech firm Agnikul Cosmos

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Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News - 6 May 2026: Ecofy Gets $15 Mn Green Debt from Mirova, Freshworks Cuts 500 Jobs, and More

Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News - 6 May 2026: Ecofy Gets $15 Mn Green Debt from Mirova, Freshworks Cuts 500 Jobs, and More

Indian startups attracted capital across deep tech, climate finance, medtech, enterprise AI, fintech, and employment infrastructure on Tuesday. The day's largest raise came from fabless semiconductor startup BigEndian Semiconductors, which secured $6 million (~₹51 crore) in a pre-Series A round led by IAN Alpha Fund. Climate-focused NBFC Ecofy

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Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News - 5 May 2026: Jurisphere Raises ₹21 Cr, MHYTH Bags ₹5 Cr, Dream Sports Launches Dream Street

Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News - 5 May 2026: Jurisphere Raises ₹21 Cr, MHYTH Bags ₹5 Cr, Dream Sports Launches Dream Street

Legal tech and lifestyle brands attracted capital today as Indian startups raised funds across diverse sectors. Legal AI platform Jurisphere secured ₹21 crore, while luxury innerwear brand MHYTH bagged ₹5 crore in pre-seed funding. Meanwhile, Dream Sports launched a stock broking platform, Dream Street, as it diversifies beyond gaming. Daily

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Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup & Key News - 4 May 2026: Fireside Backs CHOSEN and Kisah, Aurm Raises ₹42 Cr, upGrad Eyes Unacademy at 90% Valuation Cut

Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup & Key News - 4 May 2026: Fireside Backs CHOSEN and Kisah, Aurm Raises ₹42 Cr, upGrad Eyes Unacademy at 90% Valuation Cut

Monday, 4 May 2026, was a strong day for Indian startup funding, with capital flowing across skincare, menstrual health, bank locker infrastructure, semiconductor AI, ethnic wear, food, and personal data. Fireside Ventures made two separate Series A bets in CHOSEN and Kisah in a single day, signalling continued conviction in

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Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup & Key News - 30 April 2026: Ctruh Bags $2.5 Mn, Cars24 COO Mehul Agrawal Steps Down

Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup & Key News - 30 April 2026: Ctruh Bags $2.5 Mn, Cars24 COO Mehul Agrawal Steps Down

India’s startup ecosystem saw steady funding activity on 30 April 2026. Startups across deep tech, fintech, AIoT, and clean energy raised fresh capital. Investors continued to back early and growth-stage companies with a strong product focus. Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup - 30 April 2026 Startup / CompanyFunding AmountLead InvestorsCtruh$

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Internshala Opens Six Coveted Internships with India’s Top Founders and Sharks through “Intern With Icon”

Internshala Opens Six Coveted Internships with India’s Top Founders and Sharks through “Intern With Icon”

Internshala, an upGrad company, today unveiled “Intern With Icon,” offering students and recent graduates the opportunity to work with some of India’s most influential founders and Shark Tank personalities. Moving beyond traditional internships, the program offers a rare opportunity to work alongside and learn from iconic entrepreneurs, including Vineeta

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Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup & Key News - 27 April 2026: Metasports Bags $20 Mn, JioHotstar Posts ₹31,048 Cr Revenue, Kissht IPO Opens 30 April

Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup & Key News - 27 April 2026: Metasports Bags $20 Mn, JioHotstar Posts ₹31,048 Cr Revenue, Kissht IPO Opens 30 April

Manufacturing and gaming sectors led funding activity today with Capital A closing ₹160 crore for its Fund II and Metasports Interactive securing $20 million for user acquisition. Meanwhile, lending platform Kissht opened its ₹926 crore IPO with shares priced at ₹162-171, whilst the government launched its ₹10,000 crore Fund

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Gold and Silver Price Today in India, 23 April 2026: Silver at ₹2,64,900/kg, Gold 24K at ₹1,53,474/10g - Check City-Wise Rates in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & More

Gold and Silver Price Today in India, 23 April 2026: Silver at ₹2,64,900/kg, Gold 24K at ₹1,53,474/10g - Check City-Wise Rates in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & More

Gold and silver prices in India presented a mixed picture on Thursday, 23 April 2026, as the bullion market navigated competing forces: a mild recovery in global spot prices on one hand, and continued domestic retail pressure following a sharp three-day correction on the other. Whilst international bullion prices attempted

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Deep Algorithm Raises INR 16 Crore in Pre-Series A Round Led by Unicorn India Ventures

Deep Algorithm Raises INR 16 Crore in Pre-Series A Round Led by Unicorn India Ventures

* Deep Algorithm Solutions is a cybersecurity and AI startup pioneering Continuous Identity Risk Management (CIRM), delivering behaviour-driven, continuous risk intelligence across human and machine identities, including today’s emerging agentic workforce. * The company’s Unified Identity Security Platform stands at the forefront of identity fraud prevention, safeguarding BFSI, defence, and

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‘We Are Not Product-First, We Are Ritual-First’, Kaayu Rituals Founder Preeti Choudhary on Building an Ayurvedic Wellness Brand

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‘We Are Not Product-First, We Are Ritual-First’, Kaayu Rituals Founder Preeti Choudhary on Building an Ayurvedic Wellness Brand

In an exclusive interaction with StartupTalky, Preeti Choudhary, Founder and CEO of Kaayu Rituals, talks about building a ritual-first Ayurvedic wellness brand. She explains how Kaayu focuses on daily self-care instead of waiting for problems to arise. Choudhary shares how Ayurveda and modern science come together in their products, and

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Best AI Call Assistants: How Businesses Are Using AI to Manage Calls Smarter

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Best AI Call Assistants in 2026: How Businesses Are Using AI to Manage Calls Smarter

AI call assistants are transforming how businesses manage phone communication. Powered by artificial intelligence, these tools automate call answering, conversation transcription, customer support, and sales call analysis, helping companies handle calls more efficiently. Businesses are increasingly adopting AI call assistants to provide 24/7 support, reduce response times, and capture

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Rustam Gilfanov - An International Entrepreneur

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Rustam Gilfanov: Industrial Entrepreneur Building a Research-Based Manufacturing Venture

Type International Businessman · Scientific Researcher · Investor · Philanthropist Name Rustam Gilfanov · Rustam Khalefovich Gilfanov · Gilfanov Rustam · Gilfanov Rustam Khalefovich · Gilfanov R. K. · R. K. Gilfanov · Рустам Гильфанов · Рустам Халэфович Гильфанов · Гильфанов Рустам Халэфович · Гильфанов Рустам Халэфович · Гильфанов Рустам · Рустам Халэфович Гильфанов · Гильфанов Р. Х. · Р. Х. Гильфанов · Гільфанов Рустам Халэфович · Гільфанов

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Meghna Agarwal on Women Leadership, Workspaces, and Taking IndiQube Public

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‘I Never Asked for Permission’: Meghna Agarwal on Women Leadership, Workspaces, and Taking IndiQube Public

This International Women’s Day, we feature Meghna Agarwal, co-founder of IndiQube, who has made her mark in India’s male-dominated real estate sector. Since starting IndiQube in 2015, Meghna has focused on building workspaces that combine design, technology, and employee experience. From founding the company to taking it through

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List of AI Accessibility Compliance Tools: Best Picks for WCAG, ADA & Section 508 Compliance

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Best AI Accessibility Compliance Tools: Best Picks for WCAG, ADA & Section 508 Compliance

Today, almost everything happens online, and digital access must be available to everyone. AI accessibility compliance tools help businesses make their websites, apps, and documents easier to use for people with disabilities. These tools use artificial intelligence to find accessibility issues, suggest fixes, and sometimes apply automatic improvements. They can

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Sandeep Singh, Founder of Rubystone Hospitality

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Sandeep Singh on Rubystone Hospitality’s Asset-Light Strategy and Tech-Driven Growth Plans

In this insightful conversation, Sandeep Singh, Founder of Rubystone Hospitality, outlines how the company is building an experience-led and asset-light hotel management model in India. He explains how Rubystone focuses on end-to-end operations, asset optimisation and strong brand positioning across destinations such as Udaipur, Rishikesh, Lansdowne and Vrindavan. Singh also

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Best Image-to-Video AI Tools

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Best Image-to-Video AI Tools: Compare Google Gemini Veo 3.1, OpenAI Sora 2, Runway Gen-4, Kling AI and Luma Dream Machine

In today’s digital-first world, visual content plays a key role in communication. Converting static images into engaging videos has become a valuable tool for creators and businesses alike. Image-to-video AI tools make this process simple, fast, and accessible, helping marketers, designers, and storytellers create dynamic content without advanced technical

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