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IAN Alpha Fund, the second in the series of IAN Group’s VC funds, has co-led the ₹32.5 Crore funding round of Farm Watt Innovations, along with Rainmatter. The fresh capital will be utilised to strengthen the supply chain for India's rapidly expanding bioenergy sector, increase the number of biomass collection networks, construct additional aggregation hubs, invest in machine...

Groww Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Groww, today announced the first cohort of the INV.ENT program, backing 19 ideas by 35 young innovators at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). Chosen from nearly 400 submissions across disciplines, the winning ideas range across a marketplace that takes ceramics from Dharavi's potters to customers, a wearable slee...

BUSINESSNEXT, an autonomous operating platform for banking and financial services, has raised USD 40 million in  Series C from ServiceNow Ventures, valuing the company at USD 700 million. 

The partnership with ServiceNow will help strengthen BUSINESSNEXT’s autonomous banking capabilities and accelerate the adoption of Private AI across banking and financial se...

Bengaluru-based Upkraft, an AI-powered extracurricular learning platform, has raised ₹1.6 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by PedalStart. The round comprises a curated group of angel investors, entrepreneurs, operators, and early-stage ecosystem participants who share Upkraft’s vision of transforming extracurricular lear...