funding

Funding in bio-pharma sector still uncertain and inconsistent: Piramal Pharma Chairperson
- By Ethan Caldwell
- . July 29, 2025
Nandini Piramal, Chairperson, Piramal Pharma Funding by large bio-pharmaceutical companies continues to remain uncertain and inconsistent, not just because of trade agreements or tariff threats

Semicon startup Netrasemi raise ₹107 crore in Series A round funding
- By Ethan Caldwell
- . July 24, 2025
Kerala-based Semiconductor startup Netrasemi has raised ₹107 crore in Series A round from Zoho Corporations Ltd and Unicorn India Ventures. Funds raised will be used

Aarthi Scans and Labs in active discussions for pre-IPO funding of ₹250 crore
- By Ethan Caldwell
- . July 23, 2025
V. Govindarajan (seated), Founder and MD, Aarthi Scans and Labs, with (from left) Arun Kumar, Director; Aarthi Prasana, Director and Chief Radiologist and Prasana Vignesh,

Kluisz.ai raises $9.6 mn seed funding led by RTP Global
- By Ethan Caldwell
- . July 23, 2025
The round also saw participation from Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital and angels including Ritesh Agarwal, Dr Ritesh Malik and Aditya Virwani.

Inbound Aerospace raises $1 million pre-seed funding to build autonomous re-entry spacecraft
- By Ethan Caldwell
- . July 22, 2025
L to R Captain Abhijit Bhutey, Aravind B, Vishal Reddy Inbound Aerospace, an IIT Madras-incubated space-tech startup, has raised over $1 million in a pre-seed

IIT Madras-incubated Plenome raises ₹6.5 crore in seed funding
- By Ethan Caldwell
- . July 22, 2025
Plenome is also pioneering a novel pay-per-use model for conducting remote elections in large organisations, using its Blockchain-based ‘BlockVote’ software. IIT Madras-incubated start-up Plenome Technologies, which

Venture funding in India slows even as AI boosts global VC investments
- By Ethan Caldwell
- . July 14, 2025
The funding trends in India were in stark contrast to global venture funding | Photo Credit: BL Net Mail Indian venture capital investments made up

IIMK LIVE, Cochin Shipyard sanction ₹1.8 crore seed funding to six startups
- By Ethan Caldwell
- . July 14, 2025
IIMK LIVE, the business incubator of the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), in collaboration with Cochin Shipyard Limited has sanctioned ₹1.8 crore in seed

Revolut in talks to raise new funding at $65bn valuation
- By Olivia Renshaw
- . July 9, 2025
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Revolut is in talks to

Reform UK targets ‘broken’ system of council funding for special needs
- By Olivia Renshaw
- . July 8, 2025
Reform UK is planning to attack the “broken” system of council spending on special educational needs as part of its Elon Musk-inspired cost-cutting initiative, wading
