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For Rahul Chari, whether it’s coding or carpentry, it all comes down to precision, patience, and problem-solving. Catch Rahul Chari, Co-Founder and CTO of PhonePe, in conversation with Dilip Asbe as they dive into what it takes to build one of India’s largest digital payment platforms. Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/dxG2A5Fw #InnovatorsPlayground #RahulChari #PhonePe #EngineeringLeadership #NPCI #FintechIndia

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#News | OYO has bought Australian rental firm MadeComfy, gaining a portfolio managing $60M in bookings and partnerships with 100+ agencies. MadeComfy keeps its brand, adds OYO’s tech, and eyes 300 agency partners. This marks OYO’s first big ANZ rental step while its IPO plans remain paused. #RealtyNXT #OYO #MadeComfy #ShortTermRentals #ANZMarket #AustraliaRealEstate #NewZealandRentals #TravelTech Quirin Schwaighofer Sabrina Schwaighofer

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🚀 Bengaluru & California-based Aurva has exited stealth with a $2.2 Mn seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from DeVC and tech leaders (incl. ex-Meta execs & founders of Postman & Cyware). 👨‍💻 Founded by ex-Meta engineers Apurv Garg, Krishna Bagadia & Akash Mandal, Aurva is building an AI-driven, identity-based data security platform that provides real-time monitoring of enterprise data access. 📊 Already monitoring billions of queries & transactions daily for leading clients like Razorpay & Meesho across Fintech, SaaS Labs & banking. 💡 The fresh funds will power: 🔹 Expansion of sales, security & R&D teams 🔹 Further development of its AI observability platform 👉 Aurva is setting the stage to redefine data observability & access monitoring for enterprises worldwide. 💻Visit Our Website for More Details: https://scoopearth.in/👇 🎯To publish startup news, stories, funding updates, and business news, reach us at: 👉[email protected] 👉[email protected] #DataSecurity #AI #EnterpriseTech #Funding #Aurva #StartupIndia #startupUpdates #Startups #Innovation #IndiaEconomy #viralpost #scoopearth #scoopearth.in

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Startup Central | UK-based Tide becomes a unicorn after $120 Mn fundraise: CEO Oliver Prill on growth plans and what’s next👇 Full Interview: https://lnkd.in/dBF6uwRM Sumita Kareer Dr. Oliver Prill Tide

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Heizen, an AI-native software delivery startup founded by Aman Arora, Abhilasha Singh, and Nijansh V., has secured $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by Titan Capital, with participation from Varun Alagh (Mamaearth) and Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn). This funding will fuel the expansion of their engineering team in India and customer acquisition in the U.S. The company utilizes a multi-agent software delivery platform, blending LLM-powered AI agents with human engineers to accelerate the development of AI products and MVPs. Heizen has onboarded over 50 clients, achieving 20% MoM growth. #AISoftware #Funding #Heizen #DeccanFounders #Mamaearth ##Tracxn

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Announcing IDTA: $1B+ to accelerate India’s deep tech with Blume Ventures as a founding member. India Deep Tech Investment Alliance (IDTA) is a new coalition of U.S. and Indian investors committing over $1B to back deep-tech companies built in India. Blume Ventures is proud to be a founding member along with Celesta Capital, Accel, Gaja Capital, Ideaspring Capital, Premji Invest, Tenacity Ventures, and Venture Catalysts++ | India's 1st Multi-Stage VC. IDTA aligns with the Government of India’s ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) Scheme and the U.S.–India TRUST initiative. The goal is to catalyse long-horizon, thesis-driven capital for sectors that move the needle — semiconductors, space, quantum, robotics, AI, biotech, medical devices, energy/climate, and the digital economy. India’s deep-tech founders need three things at once: patient capital, policy alignment, and cross-border pathways. IDTA is designed to deliver all three. At Blume, we’ve been backing deep tech from our earliest funds — from GreyOrange and Carbon Clean in our Fund I to Pixxel, Ati Motors, Ethereal Machines, and Optimized Electrotech Pvt Ltd in our newer funds. As Arpit Agarwal, Investment Partner at Blume, put it: “We have been doggedly pursuing what we believed were the biggest problems of India and are happy to see some of these companies setting global standards. With a massive transformation in India’s R&D landscape on the horizon via the RDI fund, we’re happy to play our part in making the mission successful.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gAjKrPip Karthik B. Reddy, Ashish Fafadia, Sanjay Nath Sajith Pai Rohit Kaul, Ria Shroff Desai, Mitul Mehta, Alok Mehta, Deepika Jain, Sarita Raichura, Gautham Sivaramakrishnan, Vikram Gawande, Elton Coelho 

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Elevation Capital launches $400 million late-stage fund to back IPO-bound startups 📌 Venture capital firm Elevation Capital, known for early bets on Paytm, Swiggy, Meesho, and Urban Company, is entering new territory. The firm has launched a $400 million fund focused on late-stage tech companies preparing for IPOs. ● The vehicle, called Elevation Holding, will cut cheques between $20 million and $50 million across 10–15 companies, Elevation Capital co-managing partner Mukul Arora told ET. ● This new fund will primarily back companies in the consumer and financial services segments with a technology focus, Arora added. ● The fund will run in parallel with its Fund VIII, a $670 million early-stage vehicle that invests $2–5 million in startups. Story By: Pranav Mukul & Samidha Sharma

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Elevation Capital, the firm that invested in Paytm, Swiggy, Meesho, and Urban Company, is starting a new $400 million fund called Elevation Holdings. Unlike their usual focus on early-stage startups, this fund will invest $20–50 million each in 10–15 companies that are preparing to go public. This comes at a time when private funding in India is slowing down, so many startups are looking at the stock market to grow and raise money. Ravi Adusumalli | Mridul Arora | Vaas Bhaskar | Chirag Chadha | Mayank Khanduja | Krishna M.| Deepak Gaur | Ashray Iyengar | Manish Advani | Poorvi Vijay | Vishap Rana | Vaibhav Chowdhury | Ishwar Prasad 🔗 Read full article link in comment #elevationcapital #funds #venturecapital #elevationholdings #ipo #startupnews #businessupdate

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