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#News | Bengaluru-based coworking startup Table Space , backed by Hillhouse, rebrands as “Tablespace Technologies Limited” and adds three independent directors ahead of IPO plans. The company reported ₹898 Cr revenue and ₹11 Cr profit in FY24, serving 315 clients across India’s enterprise workspace market. #RealtyNXT #TableSpace #IPO #Coworking #IndiaStartups #Hillhouse #Workspaces #Bengaluru #BusinessNews #CorporateGovernance #StartupEcosystem #IndianMarkets #Listing #SEBI #EnterpriseSolutionsGanesh Natarajann,Nilesh S Vikamseyy,Anthony Cousee

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Petpooja Secures ₹137 Crore to Drive AI-Powered Restaurant Tech Expansion Petpooja, India’s largest restaurant management platform, has raised ₹137 crore ($15M) in a round led by Dharana Capital, with participation from Ashish Gupta (Helion Ventures) and Urban Company’s founders Abhiraj Singh Bhal, Varun Khaitan, Raghav Chandra & Mukund Kulashekaran. Founded in 2011 by Apurv Patel & Parthiv Patel, Petpooja powers 100,000+ restaurants in 140+ cities and processes 7M+ daily orders. With this fresh capital, Petpooja plans to: - Accelerate AI-driven automation - Expand its product portfolio - Strengthen customer support - Scale into global markets - Build SMB-focused solutions beyond restaurants (payroll, invoice automation, retail POS) From India’s F&B ecosystem to global SaaS ambitions — Petpooja is gearing up for its next growth chapter. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gP4etDpd #Petpooja #SaaS #FoodTech #StartupFunding #AI #IndianStartups #SMBTech #RestaurantManagement

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Quick commerce enablement startup Inamo secured $3 million in seed funding, led by Shastra VC with participation from Antler India, Gemba Capital, and Scope Promoters. Founded by C Sumit Anand and Rupesh Thakare, Inamo aims to expand its dark store network and tech stack, offering dark store management and last-mile delivery solutions. They operate in six metro cities with over 50 dark stores. Shastra VC's Avijeeth Alagathi highlights Inamo's role in powering on-demand commerce. The Indian quick commerce market, dominated by Blinkit, Instamart, and Zepto, is projected to grow from $6.1 Bn in 2024 to $40 Bn by 2030. #QuickCommerce #Inamo #Funding #DeccanFounders #AntlerIndia #ShastraVC #GembaCapital

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🚨 ELIVAAS raises Rs 87 Cr in Series B round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India. Luxury vacation rental platform ELIVAAS has raised ₹87 crore in a Series B round led by Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India, with participation from Peak XV Partners’ Surge and 3one4 Capital. Founded in 2023 by Ritwik Khare and Karan Miglani, ELIVAAS will use the funds to deepen its footprint in India, explore select international markets, and strengthen its tech for seamless, high-end travel experiences. Operating across 30 destinations, the brand saw a 5x revenue growth in FY25 and aims to be a trusted name in luxury travel worldwide. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gecZPs2J By Trisha Medhi #StartupNews #LuxuryTravel #Funding #IndiaStartups #ELIVAAS

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Serial entrepreneur Sandeep Nampally, known for building ventures across media, technology, and consumer industries, has launched JAMME - the world’s first voice-based social media platform proudly conceived and developed in India. Built at the intersection of AI and community, Jamme reimagines how people express and connect online. Instead of posting photos or videos, users can record short voice clips called JAMS - from 10 seconds to 1 minute - and share their thoughts, stories, or emotions with the world. The platform uses AI-powered algorithms to curate a personalized feed based on each user’s interests, tone, and emotional preferences. Whether it’s motivation, comedy, opinions, or poetry, quotes, philosophy - Jamme learns what you love hearing and delivers relevant voices - all without a single visual. “If Instagram helped the world see each other, Jamme will help the world hear each other,” says Nampally. Designed and developed entirely in India "Swadeshi", Jamme aims to make digital expression more authentic, inclusive, and accessible. The app also supports multiple languages, making it easier for users from diverse backgrounds to participate without worrying about looks, grammar, or camera confidence. By blending AI personalization with human emotion, Jamme wants to create a new era of social media - one that listens, learns, and connects through voice. #MadeInIndia #SocialMedia #Launched #Jamme #InstagramRival #AudioFirst #TechStartup #Zoho #IndianTechnology #Arattai #Innovation #StartupUpdates #Startupro

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Bengaluru-based lifestyle startup Escape Plan has raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by Jungle Ventures via First Cheque@Jungle and Fireside Ventures. The startup plans to use the raised capital to expand its retail footprint, accelerate customer acquisition, and strengthen its quick-commerce integrations. Read the full story here:👇 https://lnkd.in/dp5pe2K3 #lifestyle #travelling #funding #investors #investment #bengaluru #startup #indianstartupnews

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Restaurant POS and management software provider Petpooja has raised ₹137 crore ($15.5 million) in its Series C round led by Dharana Capital, with participation from Helion Ventures co-founder Ashish Gupta and Urban Company’s co-founders Abhiraj Singh Bhal and Varun Khaitan. The round values the Ahmedabad-based company at around ₹910 crore ($103 million), marking a 3.5x jump from its previous valuation. The company plans to use the funds to enhance its product portfolio, expand AI-driven automation, and strengthen customer support. Founded in 2011, Petpooja now serves over 1,00,000 clients across India, UAE, and South Africa, and processes around 25% of Zomato and Swiggy’s online order volumes. #fundingnews #petpooja #seriesc #saas #restauranttech #venturecapital #investmentnews #foodtech #pos #restaurantmanagement #ai #automation #indianstartups #growth #techinnovation #businessnews #startupecosystem #startups #scalingup #restaurantindustry #f&b

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Tech sector's share of India’s total active job openings has slipped to 49%, with non-tech sector's demand leading at 51%. As our co-founder Kamal Karanth told The Economic Times : Tech sector's active talent "demand volume is nearing its lowest point in three years, with no clear signs of recovery.” #Xpheno #PeopleEffectChange #ITJobs #TechHiring #FutureOfWork

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#FundingAlert 💸 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐬 480 𝐜𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐬 100 𝐜𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 📌 Comfort-tech brand, The Sleep Company, has raised Rs 480 crores in a Series D funding round led by private equity firms ChrysCapital and 360 ONE Asset. 📌 The funding will accelerate the company’s plans to scale manufacturing, deepen offline presence, unlock new product categories, and invest in innovation and talent as it prepares for its next phase of growth.  🔗 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄...  https://lnkd.in/gsNeUCRV Chetan Naik I Priyanka Salot I Harshil Salot I Rajiv Batra #Funding #CapitalRaise #TheSleepCompany #RetailIndustry #RetailGrowth #Retailing #BusinessGrowth #IndianRetailMarket #RetailUpdates #RetailSectorNews #BusinessNews #RetailBusiness #IR #IndiaRetailing

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India’s Venture Capital (VC) firms are roping in domain experts to strengthen their big bets on deeptech, Disha Acharya and Vaibhavi Khanwalkar report for The Economic Times (ET). As the deeptech landscape expands, funds such as TDK Ventures, Kae Capital, and BlueHill VC are adding specialists with strong academic and industry credentials to their advisory boards. Reason? “While making deeptech investments, unlike those in e-commerce or fintech companies, funds need to go deeper into the tech to be able to understand the company’s problem statement and global technology trends,” Ravi Jain, Investment Director, TDK Ventures, told ET. BlueHill recently appointed Vinod Dham, known as the "Father of the Pentium Chip", to its advisory board, while TDK Ventures hired IIT-Delhi graduate and PhD scholar Vasan Churchill for his expertise in 3D printing and robotics. All in Capital is leaning on deeptech founders and professors from the IITs to assess whether technologies can be engineered and scaled commercially. Kae Capital, too, looks for candidates with advanced degrees and cross-domain agility in fields like cybersecurity, energy tech, and material science, the report says further. This approach is also a response to challenges in the sector. About 45% of deeptech founders cite “lack of investor understanding” as a funding hurdle, according to a recent survey by TDK Ventures and Kae Capital. Despite that, investor confidence is rising — deeptech investments doubled in the first four months of 2025 to $324 million across 35 deals, from $156 million across 21 deals a year ago, Venture Intelligence data shows. “Deeptech is entering an incredibly competitive yet exciting phase, and at the stage where we meet founders, the risks are high, and the signals are often hard to interpret. That’s why expert input is critical,” Kushal Bhagia, Founder and Partner at All in Capital, shared with ET. How do you think this new hiring playbook from VCs will impact the deeptech sector? Share your thoughts in the comments section. ✍ : Nakul Ghai 📷 : Getty Images Source: The Economic Times: https://lnkd.in/g9nAPi6j #Venturecapital #Deeptech #Startups

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