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Namita Thapar, PALMONAS, Shark Tank India, Pallavi PALMONAS, PALMONAS funding, Namita Thapar investment, Shark Tank India Season 4, demi fine jewellery, Indian startup news, startup funding, women entrepreneurs India, jewellery startup India, Arth by Emcure, consumer brands India, startup success story

Namita Thapar Gets 9X Return From PALMONAS Shark Tank India Investment

Namita Thapar, Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals and founder of Arth by Emcure, has announced a partial exit from PALMONAS, the demi-fine jewellery brand featured…

Vasundhra Tewari

May 8
Clarity Labs, Artha Venture Fund, startup funding India, personal care startup, D2C brands India, Indian startups 2026, skincare startup, seed funding news, consumer brands India, quick commerce, ecommerce India

Clarity Labs raises seed capital as investors bet on simpler, outcome-led personal care

Vasundhra Tewari

6 min
Nithin Hassan, Meta India, Dolfyn Brands, Indian startup ecosystem, consumer brands India, Bengaluru startups, startup founders India, return to India professionals, direct to consumer brands, tech leaders India

Meta Ex-Director Nithin Hassan Returns to India to Build Consumer Brands

Vasundhra Tewari

5 min
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Viraj Bahl Backs Awenest as Kids Care Startup Bets on Toxin-Conscious Demand

Khushi Bhatia

4 min
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Nail Care Startup Nailinit Raises Rs 2.5-3 Crore in Pre-Seed Round to Expand Distribution and Innovation

Om Singh

3 min
Basil, Basil funding, Prime Venture Partners, IIMA Ventures, Appreciate Capital, D2C startups India, kids essentials brand, startup funding India, consumer brands India, pre-Series A funding, Indian startup ecosystem

Basil Raises $2 Million to Expand Kids Essentials Portfolio and Scale Operations

Om Singh

4 min
Loopie, Akriti Gupta, Indian startups, baby care startups, premium baby products, Sauce VC, Hyperscale Ventures, Patni Family Office, consumer brands India, startup funding news, design led brands, stroller market India, baby gear industry

Loopie raises Rs 7.2 crore to build premium baby gear brand

Khushi Bhatia

3 min
Underneat.in, Fireside Ventures, Ghazal Alagh, Vimarsh Razdan, Kusha Kapila, D2C brands India, shapewear startup, Indian startups, Pre-Series A funding, consumer brands India

Underneat.in Raises $6M, Claims ₹150 Cr ARR in 8 Months

Vasundhra Tewari

4 min
BlackCarrot, Neha Dhupia, Ideabaaz, Shaili Chopra, D2C brands India, dinnerware market, Startup funding, Venture Catalysts, We Founder Circle, EvolveX Accelerator, GX Ventures, PlaySimple Games, Agnello Dias, Mumbai startups, Consumer brands India

BlackCarrot Raises ₹1.4 crore; Neha Dhupia Backs The Brand

Epil Bodra

2 min
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Underneat clocks ₹4.5 Cr in 100 days with shapewear

Khushi Bhatia

4 min

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Spirit AI, Chinese Startup Humanoid Robots, China Robotics, Robot Intelligence, Embodied AI, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Startup, AI Robots, Robot Brain, Humanoid Robot Technology

Meet Spirit AI: The Chinese Startup Chasing a ChatGPT Moment for Robots

Khushi Bhatia

6 min
Factrika founders building a technology-enabled manufacturing workforce platform for factory staffing and verified industrial workers in India.

Factrika: Rethinking Manufacturing Workforce Staffing in India

Epil Bodra

5 min
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Jaipur Engineer Couple Built a ₹2 Crore Dairy From 20 Gir Cows, Then Put ₹30 Lakh Into a Freeze-Dryer

Epil Bodra

6 min
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Brand Content Strategy: Why Most Brand Content Fails Without a Point of View?

Khushboo Mulani

5 min
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Anthropic AI ‘Kill Switch’ Debate Deepens as Microsoft Flags Claude’s Humanlike Traits

Epil Bodra

5 min
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From Studying Under a Tree to a $9.3 Billion Fortune: How Jay Chaudhry Built Zscaler

Om Singh

8 min
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