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Limelight Diamonds Funding: Lab Grown Diamond Brand Raises Rs 275 Crore to Expand Manufacturing and Retail Network
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Limelight Diamonds Funding: Lab Grown Diamond Brand Raises Rs 275 Crore to Expand Manufacturing and Retail Network

Mumbai-headquartered lab grown diamond jewellery brand Limelight Diamonds has raised Rs 275 crore in a strategic funding round led by its promoters, the Bhathwari Group. The Limelight Diamonds funding round also saw participation from strategic partners in the jewellery industry...

Maruti Suzuki Picks Sarvam AI, 4 Startups to Power Customer Experience
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Maruti Suzuki Picks Sarvam AI, 4 Startups to Power Customer Experience

Maruti Suzuki is doubling down on startup collaboration. India’s largest carmaker has onboarded five startups — Sarvam AI, MiniMines, Easework AI, Siftly, and CodeMate AI — to solve real business problems across customer experience and internal operations. The move signals...

Mamaearth Parent Honasa Consumer Acquires 58% Stake in Fluence Pharma to Enter ₹16,000 Cr Nutraceuticals Market
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Mamaearth Parent Honasa Consumer Acquires 58% Stake in Fluence Pharma to Enter ₹16,000 Cr Nutraceuticals Market

Honasa Consumer, the Mamaearth parent that built India’s biggest digital-first beauty house, is moving into the medicine cabinet. On June 23, the company said it would acquire a 58% stake in Fluence Pharma, a nutraceuticals maker, in a deal valuing...

Square Yards Funding: Proptech Firm Turns Unicorn With Rs 900 Crore Raise, Plans IPO
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Square Yards Funding: Proptech Firm Turns Unicorn With Rs 900 Crore Raise, Plans IPO

Real estate platform Square Yards has raised Rs 900 crore (about USD 95 million) in fresh funding, crossing a valuation of more than USD 1 billion to enter the unicorn club. The Square Yards funding round, announced on June 23,...

Bengaluru Ranks 15th in Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2026, Named Asia’s Second-Best AI-Native Cluster
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Bengaluru Ranks 15th in Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2026, Named Asia’s Second-Best AI-Native Cluster

The Bengaluru startup ecosystem has been ranked 15th among the top 40 global startup hubs in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2026, released at VivaTech in Paris on June 17. The Karnataka capital also emerged as Asia’s second-best AI-native...

Maya Research Raises $1.9M for Voice AI, Backed by South Park Commons
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Maya Research Raises $1.9M for Voice AI, Backed by South Park Commons

Bengaluru- and San Francisco-based Maya Research has raised $1.9 million in a seed round to build voice AI that speaks, thinks, and responds like a native speaker — a bet on the billions of people who interact with technology through...