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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
TopicStartup India

Topic: Startup India

Late-stage startups in Karnataka feel funding winter as overall investments decline 28%

Tech startups raised $3.8 bn in 2025, down 28% y-o-y, driven by sharp contraction in late-stage funding even as early-stage investments showed resilience, according to Tracxn.

India’s middle class can now pursue startup ambitions. Govt policy made it possible

The normalisation of entrepreneurship as a legitimate career path owes much to the visibility and emphasis that policy has given to startups.

Start-up funding in Karnataka drops 24% in 2024, while India sees signs of recovery with 5.4% uptick

According to Tracxn’s Karnataka Tech Annual Report 2024, the start-up hub raised $3.7 billion. It is also a staggering 68% fall in funding compared to $11.7 billion raised in 2022.

Byju’s ‘Learning Trap’ author got many threats, tells cautionary tale at Bengaluru lit fest

Bangalore Business Literature Festival was attended by authors such as Tanuj Bhojwani, Shalini Kapoor, Sriram Devatha, Ravi Wazir, who talked about India’s start-up growth story.

Fourth edition SCO Startup Forum organised in New Delhi

The event, aimed at promoting innovation, creating job opportunities, and inspiring young talent, brought together over 15 SCO startups showcasing their products and services at a showcase window.

Chicken feather plastics, temple flower foam—IIT Kanpur is changing India’s startup scene

IIT-Kanpur's SIIC has been leading the innovation race. The incubation centre is connecting entrepreneurs and scientists to funders while providing infrastructural support.

Homegrown startups group go to court to suspend Google’s new in-app billing system

The 744-page filing, asks the court to 'keep the implementation of Google’s User Choice Billing system (UCB) in abeyance' until CCI hears the complaint.

Sikhle India encourages people to work towards financial stability, says founder Manoj Mor

Mor, an established entrepreneur, launched his YouTube channel and began covering topics related to business development, entrepreneurship, marketing & upcoming income opportunities.

The Modivation behind India’s reform leaps—from startup to JAM to hackathons

Modiji is a great champion of innovation and out-of-the-box thought-process. This style of governance is remarkably innovative as compared to all his predecessors.

On Camera

Kerala, Keral, Keralam. I’m a Malayali and the name change is more annoyance than pride

North Indians are so used to dropping the ‘A’ at the end of Kerala. Now they have to train themselves to add another letter.

With 50% of India’s crude imports passing through Strait of Hormuz, concerns mount over US-Iran standoff

The crude flows in the Strait of Hormuz largely originate from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar and move to China, India, Japan and South Korea.

Decoding India’s defence budget & how various govts struggled to spend it—from UPA to NDA

Every February, headlines focus on defence budget allocation. But real question is—how much money was actually spent & why did promise-delivery gap widen in some years, narrow in others?

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.