Monday, 12 October 2026
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Private Equity

Incubation/Acceleration

Sequoia Surge has 13 Indian startups in fifth batch

Venture capital firm Sequoia's Surge accelerator programme has chosen 13 Indian companies for its fifth batch, which has 23 companies spread across India, southeast Asia and Hong Kong, and have raised USD 55 million in…

Liquidity Events

TVS Automobile acquires after sales service aggregator goBumpr

TVS Automobile Solutions has acquired the business of fellow Chennai-based consumer service aggregator, goBumpr making it a one-stop- shop for all service related requirements to automobile owners. GoBumpr leverages…

VC Fund Investments

Industrial AI startup Detect raises $12-M from Accel, others

Chennai-based Industrial AI startup Detect Technologies has raised USD 12 million in a funding round led by Accel, as it looks to grow its presence in markets such as North America, Middle East and Southeast Asia…

Other Private Equity/Strategic Investments

Edtech startup upGrad in talks to raise $400-M at $4-B valuation

Temasek-backed edtech startup upGrad is in talks with global PE and VC investors to raise USD 400 million at a valuation of USD 4 billion, marking a five-fold jump in the valuation of the Mumbai-based startup from the…

Other Private Equity/Strategic Investments

Mastercard invests in digital payments enabler for MSMEs Instamojo

Mastercard has made a strategic investment in Instamojo, a digital solutions provider for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The investment is aimed at digitising and scaling MSMEs and gig workers by helping…