How Will Manish Gupta’s Appointment Strengthen Eazzy’s AI-First Vision for India’s Home Services Ecosystem? Home services and post purchase technology platform Eazzy has appointed Manish Gupta as its Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as the company looks to accelerate its AI-first strategy and strengthen its technology capabilities. In his new role, Gupta will lead Eazzy’s technology strategy, artificial intelligence initiatives, product engineering, platform architecture, and innovation. The appointment comes at a crucial stage in the company’s growth as it aims to build a seamless, intelligent, and scalable platform that simplifies the entire post purchase product ownership journey for Indian…
Author: Adarsh Kumar
Fintech Startup Uses Offline SMS-Based Expense Tracking, Group Splitting and AI Bill Scanning to Help Users Manage Money Founded by Yash Khandelwal, Xpensease has crossed 30,000 downloads on the Google Play Store, marking a key milestone for the privacy first personal finance startup. The fintech app automatically tracks expenses from transaction SMS messages without requiring users to share their phone number or link their bank account, offering a secure and offline first approach to money management. Along with automatic expense tracking, the platform also supports AI-powered bill scanning, budgeting, group expense splitting, premium subscriptions, and brand collaborations. What Makes Xpensease…
How Did IDfy Win the MeitY–NeGD DPDP Innovation Challenge? Digital identity verification and privacy technology company IDfy has won the Code for Consent: The DPDP Innovation Challenge, organised by the MeitY Startup Hub in collaboration with the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The recognition highlights the company’s growing role in helping enterprises prepare for compliance with India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. The innovation challenge assessed consent management platforms on their technical capabilities, functional performance, and legal readiness through live demonstrations. The objective was to identify solutions capable of supporting enterprise-scale…
How Did HDFC Bank Perform in Q1 FY27? India’s largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank, reported strong business growth for the first quarter of FY27, with gross advances increasing 15.4% year-on-year (YoY) and total deposits rising 14.7% YoY, according to its provisional business update for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. The steady growth in both lending and deposits reflects continued momentum in the bank’s core business despite a competitive banking environment. How Much Did HDFC Bank’s Gross Advances Grow? HDFC Bank’s period-end gross advances stood at approximately ₹30.61 trillion as of June 30, 2026, compared with ₹26.53 trillion in…
Bilateral Meeting in Melbourne to Focus on Trade, Defence, Technology and Indo-Pacific Cooperation Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a three-day official visit to Australia from July 8 to 10 at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to participate in the Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit in Melbourne, according to an official statement issued by the Australian government. The summit is expected to further strengthen the Australia-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with both leaders set to discuss cooperation across trade, defence, security, technology, and other areas of mutual interest. The visit comes at a time when India and Australia are…
Indian travel-fintech startup Scapia has raised $63 million in a fresh funding round led by General Catalyst, as the company looks to strengthen its position in India’s rapidly expanding travel and digital payments ecosystem. The latest round also saw participation from existing investors Peak XV Partners and Z47. The funding comes less than a year after Scapia raised $40 million in its Series B financing round in April 2025, which was led by Peak XV Partners with participation from Elevation Capital, Z47 and 3State Ventures. Industry analysts believe the latest investment highlights growing investor confidence in startups operating at the…
India’s investment culture is undergoing a historic transformation as millions of households increasingly move away from traditional assets such as gold and real estate and channel their savings into financial markets. According to a new research paper authored by officials from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Indian households invested a record ₹6.91 lakh crore into securities markets during FY25. The figure represents one of the sharpest increases ever recorded in household financial participation and highlights the growing financialisation of savings in India. The investment amount almost doubled compared to ₹3.58 lakh crore in FY24 and was significantly…
NODWIN Gaming, the esports and youth media platform backed by Nazara Technologies, is planning to raise between $100 million and $200 million through a mix of primary and secondary funding as it prepares for a public listing. Speaking during Nazara Technologies’ Q4 FY26 earnings call, NODWIN founder Akshat Rathee said the company aims to launch its IPO “as soon as possible.” Nazara Technologies had first acquired a majority stake in NODWIN Gaming in 2018 and gradually increased its holding over the years. However, following stake dilution during FY26, NODWIN was deconsolidated from Nazara’s financial books, with Nazara currently holding around…
Moglix has appointed former Symphony Group CEO Amit Kumar as its Managing Director and Chief Business Officer. Kumar joins Moglix’s central leadership team with the responsibility of building and scaling the company’s emerging business verticals and new growth opportunities. He brings more than two decades of experience across business leadership, enterprise transformation, management consulting, and industrial operations. Prior to joining Moglix, Kumar served as Group CEO and Executive Director at Symphony for nearly five years, where he led the company’s overall profit and loss growth, supply chain restructuring, and large-scale digital transformation initiatives. Before Symphony, he held senior leadership and…
Hyderabad-based fintech startup Kalpi has raised ₹3.75 crore in a seed funding round from Rainmatter Capital as it looks to expand its rule-based investing platform for retail and institutional investors. The fresh capital will be used to strengthen the company’s team, acquire datasets, improve product capabilities, and scale distribution across both retail and institutional segments. Founded in 2025 by Ashwar Gupta, Kalpi is building a systematic investing platform that enables users to build, backtest, automate, and execute quantitative investment strategies across equities, ETFs, and mutual funds. The startup currently operates two separate products: Kalpi.ai for retail investors and KalpiQuant.com for…