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Fintech major Razorpay has reportedly roped in four investment bankers to helm its upcoming initial public offering (IPO).
Sources told Moneycontrol that the fintech giant has shortlisted Axis Capital, Kotak Mahindra Capital, JP Morgan and Citi as advisory to oversee the listing, adding that the company could add more investment banks to its kitty later if required....

Early stage VC firm Artha Venture Fund has initiated the removal of the cofounder and CEO of Kolkata-based blockchain startup Hornet. The firm’s managing director Anirudh Damani took to social media platform X to share that the investor has exercised...

In the first set of decisions to come out of the new Prime Minister Office (PMO), Seva Teerth, PM Narendra Modi has approved the second phase of the Startup India Fund of Funds (FoF) scheme with a corpus of ₹10,000 Cr.
“This will encourage startups in early stages and deeptech research,” PM Modi said in a post on X....

After four months of rigorous research and number-crunching, Inc42 is back with the fifth edition of FAST42, a ranking of India’s fastest-growing D2C brands.
As India’s D2C ecosystem promises to unfold a $300 Bn market opportunity by 2030, FAST42 2026 throws a spotlight on the brands that are not just riding the wave but shaping it actively. This year’s 42 D2C brands on the list have combined breakout revenue...