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Growth stage investments-focussed VC fund Playbook Partners, founded by former Jio vice president Vikas Choudhury, has already made two investments in 2026 — an INR100 Cr infusion into a foodtech firm and another co-investment into an AI startup with...

Ever since its inception two decades ago, Lenskart has remained a capex-heavy business — building manufacturing capacity, developing proprietary tech, expanding offline footprint, and testing international markets.
While these long-term bets have helped the company achieve significant scale, it also kept its margins under pressure. However, Q3 FY26 suggests this equation is now beginning to shift on the back of operating leverage kicking in and improving margins...

Sleep-focussed wearables startup DUSQ, formerly known as InnerGize, has raised ₹24 Cr (around $2.6 Mn) in a seed funding round led by Fireside Ventures, with participation from Antler India, Climber Capital, Startup Sherpas, Vaishav Investments, CaratLane...

AI is being democratised at full throttle – much in sync with the government’s target of a $1 Tn digital economy by 2030 – and what fuels this growth is the economics of AI that businesses across industries are trying to gain from.
Indian infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) made no mistake in reading the future. AI is no longer an experimental capability or a future-facing investment – it is increasingly being embedded into the core mechanics of how the company executes...