Seed-stage funds clock gains; IT firms’ ‘self-funded’ deals
Happy Wednesday! India-focused early-stage funds bagged significant returns in 2025. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
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2025 Year in Review: Smaller seed funds reap bumper harvest on exits
While attention through the year was largely centred on marquee, bulge-bracket IPOs and billion-dollar secondaries involving large global funds, India-focused early-stage firms such as Kae Capital, 3one4 Capital, VenturEast, IndiaQuotient and AdvantEdge, among others, garnered significant returns in relative silence.
IT finds new ways to repackage deal discounts, AI gains
For many new and renewed contracts, values are being marked down by 20-30%, according to industry analysts. Meanwhile, service providers are making gains in terms of efficiency and reduced project costs due to the use of AI, and are ploughing…
Arrcus in talks with Indian players to explore onboarding white box vendors in India
Large Indian companies with diversified interests are viewing this as an opportunity, especially with all the data centre activity happening in the country, Shekar Ayyar told ET.
ET Graphics: India’s IP filings surge 20% to 7.5L on innovation momentum
Trademark filings stood at over 5.3 lakh, growing in double digits, reflecting strong brand creation across sectors, while design registrations crossed 40,000. Here’s a snapshot of the key highlights.
Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos
At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining of the uterus and then grips tight, burrowing in as the first tendrils of a future placenta appear. This…
How I learned to stop worrying and love AI slop
Lately, everywhere I scroll, I keep seeing the same fish-eyed CCTV view: a grainy wide shot from the corner of a living room, a driveway at night, an empty grocery store. Then something impossible happens. JD Vance shows up at…
How social media encourages the worst of AI boosterism
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, summed it up in three words: “This is embarrassing.” Hassabis was replying on X to an overexcited post by Sébastien Bubeck, a research scientist at the rival firm OpenAI, announcing that two mathematicians had…
Keen to bet more on Indian founders amid strong show: YC Partner
Y Combinator partner Ankit Gupta says funding appetite for Indian founders is surging as India produces young, highly technical, AI native talent competing globally. AI unlocks startup ideas impossible until recently, while many founders move to San Francisco and seasoned…
India’s bare PCB manufacturing set for 45% CAGR surge
The bare PCB market in India currently is worth $5 billion, with an 88% import dependence. Domestic production is expected to expand from $0.6 billion in fiscal 2024 to $3.8 billion by FY29, reducing the dependence on supplies from abroad…