Groww Cofounders To Launch ₹500 Cr Fund To Back Consumer, Deeptech Startups

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Groww Cofounders To Launch ₹500 Cr Fund To Back Consumer, Deeptech Startups

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Groww cofounders are launching a second fund under Stargazer AIF with a target corpus of ₹400-500 crore to invest in seed and early-stage startups. Funded entirely by the founders' personal capital, the vehicle will target consumer internet and deeptech ventures, specifically emphasizing AI and frontier technologies. This expansion follows their initial ₹65 crore fund and reflects a broader trend of founders institutionalizing their angel investment activities.

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Personal loan for home renovation: Costs and benefits

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Personal loans for home renovation offer flexible, collateral-free funding for various upgrades and repairs without end-use restrictions. Key benefits include quick disbursal, customizable repayment tenures, and fixed EMIs. Borrowers should be aware of associated costs such as processing fees, GST, interest, and potential.

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FITT Forward 2026: Who will drive India’s Deep-Tech future?

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Can India move from innovating to owning the technologies of the future? FITT Forward 2026 brought founders, investors and industry leaders together to explore it.

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Google Picks Four Indian Startups As Part Of AI For The Planet Accelerator

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Tech giant Google has picked four Indian startups as part of its debut AI focused accelerator ‘Google DeepMind Accelerator: AI.

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AI could make thinking cheap. What happens to jobs, education and human purpose?

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Dr. Pratosh, an IISc faculty member, warns that AI is not just coming for jobs—it could force a rethink of education, economics and what humans do for a living.

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Lenskart Increases AjnaLens Stake To Over 9% To Deepen Smart Glasses Push

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Lenskart has increased its stake in extended reality (XR) startup AjnaLens’ parent Dimension NXG with an ₹8 Cr investment to.

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The snake that cannot shed its skin must perish and fade

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The article emphasizes that personal growth, like a snake shedding its skin, demands embracing change. Clinging to outdated beliefs, unhealthy habits, or past identities restricts development and threatens progress. While transformation can be uncomfortable, it's essential to avoid stagnation and unlock potential. Letting go of the familiar allows individuals to adapt, learn, and evolve, leading to stronger, wiser versions of themselves and enabling true fulfillment.

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Zomato’s Latest Fee, Weekly Funding Rundown & More

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Now, Zomato To Charge A COD Fee Zomato has begun charging some customers an extra fee for paying cash on.

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Deepinder Goyal’s Temple partners with Art of Living; Why a Japanese entrepreneur sees India as a bridge between rival worlds

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Temple will use its new biomarker, Entropy, to track the body’s parasympathetic state during meditation.

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RentoMojo’s Post-IPO Test: Can The Flywheel Keep Going?

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One blockbuster listing after another is keeping India’s startup IPO market buzzing. After Shiprocket’s strong debut last month, ESDS extended.

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Insight Partners’ Devin Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on OpenAI and Anthropic

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Insight Partners' Devin Parekh opens up about losing Legora to General Catalyst, why he's fine holding stakes in rival AI labs, and why — even as everyone else piles into OpenAI and Anthropic — his $90 billion firm is deliberately staying diversified.

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Larry Ellison cancels $7.5 billion sale of Oracle stock

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Oracle had previously disclosed that Ellison planned to sell 50 million shares worth around $7.5 billion.

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The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs

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From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.

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What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom?

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On Equity, we discussed the AI industry's latest debate about whether it poses an existential threat to humanity.

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Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards

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Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety.

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Hyderabad houses 515 GCCs, to add 50-70 in next 1 year: report

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Hyderabad accounts for around 20% of total GCCs in India.

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TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft has entered the robotaxi chat

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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation, and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

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India's semiconductor sector gets $1.4 billion: report

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Nearly half of the funding amount into Indian semiconductor companies was raised since 2025.

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Why a Japanese entrepreneur sees India as the bridge between rival worlds

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A Japanese entrepreneur living in India as a new global leader, using its ties across competing power blocs to shape the next global economic and technology order.

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Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world

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Fusion startups are increasingly embracing defense applications, a return to the industry's roots, as climate tech funding stalls. This shift provides new revenue streams for expensive fusion development. Defense sees fusion-related laser technology as crucial for developing cost-effective laser weapons against drones. Xcimer partnered with RTX, and Pacific Fusion collaborates with NNSA, highlighting fusion's dual utility for energy and national security.

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Deepinder Goyal partners with Art of Living for Temple

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The partnership will study the effects of meditation through Entropy, a biomarker of Temple.

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