Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has reacted after a viral video showed how a Blinkit delivery agent earned ₹763 after 28 deliveries in 15 hours. "This isn't a 'gig economy success story'. This is systemic exploitation hidden behind apps & algorithms," he said. Raghav added India cannot build a digital economy on the backs of underpaid and overworked human beings.

Quintrans has raised $750,000 in a pre-seed round led by Capital-A to commercialise its India-built direct-drive linear motion systems. The Pune-based deep tech startup will use the capital to set up in-house manufacturing and testing, expand its core engineering team, advance R&D, and enable early industrial deployments across automation and robotics.

The number of angel investments in Indian startups fell 44% to 834 deals in 2025, from 1,495 deals in 2024, according to market intelligence platform Tracxn. Total capital invested also declined, however, at a slower pace. Regulatory changes like tighter eligibility norms, higher financial thresholds for investors, and expanded compliance for angel funds slowed the pace, Moneycontrol reported.

Zepto is planning to file draft papers for an IPO to raise $500 million (about ₹4,500 crore) as soon as next week, Bloomberg reported. Zepto is working with Axis Bank, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors and local units of Morgan Stanley, HSBC Holdings and Goldman Sachs. The IPO will include a fresh issue as well as a secondary share sale.

Animal nutraceuticals startup Occamy BioScience, founded by Ms Saloni Godbole Tewari and Dr Milind Niphadkar, develops microbial solutions and supplements for livestock health. Based in Maharashtra, the company makes products such as Rakshak and BoviBooster for ruminants. Occamy’s nutraceutical division recorded around ₹50 lakh annual turnover for FY25 while serving farmers and livestock owners.

Haircare brand Moxie Beauty raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Fireside Ventures. Founded by Nikita Khanna and Anmol Ahlawat, the salon-grade brand will use the capital to drive product innovation, strengthen its team and expand distribution, focusing on solutions designed specifically for Indian hair textures and climate conditions.

Jaipur friends Vidushi (21) and Nehal (23) founded Pehrin, an Indian ethnic wear brand, in April 2025 with just ₹17,000. They documented their journey on Instagram and launched affordable Pinterest-inspired kurtis. One kurti inspired by Saiyaara sold out immediately. Pehrin has dispatched over 1,200 orders and clocked around ₹12–15 lakh in revenue in six months.

Space-tech startup Sisir Radar, founded by Dr Tapan Misra, Soumya Misra and Urmi Bhambhani, plans to launch India’s first private L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite by 2026. The space and radar imaging firm has raised $7 million in its series A funding to develop all-weather high-resolution SAR for national security, environmental monitoring and civilian applications.

Lean UX MVPs focus on essentials that confirm assumptions fast, key tasks, core flows and minimal UI. By testing real user response quickly, teams avoid building unvalidated features. This reduces waste, reveals true value signals and accelerates iterative improvements while keeping development costs contained.

India’s fashion startups are winning with rapid data-led design cycles, hyperlocal demand signals and lean inventory flows. Brands that compress design to delivery cycles avoid overstock and reduce markdown losses. Startups combining mobile-first exposure with size-accurate fits, flexible return flows and predictive trend signals see stronger conversion rates than legacy retail models.