Premium beverage brand Malaki secured ₹5.7 crore in seed funding led by Venture Catalysts. The funds will boost its presence on quick commerce platforms, expand luxury hospitality partnerships, and scale its patented Crystal Bottle rollout. Founded by Mohit and Ashish Bhatia, Malaki champions innovation, health, and sustainability in India's fast-growing premium non-alcoholic beverage sector.

Zepto is in talks to raise ₹1,500 crore through structured debt to buy back shares from foreign investors and boost Indian ownership ahead of its mid-2025 IPO. Edelweiss and other funds will back the deal. The company’s valuation remains around $5 billion. Zepto is also nearing a $250 million secondary sale and $4 billion annualised Gross Order Value.

Emovid is a new multimodal video messaging platform that aims to disrupt traditional business communication. In an exclusive conversation with Geekflare, Victor Cho, the company founder and CEO, shared his insights about how Emovid is positioning itself not just as another video tool but as a replacement for email in business conversations.

The ED on Monday raided Gensol Engineering's premises in Ahmedabad and Gurugram and seized documents, electronic devices and other financial records of the company, CNBC-TV18 reported. The firm said the search and seizure were done under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Earlier, SEBI found Gensol's promoters diverted the company's funds to buy properties for personal use.

Ankita Patel, an Ahmedabad-born engineer, survived a 30-foot fall, spinal injuries, and partial hearing loss to rebuild her life in Australia. She earned a Master’s in Construction Management and continues to pursue her dreams with unwavering determination. Her story is a true inspiration of courage, resilience, and never giving up.

Swiggy has appointed Atul Handa as Vice President for Instamart. Bringing 16 years of experience across FMCG, Alcobev, pharma, white goods, and fashion, Handa has previously led teams at Flipkart and Myntra. A former entrepreneur in digital marketing, he now joins Swiggy to strengthen Instamart’s leadership as the company expands its quick commerce offerings.

Keya Salot, a former corporate lawyer, transitioned into farming by cultivating microgreens and later exotic berries with her husband, Vimal Salot. Their venture, Farm2Fam, now operates on 20 acres in Talegaon, Pune, producing 135 tonnes annually. Employing 75 people, the company supplies premium berries to major retailers and plans to impact 500 farming families soon.

VML, Lab-Grown Leather Limited and The Organoid Company have teamed up to create world’s first T-Rex leather from 80-million-year-old T-Rex fossils. Researchers are using fossilised collagen as a blueprint to engineer cells with synthetic DNA. A tissue engineering approach is being used to allow cells to form their own natural network, producing material that mirrors real leather's properties.

Electric scooter maker Ather Energy's IPO was subscribed around 16% on the first day of the bidding (April 28). The retail portion was booked over 60%, while the quota for non-institutional investors was subscribed 16%. The qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) segment didn't see any subscription. The IPO will close on April 30.

Brad Smith, the third person in the world to receive a Neuralink brain implant said that the technology helped him communicate amid his battle with non-verbal Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Neuralink’s brain-computer interface (BCI) controls Smith's MacBook Pro and helps him speak through a cloned AI voice. Smith controls his computer's cursor with his tongue through his brain signals.