Swiggy is reportedly set to raise ₹10,000 crore through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) in the second week of November. This comes as its shares have fallen by more than 30% so far this year, amid a price war that is driving aggressive discounting. The company's shares were, however, trading 2.7% higher at ₹399 apiece on Tuesday.

Negotiations between Indian apparel manufacturers and US importers have stalled, affecting $2 billion worth of summer orders for Indian exporters, The Indian Express reported. This comes amid uncertainty among domestic suppliers over tariff rates and ongoing India-US trade deals. Notably, the absence of a trade deal with US would push the bulk summer orders to Bangladesh, Vietnam and China.

Food delivery platform Swiggy is planning to raise $1.1 billion (nearly ₹10,000 crore) through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) next week, Bloomberg reported. For this, the startup has reportedly shortlisted three banks, i.e the Indian units of Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Kotak Mahindra Capital. Notably, Swiggy had launched an IPO to raise around ₹11,300 crore last year.

Delhi-based warehousing startup Wherehouse.io's Co-founder Vaibhav Chawla was allegedly arrested at 1:00am on Tuesday and later released without an FIR, entrepreneur Sachin Bharadwaj claimed. Chawla was arrested hours after posting on LinkedIn that he was shutting down his startup after a client's "frivolous" complaint crossed the line. Chawla claimed his team was also detained over past few days.

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