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Kuku Technologies Files for Rs 3,500 Cr IPO: Aiming for $1.8B Valuation

Rs 3,500 Cr
πŸ”₯ Hot Deal
Stage Growth
Lead Kotak Mahindra Capital (Lead Manager)
Valuation $1.8 Billion
Traction Rs 1,400 Cr Revenue FY26; 10M Paying Subscribers

Validates the long-term viability of high-engagement, low-cost content formats (micro-drama) in emerging economies.

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Video Generation Startup TrueFan AI Secures $10M Series A at $40M Valuation

$10M
πŸ”₯ Hot Deal
Stage Series A
Lead Baring Private Equity Partners India
Valuation $40M
Traction $2M ARR in FY25, 131% YoY growth, 100+ enterprise clients

The focus on real-time AI video agents represents the next frontier in the generative video category beyond pre-recorded content.

AI & Machine Learning View Deal
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Ola Electric Secures Rs 780 Cr via Oversubscribed QIP to Fuel EV Recovery

Rs 780 Cr
πŸ”₯ Hot Deal
Stage Growth
Lead Goldman Sachs
Valuation $2B
Traction 15,139 units sold in May 2026; 8.88% market share

Institutional capital is flowing back into high-growth, albeit loss-making, domestic EV players showing positive operational momentum.

EV & Cleantech View Deal
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SoftBank Executes Rs 2,873 Crore Partial Exit from Lenskart via Block Deal

Rs 2,873 Cr
πŸ”₯ Hot Deal
Stage Growth
Lead SoftBank
Valuation Rs 89,753 Cr
Traction Rs 2,516 Cr revenue in Q4 FY26, 46% YoY growth

Validates the long-term potential of Indian consumer tech IPOs to provide meaningful exit liquidity for global venture funds.

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This recurring global mixer series has become a staple for the "build-in-public" crowd, specifically designed to strip away the overhead of traditional conferences. The formatβ€”focused on 1-minute rapid-fire pitchesβ€”forces founders to refine their value proposition to its most essential form. In a market where DeepTech is shifting from general LLM wrappers to specialized hardware and […]

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AI, ML & DeepTech: Business & Startups Networking Mixer

This recurring global mixer series has become a staple for the “build-in-public” crowd, specifically designed to strip away the overhead of traditional conferences. The formatβ€”focused on 1-minute rapid-fire pitchesβ€”forces founders to refine their value proposition to its most essential form. In a market where DeepTech is shifting from general LLM wrappers to specialized hardware and […]

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