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Indian startups raised $198.33 million this week, led by Navi’s first institutional round from Prosus and Nikhil Kamath’s personal bet on data centre operator CtrlS.

Gujarat announced a ₹1,000 crore innovation fund for young entrepreneurs at the BRICS Youth Summit, open to founders from India and abroad.

Summary Reliance and Rolls-Royce announced strategic intent on August 14 to co-develop a sovereign engine for India’s AMCA fighter jet. The move lands right as a rival Safran-GTRE engine deal, …

Wispr Flow raised $280M at a $2B valuation, with Peak XV Partners and Together Fund joining as new investors, signaling Indian VC appetite for global AI bets.

Indian startups raised $151.5M this week, down 60%, even as Astrotalk hit unicorn status and Accel closed a $550M India fund.

Fabletics is entering India through an exclusive Reliance Brands partnership, launching online and at DLF Promenade, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.

Summary Yokohama will invest close to $100 million in India over 1-3 years, scaling tyre capacity from 4.5 million to 6.3 million units. India is now Yokohama’s fourth-largest global market, …

Maharashtra has approved a ₹11.26 crore deployment of Sarvam AI’s Indus for 2,500 officials, marking one of India’s largest sovereign AI government rollouts.

Cars24 has launched Deployment Inc with a $5 million investment, betting that enterprise AI’s real challenge is deployment, not the model. (25 words) Suggested Categories: News, Funding, AI & DeepTech

Summary Indian startups raised $383.5 million across 28 deals this week, a 4.7x jump from last week’s $82.2 million. River Mobility’s $120 million Series C and Sarvam AI’s $74 million …