From IIT Delhi to Enterprise AI: How LimeChat Is Building World-Class Chat and Voice Agents for Customer Experience
In 2019, two final-year Computer Science students at IIT Delhi turned down offers from global technology companies to spend six months doing something less glamorous: looking for a problem worth solving. Nikhil Gupta and Aniket Bajpai found it in a place most people had written off. Customer service chatbots were, at the time, a punchline […]
Kily Raises Rs 30 Crore to Scale Agentic AI Platform for E-Commerce and Quick Commerce Brands
Agentic enterprise AI startup Kily has raised Rs 30 crore, or $3.1 million, in a funding round led by Sorin Investments, with participation from Razorpay and Wyser Capital. The fresh capital will be used to strengthen Kily’s product capabilities, expand its go-to-market operations and increase the adoption of its platform among consumer brands across India. […]
From Memory to Meaning: Kinni Chowdhry on Building Brands That Live Beyond the Campaign
Introduction For Kinni Chowdhry, marketing has never been just about selling a product. It is about creating something that stays. A jingle remembered decades later. A familiar visual identity. A store experience that feels instantly recognizable. A product that gradually becomes part of everyday life. These are the details through which Kinni understands the deeper […]
Jupitice Co-founder Mansi Omar on Building India’s JusticeTech Infrastructure and the Next Frontier of AI Governance
Introduction In this conversation with Indian Startup Times, Ms. Mansi Omar, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Jupitice Justice Technologies, discusses the evolution of JusticeTech in India and Jupitice’s journey from a virtual courtroom solution to a broader digital infrastructure platform serving courts, tribunals, regulators, financial institutions and enterprises. She shares how technology is reshaping legal […]
Kaapi Machines Secures ₹50 Crore Equity Infusion from Sedna HoReCa, Enters Strategic Partnership
Coffee equipment and services provider Kaapi Machines has secured a ₹50 crore equity infusion from Sedna HoReCa (Sedna), a private equity-backed B2B hospitality solutions provider. Alongside the investment, the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at expanding Kaapi Machines’ capabilities across manufacturing, technology, and customer solutions. The partnership comes as India’s coffee […]
Indian Chamber of Commerce Launches Young Leaders Forum to Empower Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has launched its Young Leaders Forum (YLF), a new initiative designed to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs, family business leaders, innovators, and professionals. The launch event, held at the Rendezvous Ballroom, Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, brought together young entrepreneurs, industry veterans, and business leaders to discuss the future […]
Nitin Gupta: Rebuilding fresh commerce around trust, zero inventory and personalisation
After years of building technology at scale for Ola, Flipkart and Milkbasket, Nitin Gupta—now Co‑Founder and CTO of Handpickd—made a deliberate shift from solving someone else’s problem to owning the problem end‑to‑end. The category he chose: fresh produce. His observation as a consumer was blunt. Most platforms were optimised for everything except actual freshness. At […]
RoadGrid Secures ₹13 Crore TDB Support to Build Universal EV Charger Manufacturing Facility
EV charging technology startup RoadGrid has secured ₹13 crore in financial assistance from the Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to support a ₹27.5 crore manufacturing project for its patented Universal EV Charger. The funding will be used to establish a dedicated manufacturing and assembly facility, marking a significant […]
SuperManager AGI Enters ₹50 Crore Acquisition Process With Fortune 500 Giant
Enterprise agentic AI startup SuperManager AGI, formerly known as Oqlous AI, is in the acquisition process with a Fortune 500 global firm in a deal valued at ₹50 crore. Founded in February 2025, the startup has reached the potential acquisition stage in less than two years, making the development notable in India’s rapidly evolving enterprise […]
When Water Becomes a Living Landscape: Vikash Kumar on Building India’s Future of Natural Pools
Introduction There are some ideas that begin with a business opportunity. Others begin with a memory. For Vikash Kumar M, Founder and Creative Head of Biosphere Nature Pools LLP, the idea began with water itself, the kind that felt alive. Growing up swimming in ponds and wells on his family’s ancestral land near Pollachi, Vikash […]
