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Enlite, a Bengaluru-based startup developing AI-powered automation systems for buildings, has raised Rs 46 crore in a Series A round led by Avaana Capital, with participation from Claypond Capital. The startup said it plans to use the funds to expand into new international markets, including the Middle East and Southeast Asia, while increasing its footprint in India across sectors like smart airports, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, and commercial real estate. It also plans to invest in edge-AI capabilities and scale up its deployment and go-to-market teams, the statement from the company said.Founded in 2017 by Gaurav Bali and Garima Bharadwaj, Enlite has…

AirTags, which reportedly sold over 20 million units in 2021 alone—its debut year—is among Apple’s best-selling accessories. However, these tags haven’t found many takers in India.For Sumit Kasturi, this gap sparked the idea for a startup. With Echo Tracker, the security-tech company that he co-founded with Amrit Kumar Pati, Kasturi hopes to solve the problem of lost and stolen valuables with a smart tracker that works with multiple operating systems. “Between 2020-23, AirTag became a billion dollar run-rate product for Apple. But I noticed that its sales in India were pretty minimal. I spoke to some of the distributors and found…

Far above the Earth, there is a graveyard shift in motion, and it is not manned by people, but by satellites that have run out of fuel. These defunct machines drift in so-called ‘graveyard orbits’—high altitude trajectories where inoperative satellites are placed—away from their active counterparts. However, not all dead satellites make it that far. Reports suggest that there are at least 3,000 defunct satellites in the Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and the Low Earth Orbit (LEO), posing a threat to other active satellites and adding to space junk. A few years ago, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) alumni Sakthikumar R, Nikhil…

Ecommerce platforms Amazon and Flipkart, as well as D2C brands, witnessed a marked increase in order volumes during multiple sales held last week.The sale period from July 11 to 14 saw a 19% year-on-year increase in ecommerce order volumes compared to the same period last year, according to trends shared by Unicommerce. Amazon extended its flagship Prime Day sale by one extra day from July 12 to July 14, while Flipkart ran its GOAT (Greatest of All Time) Sale from July 12 to July 17. While Amazon did not share a specific growth number, the platform said “more members shopped more…

India’s pet care market is booming, but a majority of it remains unorganised. As more Indians embrace pet parenting, the demand for reliable pet care is rising. Yet, most pet parents still rely on friends, family, or other informal setups when they are away. Spotting this gap, husband-wife duo Shweta Sharma Karthikeyan and Karthikeyan P founded PawSpace, a tech-enabled, full-stack pet care platform, in 2021. The Bengaluru-based startup started with two core services—pet boarding and sitting services—in 2021, aiming to bring structure and reliability to India’s growing pet care industry.The company currently provides 11 services, ranging from grooming and training…

You’re living your normal life—nothing’s exactly wrong, but nothing’s moving either. Maybe you’ve been stuck in the same job, same relationship patterns, same habits. Then one day, you hear about the Three-Month Rule. A simple, brutal idea: in just 90 days, your life can radically transform or completely fall apart.And that’s when it hits. Some people feel a spike of anxiety, a tight knot of fear in their chest. Others feel something different, a sudden sense of hope. Both are valid, but only one group begins to take action.This is where the real divide begins.The psychological divide: Same realisation, two…

Education firm Veranda Learning has raised Rs 357.42 crore through its first Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP), a mechanism that allows listed companies to secure capital by issuing shares to institutional investors without the need for extensive regulatory approvals.The placement saw participation from a range of domestic and international institutional investors, including Authum Investment, Trust Mutual Fund, Resonance Opportunities Fund, Necta Bloom VCC, and Saint Capital Fund, among other long-only investors.The funds were raised through the issuance of 1,58,71,173 equity shares with a face value of Rs 10 each, at an issue price of Rs 225.20 per share, below the floor…

Despite all the advancements in technology, billionaire investor Mark Cuban, 66, spends most of his day reading and responding to emails.In a Wednesday interview with Business Insider, Cuban said that he receives “700 to 1,000 emails” a day through his Gmail account, and he uses three phones, two Android and one iPhone, “to manage everything.”Related: Mark Cuban Says 60 Is the New 40. He Follows 3 Habits to Stay Youthful.”I spend most of my day trying to get my unreads under 20,” Cuban told BI.He praised email for being “asynchronous,” meaning that he can respond at any time from wherever…

Google Play and Android generated an estimated Rs 4 lakh crore in revenue for app publishers and the wider Indian economy in 2024, according to a latest report by economics, policy and opinion research consultancy Public First.India’s digital economy is one of the largest and fastest-growing in the world, experiencing unprecedented momentum fueled by rapid smartphone adoption, affordable data, and a dynamic ecosystem of developers and entrepreneurs, the report measuring impact and contribution of Google Play and Android to India, said.According to the report, India’s digital revolution is transforming how millions of people participate in the modern economy.Android is the…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When I decided to launch a cold plunge company in Italy, I didn’t have much to work with — no team, no warehouse and nowhere in my home to shoot product content. But I believed in the product and knew wellness was a booming category. I’d built companies before, including an e-bike brand that hit eight figures in sales. This time, I relied on a lean repeatable system — and it worked.Here’s the approach I used to get traction quickly without a massive ad budget or complicated launch strategy.Pick a product people…