Start UPS

Motilal Oswal and Calliope Capital applied for 2.39 crore shares on day one of Ola Electric's Rs 1,000 crore rights issue at Rs 27, open till 30 October 2026.

Deepinder Goyal's Temple opened a waiting list for its brain-monitoring wearable, with pre-orders reported from 1 November 2026 at an unconfirmed Rs 85,000.

US start-up Warhound, conceived by Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, launched on October 22, 2026 with $200 million to breed gene-edited military working dogs.

Blacksmith raised $66 million in a Sequoia-led Series C at a $1 billion valuation, reported October 21, 2026, nearly doubling its value since August.

Indian auto tech start-ups raised $1.3 billion in 97 rounds from January 1 to October 15, 2026, against $2.1 billion in 2025, Tracxn said on October 19.

Indian start-ups raised about $236 million to $303 million in the week of 12 to 17 October 2026, up from about $123 million a week earlier, with AI deals leading.

Family offices and angels have put about $760 million into Indian AI companies in 2026, up nearly 50%, Tracxn data cited on October 15-16, 2026 show.

Zetwerk raised Rs 2,251 crore from 99 anchor investors at Rs 151 a share on 14 October 2026; its Rs 5,012 crore IPO is open from 15 to 19 October.

India's RDI Fund named its first 19 fund managers, including Blume and Kalaari, on Oct 12, 2026, committing Rs 7,131 crore that must be matched privately.

Bengaluru smart kitchen brand Beyond Appliances raised Rs 110 crore in an October 2026 Series B led by Fireside Ventures for R&D and a new factory.

NABARD's venture arm NABVENTURES secured Rs 450 crore at first close of its Rs 1,500 crore Fund II for agri and rural start-ups, announced Oct 8, 2026.