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Fireside sticks to consumer thesis amid AI din, flags risks of micro-VC flip cheques

05 Jan 2026, 11:11 PM

Fresh from raising a $250mn fund, Fireside says it's not betting on AI models or power-law outliers, but on India becoming the AI use-case capital.

The Head and Tale: India Startup Financial Dataset FY25

30 Dec 2025, 02:16 AM

The Head and Tale brings you a dataset highlighting FY25 financials, revenue, expenses and profit & loss of close to 180 startups.

Paytm dilutes UAE arm, brings in local investor amid licence uncertainty

23 Dec 2025, 05:20 PM

In October, The Head and Tale exclusively reported that the Paytm was facing regulatory roadblocks in the UAE, particularly in securing payments licence.

India's PoS industry is in distress: A wave of silent fire sales has begun

11 Dec 2025, 06:37 PM

What began as a few distressed sale conversations has now widened into a full-blown consolidation wave in India's offline payments space.

Fractal IPO: A bountiful harvest for PE investors, now comes the real AI test

15 Dec 2025, 04:41 PM

With its steady track record of giving timely exits to its investors, Fractal marches towards the IPO. But the larger question now is whether Fractal can keep pace with an AI ecosystem...

In AI, I hope we don’t get reactive regulation: 3one4 Capital’s Pranav Pai

02 Dec 2025, 10:06 PM

"The deep-tech story so far is positive and somewhat straightforward. But AI is more challenging and it isn't all good news," Pai told The Head and Tale, in an interview.

Exclusive: Razorpay tops UPI payment aggregator list, HDFC Bank follows

02 Dec 2025, 03:06 PM

This is a market-share view of UPI payment flows handled by payments aggregators through 'UPI Collect' method.

Exclusive: Bajaj Finance reworks PoS strategy as regulatory landscape shifts

27 Nov 2025, 02:18 PM

The shift in strategy comes as Bajaj Finance looks to reduce capital expenditure and avoid the regulatory obligations.

Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor

26 Nov 2025, 03:42 PM

In this deep-dive, we look at the time when consumer electronics company Boat had filed the DRHP in 2022 and the point where it may have peaked before it began to slide.

Exclusive: Fiserv India looks to sell its fuel payments business

25 Nov 2025, 01:59 AM

Fiserv has been reaching out to payments companies and banks since past few weeks, industry insiders informed.

Lendingkart co-founder takes majority shareholder Fullerton to NCLT

24 Nov 2025, 11:17 PM

The dispute centres on what a person aware of the development describes as a dramatic collapse in Lendingkart's lending operations under the current management.

Behind the fallout at InfoEdge-backed Shoppin: Termination, lawsuits, and a funding twist

12 Nov 2025, 11:33 PM

In July this year, Shoppin co-founder Utsav Soi filed a petition accusing co-founder Shlok Bhartiya and Info Edge of "oppression and mismanagement."

Exclusive: Signzy acquires PowerEdge Analytics

12 Nov 2025, 11:25 PM

PowerEdge raised around Rs 8.54 crore in May from White Venture Capital and Matrix Partners-anchored pre-seed VC fund DeVC.

Exclusive: 3one4 Capital-backed Unbox Robotics closing Series B funding

07 Nov 2025, 07:40 PM

Prior to this funding round, Unbox Robotics had raised around Rs 52 crore ($7 million) in its Series A funding round in December 2021.

From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

06 Nov 2025, 01:25 PM

Like every tech IPOs that we are seeing this year, Meesho's public offer is going to a big event for the exit starved venture capital investors.

The Bull Run Broker: Inside Groww's $7 billion IPO

05 Nov 2025, 05:12 AM

Over the past three years, millions of young investors bought their first stock on Groww. Now, it's listing itself to the very users who made it India’s largest broker.

Pine Labs takes a steep valuation cut to $2.7 billion as it shrinks IPO size

01 Nov 2025, 05:14 PM

The IPO, set to open between 7 and 11 November, is at a similar timing when another fintech major Groww is planning to go public at around $7-8 billion valuation.

Emirates NBD-RBL deal: Why foreign banks are buying Indian banks instead of building them

31 Oct 2025, 02:37 PM

A new wave of global capital is flowing into Indian banks. Deals led by DBS, Emirates NBD, and SMBC signal a shift in how foreign lenders are choosing to participate in the country's financial system.

Exclusive: PayU India in final talks to acquire PoS player

27 Oct 2025, 11:10 PM

PayU has been seriously exploring a buyout in offline space for quite some time now. It also had talks with two other companies.

'It’s quite challenging to underwrite AI from India': Beenext partner

27 Oct 2025, 10:02 PM

In an exclusive conversation, Beenext's Anirudh Garg notes that India has been slightly late to many of the global trends, especially in physical AI, infrastructure, and application AI.

Fireside sticks to consumer thesis amid AI din, flags risks of micro-VC flip cheques

The Head and Tale: India Startup Financial Dataset FY25

Paytm dilutes UAE arm, brings in local investor amid licence uncertainty

India's PoS industry is in distress: A wave of silent fire sales has begun

Fractal IPO: A bountiful harvest for PE investors, now comes the real AI test

In AI, I hope we don’t get reactive regulation: 3one4 Capital’s Pranav Pai

Exclusive: Razorpay tops UPI payment aggregator list, HDFC Bank follows

Exclusive: Bajaj Finance reworks PoS strategy as regulatory landscape shifts

Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor

Exclusive: Fiserv India looks to sell its fuel payments business

Lendingkart co-founder takes majority shareholder Fullerton to NCLT

Behind the fallout at InfoEdge-backed Shoppin: Termination, lawsuits, and a funding twist

Exclusive: Signzy acquires PowerEdge Analytics

Exclusive: 3one4 Capital-backed Unbox Robotics closing Series B funding

From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

The Bull Run Broker: Inside Groww's $7 billion IPO

Pine Labs takes a steep valuation cut to $2.7 billion as it shrinks IPO size

Emirates NBD-RBL deal: Why foreign banks are buying Indian banks instead of building them

Exclusive: PayU India in final talks to acquire PoS player

'It’s quite challenging to underwrite AI from India': Beenext partner

Fintech Highlights

Paytm approves fresh grant of 1.24 lakh ESOPs worth Rs 16.6 crore

Payment infra startup Mylapay bags $1 million from CDM Capital, others

Mirae Asset Venture India appoints Puneet Kumar as CEO

Knight Fintech raises Series A funding led by Accel

Arya.ag raises Series D funding from GEF Capital Partners

AI/Emerging Tech

Meta to acquire Chinese founded AI startup Manus

Flipkart acquires majority stake in AI startup Minivet AI

Amazon in talks to invest $10 billion in OpenAI

OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT model within a month as competition from Google intensifies

India proposes AI companies to pay royalties for using copyrighted work

IPO Tales

Fractal IPO: A bountiful harvest for PE investors, now comes the real AI test

Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor

From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

The Bull Run Broker: Inside Groww's $7 billion IPO

Money & Machines

Visa's utility shift; an AI bet that isn't accidental

A payments scare and an AI funding reality check

ONDC confused me for years — now AGI is confusing everyone

The Paytm Ledger; How Dunzo's Biswas lit up India's next AI deal wave

Editor's Pick

ED orders Yes Bank to freeze accounts linked to BranchX, Frenzopay

The shadow economy of online gaming: How money moves beyond the screen

A VC in photos, a different story in business? Behind the facade of Foxhog’s Tarun Poddar

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