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Peak XV managing director Harshjit Sethi quits

Peak XV managing director Harshjit Sethi quits

02 Sep 2025, 12:05 PM

The top VC firm over the past year has seen a series of exits of its managing directors, including Shailesh Lakhani, Abheek Anand, Piyush Gupta.

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

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

14 Aug 2025, 10:05 AM

Foxhog and its CEO Tarun Poddar are swiftly stepping into government corridors, IIT campuses, and media conclaves – all to burnish their image as a VC player.

Cross-border payments startup Aspora bags $53 million in Series B funding

Cross-border payments startup Aspora bags $53 million in Series B funding

16 Jun 2025, 16:11 PM

The fresh capital takes the company's total equity fundraise across seed, Series A and Series B rounds in the last 10 months to about $93 million.

Pine Labs set to file DRHP for IPO by June-end

Pine Labs set to file DRHP for IPO by June-end

11 Jun 2025, 14:02 PM

The Noida-headquartered company has been reportedly planning to float its IPO by the end of this year.

Inside the BharatPe-Ashneer Grover Settlement: Unveiling the Behind-the-Scenes Drama

Inside the BharatPe-Ashneer Grover Settlement: Unveiling the Behind-the-Scenes Drama

11 Oct 2024, 17:01 PM

And for those curious minds, The Head and Tale has learnt that the settlement wasn’t unanimous.

Fintech Highlights

  1. RBI imposes Rs 21 lakh penalty on PhonePe for compliance lapses

  2. PhonePe rolls out ESOP buyback of Rs 700-800 crore ahead of IPO

  3. CoinDCX sees more top-level executive exits

  4. Avanse net profit jumps 47% to Rs 502 crore in FY25

  5. PhonePe, SIDBI team up to digitize Udyam Assist registration for micro enterprises
  6. Read more news...

AI/Emerging Tech

  1. OpenAI set for restructure under non-binding deal with Microsoft

  2. Mistral AI attracts $2 billion in Series C led by ASML

  3. Cognition AI raises $400 million in new funding led by Founders Fund

  4. Former Scale AI executive founded AI startup Isotopes AI bags $20 million in seed funding

  5. OpenAI acqui-hires Xcode coding assistant Alex
  6. Read more news...

Money & Machines

  1. What India's Gaming Ban Reveals About UPI; Why RBI wants AI to Fix Finance

  2. Journalism was already dying — AI wasn't the culprit

  3. IRCTC enters payments where giants bleed; RIP of RIP in AI

  4. Fintech founders shaping policy; India on AI map?

Editor's Pick

  1. Jio’s third attempt at payments: Can Mukesh Ambani finally crack the merchant code?

  2. Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

  3. Pine Labs IPO Playbook: Between DRHP Gloss and Ground Reality