venture Krishna Ella's Sapigen, Science Ministry partner for malaria, Covid-19 nasal vaccine Technology Development Board and Bharat Biotech will put in ₹200 crore each to create a continuous corpus of ₹400 crore for the partnership project. By Joe Mathew
venture The Kashmir Files earns ₹60 cr in 5 days at box office The film, which has been endorsed by prime minister Narendra Modi, racked up ₹18 crore on Tuesday. By fortuneindia.com
venture EKI Energy, European oil & gas cos plan free stoves to reduce emissions The company is in advanced discussions with some of the European oil and gas majors for partnering. By P B Jayakumar
venture Byju's valued at $22 bn after fresh $800 mn funding Founder & CEO Byju Raveendran has invested $400 million in this round in his personal capacity. Co's total fund tally now stands close to $5 billion. By fortuneindia.com
venture Fresh food start-up iD Foods to launch in US, UK The company expects international business to contribute as much as 50% in the next two years. By Ajita Shashidhar
venture New unicorn: Hasura's valuation hits $1 billion The startup raises $100 million in funding led by Greenoaks. By Fortune India
venture ShareChat acquires MX TakaTak in $700 million deal The combined Moj-MX TakaTak platform will have 100 million creators, over 300 million monthly active users and nearly 250 billion monthly video views. By Fortune India
venture India mints 8th unicorn of 2022 as Xpressbees lands $300 million funding Other startups that attained over a billion-dollar valuation this year include Mamaearth, Fractal, Darwinbox, Dealshare, Elastic Run, Livspace and LEAD School. By fortuneindia.com
venture Inside Mensa Brands' 'house of brands' play Co aims to make 20 brand acquisitions in FY23. "We are trying to build a digital, global, tech-led house of brands from India," says founder Ananth Narayanan By Asmita Dey
venture Livspace turns unicorn with $180 million funding led by KKR The startup says it will enter new markets and double down on brand building in India and Singapore. By fortuneindia.com