Defence Tech Revolution: India’s Path To Innovation Leadership
Defence Tech Revolution: India’s Path To Innovation Leadership Defence spending has a fiscal multiplier of nearly 2, meaning each rupee invested generates approximately two rupees in economic output. Interestingly, the defence spending has a ripple effect on the R&D across both public and private sector May 29, 2025 Read More
India Has Tech Companies, But Not Enough
India Has Tech Companies, But Not Enough “India has a lot of tech-enabled companies, not pure-play tech ones.” Lately, Indian startups have been receiving a lot of flak. This started with union minister Piyush Goyal calling out the “fancy ice-cream” problem of Indian startups, implying that there is not enough deep tech research happening in […]
Investors keep the Faith in India’s Chip Sector Despite Q1 Glitch
Investors keep the Faith in India’s Chip Sector Despite Q1 Glitch After witnessing one of its best fundraising years in 2024, India’s semiconductor sector hit a lull in the first quarter of this year. No semiconductor startup raised funds from venture investors in Jan-Marcch 2025. May 9, 2025 Read More
Indian VCs Want to Invest in Deep-Tech Startups Despite Govt Skepticism
Seafund Backs Deeptech Startups in India to Drive Innovation in Semiconductors, Space Tech & AI India’s startup landscape is shifting toward deeptech startups in India, with VCs like Seafund backing ventures in semiconductors, space tech, AI, and robotics. Seafund emphasizes solving critical infrastructure and technology gaps through strategic early-stage investments. With growing government support and […]
Seafund eyes 18-20 deeptech bets
Seafund to Back 20 Deeptech Startups from ₹250 Cr Fund II, Boosting India’s Innovation Ecosystem Seafund, one of the prominent early stage venture capital firms in India, plans to invest in 18–20 deeptech startups from its ₹250 crore Fund II by FY27, with 6–8 new investments targeted for FY26. ocused on sectors like AI SaaS, […]
AI model R1, created by Deepseek stuns the global AI industry!
AI model R1, created by Deepseek stuns the global AI industry! #Chinese AI model R1, created by @deepseek_ai stuns the global #AI industry! Narendra Bhandari, General Partner at Seafund, & Bruce Keith, Co-founder @investorai2 tell @ShrutiMishra_ what the made-in-China AI model means for the global AI race. #openAI#ChatGPT #deeptech #GenAI March 20, 2025 Read More
DeepSeek’s LLM success triggers big debate: Is India’s hesitation a strategic mistake?
DeepSeek’s LLM success triggers big debate: Is India’s hesitation a strategic mistake? The success of DeepSeek’s latest R1 LLM has sparked a debate of whether India is late in setting out to build its own foundational AI models, what the nation needs to do next, to remains self-reliant in computing systems. Read More
Union Budget 2025: What Does It Mean For Startup Space?
Drone technology has brought revolution in every sector today How will this improve the funding ecosystem, what kind of startups does this help, how big of a philip is this? February 1, 2025 Read More
VC funding in start-ups rises to $6.53 bn, PEs invest $4.69 bn in January-November
VC funding in start-ups rises to $6.53 bn, PEs invest $4.69 bn in January-November 2024 VC funding in Indian startups reached $6.53 billion by November 2024, led by major rounds from Zepto. While overall funding dipped from 2022, investor confidence is rebounding, especially in early-stage deals. Sectors like AI, fintech, SaaS, and deeptech startups in […]
Invest Only If You Have Appetite To Stay For Long Haul,” Says Seafund’s Mayuresh Raut On DeepTech
Invest Only If You Have Appetite To Stay For Long Haul,” Says Seafund’s Mayuresh Raut On DeepTech With deep tech investments dipping, industry leader emphasise the need for patience and strategic support to unlock India’s innovation potential In the recent past, a sharp decline in investment in the deep tech sector has raised concerns across […]