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From Farm to Fork: How India's D2C Agritech Startups Are Cutting Out 40 Middlemen
StartupsJun 6, 2026

From Farm to Fork: How India's D2C Agritech Startups Are Cutting Out 40 Middlemen

Excerpt: What started as a back‑to‑basics farming initiative by brothers Satyajit and Ajinkya Hange has evolved into a full-fledged farm-to-fork D2C powerhouse called Two Brothers Organic Farms. They are not alone. Chennai-based agritech WayCool raised ₹210 crore from Lightrock India to strengthen its supply chain. Mumbai-based Pluckk raised ₹100 crore to scale its fresh produce D2C model. Meanwhile, traditional agritech platforms are reaching profitability — DeHaat went EBITDA-positive, AgroStar raised $10 million, and Arya.ag secured $80 million. The middleman is being digitally bypassed. The farmer is finally getting paid.

Above and Beyond Chips: How ₹2,000 Crore in Fresh Deep Tech Funds Is Betting on India's Quantum, Semicon and Space Future
TechJun 6, 2026

Above and Beyond Chips: How ₹2,000 Crore in Fresh Deep Tech Funds Is Betting on India's Quantum, Semicon and Space Future

Excerpt: In February 2026, IIT-Madras launched a ₹600 crore deep tech venture capital fund with Unicorn India Ventures — designed to back IP‑led startups in semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics, spacetech and defencetech. Weeks later, Celesta Capital announced plans for a ₹2,000 crore India‑focused deep tech fund. Chiratae Ventures committed $10 million for five deep tech startups through its Sonic DeepTech program. Under the National Quantum Mission, the government is actively supporting quantum startups in computing, communication, sensing and materials. The patient capital is flowing. The revolution is deep.

Beyond Chips: How ₹2,000 Crore in Fresh Deep Tech Funds Is Betting on India's Quantum, Semicon and Space Future
TechJun 6, 2026

Beyond Chips: How ₹2,000 Crore in Fresh Deep Tech Funds Is Betting on India's Quantum, Semicon and Space Future

In February 2026, IIT-Madras launched a ₹600 crore deep tech venture capital fund with Unicorn India Ventures — designed to back IP‑led startups in semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics, spacetech and defencetech. Weeks later, Celesta Capital announced plans for a ₹2,000 crore India‑focused deep tech fund. Chiratae Ventures committed $10 million for five deep tech startups through its Sonic DeepTech program. Under the National Quantum Mission, the government is actively supporting quantum startups in computing, communication, sensing and materials. The patient capital is flowing. The revolution is deep.

TechJun 6, 2026

Stripe and PayPal Just Bet on India's Xflow. Here's Why Cross‑Border B2B Payments Is the Next $70 Billion Frontier

Stripe and PayPal do not co‑invest. The two global payments titans have spent two decades competing for merchants, consumers and mindshare. They rarely appear on the same term sheet. In February 2026, they did. Bengaluru‑based Xflow announced a $16.6 million Series A round led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors Square Peg, Stripe, Lightspeed, Moore Capital — and PayPal Ventures joining as a new investor. The all‑equity round valued the startup at $85 million post‑investment, bringing its total funding to more than $32 million. With this, Xflow became the first Indian fintech backed by both Stripe and PayPal Ventures — the world's two largest payments infrastructure platforms. Why did two bitter rivals write cheques to the same startup? Because cross‑border B2B payments are a $59 trillion global market that remains stuck in the era of fax machines and manual bank transfers. And India, with its booming exports, SaaS economy and global capability centres (GCCs), is ground zero for fixing it.

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