Bhargav Patel

🚀 Funding Update in the Indian Startup Ecosystem Mumbai-based Luma fertility, a tech-enabled fertility care startup, has successfully raised $4 million in seed funding, led by Peak XV Partners (via its Surge program), along with participation from notable investors like Ameera Shah (Metropolis Healthcare) and Vijay Taparia (B2V Ventures). Founded by Neha K Motwani, Luma Fertility is building a patient-first platform to offer end-to-end reproductive care—covering IVF, fertility assessments, egg freezing, at-home diagnostics, and more. The startup is leveraging technology and empathy to modernize fertility services in India. 📍 With a flagship clinic in Bandra West, Mumbai, Luma now aims to expand across multiple cities over the next two years. This is yet another sign of rising investor confidence in healthtech and femtech sectors in India. As a funding consultant, I closely track such movements and assist businesses in navigating their own equity and debt funding journeys. 📩 If you're a startup or growing company looking to raise capital or explore funding options, feel free to connect. #FundingNews #StartupFunding #SeedFunding #LumaFertility #PeakXV #HealthTech #FemTech #IndianStartups #Linkedin #techindia #healthcare

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Just wrapped an incredible conversation with Jai Prakash Sharma (j AI), EVP Technology and Technical Operations, on what it really takes to run Indias most trusted digital platforms at massive scale. This is not just a tech story. This is the story of how engineering, security, data and AI quietly shape careers, trust, opportunity and the digital economy of India. 📕 Here are my Top 5 Takeaways from the episode: 👉 1. Scale is the true test of engineering. Millions of users. Unpredictable traffic spikes. Zero downtime tolerance. Only automation, open-source and deep redundancy make this possible. 👉 2. Security is never one product. Modern platforms require layered defense across edge, infra, app, DB + continuous correlation. One weak link is all an attacker needs. 👉 3. Observability is more important than tools. You cannot protect what you cannot see. Correlation, not dashboards, is the real differentiator. 👉 4. DSPM is step zero for DPDP. Data governance starts with one question: “Where exactly does our data live?” 👉 5. AI is influencing human opportunity. Ranking systems, recommendations and personalization engines increasingly decide who gets visibility, trust, jobs and outcomes. This is both powerful and deeply responsible work. 🫵 If you are a CIO, CISO, CTO, platform engineering leader, SRE, AI architect, or a founder, this conversation is full of real, actionable insights. ▶️ Full episode is live now on TedSHARK Labs #YouTube > https://lnkd.in/ghM-r2sV #TechnologyLeadership #PlatformEngineering #CyberSecurity #CISO #CIO #AI #DSPM #DPDP #CloudComputing #Observability #DataPrivacy #DigitalPlatforms #IndiaTech #DigitalEconomy #Unscripted #ArchieJackson #JaiPrakashSharma #TechInnovation #FutureOfTech #EngineeringLeadership #HighScaleSystems

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Bolna nabs $6.3M from General Catalyst for its India-focused voice orchestration platform: Bolna said that 75% of its revenue is coming from self-serve customers. https://lnkd.in/d_Z7utbu #VoiceTechnology #StartupFunding #IndiaTech #VoiceOrchestration #SelfServe

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Rohan Bhansali, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Gozoop Group, shares with exchange4media on how independent agencies are entering 2026 with a sharper focus on deeper mandates, AI-led growth and sustainable value creation. Read more on: https://lnkd.in/dae7a32T

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Truecaller partners with Integrated Media Tech to scale Truecaller Ads across India, with a sharp focus on tier two markets. More here: https://lnkd.in/gjNAi9vj #Truecaller #IntegratedMediaTech #TruecallerAds #MobileAdvertising #DigitalMarketing #AdTech Mandeep Malhotra Hemant Arora

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In a fireside chat at AgencyCon 2025, Saurabh Varma, Founder and CEO of Wondrlab India, discussed evolving agency models beyond the binary of networks versus independents. Emphasizing the growing importance of performance marketing and capital raising, Varma urged agencies to build productized, outcome-centric services, rethink agency identity, and prepare for IPOs, advocating for a decade-long commitment to scalability and innovation. Read the full story with the link in Comments. #AgencyCon2025

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The Circle GTM Studio specializes in helping global startups soft-land in India. A structured accelerator designed to help growth-stage founders localize for India, run pilots, acquire early customers, and prepare for fundraising — backed by deep ecosystem access and real-world insights from founders who’ve successfully navigated the Indian market. If India is on your roadmap, this is where you begin. #thecircle #acceleratorprogram #startups #growth

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My take on “Indian telcos tightening their grip as AI becomes a built-in feature”… This conversation is picking up everywhere, and I’m glad ADGULLY pushed it into the spotlight. For me, this debate isn’t really about telcos, bundles, or who controls access. The deeper question is: who defines what intelligence should look like for 1.4 billion people? Infrastructure will always shape influence history has shown that. Whoever owns the pipe often ends up shaping perception, too. But AI isn’t bandwidth. You can distribute it, but you can’t standardise creativity, intuition, or context. That’s where companies like Huella Services operate in the space between access and meaning. 🌟 We’re not trying to own infrastructure. 🌟 We’re trying to own interpretation: 🌟 How intelligence is experienced. 🌟 How it is communicated. 🌟 How it is used responsibly by brands and audiences. Because the future won’t be led by whoever provides AI… It’ll be led by whoever teaches the world how to think with it. Read the full AdGully story here: https://lnkd.in/dg_Ptxn6 #Huella #AI #CreativeIntelligence #AdTech #FutureOfAI #InterpretationOverAccess

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Quick commerce platform OZi, which specializes in baby care products, has successfully raised $3.3 million in its seed funding round. The investment was led by seasoned early-stage investor Blume Ventures, with significant participation from Huddle Ventures, Zeropero VC, and notable angels including Livspace co-founder Ramakant Sharma . OZi's strategy is a classic vertical play in a crowded horizontal market. While giants like Zepto and Blinkit offer a wide array of goods, OZI is laser-focused on the unique demands of parents. The business model is built on the insight that for baby care, speed and reliability are paramount. Parents facing a midnight diaper shortage or running out of baby formula cannot wait. OZI aims to own this high-urgency niche by offering a highly curated inventory of trusted brands and promising delivery within minutes. This funding round is a significant signal for the Indian quick commerce landscape. It validates the thesis that specialized, vertical q-commerce platforms can co-exist and even thrive alongside horizontal behemoths. For investors, it proves there are still lucrative, untapped niches within the convenience economy. OZl's success could pave the way for other specialized rapid delivery startups in categories like pet care, wellness, or gourmet foods, challenging the notion that quick commerce is a winner-take-all market. Mentions: Amit Sah, Arushi Arora, Charishma Motwani. For daily, sharp analysis of the biggest moves in the Indian business and startup ecosystem, follow StartupFox. #StartupFunding #QuickCommerce #OZI #BlumeVentures #BabyCare #D2C #VentureCapital #IndianStartups #StartupFox #BusinessNews

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‘India’s advertising market has grown at a compound annual rate of 6-7% over the past five years, crossing the Rs 1 lakh crore mark in 2024-25, according to a report by Crisil Ratings. The study highlights a decisive shift in favour of digital advertising, which now accounts for 45-46% of total ad spend, nearly doubling from 24% in FY20.’

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Quickads raises $1.7 million seed round led by Kae Capital Link in the comments Nitin Mahajan | Gaurav Chaturvedi #mediabrief #Quickads #KaeCapital #AdTech #business #media

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[UPDATE: Thanks to Akash for accepting the invite to come speak at the NAB Show Streaming Summit. I'll do a fireside chat with him and talk more about this.] It's become nearly impossible to compare live streaming events. NBCU released a rebuffer rate for the Super Bowl stream, but did not provide viewership numbers. Jio provided viewship numbers but not the rebuffer rate. This highlights the problem we have when companies only disclose slivers of data, which don't give us a full picture of what the QoE was for viewers AND at what scale. During the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, I saw many complaints from viewers about picture quality, maximum bitrate, buffering, and pixelation. Three people emailed me about their poor viewing experience. However, there is no way to know what percentage of users had problems, a breakdown of viewership based on screen size, or the average bitrate. I don't know if Akash Saxena is willing to disclose more viewship and QoE details, but as an industry, we need to stop talking about "records," based purely on an AMA number and instead, focus on QoE with viewership. Akash, if you are willing to give out more details, I'll save you a spot at my NAB Show Streaming Summit if you want to present it to the industry. I know Jio has extensive expertise in live streaming at scale, and I'm sure many would love to hear more about it. #streamingmedia #jio #cricket #nabstreamingsummit #ICC

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