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Virtual restaurant operator Dil Foods has raised ₹72 Cr (around $7.7 Mn) in its Series B funding round led by Bikaji Foods Family Office, with participation from V3 Ventures, MJV Ventures, and Alteria Capital.

Picture this: It’s 8 AM in a Mumbai apartment. A working couple is juggling a screaming pressure cooker, an endless stream of Slack notifications, and a Zoom call that could have been an email.

The Indian HR Tech Scene HR tech is at a crossroad. After years of just digitising payroll, the industry is now chasing measurable business outcomes, tighter budgets and AI-led intelligence. Can this soft reset finally fix the category’s weak economics?

Packaged food player Wingreens Farms has acquired sustainable food company Safe Harvest in a share swap transaction, after concluding its ₹120 Cr (around $12.6 Mn) Series D funding round led by Ashish Kacholia, with participation from Alchemy Fund.

Update | May 11, 2026, 11:33 IST Shares of Swiggy ended today’s trading session 6% lower at ₹263.7 apiece on the BSE. Its market capitalisation stood at ₹72,789.4 Cr (about $7.6 Bn) at end of the day.

What Went Wrong At Krutrim? Ola Krutrim began as one of India’s boldest AI moonshots in 2023. Three years and a unicorn leap later, the homegrown challenger to OpenAI seems to be dumping its promises of building custom chips and sovereign AI models.

For nearly five years after its public listing, the question hanging over One97 Communications, the parent of Paytm, was if India’s biggest listed fintech platform could consistently turn a profit. In FY26, Paytm finally delivered the answer the market had been waiting for.

Dalal Street emerged as a founder’s paradise in 2025, with 18 Indian startups listing on the bourses and collectively mopping up a record ₹41,248 Cr from the public markets. The surge was driven by a combination of macroeconomic tailwinds and regulatory support.

“The industry did take a hit, but we were able to hold on to growth,” Swiggy Food CEO Rohit Kapoor told Inc42 just hours after the company announced its Q4 earnings.

There is immense power in being “The Place for Ribs” in an era of fleeting food trends, Tony Roma’s CEO Mina Haque said, however their role has transitioned from being the brand's only story to its anchor one as the chain is leveraging that equity to introduce new concepts wit...

Foodtech major Swiggy narrowed its loss by 26% to ₹800 Cr in Q4 FY26 from ₹1,081 Cr in the same quarter last year. Sequentially, loss declined 24.9% from ₹1,065 Cr. Revenue from operations zoomed 44.7% to ₹6,383 Cr from ₹4,410 Cr in the year-ago period.

The year 2026 has begun on a strong note for India’s startup ecosystem, with Juspay becoming the first unicorn of the year in January. Shortly after, KreditBee became the second unicorn in April.

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining visit trends, US fast food market performance, menu price inflation, Met Gala dining stats, 50-plus buying power, Green Restaurant Awards, and the happiness of small business owners.

Guests can hear the story of each oyster from seed to shuck at Blue Island Oyster Bar & Seafood in Denver. That’s because Sean Huggard, Founder and President of Shucking Good Hospitality, always wanted to bring an authentic oyster bar to the area.