IAN Alpha Fund, IAN Group's 2nd VC Fund, has led a ₹32.7 crore funding round in SportVot along with Anicut Capital, Lets Venture, Capital A, Sucseed Indovation, Garima Vohra, and Gaurav Chanana from Lucifer Circus & Lucifer Sports, and others.

The investment will support SportVot in accelerating its international expansion and strengthening its AI-led production and analytics capabilities. It will also help the company scale its white-label OTT solutions for sports bodies and leagues both in India and globally.

MSM Unify to invest $12M to scale India Campus Business

MSM Unify has announced a $12 million investment to significantly expand its India Campus Business.

As part of a structured growth strategy, the company has set targets of 50,000 student enrollments and partnerships with 1,000 colleges across India, having already initiated outreach to more than 1,500 institutions nationwide.

MSM Unify has appointed Rohit Kumar as Founding Member & President of the India Campus Business.

Kumar brings over 24 years of leadership experience across telecom, IT, and edtech.

In this new role, Kumar will oversee the India business vertical across institutional partnerships, campus engagement, and domestic growth.

HyugaLife raises Rs 100 Cr in Series A led by IvyCap Ventures

Climate-tech startup Prithu raises Rs 10 Cr in funding round led by Transition VC

Climate-tech startup Prithu has raised Rs 10 crore in a funding round led by Transition VC.

The capital will be used to accelerate Prithu's on-ground operations in key Indian regions.

The company plans to focus on onboarding small landholder farmers and strengthening its blockchain-powered digital MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification) infrastructure with advanced satellite monitoring, ground truths, and machine learning. It also aims to expand commercialisation efforts through long-term offtake agreements with global buyers.

Over the next 12-24 months, the company plans to expand to 5 lakh hectares in NBS (nature-based solutions) projects, including high-tech biochar; enhance MRV tech; secure international partnerships, and explore new geographies.

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Community sports platform Playo expands global footprint with Sri Lanka launch

Community sports platform Playo recently launched operations in Sri Lanka, with an initial presence in Colombo. It will expand further into Kandy, Jaffna, Galle and Negombo.

The platform already has an international presence across markets such as UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia , where it has been steadily building its user and partner network.

As part of its next phase of growth, Playo is also working towards introducing a subscription offering, expected to launch in Q2 FY27. The subscription is expected to provide exclusive benefits, improved frequency of discovering and joining a game, profile verification, and other bundled benefits with the aim of strengthening user engagement on the platform.

Flipkart makes key appointments in leadership roles

Flipkart has appointed Sharayu Jadhav as Vice President, Legal, and Varun Gupta as Vice President, Corporate Development.

Jadhav returns to Flipkart following senior leadership roles at Acko and Razorpay, where she oversaw legal governance and cross-border transactions.

As Vice President, Legal, Jadhav will lead the legal framework for marketplace, supply chain, data Pprivacy, technology law, and labour & employment.

Gupta will lead strategic investments, acquisitions and ecosystem partnerships, as well as Flipkart Ventures, the company's early-stage investment arm.

With a career spanning nearly two decades in corporate development and investment banking, Gupta joins Flipkart from Reliance, where he led strategic corporate development and equity capital initiatives. He brings expertise in strategic acquisitions, capital raises, and business incubation across multiple sectors, including retail, telecom, media, and technology.