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Meera Joshi is a house byline for InfoHandle’s Startups desk.

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Rural Bihar warehouse interior with stacked maize sacks on wooden pallets, dim skylight, moisture-stained walls, weighing scale in foreground, no logos or readable text

DeHaat Expands Warehouse Receipt Financing for Bihar Maize Harvest Traders

DeHaat expanded warehouse receipt financing for Bihar maize harvest traders, linking accredited godowns to lender APIs so farmers can pledge graded lots without hauling grain to informal moneylenders.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 23, 2026India

Indian kirana shop counter with blurred UPI QR standee and smartphone payment screen, afternoon light through shuttered front, stacked goods on shelves, no logos or readable text

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PhonePe Files Updated DRHP Sections on UPI Merchant Margin Disclosures

PhonePe filed updated draft red herring prospectus sections detailing UPI merchant margin economics for investors, breaking out interchange pass-through, wallet float, and soundbox rental lines ahead of a Mumbai listing push.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 23, 2026India

Industrial forge press and glowing steel billets on a factory floor in a tier-2 Indian manufacturing town, sodium lighting and oil-stained concrete, no logos or readable text

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Zetwerk Books Tier-2 Forge Export Lines After Defence PLI Disbursements

Zetwerk booked new tier-2 forging and machining export lines after defence PLI disbursements reached component suppliers, binding MSME forges to aerospace tolerances with advance purchase orders.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 22, 2026India

Shopkeeper using a card terminal beside stacked cartons in a tier-2 Indian market street storefront, faded awning and afternoon shade, no logos or readable text

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Razorpay Expands SIDBI-Backed MSME Working-Capital Lines in Tier-2 Cities

Razorpay widened SIDBI-backed working-capital lines for MSMEs in tier-2 cities, routing underwriting through payment history on its stack instead of branch visits many small exporters still cannot spare.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 22, 2026India

Machinists in a Chennai industrial bay milling a large aluminum rocket stage ring with coolant mist and overhead cranes, fluorescent shop lighting, no logos or readable text.

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Skyroot Aerospace Names Second Vikram-I Cryogenic Stage Supplier From Chennai Cluster

Skyroot Aerospace named a second Chennai-cluster supplier for Vikram-I cryogenic stage hardware, diversifying machining and propellant line welds ahead of pad-fit checks at Sriharikota.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 21, 2026India

Row of electric scooters charging at a fleet depot with a clipboard on a scooter seat and overcast daylight, concrete yard and painted lane markings, no logos or readable text.

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Digit Insurance Closes Growth Capital on Ola-Electric Fleet Policy Telemetry

Digit Insurance closed a growth round anchored partly on fleet policies that ingest Ola Electric scooter telemetry for usage-based pricing, with board seats tied to actuarial audit rights over rider data feeds.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 21, 2026India

Small coaching classroom with plastic chairs and a wall-mounted television showing a blurred lesson slide, teacher silhouette at desk, afternoon light through barred window, no logos or readable text

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Classplus Secures Seed Extension on Vernacular Coaching Content DRM

Classplus closed a seed extension led by existing backers to harden vernacular coaching DRM, watermarking regional-language video for tier-two institutes before board-exam season renewals.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 20, 2026India

White refrigerated truck parked at a highway logistics hub at dusk, roof-mounted sensor pod and open rear doors showing insulated interior, sodium yard lights, no logos or readable text

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Rivigo Pins Refrigerated Truck Telemetry on Delhi-Mumbai Pharmaceutical Lanes

Rivigo tightened refrigerated-truck telemetry on Delhi–Mumbai pharmaceutical lanes, pushing hub-level temperature overrides and GDP-style excursion alerts before the festive medicine dispatch surge.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 20, 2026India

Workers stacking green plastic produce crates under a tin-roof mandi shed with tomatoes visible, early morning haze and wet concrete floor, a handheld device clipped to one crate, no logos or readable text

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Ninjacart Closes Seed Milestone on Mandi Crate Temperature Tags for Karnataka Tomato Cooperatives

Ninjacart hit a seed-linked milestone funding mandi crate temperature tags for Karnataka tomato cooperatives, tying Bluetooth probes on collection-centre pallets to spoilage alerts before loads reach Bengaluru retailers.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 19, 2026India

A cramped kirana back office with a desktop PC, paper GST folders and a thermal printer on a metal desk, afternoon light through a barred window, dusty shelves of cartons behind, no logos or readable text

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CredFlow Bengaluru Closes Seed on GST E-Invoice Reconciliation for Kirana Chains

CredFlow Bengaluru closed a seed round to reconcile GST e-invoice IRNs with kirana POS ledgers, pitching nightly matchers that flag cancelled IRNs before distributors cut credit lines to small chains.

Meera Joshi मीरा जोशी Sep 19, 2026India