From a $17 million infusion into Kitchenware brand The Indus Valley to $10 million for Bengaluru-based agentic AI startup Kapture CX,YourStorybrings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors. Kitchenware brand The Indus Valley has raised $17 million in a Series B funding round led by private equity firm Gaja Capital. Existing investors DSG Consumer Partners, an early-stage consumer-focused investment firm, Rukam Capital, and The Chennai Angels also participated in the round. Kapture CX, the Bengaluru headquartered agentic AI startup, has raised $10 million in a pre-Series B funding round led by Bajaj Finserv Ventures (BFSV), part of leading financial services group Bajaj Finserv. This funding round also saw the participation of existing investors Cactus Venture Partners and India Alternatives. Mykare.ai has secured $1 million in its latest funding round from investors including the founders of Papa.com and a Middle East family office, taking its total funding to $3.2 million. The new funding will support AI development, product expansion and international growth. The company is developing an AI-native healthcare platform that automates patient acquisition, appointment booking, follow-ups, feedback and administrative workflows for clinics and hospitals. Founded by Senu Sam, Mykare.ai operates in the US, UK, Middle East and India, with more than 20 healthcare providers on its waiting list. Parkobot has launched an integrated smart parking platform combining IoT hardware, cloud software and a mobile app to help property owners list underused parking spaces for booking. The platform enables digital reservations, payments, access control and parking management, with bookings in Kolkata starting at Rs 10 per hour through subscription packs. Parkobot currently manages about 1,600 parking spaces in Kolkata, is adding another 4,000 in the city and plans to onboard 30,000 spaces nationwide. The startup has raised Rs 2.09 crore and aims to expand across Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and Mumbai over the next year. R-L Amrit Choudhury (Founder & CEO),Animesh Mukherjee (Co-Founder & CTO),Raj Kumar Bihani (Co-Founder & CDA) Noon has acquired Bengaluru-based AI engineering startup FinalRun, with co-founders Arnold Laishram and Ashish Yadav joining the company as Members of Technical Staff. Founded in 2025, FinalRun develops AI agents for mobile test automation that execute software tests on Android and iOS devices using natural language instructions. In April 2026, the company topped Google DeepMind's Android World benchmark with a 97.4% success rate. Noon, a product design platform founded in 2024, has raised $44 million and plans to use the acquisition to strengthen its mobile and AI engineering capabilities across India and the US. Netradyne has partnered with Australian fleet technology company Geosecure to expand its AI-powered fleet safety platform in Australia. The partnership combines Netradyne's Driver-i platform with Geosecure's
