Another glass ceiling has been broken at the Indian Air Force as EVs continue to create waves, YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Bengaluru-based EV startup Magron is developing three electric motorcycles alongside technologies such as wireless charging and an AI-powered riding assistant. In a historic milestone for the Indian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma has become the first woman officer (non-medical) in the country's armed forces to attain the rank of air vice marshal or equivalent, officials said. She assumed the appointment of assistant chief of the air staff (education) at the Air Headquarters on September 1, they said. The air officer previously held the rank of air commodore, an IAF official said. Minimac Systems has raised Rs 30 crore in a round led by Rainmatter by Zerodha, with participation from select venture capital firms, the company said. The Pune-based industrial deep-tech firm will use the capital for R&D in miniaturised treatment infrastructure and fluid analytics, to scale its Recycling on Wheels hubs, and to build out its Lubricants as a Service model. Founded by Anshuman Agrawal, Minimac focuses on lubricant lifecycle management and circularity. According to the company, it has deployed more than 2,500 systems with combined capacity exceeding 300,000 litres per minute and kept over 14 million litres in productive use. It also referenced EPR for used oil as a regulatory tailwind. 72 Street has raised Rs 4 crore from angel investors and UHNIs to support the 72 Street app and Venty, its AI-powered stock market researcher. The company said it plans to expand into Futures & Options, model portfolios, mutual funds and commodities. Of the Rs 3 crore invested in the business to date, 45% has gone towards technology and product development for the app and Venty. Founded in late 2025 by Rohit Agarwal and Fal Ghancha, 72 Street is a SEBI-registered research analyst platform. According to the company, Venty scans more than 3,800 NSE- and BSE-listed stocks across fundamental, technical and sentiment indicators, with every generated insight reviewed by its SEBI-registered research analysts before publication. Creedom, an AI growth coach for content creators, has raised Rs 4.1 crore in a seed funding round backed by a group of investors who include corporate executives and startup founders. The company said the capital will be used to strengthen its product for Indian creators, expand into the US and develop its AI capabilities. Creedom, which began as a learning platform, has reached more than 1.5 lakh creators in India. Its platform analyses Instagram and YouTube performance and provides personalised content insights through its AI companion.. Juspay announced Breeze Universal, a global pilot that enables brand discovery across AI platforms including ChatGPT and Claude as well as merchants’ own surfaces, the company said
