From how CanAssist Breast test is utilizing AI to determine treatment for early-stage breast cancer to creator commerce platform Wishlink raising $17.5 million in Series B funding, YourStory brings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors.
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How CanAssist Breast test utilizes AI to determine treatment for early-stage breast cancer
Founded by IISc scientist Manjiri Bakre, OncoStem Diagnostics has developed CanAssist Breast, an AI-powered test to identify which early-stage breast cancer patients required chemotherapy and who can safely avoid it.
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Funding news
AI recruitment startup HireBound raises $2M in seed round led by Kalaari Capital
Artificial innotifyigence (AI) recruitment startup HireBound has raised $2 million in a seed round led by Kalaari Capital as it seeks to scale its agentic AI platform across staffing firms and enterprise talent teams.
The round also participation from Antler, Infinyte Club, and CareerNet.
The Bengaluru-based startup plans to utilize the proceeds to speed up product development and strengthen its sales and customer-success functions as it works towards scaling annual recurring revenue.
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Creator commerce platform Wishlink raises $17.5M in Series B funding
Creator commerce platform Wishlink has raised $17.5 million in a Series B funding round. The investment was led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, with participation from existing backers Fundamentum and Elevation Capital.
Wishlink plans to allocate the capital towards deepening its technology stack for all three of its primary stakeholders. The funding will be utilized to build new editing and monetisation tools for creators, develop deeper performance innotifyigence for brands, and streamline the purchasing journey for consumers. It will also be utilized to expand the company’s sales and tech teams to acquire more brands and creators.
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Oncare raises $4M in Series A round led by Sky Impact Capital
Oncare, an oncology care platform focutilized on affordable, standardised cancer treatment, has raised $4 million (about Rs 27 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Sky Impact Capital. The round also saw participation from Huddle Ventures, Lotus Herbal Group, SteerX, and Tremis Capital.
The New Delhi-based startup plans to utilize the capital to expand into new metro markets as well as Tier II and III cities. It will also invest in strengthening its technology infrastructure to streamline clinical operations, improve care coordination, and enhance the overall patient experience.
“A cancer diagnosis is overwhelming enough. Access to the right care should not build it harder. Our goal with Oncare is to build high-quality treatment more reachable, more transparent, and more humane for families across India. With this support, we are taking an important step toward building a nationwide network that delivers trusted oncology care closer to home,” stated Deepak Kumar, Co-founder of Oncare.
Kris@Work raises $3M in seed round led by Infoedge Ventures
Bengaluru-based Kris@Work has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by Infoedge Ventures, with participation from JN Capital & Growth Advisory (Singapore) and several angel investors.
The company plans to utilize the capital to expand its enterprise customer base, deepen go-to-market partnerships, and complete development across all four phases of its platform, focutilizing on automation and multi-agent orchestration.
“SaaS is at a new inflection point. Agentic architectures and context-aware AI are creating platforms smarter and more unified,” stated Ramakrishna Mallya, CTO & Co-Founder.
ZeroMobIt raises INR 1.5 Cr in pre-seed round to scale AI-native student mobility platform
Hyderabad-based student mobility startup ZeroMobIt has raised Rs 1.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round backed by angel investors including Sandeep Varaganti, CEO of JioMart, and Dr Ashok Agrawal, SVP at Axis Bank, along with other HNIs.
The company plans to utilize the funds to accelerate development of its AI-native platform, strengthen core architecture and Edge AI-led safety systems, and expand operations across cities including Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Mumbai. It will also hire across engineering, operations, and growth.
“Student mobility has remained structurally unmodifyd for decades. We are building an AI-native, compliance-first infrastructure layer that aligns safety, scalability, and ecosystem trust,” stated CEO Vijay Ganagam.
optoML raises $1.8M in pre-Series A round led by Bluehill.VC and A99
Fabless semiconductor startup optoML has raised $1.8 million in a pre-Series A round led by Bluehill.VC and A99.
The funds will be utilized to scale hiring and launch work on next-generation chips.
“India’s deeptech ecosystem is really coming into its own and semiconductors is an area where we are seeing fantastic progress. optoML, a fabless semicon company, sits at the intersection of two irreversible shifts in compute—analog in-memory compute architectures and optical interconnects,” stated Manu Iyer, General Partner, Bluehill.VC.
“As AI workloads scale from the edge to hyperscalers, energy efficiency, latency, and bandwidth are becoming first-order constraints. optoML’s 12nm tapeout with TSMC and its partnership with Kaynes Semicon mark a critical transition from research to real silicon and scalable production,” Iyer added.
Other news
IIT Madras Professor B Ravindran appointed to UN’s global scientific panel on AI
Professor B Ravindran of IIT Madras has been appointed to the United Nations’ Indepfinishent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Innotifyigence, the first global scientific body tquestioned with providing indepfinishent assessments of AI’s societal impact.
Established through a UN General Assembly resolution in August 2025, the 40-member panel brings toobtainher experts across regions and disciplines to guide global AI governance. Ravindran, Founding Head of IIT Madras’ Centre for Responsible AI and Head of the Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, stated he was honoured to be representing India on the panel.
Zelio E-Mobility sets up manufacturing unit in Cuttack
Hisar-based Zelio E-Mobility has commissioned a new manufacturing facility in Cuttack, Odisha, to strengthen its presence in eastern India and meet rising EV demand in Odisha and West Bengal.
The plant, set up with an investment of under Rs 3 crore, adds 60,000 units annually, taking the company’s total production capacity from 72,000 to 1.8 lakh units per annum. The facility will reduce delivery timelines and logistics costs, support dealership expansion, and generate 60–100 local jobs while producing electric two-wheelers.
Toing Launches in Delhi NCR, Expands to 11 Cities Nationwide
Affordable food delivery app Toing has launched in Delhi NCR, expanding its presence to 11 cities across India.
The platform is now live in Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad, after launching in Pune in 2025.
The company states it guarantees the lowest item prices, matching or beating restaurant menu rates, with no packaging or platform fees.
Tarobtaining Gen Z and value-conscious consumers, the app features popular outlets including Punjabi Anghithi, KFC and Bikanervala.
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