Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (September 10, 2026)

AllSecureX, an Indian DeepTech and cybersecurity company founded in 2025, secured undisclosed pre-seed funding from Finvolve and India Accelerator to advance its quantum-resilient cyber defense platform. The company's Quantum Discovery phase aligns with NIST post-quantum standards and DRDO requirements.

Inbound Aerospace and Space Angel Group signed a five-year memorandum of understanding for collaboration in spacecraft testing, including re-entry and lifting-body systems, high-altitude and near-space trials, and mission planning. Inbound Aerospace develops autonomous, unmanned, recoverable re-entry spacecraft for low-Earth-orbit missions.

Swiggy adopted Snowflake's AI Data Cloud to improve data-driven decision-making. Their data workflows saw improvements of 90-96%, and heavy queries moved from two hours to 15 minutes, with data processing now near real-time.

Google launched five India-focused sustainability initiatives, including Solar API insights for over 300 million Indian rooftops, a new 150 MW solar agreement in Rajasthan with ReNew Power, and a methane and water reduction project for smallholder rice farmers in Telangana.

At Global Fintech Fest, CCAvenue integrated Amazon Pay Balance, enabling merchants to offer customers a familiar stored-balance option at checkout and improve payment success rates. Xflow announced a partnership with HSBC to allow global businesses to collect payments from Indian customers via UPI, net banking, and cards. Mahindra Finance and Sarvam expanded voice AI across sales, collections, and employee engagement.