{
  "id": 2387702,
  "title": "The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026: Nominees for Startup of the Year and Midas Touch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/the-economic-times-startup-awards-2026-nominees-for-startup-of-the-2387702",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T13:50:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/newsletters/tech-top-5/the-economic-times-startup-awards-2026-nominees-for-startup-of-the-year-and-midas-touch/articleshow/133405892.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 12th edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) is set to take place, with nominations revealed for the Startup of the Year and Midas Touch categories. The Startup of the Year award recognizes innovation, execution, and growth, while Midas Touch celebrates the most lucrative exit of the year. Nominees include Porter, Skyroot Aerospace, Rapido, Meesho, Groww, and Sarvam for the Startup of the Year, and Shailesh Lakhani, Manu Chandra, Anu Hariharan, and Mukesh Bansal for Midas Touch.",
  "summary": "The 12th edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) is only a few days away. Our esteemed jury will convene in Bengaluru next week to pick the winners. Today, we revealed the most coveted categories of ETSA: Startup of the Year and Midas Touch, for the best investor.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}