{
  "id": 7226720,
  "title": "Top tech and startup stories to start your day with",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/top-tech-and-startup-stories-to-start-your-day-with",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-14T02:05:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/newsletters/morning-dispatch/mid-tier-vcs-scout-deeptech-deals-etsa-winner-varahas-india-play/articleshow/134230652.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mid-tier venture capital firms in India are shifting their focus to deeptech startups, according to the ETtech Morning Dispatch. Established sector-agnostic investors like Antler, Kae Capital, and Bertelsmann India Investments are allocating more resources to evaluate complex science and engineering-based startups in sectors such as climate tech, defence tech, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence. Over the past year, deeptech startups raised $574 million across 61 deals, marking a significant increase from 2025's $679 million invested in 94 deals.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Mid-tier Indian VC firms focus on deeptech startups",
    "Antler, Kae Capital, Bertelsmann invest in complex science & engineering",
    "$574M raised in 61 deals over past year"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}