Funding activity remained strong as Indian startups raised a combined $203.4 Mn across 21 deals between September 21 and September 25. This was 3.4X higher than $58.9 Mn raised by 14 startups in the preceding week. Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week Date Name Sector Subsector Business Model Funding Round Size Funding Round Type Investors Lead Investor 23 Sep 2026 Ultraviolette Automotive Clean Tech Electric Vehicles B2C $85 Mn Series E Yali Capital, TDK Ventures, Lip-Bu Tan (Intel CEO) Yali Capital, TDK Ventures 24 Sep 2026 Ema AI Application Layer B2B $77 Mn Series B Creaegis, Accel, S32, Prosus Creaegis 25 Sep 2026 Rivet Media & Entertainment Social Networking Platform B2C $10.5 Mn Seed Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital, Blume Ventures PeakXV Partners 25 Sep 2026 Dextr AI AI Application Layer B2B $6.7 Mn Seed Elevation Capital, Foundation Capital Elevation Capital 25 Sep 2026 GalaxEye Advanced Hardware & Technology Spacetech B2B $6.7 Mn - RDI Fund RDI Fund 24 Sep 2026 Rio Health Consumer Services Quick Commerce B2C $4.5 Mn Pre-Series A Version One Ventures, Xeed Ventures, Good Capital, Amplify Version One Ventures 22 Sep 2026 Sol Foundry AI Application Layer B2C $4 Mn - General Catalyst, Nexus Venture Partners, DeVC, Peercheque, Kunal Shah (Meta) - 22 Sep 2026 Definedge Fintech Investment Tech B2C $2.3 Mn Pre-Series A Nitin Agarwal (Angel), D. Prasad, Anant Jain (Angel), Sachin Kasera (Angel) - 24 Sep 2026 ONYA Ecommerce D2C B2C $1.3 Mn Pre-Series A Divisa Family Office, Zeropearl VC Divisa Family Office 23 Sep 2026 betterhood Ecommerce D2C B2C $1.2 Mn Seed Sauce.VC, Kairon Capital Sauce.VC 24 Sep 2026 ByteAsk AI Application Layer B2B $1 Mn Pre-Seed Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First - 25 Sep 2026 1312 Interactive Media & Entertainment Gaming B2B2C $1 Mn Seed Chimera VC, T-Accelerate Capital, Ventana Ventures, Rahul Reddy (Angel), Rohan Murukutla (Angel), Dasari Srinivas (Angel) Chimera VC, T-Accelerate Capital 22 Sep 2026 Protein Pantry Ecommerce D2C B2C $939K Seed Sharrp Ventures, Peercheque, Consumer Collective by Atrium, Indian Silicon Valley Capital, Varun Alagh (Honasa), Rishubh Satiya (Plix), Avnish Anand (CaratLane), Arush Chopra (Just Herbs), Saurabh Munjal (Lahori Zeera), Signal Ventures Sharrp Ventures 22 Sep 2026 Demoverse AI Application Layer B2B $600K Pre-Seed Lumikai, Marlan Space Lumikai 24 Sep 2026 Nuvah Ecommerce D2C B2C $417K Pre-Seed Amit Jain, Shantanu Deshpande, Ishendra Agarwal - 24 Sep 2026 YNOS Enterprise Tech Horizontal SaaS B2B $221K - Gyan Circle Ventures Gyan Circle Ventures 23 Sep 2026 Indian Walker Ecommerce D2C B2C - Pre-Seed Palette Wealth Management Palette Wealth Management 24 Sep 2026 MyRx Health Tech Telemedicine B2B2C - Seed SteerX VC SteerX VC 23 Sep 2026 TimBuckDo Consumer Services Job Portals B2B2C - - Srinath Setty (Trasa Ventures), Adarsh Narahari Srinath Setty (Trasa Ventures) Adarsh Narahari 24 Sep 2026 Unniyarcha Ecommerce D2C B2C - - Sauce.VC, Atrium.VC 23 Sep 2026 Space Philic Advanced Hardware & Technology Space Tech B2B - - - Source: Inc42 Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week AI emerged as the most funded sector this week. Five AI startups bagged a cumulative $89.3 Mn, with Ema’s $77 Mn round alone contributing 86% to the sector’s total haul. Following suit was cleantech, which bagged $85 Mn across just one deal. Ecommerce led in deal activity, with six startups collectively raising $3.8 Mn. Early stage funding activity remained strong this week as seed-stage startups raised $20.3 Mn across five deals. Rivet’s $10.5 Mn round accounting for more than half of the total. Peercheque and Sauce.VC were the most active investors of the week, backing two startups each. Startup Fund Updates Of The Week The Centre is considering an anchor investment of ₹15,000 Cr to ₹20,000 Cr in the proposed National Frontier AI & Compute Fund (NFAICF) to build compute infrastructure and support frontier AI startups. Nykaa and L’Oréal’s corporate venture fund BOLD have banded together to invest in Indian beauty and personal care brands. The partnership will offer capital and industry expertise while allowing founders to retain operational and creative control. Startup IPO Updates Of The Week Moneyview’s IPO was subscribed 6.01X at the end of the second day of bidding, receiving bids for 139.8 Cr shares against 23.25 Cr shares on offer. The IPO will now close on September 28, with a tentative listing scheduled for October 1. Snapdeal parent AceVector’s ₹420 Cr IPO was subscribed 23% at the end of the first day of bidding, with investors placing bids for 1.72 Cr shares against 7.42 Cr shares on offer. Furniture and appliance rental startup Furlenco is gearing up for an FY28 IPO, with an eye on a potential ₹1,000 Cr to ₹1,200 Cr public issue. The startup is targeting a valuation of around ₹7,000 Cr. Used-car marketplace Spinny has confidentially filed its DRHP with SEBI. The Gurugram-based startup is looking to raise ₹2,500 Cr to ₹3,000 Cr via a mix of fresh shares and an offer for sale (OFS), with a potential listing targeted for 2027. Other Developments Of The Week Enterprise tech startup CodeKarma is in talks to raise $5 Mn to $6 Mn in a fresh funding round expected to be led by existing investors Prosus and Accel.
Funding activity remained strong as Indian startups raised a combined $203.4 Mn across 21 deals between September 21 and September 25. This was 3.4X higher than $58.9 Mn raised by 14 startups in the preceding week. Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week Date Name Sector Subsector Business Model Funding Round Size Funding Round Type Investors Lead Investor 23 Sep 2026 Ultraviolette Automotive Clean Tech Electric Vehicles B2C $85 Mn Series E Yali Capital, TDK Ventures, Lip-Bu Tan (Intel CEO) Yali Capital, TDK Ventures 24 Sep 2026 Ema AI Application Layer B2B $77 Mn Series B Creaegis, Accel, S32, Prosus Creaegis 25 Sep 2026 Rivet Media & Entertainment Social Networking Platform B2C $10.5 Mn Seed Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital, Blume Ventures PeakXV Partners 25 Sep 2026 Dextr AI AI Application Layer B2B $6.7 Mn Seed Elevation Capital, Foundation Capital Elevation Capital 25 Sep 2026 GalaxEye Advanced Hardware & Technology Spacetech B2B $6.7 Mn - RDI Fund RDI Fund 24 Sep 2026 Rio Health Consumer Services Quick Commerce B2C $4.5 Mn Pre-Series A Version One Ventures, Xeed Ventures, Good Capital, Amplify Version One Ventures 22 Sep 2026 Sol Foundry AI Application Layer B2C $4 Mn - General Catalyst, Nexus Venture Partners, DeVC, Peercheque, Kunal Shah (Meta) - 22 Sep 2026 Definedge Fintech Investment Tech B2C $2.3 Mn Pre-Series A Nitin Agarwal (Angel), D. Prasad, Anant Jain (Angel), Sachin Kasera (Angel) - 24 Sep 2026 ONYA Ecommerce D2C B2C $1.3 Mn Pre-Series A Divisa Family Office, Zeropearl VC Divisa Family Office 23 Sep 2026 betterhood Ecommerce D2C B2C $1.2 Mn Seed Sauce.VC, Kairon Capital Sauce.VC 24 Sep 2026 ByteAsk AI Application Layer B2B $1 Mn Pre-Seed Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First - 25 Sep 2026 1312 Interactive Media & Entertainment Gaming B2B2C $1 Mn Seed Chimera VC, T-Accelerate Capital, Ventana Ventures, Rahul Reddy (Angel), Rohan Murukutla (Angel), Dasari Srinivas (Angel) Chimera VC, T-Accelerate Capital 22 Sep 2026 Protein Pantry Ecommerce D2C B2C $939K Seed Sharrp Ventures, Peercheque, Consumer Collective by Atrium, Indian Silicon Valley Capital, Varun Alagh (Honasa), Rishubh Satiya (Plix), Avnish Anand (CaratLane), Arush Chopra (Just Herbs), Saurabh Munjal (Lahori Zeera), Signal Ventures Sharrp Ventures 22 Sep 2026 Demoverse AI Application Layer B2B $600K Pre-Seed Lumikai, Marlan Space Lumikai 24 Sep 2026 Nuvah Ecommerce D2C B2C $417K Pre-Seed Amit Jain, Shantanu Deshpande, Ishendra Agarwal - 24 Sep 2026 YNOS Enterprise Tech Horizontal SaaS B2B $221K - Gyan Circle Ventures Gyan Circle Ventures 23 Sep 2026 Indian Walker Ecommerce D2C B2C - Pre-Seed Palette Wealth Management Palette Wealth Management 24 Sep 2026 MyRx Health Tech Telemedicine B2B2C - Seed SteerX VC SteerX VC 23 Sep 2026 TimBuckDo Consumer Services Job Portals B2B2C - - Srinath Setty (Trasa Ventures), Adarsh Narahari Srinath Setty (Trasa Ventures) Adarsh Narahari 24 Sep 2026 Unniyarcha Ecommerce D2C B2C - - Sauce.VC, Atrium.VC 23 Sep 2026 Space Philic Advanced Hardware & Technology Space Tech B2B - - - Source: Inc42 Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week AI emerged as the most funded sector this week. Five AI startups bagged a cumulative $89.3 Mn, with Ema’s $77 Mn round alone contributing 86% to the sector’s total haul. Following suit was cleantech, which bagged $85 Mn across just one deal. Ecommerce led in deal activity, with six startups collectively raising $3.8 Mn. Early stage funding activity remained strong this week as seed-stage startups raised $20.3 Mn across five deals. Rivet’s $10.5 Mn round accounting for more than half of the total. Peercheque and Sauce.VC were the most active investors of the week, backing two startups each. Startup Fund Updates Of The Week The Centre is considering an anchor investment of ₹15,000 Cr to ₹20,000 Cr in the proposed National Frontier AI & Compute Fund (NFAICF) to build compute infrastructure and support frontier AI startups. Nykaa and L’Oréal’s corporate venture fund BOLD have banded together to invest in Indian beauty and personal care brands. The partnership will offer capital and industry expertise while allowing founders to retain operational and creative control. Startup IPO Updates Of The Week Moneyview’s IPO was subscribed 6.01X at the end of the second day of bidding, receiving bids for 139.8 Cr shares against 23.25 Cr shares on offer. The IPO will now close on September 28, with a tentative listing scheduled for October 1. Snapdeal parent AceVector’s ₹420 Cr IPO was subscribed 23% at the end of the first day of bidding, with investors placing bids for 1.72 Cr shares against 7.42 Cr shares on offer. Furniture and appliance rental startup Furlenco is gearing up for an FY28 IPO, with an eye on a potential ₹1,000 Cr to ₹1,200 Cr public issue. The startup is targeting a valuation of around ₹7,000 Cr. Used-car marketplace Spinny has confidentially filed its DRHP with SEBI. The Gurugram-based startup is looking to raise ₹2,500 Cr to ₹3,000 Cr via a mix of fresh shares and an offer for sale (OFS), with a potential listing targeted for 2027. Other Developments Of The Week Enterprise tech startup CodeKarma is in talks to raise $5 Mn to $6 Mn in a fresh funding round expected to be led by existing investors Prosus and Accel.
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