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Meet The Top 10 Indian Startup Investors Of Q1 2026

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1671+ words) Stride Ventures retained its position as the most active startup investor in India, backing 38 startups including Branch, Magicpin, Gully Labs, and Swish Other most active startup investors in the quarter included Black Soil, Peak XV Partners, Accel India, Finvolve and…...

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From Euler Motors To Rocketlane — Indian Startups Raised $343 Mn This Week

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (217+ words) From Euler Motors To Rocketlane " Indian Startups Raised $343 Mn This Week'inc42.com Indian startup funding gathered momentum this week despite turbulent sentiment in the public markets due to the ongoing West Asia war The world's third largest startup ecosystem saw…...

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Info Edge Commits ₹250 Cr To A88 Fund I To Back Early-Stage Deeptech Startups

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (422+ words) The trust was registered with SEBI as a Cat II AIF and launched on February 27 and the capital commitment will go into its scheme called A88 Fund I In November 2025, the company's board approved an investment of "100 Cr in its investment…...

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Deccan AI Raises $25 Mn To Supply Training Data For Enterprise AI Models

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (345+ words) AI infrastructure startup Deccan AI has raised $25 Mn (around "235 Cr) in a funding round led by A91 Partners, with participation from Susquehanna and existing investor Prosus Ventures. The startup plans to deploy the capital to scale post'training data, invest in R…...

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Pentathlon Ventures Closes Second Fund At ₹255 Cr To Back B2B SaaS Startups

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (324+ words) The second fund was launched in September 2023 with a target corpus of "450 Cr ($47.9 Mn), aims to back 16-20 B2B SaaS startups Since the fund's launch, Pentathlon has backed eight startups via Fund II including OneStack, AyushPay, Vodex, ElevateHQ, and others so far…...

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ELMED Life Sciences Nets $2.7 Mn To Scale Microbiome-Based Solutions

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (317+ words) Probiotics manufacturer ELMED Life Sciences has secured $2.7 Mn in a Series A funding round from AgriSURE Fund The funds will help ELMED to expand its production capacity in Hyderabad, and strengthen its R&D in microbiome-based solutions Founded in 2018, ELMED…...

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Rocketlane Nets $60 Mn To Strengthen Agentic AI Platform Nitro

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (199+ words) Founded by in 2020, Rocketlane is a professional service automation (PSA) and customer onboarding platform Customer onboarding platform Rocketlane has raised $60 Mn (564 Cr) as a part of its Series C funding round led by Insight Partners to strengthen its recently launched…...

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OZi Nets $6.2 Mn To Scale Its Baby Care Q-Commerce Platform

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (471+ words) OZi plans to utilise the fresh capital to deepen its presence across Delhi NCR and strengthen its tech and operational capabilities Founded in 2025, OZi delivers baby products, including apparel, diapers, pharmacy, toys, in under 60 minutes. It currently operates in Gurugram…...

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Top 20 Fintech Startups In India 2026 By Funding

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (40+ words) India hosts one of the world's most active fintech ecosystems, spanning payments, lending, and insurance. The sector has benefited from digital adoption and platforms such as UPI. Fintech startups in ... Top 20 Fintech Startups In India 2026 By Funding...

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Inside FinSight Ventures’ Bet On A Pricey Yet Durable Indian Fintech Market

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1584+ words) Indian fintech startups may appear expensive to global investors, but long-term growth visibility and strong domestic capital flows justify the higher valuations FinSight Ventures sees India as a 10-15-year growth story, favouring sustainable business models over hypergrowth Despite friction, India's…...