2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (140+ words) Startup funding surged 67% WoW to $233.2 Mn, with 19 startups raising capital, largely driven by Prosus’ $100 Mn investment in Navi. Fintech led sectoral funding with $112.5 Mn raised, while consumer services followed with $47.2 Mn across three deals. IPO activity gained momentum with Atomberg…...

3+ day, 16+ min ago   (373+ words) Chennai-based agritech startup Fragaria is in talks to raise ₹40 Cr in a fresh round of investment Inc42 has learnt that the fresh round of investment will be led by Blume Ventures at ₹160 Cr post money valuation Chennai-based agritech startup Fragaria is…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (348+ words) AI-powered lending tech startup Rezolv has raised $12.5 Mn (about ₹115 Cr) in a Series A funding round led by Norwest. Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India and existing investor 3one4 Capital also participated in the round. The Mumbai-based startup plans to deploy…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (159+ words) Hyderabad startups raised over $3 Bn across 384 rounds between 2014 and 2024, the top emerging hub, with $226 Mn-plus in H1 2026 Zenoti has raised $331 Mn (5,000-plus clients across 30 countries); Darwinbox $296.09 Mn; Zenwork $163 Mn; Zaggle $110.34 Mn State-backed incubator T-Hub has nurtured more than 3,500 startups since 2014 The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (132+ words) Delhi NCR raised $917 Mn across 134 deals in H1 2026, down 39% year on year while deal count rose 16%, against a national $5.2 Bn total New Delhi hosts around 80 healthtech startups; Indian healthtech has raised over $7 Bn across 886 deals over the past decade India's healthtech…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (156+ words) Indian startups raised $139.5 Mn between Aug 10 to 14, marking a 44% decline from $247.4 Mn raised in the preceding week. Cleantech led India’s startup funding activity at a sectoral level for the second consecutive week, at the behest of Yulu’s $93 Mn raise. Lightspeed…...

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1+ week, 4+ day ago   (316+ words) Early-stage VC firm Bluehill.VC has marked the final close of its maiden ₹400 Cr frontier tech fund. The fund includes a greenshoe option of ₹50 Cr. The fund saw participation from SIDBI, state governments Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, alongside leading family…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (356+ words) The potential deal underscores growing investor interest in startups using AI across health assistance, disease detection, and clinical workflows. AI health companion startup August AI is in talks to raise about $4 Mn from Peak XV Partners, sources told Inc42. The contours…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (617+ words) Accel has closed its ninth India-focused fund with a $550 Mn corpus, as part of a larger $3.5 Bn raise across four funds to expand its AI investments globally. The new India fund gives Accel fresh capital to back the next generation…...