Indian Startup Funding — Startups Raised $269 Mn This Week

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SUMMARY

Indian startups cumulatively raised $268.6 Mn across 28 deals between January 12- 16,  marking a 293% jump from $68.4 Mn worth funds deployed in the Indian startup last week across 19 deals

Ecommerce continued to be investors’ favourite sector with 7 startups raising a total of $49 Mn

Zerodha’s investment arm Rainmatter and Stellaris Venture Partners were the most active investors this week, backing two startups apiece

After weeks of lull in startup investor activity, funding momentum gathered steam in the second week of January. Indian startups cumulatively raised $268.6 Mn across 28 deals between January 12- 16,  marking a 293% jump from $68.4 Mn worth funds deployed in the Indian startup last week across 19 deals.

Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [ Jan 12 –  16]

DateNameSectorSubsectorBusiness ModelFunding Round SizeFunding Round TypeInvestorsLead Investor
14 Jan 2026Pee SafeEcommerceD2CB2C$32 MnSeries COrbiMedOrbiMed
13 Jan 2026SukinoHealth TechPersonalised Care ServicesB2C$31 MnSeries BBessemer Venture Partners, RainmatterBessemer Venture Partners
15 Jan 2026EmversityEdtechDigital Learning PlatformB2B$30 MnSeries APremji Invest, Lightspeed, Z47Premji Invest
14 Jan 2026Wint WealthFintechInvestment techB2C$27.7 MnSeries BVertex Ventures SEA & India, 3one4 Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Arkam Ventures, RainmatterVertex Ventures SEA & India
13 Jan 2026BillionE MobilityTraveltechElectric MaaSB2C$25 Mn*–SBI–
15 Jan 2026EtherealXAdvanced Hardware & TechnologySpacetechB2B$20.5 MnSeries ATDK Ventures, BIG Capital, Accel, Prosus, YourNest Venture Capital, BlueHill Capital, Campus Fund, Riceberg VenturesTDK Ventures
13 Jan 2026Liquidnitro GamesMedia & EntertainmentGamingB2B$19.1 MnSeries ANorthpoint Capital, Nexus Venture PartnersNorthpoint Capital
14 Jan 2026RISA LabsAIApplication LayerB2B$11.1 MnSeries ACencora Ventures, Optum Ventures, Oncology Ventures, z21 Ventures, John Simon (General Catalyst)Cencora Ventures, Optum Ventures
14 Jan 2026CloudSEKEnterprise techHorizontal SaaSB2B$10 MnSeries BConnecticut InnovationsConnecticut Innovations
15 Jan 2026TruvaReal Estate TechProperty Listing & DiscoveryB2C$9 Mn*–Stellaris Venture Partners, Stride Ventures, Orios Venture Partners, Ramakant Sharma (LivSpace), Mukesh Bansal (Cult.fit), Aakrit Vaish (Activate VC), Miten Sampat (CRED), Natasha Malpani Oswal (The Boundless VC), Ram Raheja (Raheja Realty)–
12 Jan 2026BluecopaAIApplication LayerB2B$7.5 MnSeries AAnalog Partners, Blume Ventures, Dallas Venture CapitalAnalog Partners
13 Jan 2026CarrumTravel TechTranspor TechB2B-B2C$7 MnSeries AUberUber
13 Jan 2026AtomgridEcommerceB2B EcommerceB2B$7 Mn*Pre-Series Aa99 VC, Sadev Ventures, CDM Capital, Merak Venturesa99 VC
13 Jan 2026HexalogEnterprise techHorizontal SaaSB2B$4 MnSeedEnrission India Capital, Mount Judi Ventures, Action Tesa Family Office, Bajaj Ventures, Nandan Growth FundEnrission India Capital
12 Jan 2026Neeman’sEcommerceD2CB2C$4 MnSeries BSNAM Group, Anicut Capital, ENAM Investments, Sharrp VenturesSNAM Group
13 Jan 2026GreenTechCleantechClimate TechB2B$3.3 Mn–Transition VCTransition VC
13 Jan 2026DazzlConsumer ServicesQuick CommercceB2C$3.2 MnSeedStellaris Venture Partners, Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Maninder Gulati (OYO), Abhinav Sinha (Kluisz AI), Sameer Brij Verma (Northpoint Capital), Abhishek Bansal (Shadowfax)Stellaris Venture Partners
13 Jan 2026Secret AlchemistEcommerceD2CB2C$3 MnSeedUnilever Ventures, DSG Consumer PartnersUnilever Ventures
15 Jan 2026GrowthPalFintechFintech SaaSB2B$2.6 Mn–Ideaspring CapitalIdeaspring Capital
12 Jan 2026PumPumPumTravel TechListing & DiscoveryB2C$2 MnPre-Series ALC Nueva, Mufin Green Finance, Anupam FinservLC Nueva
15 Jan 2026AuleAdvanced Hardware & TechnologySpacetechB2B$2 MnPre-Seedpi Ventures, Arvind Lakshmikumar (Tonbo Imaging), Eash Sundaram (Utpata Ventures)pi Ventures
13 Jan 2026Misochain TechnologiesAdvanced Hardware & TechnologyAerial VehiclesB2B$2 MnSeedCapital-ACapital-A
12 Jan 2026Good Farmer Food ConceptsEcommerceD2CB2C$1.5 MnPre-Series ACreedCap, Rohan Bopanna (Athlete), Rahul Dravid (Athlete), Meraki Sport & EntertainmentCreedCap
12 Jan 2026EdgistifyLogisticsShipping & DeliveryB2B$1.4 MnPre-Series ANB Ventures, Rajesh Ranavat (LF Logistics), Prateek Maheshwari (PhysicsWallah), Vivek Gaur (Angel), Vikram Tandon (Angel)NB Ventures, Rajesh Ranavat
15 Jan 2026RoadgridCleantechElectric VehiclesB2B$1.3 MnPre-Series AInflection Point Ventures, Venture Catalysts, FAAD Network, LetsVenture, Kamal Puri (Skyline Group) Vrinda Goyal (Pace Group), Haresh Patel (Arthanomics), Maneesh Shrivastav (Alpha Value)Inflection Point Ventures
13 Jan 2026DrickleEcommerceD2CB2C$720KSeedParam Kandhari, Naresh Krishnaswamy, Abhinav Mathur, Hemanshu Jain, Vinay Bhopatkar, Vaibhav Sisinty, Dalvir Suri, and Rishit Jhunjhunwala, Shaili Chopra–
16 Jan 2026RenewCredCleantechClimate TechB2B$510KSeedCampus Angels Network, Kairos Early Opportunity Fund, build3 Startup Studio, VentureStudio Ahmedabad University, Ideashacks Investor Network, ACT Capital Foundation, IIT KanpurCampus Angels Network
14 Jan 2026HandyPandaEcommerceD2CB2C$240KSeedajvc, Sankalp Kathuria (Broadway)ajvc
Source: Inc42
*Mix of equity and debt
**Part of larger round

Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week

  • Ecommerce continued to be investors’ favourite sector with 7 startups raising a total of $49 Mn. Other sectors including advanced hardware & technology, cleantech, enterprise tech and fintech raised capital across 3 deals each. 
  • Fintech trailed ecommerce with $38 Mn  raised across two deals this week.
  • Zerodha’s investment arm Rainmatter and Stellaris Venture Partners were the most active investors this week, backing two startups apiece.
  • Seed funding surged to $16.4 Mn this week across eight deals this week, down slightly from the $16.8 Mn raised by startups this week. 

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