SUMMARY

Between December 1 and 5, 18 startups raised $132.7 Mn, marking a 32% decline from $195.2 Mn raised by 24 startups in the preceding week

Cleantech managed to be one of the most prominent sectors with 2 startups raising a total of $51 Mn this week

Sparrow Capital turned out to be the most active investor this week, backing  Mannjal and ReplyAll

Amid heightened startup IPO activity, private funding in the Indian startup ecosystem took a downturn this week. Between December 1 and 5, 18 startups raised $132.7 Mn, marking a 32% decline from $195.2 Mn raised by 24 startups in the preceding week.

Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [ Dec 1 – 5 ]

Date Name Sector Subsector Business Model Funding Round Size Funding Round Type Investors Lead Investor 4 Dec 2025 Ultraviolette Cleantech Electric Vehicles B2C $45 Mn* Series E Zoho, Lingotto – 2 Dec 2025 StockGro Fintech Investment Tech B2C $16.7 Mn Series B Mukul Agrawal (Param Capital) Mukul Agrawal (Param Capital) 1 Dec 2025 Finfactor Fintech Fintech SaaS B2B $15 Mn Series A WestBridge Capital, Varanium Capital, DMI Sparkle Fund, IIFL WestBridge Capital 3 Dec 2025 Furlenco Ecommerce D2C B2C $13.9 Mn – Sheela Foam, WhiteOak Capital, Madhu Kela (MK Ventures) Sheela Foam 4 Dec 2025 Planys Technologies Advanced Hardware & Technology Maritime Tech B2B, B2G $11.1 Mn – Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investment Manager), Lashit Sanghvi (Alchemy Capital), Pratithi Investment, Samarthya Investment Advisors, 3i Partners, Letsventure Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investment Manager), Lashit Sanghvi (Alchemy Capital) 2 Dec 2025 Modulus Housing Real Estate Tech Construction – $7.7 Mn Seed Kalaari Capital, Hero Group, Samarthya Investments, SVAS Strategic Management, Sigma Ventures, Srinath Ramakkrushnan (Zetwerk) Kalaari Capital, Hero Group, Samarthya Investments 4 Dec 2025 Ayekart Agritech Market Linkage B2B $6.5 Mn Debt Symbiotics Investments Symbiotics Investments 3 Dec 2025 Moonrider Cleantech Electric Vehicles B2C $6 Mn Series A pi Ventures, Singularity AMC, Micelio Fund pi Ventures 4 Dec 2025 CoreOps.AI AI Application Layer B2B $3.5 Mn Pre-Series A Siana Capital Management, Kettleborough VC, Aroa Venture Partners Siana Capital Management 3 Dec 2025 Mirror Security Enterprise Tech Horizontal SaaS B2B $2.5 Mn Pre-Seed Sure Valley Ventures, Atlantic Bridge Sure Valley Ventures, Atlantic Bridge 3 Dec 2025 Mannjal Fintech Lending Tech B2B $2 Mn Seed Arali Ventures, B Capital, Sparrow Capital, Gemba Capital Arali Ventures, B Capital 2 Dec 2025 GetReplies AI Application Layer B2B $1 Mn Seed Patni Family Office Patni Family Office 3 Dec 2025 ReplyAll Ecommerce D2C B2C $756K Seed Sparrow Capital, Antler India, Bharat Founders Fund, DeVC, Shantanu Deshpande (Bombay Shaving Company), Revant Bhate (Mosaic Wellness), Ashish Goel (OctoLife), Sangeet Agarwal (Mokobara), Navin Parwal (Mokobara), Nikhil Bhandarkar (Panthera Peak Capital), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures) Sparrow Capital, Antler India 5 Dec 2025 Redapto AI Application Layer B2B $500K Pre-Seed Y Combinator Y Combinator 4 Dec 2025 TIDA Sports Consumer Services Hyperlocal Services B2C $333K Seed Inflection Point Ventures Inflection Point Ventures 29 Nov 2025** Iztri Consumer Services Hyperlocal Services B2C $180K Seed ajvc ajvc 2 Dec 2025 Superhealth Healthtech In-Clinic Healthcare B2C – – MS Dhoni Famli Office, Panthera Peak Capital – 4 Dec 2025 InMobi Enterprise Tech Horizontal SaaS B2B $250 Mn Secondary Round Naveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Abhay Singhal, Piyush Shah Naveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Abhay Singhal, Piyush Shah Source: Inc42
*Part of a larger round
**Included this week as it was skipped last week
Note: Only disclosed funding rounds have been included

Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week

  • Deal count wise, AI and fintech sector continued to be investors’ favorite segment. Both the segments witnessed 3 deals, across which startups cumulatively raised $5 Mn and $33 Mn respectively.
  • Cleantech managed to be one of the most prominent sectors with 2 startups raising a total of $51 Mn this week.
  • Sparrow Capital turned out to be the most active investor this week, backing  Mannjal and ReplyAll.
  • Eight startups at the seed stage raised about $16 Mn this week.

Fund Updates Of The Week

Startup IPO Updates Of The Week

Other Developments Of The Week

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