{"id":510813,"date":"2026-01-12T12:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/510813\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:35:09","slug":"indian-startup-funding-startups-raised-68-mn-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/510813\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Startup Funding \u2014 Startups Raised $68 Mn This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSUMMARY<\/p>\n<p>Between Jan 5 and 9, 19 startups managed to secure a fresh capital of $68.4 Mn, representing a near 34% declined from the $104.2 Mn bagged by two startups in the preceding week<\/p>\n<p>With Even Healthcare bagging the largest cheque of $20 Mn, healthtech sector topped the weekly funding charts. Two startups from the space secured $20.4 Mn during the week<\/p>\n<p>Ecommerce sector continued to dominate funding deal trends this week, with five D2C startups raising $9.7 Mn<\/p>\n<p>After attaining relative stability in the year 2025, Indian startup funding trends were rather muted in the first week of 2026. Between Jan 5 and 9, 19 startups managed to secure a fresh capital of $68.4 Mn, representing a near 34% declined from the $104.2 Mn bagged by Arya.ag and Knight Fintech in the preceding week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [ Jan 5 \u2013 9 ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Date<\/td>\n<td>Name<\/td>\n<td>Sector<\/td>\n<td>Subsector<\/td>\n<td>Business Model<\/td>\n<td>Funding Round Size<\/td>\n<td>Funding Round Type<\/td>\n<td>Investors<\/td>\n<td>Lead Investor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Even Healthcare<\/td>\n<td>Health Tech<\/td>\n<td>Telemedicine<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$20 Mn<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>Lachy Groom, Alpha Wave, Sharrp Ventures<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Speed<\/td>\n<td>Web3<\/td>\n<td>Digital Currencies &amp; Assets<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$8 Mn<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>Tether Ventures, Ego Death Capital<\/td>\n<td>Tether Ventures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Spector.AI<\/td>\n<td>AI<\/td>\n<td>Application Layer<\/td>\n<td>B2B<\/td>\n<td>$6.7 Mn<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>IvyCap Ventures<\/td>\n<td>IvyCap Ventures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>TakeMe2Space<\/td>\n<td>Advanced Hardware &amp; Technology<\/td>\n<td>Spacetech<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$5 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Seed<\/td>\n<td>Chiratae Ventures, Artha Venture Fund, SeaFund, Unicorn India Ventures<\/td>\n<td>Chiratae Ventures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Nitro Commerce<\/td>\n<td>Enterprise tech<\/td>\n<td>Horizontal SaaS<\/td>\n<td>B2B<\/td>\n<td>$5 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Series A<\/td>\n<td>Cornerstone Ventures, Ankurit Capital, Grand Anicut Angel Fund, Equentis Wealth Advisory Services, India Accelerator, Razorpay Ventures, Rukum Capital<\/td>\n<td>Cornerstone Ventures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Aivar<\/td>\n<td>AI<\/td>\n<td>Application Layer<\/td>\n<td>B2B<\/td>\n<td>$4.6 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Seed<\/td>\n<td>Sorin Investments, Bessemer Venture Partners<\/td>\n<td>Sorin Investments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Antinorm<\/td>\n<td>Ecommerce<\/td>\n<td>D2C<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$3.1 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Seed<\/td>\n<td>Fireside Ventures, V3 Ventures, Rukam Capital<\/td>\n<td>Fireside Ventures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>&amp;Done<\/td>\n<td>Ecommerce<\/td>\n<td>D2C<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$3 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Series A<\/td>\n<td>RTP Global, Suashish, All In Capital, Kitty Agarwal, Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal,Puneet Kumar<\/td>\n<td>RTP Global<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Arrowhead<\/td>\n<td>AI<\/td>\n<td>Application Layer<\/td>\n<td>B2B<\/td>\n<td>$3 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Seed<\/td>\n<td>Stellaris Venture Partners, Kunal Shah, Madhusudanan R<\/td>\n<td>Stellaris Venture Partners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>SkinInspired<\/td>\n<td>Ecommerce<\/td>\n<td>D2C<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$2.7 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Series A<\/td>\n<td>Spring Marketing Capital, Beauty Innovation Fund, Arihant Patni, Unilever Ventures.<\/td>\n<td>Spring Marketing Capital<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Flent<\/td>\n<td>Real Estate Tech<\/td>\n<td>Real Estate Services<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$2.3 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Pre-Series A<\/td>\n<td>Incubate Fund Asia, Twin &amp; Bull Family Office, Stride Ventures, 91Ventures, Untitled VC, WEH Ventures<\/td>\n<td>Incubate Fund Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>RoadGrid<\/td>\n<td>Cleantech<\/td>\n<td>Electric Vehicles<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$1.5 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Pre-Series A<\/td>\n<td>Venture Catalysts, Kamal Puri , IPV, FAAD Network, LetsVenture, Vrinda Goyal, Haresh Patel, Maneesh Shrivastav<\/td>\n<td>Venture Catalysts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Kayess Square<\/td>\n<td>Enterprise Services<\/td>\n<td>Consulting<\/td>\n<td>B2B<\/td>\n<td>$1.2 Mn<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Mylapay<\/td>\n<td>Enterprise Tech<\/td>\n<td>Horizontal SaaS<\/td>\n<td>B2B<\/td>\n<td>$1 Mn<\/td>\n<td>Series A<\/td>\n<td>CDM Capital and Credit Saison,GrowthCap Ventures, Pratekk Agarwaal<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Be Clinical<\/td>\n<td>Ecommerce<\/td>\n<td>D2C<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$720K<\/td>\n<td>Seed<\/td>\n<td>V3 Ventures, Titan Capital, Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal<\/td>\n<td>V3 Ventures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>OSSO<\/td>\n<td>Healthtech<\/td>\n<td>Healthcare SaaS<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$443K<\/td>\n<td>Seed<\/td>\n<td>Haldiram Family Office, Sahil Jindal, Aakashdeep Goyal, Parijat Sharma, and Viraj Patel<\/td>\n<td>Haldiram family Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>GOAT LIFE<\/td>\n<td>Ecommerce<\/td>\n<td>D2C<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>$200K<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>D2C Insider Super Angels ,Dhruv Kohli , Akash Gupta Vikram Ahuja, Consumer Collective, Rashi Agarwal, Aditya Agrawal, Akhil Kansal, Aayushi Khandelwal, Harsh Patel Venus Dhuria, Karan Kishorepuria<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Lohia Aerospace Systems<\/td>\n<td>Advanced Hardware &amp; Technology<\/td>\n<td>Aeriel Vehicles<\/td>\n<td>B2B<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>Singularity AMC<\/td>\n<td>Singularity AMC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8 Jan 2026<\/td>\n<td>Project Studio AI<\/td>\n<td>Real Estate Tech<\/td>\n<td>Real Estate Services<\/td>\n<td>B2C<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>Modulor Capital, We Founder Circle, EvolveX, Thapar Innovate<\/td>\n<td>Modular Capital<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td\/>\n<td colspan=\"7\" rowspan=\"1\">Source: Inc42<br \/>Note: Only disclosed funding rounds have been included been included<\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<p><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-544543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Funding-Galore-JAN-10-GRAPH.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1063\"  \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With Even Healthcare bagging the largest cheque of $20 Mn, healthtech sector topped the weekly funding charts. Two startups from the space secured $20.4 Mn during the week.<\/li>\n<li>Ecommerce sector continued to dominate funding deal trends this week, with five D2C startups raising $9.7 Mn.<\/li>\n<li>A large chunk of the capital deployed during the week was concentrated around B2C startups, with these startups lapping up 70% of the overall weekly funds.<\/li>\n<li>Seed staged startups secured $16.8 Mn\u00a0 in fresh capital across six funding deals this week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Developments Of The Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After<a href=\"https:\/\/inc42.com\/buzz\/amagi-ipo-to-open-on-january-13-price-band-set-at-inr-343-361\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> filing its RHP<\/a> on Thursday, Amagi is now set to become the first new-age tech company to go public in 2026. The media SaaS giant has trimmed the fresh issue size by 25% to INR 816 Cr along with trimming the OFS component by 22% to 2.69 Cr shares.<\/li>\n<li>One of the biggest edtech mergers between upGrad and Unacademy has failed to materialise as both parties<a href=\"https:\/\/inc42.com\/buzz\/upgrad-unacademy-merger-talks-fall-apart-on-valuation-differences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> pulled the plug on discussions<\/a> after failing to reach a consensus on the valuation.<\/li>\n<li>In what could potentially lead to one of the largest Indian fintech startup IPOs, Razorpay is said to have roped in merchant bankers including Kotak Mahindra and Axis Capital to <a href=\"https:\/\/inc42.com\/buzz\/razorpay-kicks-off-ipo-preparations-eyes-inr-4500-cr-fresh-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helm the IPO filing process<\/a>. The IPO is likely to comprise a fresh issue of shares worth INR 4,500 Cr.<\/li>\n<li>Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/inc42.com\/buzz\/tamil-nadu-unveils-inr-100-cr-deeptech-startup-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dedicated startup policy with an outlay of INR 100 Cr<\/a> to foster deeptech startups in the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>]]><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUMMARY Between Jan 5 and 9, 19 startups managed to secure a fresh capital of $68.4 Mn, representing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":510814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,607,189712,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-510813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-funding-galore","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115882159358428732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}