Indian Startup Funding — Startups Raised $269 Mn This Week

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]

Date
Name
Sector
Subsector
Business Model
Funding Round Size
Funding Round Type
Investors
Lead Investor

14 Jan 2026
Pee Safe
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$32 Mn
Series C
OrbiMed
OrbiMed

13 Jan 2026
Sukino
Health Tech
Personalised Care Services
B2C
$31 Mn
Series B
Bessemer Venture Partners, Rainmatter
Bessemer Venture Partners

15 Jan 2026
Emversity
Edtech
Digital Learning Platform
B2B
$30 Mn
Series A
Premji Invest, Lightspeed, Z47
Premji Invest

14 Jan 2026
Wint Wealth
Fintech
Investment tech
B2C
$27.7 Mn
Series B
Vertex Ventures SEA & India, 3one4 Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Arkam Ventures, Rainmatter
Vertex Ventures SEA & India

13 Jan 2026
BillionE Mobility
Traveltech
Electric MaaS
B2C
$25 Mn*
–
SBI
–

15 Jan 2026
EtherealX
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Spacetech
B2B
$20.5 Mn
Series A
TDK Ventures, BIG Capital, Accel, Prosus, YourNest Venture Capital, BlueHill Capital, Campus Fund, Riceberg Ventures
TDK Ventures

13 Jan 2026
Liquidnitro Games
Media & Entertainment
Gaming
B2B
$19.1 Mn
Series A
Northpoint Capital, Nexus Venture Partners
Northpoint Capital

14 Jan 2026
RISA Labs
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$11.1 Mn
Series A
Cencora Ventures, Optum Ventures, Oncology Ventures, z21 Ventures, John Simon (General Catalyst)
Cencora Ventures, Optum Ventures

14 Jan 2026
CloudSEK
Enterprise tech
Horizontal SaaS
B2B
$10 Mn
Series B
Connecticut Innovations
Connecticut Innovations

15 Jan 2026
Truva
Real Estate Tech
Property Listing & Discovery
B2C
$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 2026
Bluecopa
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$7.5 Mn
Series A
Analog Partners, Blume Ventures, Dallas Venture Capital
Analog Partners

13 Jan 2026
Carrum
Travel Tech
Transpor Tech
B2B-B2C
$7 Mn
Series A
Uber
Uber

13 Jan 2026
Atomgrid
Ecommerce
B2B Ecommerce
B2B
$7 Mn*
Pre-Series A
a99 VC, Sadev Ventures, CDM Capital, Merak Ventures
a99 VC

13 Jan 2026
Hexalog
Enterprise tech
Horizontal SaaS
B2B
$4 Mn
Seed
Enrission India Capital, Mount Judi Ventures, Action Tesa Family Office, Bajaj Ventures, Nandan Growth Fund
Enrission India Capital

12 Jan 2026
Neeman’s
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$4 Mn
Series B
SNAM Group, Anicut Capital, ENAM Investments, Sharrp Ventures
SNAM Group

13 Jan 2026
GreenTech
Cleantech
Climate Tech
B2B
$3.3 Mn
–
Transition VC
Transition VC

13 Jan 2026
Dazzl
Consumer Services
Quick Commercce
B2C
$3.2 Mn
Seed
Stellaris 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 2026
Secret Alchemist
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$3 Mn
Seed
Unilever Ventures, DSG Consumer Partners
Unilever Ventures

15 Jan 2026
GrowthPal
Fintech
Fintech SaaS
B2B
$2.6 Mn
–
Ideaspring Capital
Ideaspring Capital

12 Jan 2026
PumPumPum
Travel Tech
Listing & Discovery
B2C
$2 Mn
Pre-Series A
LC Nueva, Mufin Green Finance, Anupam Finserv
LC Nueva

15 Jan 2026
Aule
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Spacetech
B2B
$2 Mn
Pre-Seed
pi Ventures, Arvind Lakshmikumar (Tonbo Imaging), Eash Sundaram (Utpata Ventures)
pi Ventures

13 Jan 2026
Misochain Technologies
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Aerial Vehicles
B2B
$2 Mn
Seed
Capital-A
Capital-A

12 Jan 2026
Good Farmer Food Concepts
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$1.5 Mn
Pre-Series A
CreedCap, Rohan Bopanna (Athlete), Rahul Dravid (Athlete), Meraki Sport & Entertainment
CreedCap

12 Jan 2026
Edgistify
Logistics
Shipping & Delivery
B2B
$1.4 Mn
Pre-Series A
NB Ventures, Rajesh Ranavat (LF Logistics), Prateek Maheshwari (PhysicsWallah), Vivek Gaur (Angel), Vikram Tandon (Angel)
NB Ventures, Rajesh Ranavat

15 Jan 2026
Roadgrid
Cleantech
Electric Vehicles
B2B
$1.3 Mn
Pre-Series A
Inflection 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 2026
Drickle
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$720K
Seed
Param Kandhari, Naresh Krishnaswamy, Abhinav Mathur, Hemanshu Jain, Vinay Bhopatkar, Vaibhav Sisinty, Dalvir Suri, and Rishit Jhunjhunwala, Shaili Chopra
–

16 Jan 2026
RenewCred
Cleantech
Climate Tech
B2B
$510K
Seed
Campus Angels Network, Kairos Early Opportunity Fund, build3 Startup Studio, VentureStudio Ahmedabad University, Ideashacks Investor Network, ACT Capital Foundation, IIT Kanpur
Campus Angels Network

14 Jan 2026
HandyPanda
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$240K
Seed
ajvc, Sankalp Kathuria (Broadway)
ajvc

Source: Inc42
*Mix of equity and debt
**Part of larger round

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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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