SUMMARY
Between March 9 and 13, Indian startups cumulatively raised $206.5 Mn across 22 deals, marking a 112% jump from merely $97.6 Mn raised across 11 funding deals in the previous week
Ecommerce funding continued to top the funding charts this week, with a fresh capital infusion of $74 Mn across 6 deals
Faad Capital and Endiya Partners turned out to be the leading investors this week with 2 deals each
Indian startup funding trends picked up this week after a muted start in the month of March. Between March 9 and 13, Indian startups cumulatively raised $206.5 Mn across 22 deals, marking a 112% jump from merely $97.6 Mn raised across 11 funding deals in the previous week
Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [Mar 9 — 13]
Date
Name
Sector
Subsector
Business Model
Funding Round Size
Funding Round Type
Investors
11 Mar 2026
Mozark
Enterprise Tech
Horizontal SaaS
B2B
$40 Mn
Series B
International Finance Corporation, RMB Capitalworks, Kalaari Capital
10 Mar 2026
Captain Fresh
Ecommerce
B2B Ecommerce
B2B
$31.4 Mn
Debt
Blue Earth Capital
13 Mar 2026
Waycool
Agritech
Market Linkage
B2B-B2C
$22.7 Mn
–
Lightrock India
12 Mar 2026
Mosiac Wellness
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$21.7 Mn*
–
360One Asset
11 Mar 2026
Bonkers Corner
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$15 Mn
Series A
India SME Investments, Phoenix Family Office
9 Mar 2026
KaarTech
Enterprise Tech
Horizontal SaaS
B2C
$11 Mn
Series B
Playbook Partners
9 Mar 2026
StrideOne
Fintech
Lending Tech
B2B
$11 Mn
–
–
10 Mar 2026
Skye Air
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Aerial Vehicles
B2B
$9 Mn
Series B
IAN Alpha Fund, AVNM Ventures, Faad Capital, Bajaj Capital, Chiratae Ventures, Mount Judi Ventures
10 Mar 2026
AquaExchange
Agritech
Farmtech
B2C
$8 Mn
Series B
Endiya Partners, Factor Analytics, Accion Ventures
10 Mar 2026
Newtrace
Cleantech
Climate Tech
B2B
$6.3 Mn
Pre-Series A
HDFC, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital
10 Mar 2026
Coreworks AI
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$5 Mn
Seed
Together Fund
12 Mar 2026
GalaxEye
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Spacetech
B2B
$4.8 Mn**
Series A
Speciale Invest, Mela Venture, Rainmatter, Mounttech Growth Fund, Anicut Capital, Navam Venture Fund, Faad Capital, LV Angel Fund, Eraya Capital
11 Mar 2026
Boba Bhai
Foodtech
QSR
B2C
$4.4 Mn
–
8i Ventures, Titan Capital Winners Fund and Global Growth Capital
11 Mar 2026
Aditi Toys
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$3.9 Mn
–
GVFL
10 Mar 2026
Verdant Impact
Agritech
Agri-Bio Tech
B2C
$3 Mn
Seed
Unicorn India Ventures, Infynyte Club, Yash Kotak (Jumper.ai), Alok Soni (Mud House Capital), a-IDEA NAARM
11 Mar 2026
Constems-AI
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$2 Mn
Pre-Series A
Finvolve, Cognify, AIF, Inflection Point Ventures, IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre
11 Mar 2026
OpenCFO
Fintech
Fintech SaaS
B2B
$2 Mn
Seed
Endiya Partners
10 Mar 2026
Zoff Foods
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$2 Mn
Pre-Series B
JM Financial, Aman Gupta (boAt)
11 Mar 2026
Confluxe
Enterprise Services
–
B2B
$1.6 Mn
Pre-Seed
Wavemaker Partners, Kriscore Capital
11 Mar 2026
NPrep
Edtech
Digital Learning Platform
B2C
$1.5 Mn
Seed
Lumikai
11 Mar 2026
UP&RUN
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$206K
–
–
9 Mar 2026
Latent AI
AI
AI Infrastructure & Development
B2B
–
–
AUM Ventures
Source: Inc42
*Mix of primary and secondary transactions
** Part of a larger round
Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week
Ecommerce funding continued to top the funding charts this week, with a fresh capital infusion of $74 Mn across 6 deals.
Enterprise tech startup Mozark raised the biggest cheque of $40 Mn this week. The overall funding in the sector stood at $51 Mn this week.
Seed funding for the week spiked 95% to $11.5 Mn from $5.9 Mn raised last week.
Faad Capital and Endiya Partners turned out to be the leading investors this week with 2 deals each.
Startup IPO Updates This Week
Shares of deeptech company SEDEMAC Mechatronics made a public debut this week. It got listed at ₹1,535 apiece on NSE, a premium of 13.5% to the issue price and ₹1,510 apiece on BSE.
Ecommerce giant Flipkart completed its reverse flip to India after receiving the nod from the Indian government, clearing the path for its market debut vision. With this, Flipkart’s India entity will merge with Flipkart’s Singapore-based subsidiaries.
Startup M&A Updates This Week
Other Developments Of The Week
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