{"id":182469,"date":"2025-12-09T06:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/182469\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T06:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:52:13","slug":"from-ultraviolette-to-furlenco-indian-startups-raised-133-mn-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/182469\/","title":{"rendered":"From Ultraviolette To Furlenco \u2014 Indian Startups raised $133 Mn This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSUMMARY<\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p>Cleantech managed to be one of the most prominent sectors with 2 startups raising a total of $51 Mn this week<\/p>\n<p>Sparrow Capital turned out to be the most active investor this week, backing\u00a0 Mannjal and ReplyAll<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [ Dec 1 \u2013 5 ]<\/p>\n<p>Date<br \/>\nName<br \/>\nSector<br \/>\nSubsector<br \/>\nBusiness Model<br \/>\nFunding Round Size<br \/>\nFunding Round Type<br \/>\nInvestors<br \/>\nLead Investor<\/p>\n<p>4 Dec 2025<br \/>\nUltraviolette<br \/>\nCleantech<br \/>\nElectric Vehicles<br \/>\nB2C<br \/>\n$45 Mn*<br \/>\nSeries E<br \/>\nZoho, Lingotto<br \/>\n\u2013<\/p>\n<p>2 Dec 2025<br \/>\nStockGro<br \/>\nFintech<br \/>\nInvestment Tech<br \/>\nB2C<br \/>\n$16.7 Mn<br \/>\nSeries B<br \/>\nMukul Agrawal (Param Capital)<br \/>\nMukul Agrawal (Param Capital)<\/p>\n<p>1 Dec 2025<br \/>\nFinfactor<br \/>\nFintech<br \/>\nFintech SaaS<br \/>\nB2B<br \/>\n$15 Mn<br \/>\nSeries A<br \/>\nWestBridge Capital, Varanium Capital, DMI Sparkle Fund, IIFL<br \/>\nWestBridge Capital<\/p>\n<p>3 Dec 2025<br \/>\nFurlenco<br \/>\nEcommerce<br \/>\nD2C<br \/>\nB2C<br \/>\n$13.9 Mn<br \/>\n\u2013<br \/>\nSheela Foam, WhiteOak Capital, Madhu Kela (MK Ventures)<br \/>\nSheela Foam<\/p>\n<p>4 Dec 2025<br \/>\nPlanys Technologies<br \/>\nAdvanced Hardware &amp; Technology<br \/>\nMaritime Tech<br \/>\nB2B, B2G<br \/>\n$11.1 Mn<br \/>\n\u2013<br \/>\nAshish Kacholia (Lucky Investment Manager), Lashit Sanghvi (Alchemy Capital), Pratithi Investment, Samarthya Investment Advisors, 3i Partners, Letsventure<br \/>\nAshish Kacholia (Lucky Investment Manager), Lashit Sanghvi (Alchemy Capital)<\/p>\n<p>2 Dec 2025<br \/>\nModulus Housing<br \/>\nReal Estate Tech<br \/>\nConstruction<br \/>\n\u2013<br \/>\n$7.7 Mn<br \/>\nSeed<br \/>\nKalaari Capital, Hero Group, Samarthya Investments, SVAS Strategic Management, Sigma Ventures, Srinath Ramakkrushnan (Zetwerk)<br \/>\nKalaari Capital, Hero Group, Samarthya Investments<\/p>\n<p>4 Dec 2025<br \/>\nAyekart<br \/>\nAgritech<br \/>\nMarket Linkage<br \/>\nB2B<br \/>\n$6.5 Mn<br \/>\nDebt<br \/>\nSymbiotics Investments<br \/>\nSymbiotics Investments<\/p>\n<p>3 Dec 2025<br \/>\nMoonrider<br \/>\nCleantech<br \/>\nElectric Vehicles<br \/>\nB2C<br \/>\n$6 Mn<br \/>\nSeries A<br \/>\npi Ventures, Singularity AMC, Micelio Fund<br \/>\npi Ventures<\/p>\n<p>4 Dec 2025<br \/>\nCoreOps.AI<br \/>\nAI<br \/>\nApplication Layer<br \/>\nB2B<br \/>\n$3.5 Mn<br \/>\nPre-Series A<br \/>\nSiana Capital Management, Kettleborough VC, Aroa Venture Partners<br \/>\nSiana Capital Management<\/p>\n<p>3 Dec 2025<br \/>\nMirror Security<br \/>\nEnterprise Tech<br \/>\nHorizontal SaaS<br \/>\nB2B<br \/>\n$2.5 Mn<br \/>\nPre-Seed<br \/>\nSure Valley Ventures, Atlantic Bridge<br \/>\nSure Valley Ventures, Atlantic Bridge<\/p>\n<p>3 Dec 2025<br \/>\nMannjal<br \/>\nFintech<br \/>\nLending Tech<br \/>\nB2B<br \/>\n$2 Mn<br \/>\nSeed<br \/>\nArali Ventures, B Capital, Sparrow Capital, Gemba Capital<br \/>\nArali Ventures, B Capital<\/p>\n<p>2 Dec 2025<br \/>\nGetReplies<br \/>\nAI<br \/>\nApplication Layer<br \/>\nB2B<br \/>\n$1 Mn<br \/>\nSeed<br \/>\nPatni Family Office<br \/>\nPatni Family Office<\/p>\n<p>3 Dec 2025<br \/>\nReplyAll<br \/>\nEcommerce<br \/>\nD2C<br \/>\nB2C<br \/>\n$756K<br \/>\nSeed<br \/>\nSparrow 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)<br \/>\nSparrow Capital, Antler India<\/p>\n<p>5 Dec 2025<br \/>\nRedapto<br \/>\nAI<br \/>\nApplication Layer<br \/>\nB2B<br \/>\n$500K<br \/>\nPre-Seed<br \/>\nY Combinator<br \/>\nY Combinator<\/p>\n<p>4 Dec 2025<br \/>\nTIDA Sports<br \/>\nConsumer Services<br \/>\nHyperlocal Services<br \/>\nB2C<br \/>\n$333K<br \/>\nSeed<br \/>\nInflection Point Ventures<br \/>\nInflection Point Ventures<\/p>\n<p>29 Nov 2025**<br \/>\nIztri<br \/>\nConsumer Services<br \/>\nHyperlocal Services<br \/>\nB2C<br \/>\n$180K<br \/>\nSeed<br \/>\najvc<br \/>\najvc<\/p>\n<p>2 Dec 2025<br \/>\nSuperhealth<br \/>\nHealthtech<br \/>\nIn-Clinic Healthcare<br \/>\nB2C<br \/>\n\u2013<br \/>\n\u2013<br \/>\nMS Dhoni Famli Office, Panthera Peak Capital<br \/>\n\u2013<\/p>\n<p>4 Dec 2025<br \/>\nInMobi<br \/>\nEnterprise Tech<br \/>\nHorizontal SaaS<br \/>\nB2B<br \/>\n$250 Mn<br \/>\nSecondary Round<br \/>\nNaveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Abhay Singhal, Piyush Shah<br \/>\nNaveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Abhay Singhal, Piyush Shah<\/p>\n<p>Source: Inc42<br \/>*Part of a larger round<br \/>**Included this week as it was skipped last week<br \/>Note: Only disclosed funding rounds have been included<\/p>\n<p>Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-541089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Infographic-100-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1064\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Deal count wise, AI and fintech sector continued to be investors\u2019 favorite segment. Both the segments witnessed 3 deals, across which startups cumulatively raised $5 Mn and $33 Mn respectively.<br \/>\nCleantech managed to be one of the most prominent sectors with 2 startups raising a total of $51 Mn this week.<br \/>\nSparrow Capital turned out to be the most active investor this week, backing\u00a0 Mannjal and ReplyAll.<br \/>\nEight startups at the seed stage raised about $16 Mn this week.<\/p>\n<p>Fund Updates Of The Week<\/p>\n<p>Startup IPO Updates Of The Week<\/p>\n<p>Other Developments Of The Week<\/p>\n<p>]]><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUMMARY Between December 1 and 5, 18 startups raised $132.7 Mn, marking a 32% decline from $195.2 Mn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[72,191,88082,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-182469","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-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}