SUMMARY
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
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
Ecommerce sector continued to dominate funding deal trends this week, with five D2C startups raising $9.7 Mn
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.
Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [ Jan 5 – 9 ]
Date
Name
Sector
Subsector
Business Model
Funding Round Size
Funding Round Type
Investors
Lead Investor
6 Jan 2026
Even Healthcare
Health Tech
Telemedicine
B2C
$20 Mn
–
Lachy Groom, Alpha Wave, Sharrp Ventures
–
6 Jan 2026
Speed
Web3
Digital Currencies & Assets
B2C
$8 Mn
–
Tether Ventures, Ego Death Capital
Tether Ventures
8 Jan 2026
Spector.AI
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$6.7 Mn
–
IvyCap Ventures
IvyCap Ventures
8 Jan 2026
TakeMe2Space
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Spacetech
B2C
$5 Mn
Seed
Chiratae Ventures, Artha Venture Fund, SeaFund, Unicorn India Ventures
Chiratae Ventures
7 Jan 2026
Nitro Commerce
Enterprise tech
Horizontal SaaS
B2B
$5 Mn
Series A
Cornerstone Ventures, Ankurit Capital, Grand Anicut Angel Fund, Equentis Wealth Advisory Services, India Accelerator, Razorpay Ventures, Rukum Capital
Cornerstone Ventures
8 Jan 2026
Aivar
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$4.6 Mn
Seed
Sorin Investments, Bessemer Venture Partners
Sorin Investments
7 Jan 2026
Antinorm
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$3.1 Mn
Seed
Fireside Ventures, V3 Ventures, Rukam Capital
Fireside Ventures
8 Jan 2026
&Done
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$3 Mn
Series A
RTP Global, Suashish, All In Capital, Kitty Agarwal, Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal,Puneet Kumar
RTP Global
7 Jan 2026
Arrowhead
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$3 Mn
Seed
Stellaris Venture Partners, Kunal Shah, Madhusudanan R
Stellaris Venture Partners
6 Jan 2026
SkinInspired
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$2.7 Mn
Series A
Spring Marketing Capital, Beauty Innovation Fund, Arihant Patni, Unilever Ventures.
Spring Marketing Capital
7 Jan 2026
Flent
Real Estate Tech
Real Estate Services
B2C
$2.3 Mn
Pre-Series A
Incubate Fund Asia, Twin & Bull Family Office, Stride Ventures, 91Ventures, Untitled VC, WEH Ventures
Incubate Fund Asia
7 Jan 2026
RoadGrid
Cleantech
Electric Vehicles
B2C
$1.5 Mn
Pre-Series A
Venture Catalysts, Kamal Puri , IPV, FAAD Network, LetsVenture, Vrinda Goyal, Haresh Patel, Maneesh Shrivastav
Venture Catalysts
6 Jan 2026
Kayess Square
Enterprise Services
Consulting
B2B
$1.2 Mn
–
–
–
5 Jan 2026
Mylapay
Enterprise Tech
Horizontal SaaS
B2B
$1 Mn
Series A
CDM Capital and Credit Saison,GrowthCap Ventures, Pratekk Agarwaal
–
7 Jan 2026
Be Clinical
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$720K
Seed
V3 Ventures, Titan Capital, Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal
V3 Ventures
6 Jan 2026
OSSO
Healthtech
Healthcare SaaS
B2C
$443K
Seed
Haldiram Family Office, Sahil Jindal, Aakashdeep Goyal, Parijat Sharma, and Viraj Patel
Haldiram family Office
5 Jan 2026
GOAT LIFE
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$200K
–
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
–
6 Jan 2026
Lohia Aerospace Systems
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Aeriel Vehicles
B2B
–
–
Singularity AMC
Singularity AMC
8 Jan 2026
Project Studio AI
Real Estate Tech
Real Estate Services
B2C
–
–
Modulor Capital, We Founder Circle, EvolveX, Thapar Innovate
Modular Capital
Source: Inc42
Note: Only disclosed funding rounds have been included been included
Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week
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.
Ecommerce sector continued to dominate funding deal trends this week, with five D2C startups raising $9.7 Mn.
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.
Seed staged startups secured $16.8 Mn in fresh capital across six funding deals this week.
Other Developments Of The Week
After filing its RHP 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.
One of the biggest edtech mergers between upGrad and Unacademy has failed to materialise as both parties pulled the plug on discussions after failing to reach a consensus on the valuation.
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 helm the IPO filing process. The IPO is likely to comprise a fresh issue of shares worth INR 4,500 Cr.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin launched a dedicated startup policy with an outlay of INR 100 Cr to foster deeptech startups in the state.
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