{"id":324519,"date":"2025-12-01T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/324519\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:25:16","slug":"bengaluru-based-lab-grown-diamond-jewellery-startup-onya-raises-rs-5-5-crore-in-pre-seed-funding-led-by-zeropearl-vc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/324519\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru-based lab-grown diamond jewellery startup ONYA raises Rs 5.5 crore in pre-seed funding led by Zeropearl VC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BENGALURU: <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#SME#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/onya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ONYA<\/a>, a <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#SME#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/lab-grown-diamond-jewellery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lab-grown diamond jewellery<\/a> brand, has raised Rs 5.5 crore in a pre-seed round led by <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#SME#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/zeropearl-vc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zeropearl VC<\/a>. The round also saw participation from angel investors including MyGate founders Vijay Arishetty, Abhishek Kumar, Shreyans Daga, and Rohit Jindal; UrbanVault founder <a rel=\"dofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/amal-ltd\/stocks\/companyid-37.cms\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#SME#href\" target=\"_blank\">Amal<\/a> Mishra; and Alkendra Pratap Singh, Managing Director of Crescendo Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Director of KE Engineers Pvt. Ltd., among others. The fresh capital will be used to accelerate ONYA\u2019s offline retail expansion across major Indian cities.<\/p>\n<p>Himani Yadav, Founder of ONYA, said in a statement, \u201cBeing backed by Zeropearl VC at this stage \u2014 and by someone like Bipin, who brings a decade of deep consumer-brand investing experience, including in jewellery \u2014 adds immense value and clarity to our journey. The fact that ONYA fits naturally into Zeropearl VC\u2019s Indiluxe thesis reinforces that we\u2019re building in the right direction. This partnership gives us the confidence to take thoughtfully designed lab-grown diamonds to more homes across India.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bipin Shah, Founder and Managing Partner, Zeropearl VC, said in a statement, &#8220;At Zeropearl VC, we back founders who deeply understand the problem they\u2019re solving \u2014 and Himani\u2019s clarity stood out from day one. The ONYA team is already showing early signs of cracking an offline &amp; Design first approach in premium lab-grown diamond space which strongly aligns with our Indiluxe thesis. Young India\u2019s shift in how they view jewellery is undeniable, and ONYA is building right at that inflection point. Their design focus and customer obsession give us strong confidence \u2014 and we see this as a gateway to expanding into more premium, next-gen consumer categories over time.\u201d<br \/>ONYA\u2019s jewellery features IGI-certified lab-grown diamonds set in BIS Hallmarked gold, blending scientific precision with elegant design. With this investment, ONYA plans to expand its product lines, open more customer-first experience stores.<br \/>Add <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/123467569.cms.png\"\/> as a Reliable and Trusted News Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENGALURU: ONYA, a lab-grown diamond jewellery brand, has raised Rs 5.5 crore in a pre-seed round led by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[165618,28,165616,158,165617,165614,165615,50847,50849],"class_list":{"0":"post-324519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-amal","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-diamond-jewellery-brand","11":"tag-entrepreneurship","12":"tag-igi-certified-diamonds","13":"tag-lab-grown-diamond-jewellery","14":"tag-onya","15":"tag-pre-seed-funding","16":"tag-zeropearl-vc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}