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Indian startups cumulatively raised $268.6 Mn across 28 deals between January 12- 16,\u00a0 marking a 293% jump from $68.4 Mn worth funds deployed in the Indian startup last week across 19 deals<\/p>\n
Ecommerce continued to be investors\u2019 favourite sector with 7 startups raising a total of $49 Mn<\/p>\n
Zerodha\u2019s investment arm Rainmatter and Stellaris Venture Partners were the most active investors this week, backing two startups apiece<\/p>\n
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,\u00a0 marking a 293% jump from $68.4 Mn worth funds deployed in the Indian startup last week across 19 deals.<\/p>\n
Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [ Jan 12 \u2013\u00a0 16]<\/p>\n
Date
\nName
\nSector
\nSubsector
\nBusiness Model
\nFunding Round Size
\nFunding Round Type
\nInvestors
\nLead Investor<\/p>\n
14 Jan 2026
\nPee Safe
\nEcommerce
\nD2C
\nB2C
\n$32 Mn
\nSeries C
\nOrbiMed
\nOrbiMed<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nSukino
\nHealth Tech
\nPersonalised Care Services
\nB2C
\n$31 Mn
\nSeries B
\nBessemer Venture Partners, Rainmatter
\nBessemer Venture Partners<\/p>\n
15 Jan 2026
\nEmversity
\nEdtech
\nDigital Learning Platform
\nB2B
\n$30 Mn
\nSeries A
\nPremji Invest, Lightspeed, Z47
\nPremji Invest<\/p>\n
14 Jan 2026
\nWint Wealth
\nFintech
\nInvestment tech
\nB2C
\n$27.7 Mn
\nSeries B
\nVertex Ventures SEA & India, 3one4 Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Arkam Ventures, Rainmatter
\nVertex Ventures SEA & India<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nBillionE Mobility
\nTraveltech
\nElectric MaaS
\nB2C
\n$25 Mn*
\n\u2013
\nSBI
\n\u2013<\/p>\n
15 Jan 2026
\nEtherealX
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nSpacetech
\nB2B
\n$20.5 Mn
\nSeries A
\nTDK Ventures, BIG Capital, Accel, Prosus, YourNest Venture Capital, BlueHill Capital, Campus Fund, Riceberg Ventures
\nTDK Ventures<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nLiquidnitro Games
\nMedia & Entertainment
\nGaming
\nB2B
\n$19.1 Mn
\nSeries A
\nNorthpoint Capital, Nexus Venture Partners
\nNorthpoint Capital<\/p>\n
14 Jan 2026
\nRISA Labs
\nAI
\nApplication Layer
\nB2B
\n$11.1 Mn
\nSeries A
\nCencora Ventures, Optum Ventures, Oncology Ventures, z21 Ventures, John Simon (General Catalyst)
\nCencora Ventures, Optum Ventures<\/p>\n
14 Jan 2026
\nCloudSEK
\nEnterprise tech
\nHorizontal SaaS
\nB2B
\n$10 Mn
\nSeries B
\nConnecticut Innovations
\nConnecticut Innovations<\/p>\n
15 Jan 2026
\nTruva
\nReal Estate Tech
\nProperty Listing & Discovery
\nB2C
\n$9 Mn*
\n\u2013
\nStellaris 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)
\n\u2013<\/p>\n
12 Jan 2026
\nBluecopa
\nAI
\nApplication Layer
\nB2B
\n$7.5 Mn
\nSeries A
\nAnalog Partners, Blume Ventures, Dallas Venture Capital
\nAnalog Partners<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nCarrum
\nTravel Tech
\nTranspor Tech
\nB2B-B2C
\n$7 Mn
\nSeries A
\nUber
\nUber<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nAtomgrid
\nEcommerce
\nB2B Ecommerce
\nB2B
\n$7 Mn*
\nPre-Series A
\na99 VC, Sadev Ventures, CDM Capital, Merak Ventures
\na99 VC<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nHexalog
\nEnterprise tech
\nHorizontal SaaS
\nB2B
\n$4 Mn
\nSeed
\nEnrission India Capital, Mount Judi Ventures, Action Tesa Family Office, Bajaj Ventures, Nandan Growth Fund
\nEnrission India Capital<\/p>\n
12 Jan 2026
\nNeeman\u2019s
\nEcommerce
\nD2C
\nB2C
\n$4 Mn
\nSeries B
\nSNAM Group, Anicut Capital, ENAM Investments, Sharrp Ventures
\nSNAM Group<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nGreenTech
\nCleantech
\nClimate Tech
\nB2B
\n$3.3 Mn
\n\u2013
\nTransition VC
\nTransition VC<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nDazzl
\nConsumer Services
\nQuick Commercce
\nB2C
\n$3.2 Mn
\nSeed
\nStellaris Venture Partners, Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Maninder Gulati (OYO), Abhinav Sinha (Kluisz AI), Sameer Brij Verma (Northpoint Capital), Abhishek Bansal (Shadowfax)
\nStellaris Venture Partners<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nSecret Alchemist
\nEcommerce
\nD2C
\nB2C
\n$3 Mn
\nSeed
\nUnilever Ventures, DSG Consumer Partners
\nUnilever Ventures<\/p>\n
15 Jan 2026
\nGrowthPal
\nFintech
\nFintech SaaS
\nB2B
\n$2.6 Mn
\n\u2013
\nIdeaspring Capital
\nIdeaspring Capital<\/p>\n
12 Jan 2026
\nPumPumPum
\nTravel Tech
\nListing & Discovery
\nB2C
\n$2 Mn
\nPre-Series A
\nLC Nueva, Mufin Green Finance, Anupam Finserv
\nLC Nueva<\/p>\n
15 Jan 2026
\nAule
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nSpacetech
\nB2B
\n$2 Mn
\nPre-Seed
\npi Ventures, Arvind Lakshmikumar (Tonbo Imaging), Eash Sundaram (Utpata Ventures)
\npi Ventures<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nMisochain Technologies
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nAerial Vehicles
\nB2B
\n$2 Mn
\nSeed
\nCapital-A
\nCapital-A<\/p>\n
12 Jan 2026
\nGood Farmer Food Concepts
\nEcommerce
\nD2C
\nB2C
\n$1.5 Mn
\nPre-Series A
\nCreedCap, Rohan Bopanna (Athlete), Rahul Dravid (Athlete), Meraki Sport & Entertainment
\nCreedCap<\/p>\n
12 Jan 2026
\nEdgistify
\nLogistics
\nShipping & Delivery
\nB2B
\n$1.4 Mn
\nPre-Series A
\nNB Ventures, Rajesh Ranavat (LF Logistics), Prateek Maheshwari (PhysicsWallah), Vivek Gaur (Angel), Vikram Tandon (Angel)
\nNB Ventures, Rajesh Ranavat<\/p>\n
15 Jan 2026
\nRoadgrid
\nCleantech
\nElectric Vehicles
\nB2B
\n$1.3 Mn
\nPre-Series A
\nInflection Point Ventures, Venture Catalysts, FAAD Network, LetsVenture, Kamal Puri (Skyline Group) Vrinda Goyal (Pace Group), Haresh Patel (Arthanomics), Maneesh Shrivastav (Alpha Value)
\nInflection Point Ventures<\/p>\n
13 Jan 2026
\nDrickle
\nEcommerce
\nD2C
\nB2C
\n$720K
\nSeed
\nParam Kandhari, Naresh Krishnaswamy, Abhinav Mathur, Hemanshu Jain, Vinay Bhopatkar, Vaibhav Sisinty, Dalvir Suri, and Rishit Jhunjhunwala, Shaili Chopra
\n\u2013<\/p>\n
16 Jan 2026
\nRenewCred
\nCleantech
\nClimate Tech
\nB2B
\n$510K
\nSeed
\nCampus Angels Network, Kairos Early Opportunity Fund, build3 Startup Studio, VentureStudio Ahmedabad University, Ideashacks Investor Network, ACT Capital Foundation, IIT Kanpur
\nCampus Angels Network<\/p>\n
14 Jan 2026
\nHandyPanda
\nEcommerce
\nD2C
\nB2C
\n$240K
\nSeed
\najvc, Sankalp Kathuria (Broadway)
\najvc<\/p>\n
Source: Inc42
*Mix of equity and debt
**Part of larger round<\/p>\n
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Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Ecommerce continued to be investors\u2019 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.\u00a0
\nFintech trailed ecommerce with $38 Mn\u00a0 raised across two deals this week.
\nZerodha\u2019s investment arm Rainmatter and Stellaris Venture Partners were the most active investors this week, backing two startups apiece.
\nSeed 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Startup IPO Updates This Week<\/p>\n
M&A Activities This Week<\/p>\n
Other Developments<\/p>\n
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