{"id":450321,"date":"2026-02-05T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450321\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:26:34","slug":"indian-startup-funding-startups-raised-303-mn-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450321\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Startup Funding \u2014 Startups Raised $303 Mn This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\tSUMMARY<\/p>\n

Between January 26- 30, Indian startups raised a total of $ 95.6 Mn, marking a decline of 68% from the $302.8 Mn cumulatively raised by Indian startups<\/p>\n

Advanced Hardware & Technology segment saw the highest four deals materialise this week, with startups raising $17 Mn in cumulative funding.<\/p>\n

Ace investor Ashish Kacholia emerged as the most active investor this week with two investments \u2013 4baseCare and 1Buy.AI<\/p>\n

As industries buckle up for Union Budget 2026, to be tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tomorrow, the funding activity in the Indian startup ecosystem took a back seat this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Between January 26- 30, Indian startups raised a total of $ 95.6 Mn, marking a decline of 68% from the $302.8 Mn cumulatively raised by Indian startups. The deal count stood at 18 this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [Jan 26 \u2013 30]<\/p>\n

Date
\nName
\nSector
\nSubsector
\nBusiness Model
\nFunding Round Size
\nFunding Round Type
\nInvestors
\nLead Investor<\/p>\n

28 Jan 2026
\nEasy Home Finance
\nFintech
\nLending Tech
\nB2C
\n$30 Mn
\nSeries C
\nInvestcorp,Claypond Capital, Ranjan Pai Family Office, Asia Rising Fund
\nInvestcorp<\/p>\n

27 Jan 2026
\n4baseCare
\nHealthtech
\nLifescience
\nB2B
\n$9.8 Mn
\nSeries B
\nAshish Kacholia (Lucky Investment Managers), Lashit Sanghvi (Sixth Sense Ventures), Yali Capital
\nAshish Kacholia, Lashit Sanghvi<\/p>\n

28 Jan 2026
\nAgrani Labs
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nSemiconductors
\nB2B
\n$8 Mn
\nSeed
\nPeak XV Partners
\nPeak XV Partners<\/p>\n

27 Jan 2026
\nSpotDraft
\nEnterprise Tech
\nHorizontal SaaS
\nB2B
\n$8 Mn*
\nSeries B
\nQualcomm Ventures
\nQualcomm Ventures<\/p>\n

27 Jan 2026
\nNivaan Care
\nHealthtech
\nIn-Clinic Healthcare
\nB2C
\n$7 Mn
\nSeries A
\nSorin Investments, W Health Ventures, Endiya Partners, Rebright Partners
\nSorin Investments<\/p>\n

27 Jan 2026
\nEntellus Industries
\nEnterprise Services
\nManufacturing Solutions
\nB2B
\n$5.5 Mn
\n\u2013
\nZeroW
\nZeroW<\/p>\n

28 Jan 2026
\nVimag Labs
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nInternet Of Things (IoT) & Hardware
\nB2B
\n$5 Mn
\nSeries A
\nAccel, Chakra Growth Fund, Thinkuvate
\nAccel<\/p>\n

29 Jan 2026
\nCAVA Athleisure
\nEcommerce
\nD2C
\nB2C
\n$4.4 Mn
\nSeries A
\nSharrp Ventures, V3 Ventures, Spring Marketing Capital
\nSharrp Ventures<\/p>\n

29 Jan 2026
\n1Buy.AI
\nEcommerce
\nHorizontal Marketplace
\nB2B
\n$3.5 Mn
\nSeed
\n100Unicorns, Gruhas, FJ Labs, Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investment Managers)
\n100Unicorns<\/p>\n

27 Jan 2026
\nMysa
\nAI
\nApplication Layer
\nB2B
\n$3.4 Mn
\nPre-Series A
\nBlume Ventures, Piper Serica, Ikemori Ventures, Dhan parent Raise Financial Services, QED Innovation Labs, Antler, IIMA Ventures, Neon Fund
\nBlume Ventures, Piper Serica<\/p>\n

28 Jan 2026
\nD-Propulse
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nAerial Vehicles
\nB2B
\n$2.7 Mn
\n\u2013
\nIAN Alpha Fund
\nIAN Alpha Fund<\/p>\n

29 Jan 2026
\nBiopeak
\nHealthtech
\nLifescience
\nB2C
\n$2.7 Mn
\n\u2013
\nNKSquared
\nNKSquared<\/p>\n

28 Jan 2026
\nScrapUncle
\nConsumer Services
\nHyperlocal Serices
\nB2C
\n$2.4 Mn
\nPre-Series A
\nOrios Venture Partners, Acumen Fund, Upaya Social Ventures, Venture Catalysts, We Founder Circle, Soonicorn Ventures, Bharat Jaisinghani (PolyCab)
\nOrios Venture Partners, Acumen Fund<\/p>\n

28 Jan 2026
\nAquaAirX
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nAerial Vehicles, Maritime Tech
\nB2B
\n$1.4 Mn
\nSeed
\nRainmatter, Prime Venture Partners, Wyser, India Accelerator
\nRainmatter<\/p>\n

29 Jan 2026
\nEarthSync
\nCleantech
\nClimate tech
\nB2B
\n$1 Mn
\nPre-Seed
\nTheia Ventures, Eximius Ventures
\nTheia Ventures<\/p>\n

28 Jan 2026
\nThe Stack
\nEcommerce
\nD2C
\nB2C
\n$660K
\nPre-Seed
\nOTP Ventures, Huddle Ventures
\nOTP Ventures, Huddle Ventures<\/p>\n

29 Jan 2026
\nOneARVO
\nEnterprise Tech
\nHorizontal SaaS
\nB2B
\n$134K
\nPre-Seed
\nInflection Point Ventures
\nInflection Point Ventures<\/p>\n

28 Jan 2026
\nKore.ai
\nAI
\nApplication Layer
\nB2B
\n\u2013
\n\u2013
\nAllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors, Vistara Growth, Beedie Capital, Sweetwater Private Equity
\nAllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors<\/p>\n

Source: Inc42
*Part of larger round<\/p>\n

Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Easy Home Finance raised $30 Mn in its Series C funding round led by Investcorp this week. On the back of this round, fintech became the most funded startup sector this week.
\nIn terms of deal count, the Advanced Hardware & Technology segment saw the highest four deals materialise this week, with startups raising $17 Mn in cumulative funding.\u00a0
\nSeed stage funding slumped 40% week-on-week, with three startups at this stage raising $12.9 Mn.
\nAce investor Ashish Kacholia emerged as the most active investor this week with two investments \u2013 4baseCare and 1Buy.AI.<\/p>\n

Startup IPO Updates This Week<\/p>\n

Other Developments Of The Week<\/p>\n

Navam Capital, which counts Ather Energy in its portfolio, marked the final close of its maiden alternative investment fund (AIF)<\/a>, at INR 315 Cr to back Indian deeptech startups building for global markets. The fund, which had a target corpus of INR 250 Cr, was oversubscribed and closed at INR 315 Cr following the exercise of green shoe option.<\/p>\n

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