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<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSUMMARY<\/p>\n
Indian startup funding stood at $200.2 Mn across 31 deals, up 42% from the preceding week<\/p>\n
Between February 16 and 20, 16 startups collectively raised $118.3 Mn \u2014 a sharp 69% drop from the $200.2 Mn secured across 31 deals in the preceding week<\/p>\n
Peak XV and Tenacity were the most active investors this week, backing two startups apiece<\/p>\n
Despite a slew of positive announcements at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit this week, fresh capital inflow into the Indian startup ecosystem remained subdued. <\/p>\n
Between February 16 and 20, 16 homegrown startups collectively raised $118.3 Mn \u2014 a sharp 69% drop from the $200.2 Mn secured across 31 deals in the preceding week.<\/p>\n
However, the overall funding number received a major boost from Spinny\u2019s $170 Mn Series G round, which was reported last Saturday (February 14). Including the mega funding round, Indian startup funding zoomed 42% week-on-week to $285.3 Mn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [Feb 16 \u2013 20]<\/p>\n
Date
\nName
\nSector
\nSubsector
\nBusiness Model
\nFunding Round Size
\nFunding Round Type
\nInvestors
\nLead Investor<\/p>\n
14 Feb 2026*
\nSpinny
\nEcommerce
\nVertical Marketplace
\nB2C
\n$170 Mn
\nSeries G**
\nFidelity Investments, Accel
\nFidelity Investments, Accel<\/p>\n
18 Feb 2026
\nStable Money
\nFintech
\nInvestment Tech
\nB2C
\n$25 Mn
\nPre-Series C
\nPeak XV Partners, Z47, RTP Global, Lightspeed, Fundamentum Partnership
\nPeak XV Partners<\/p>\n
18 Feb 2026
\nStatiq
\nClean Tech
\nElectric Vehicles
\nB2B
\n$18 Mn
\n\u2013
\nTenacity Ventures, Y Combinator, Shell Ventures, RCD Holdings
\nTenacity Ventures<\/p>\n
20 Feb 2026
\nPortkey
\nAI
\nApplication Layer
\nB2B
\n$15 Mn
\nSeries A
\nElevation Capital, Lightspeed
\nElevation Capital<\/p>\n
16 Feb 2026
\nC2i Semiconductors
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nSemiconductor
\nB2B
\n$15 Mn
\nSeries A
\nPeak XV Partners, TDK Ventures, Yali Capital
\nPeak XV Partners<\/p>\n
18 Feb 2026
\nVervesemi
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nSemiconductor
\nB2B
\n$10 Mn
\nSeries A
\nAshish Kacholia (Lucky Investment), Unicorn India Ventures, Roots Ventures, Caperize Fina, MAIQ Growth Scheme
\nAshish Kacholia (Lucky Investment), Unicorn India Ventures<\/p>\n
18 Feb 2026
\nPeptris
\nHealth Tech
\nLifescience
\nB2B
\n$7.7 Mn
\nSeries A
\nIAN Alpha Fund, Speciale Invest, Tenacity Ventures, BYT Ventures
\nIAN Alpha Fund, Speciale Invest<\/p>\n
17 Feb 2026
\nHomeRun
\nConsumer Services
\nQuick Commerce
\nB2B
\n$6.6 Mn
\nSeries A
\nSorin Investments, Titan Capital, Sparrow Capital, Consumer Collective, Helios Holdings
\nSorin Investments<\/p>\n
20 Feb 2026
\nMyelin Foundry
\nAI
\nApplication Layer
\nB2B
\n$5.3 Mn
\n\u2013
\nASM Technologies
\nASM Technologies<\/p>\n
17 Feb 2026
\nToneTag
\nFintech
\nBanking
\nB2B
\n$3.8 Mn
\n\u2013
\nQualcomm Ventures
\nQualcomm Ventures<\/p>\n
17 Feb 2026
\nCraftifAI
\nAI
\nApplication Layer
\nB2B
\n$3 Mn
\nSeed
\nAnkur Capital, IvyCap Ventures, Capital-A, Antler
\nAnkur Capital<\/p>\n
19 Feb 2026
\nPluto Mobility
\nClean Tech
\nElectric Vehicles
\nB2B
\n$2 Mn
\nSeed
\nVersion One Ventures, Grad Capital
\nVersion One Ventures<\/p>\n
17 Feb 2026
\nIntrinsic Foundries
\nClean Tech
\nClimate Tech
\nB2B
\n$1.4 Mn
\nSeed
\nTransition VC
\nTransition VC<\/p>\n
16 Feb 2026
\nOtto Money
\nFintech
\nInvestment Tech
\nB2C
\n$1.3 Mn
\nPre-Seed
\nPravega Ventures
\nPravega Ventures<\/p>\n
17 Feb 2026
\nBeep
\nEdtech
\nDigital Learning Platform
\nB2C
\n$850K
\nPre- Series A
\nKnowhere Ventures, Pacific Global Solutions, LeadAngels FLV, Vipul Prakash (wowJobs), Sandeep Johri (Checkmarx)
\n\u2013<\/p>\n
20 Feb 2026
\nRoopya
\nFintech
\nFintech SaaS
\nB2B
\n$440K
\nSeed
\nInflection Point Ventures
\nInflection Point Ventures<\/p>\n
20 Feb 2026
\nCoreShield Technologies
\nAdvanced Hardware & Technology
\nDefence Tech
\nB2G
\n\u2013
\nSeed
\nThinKuvate
\nThinKuvate<\/p>\n
Source: Inc42
*Including this week as it was skipped last week
**Mix of primary and secondary transactions<\/p>\n
Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Ecommerce continued to dominate the overall funding trends this week on the back of Spinny\u2019s mega round.
\nAdvanced hardware & technology sector, which houses innovations in segments like deeptech and spacetech, saw the highest number of four deals materialise this week. Startups in the space cumulatively raised $26 Mn.
\nAI and enterprise tech sector clocked three deals each this week, translating to a capital infusion of $23 Mn and $30 Mn, respectively.
\nWhile B2C segments lapped up about 70% of the total funds poured into the ecosystem, 13 B2B startups bagged the remainder of the funds.
\nPeak XV and Tenacity were the most active investors this week, backing two startups apiece.<\/p>\n
Startup Fund Updates Of The Week<\/p>\n
Peak XV announced three maiden funds,<\/a> India Seed, India Venture and APAC Funds, the VC firm\u2019s first independent funds after separating from Sequoia Capital in 2023. The VC giant also claimed that it has closed commitments to the tune of $1.3 Bn for the three funds. Other Developments Of The Week<\/p>\n AI cloud infrastructure startup Neysa entered into a definitive agreement with Blackstone and others, for a $600 Mn equity funding and a separate $600 Mn raise through debt financing.<\/a> This took the total size of round to $1.2 Bn. ]]><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUMMARY Indian startup funding stood at $200.2 Mn across 31 deals, up 42% from the preceding week Between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158,160334],"class_list":{"0":"post-481707","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"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481707","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=481707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSuhail Sameer-led OTP Ventures announced the final close of its maiden venture fund<\/a> at \u20b9500 Cr. The fund, which had initially set out to raise \u20b9400 Cr, exceeded its target following a 17-month fundraising exercise.
\nVC firm ValleyNXT Ventures launched its maiden fund, <\/a>with a target corpus of \u20b9200 Cr (about $22 Mn) and a greenshoe option of \u20b9200 Cr to back early-stage deeptech startups. The firm plans to back spacetech, defence tech, robotics, AI\/ML, cybersecurity, biotech, sustainability, and consumer innovation startups via the fund.
\nEquirus Group announced the final close of its maiden early-stage VC fund, Equirus InnovateX Fund<\/a>, at \u20b9166 Cr. It aims to back up to 15 startups operating in sectors like SaaS, deeptech, fintech, among others<\/p>\n
\nLetsVenture-backed startup Klassroom filed its DRHP with the BSE for an SME IPO<\/a>. The public issue will comprise a fresh issue of up to 19.89 Lakh equity shares and an offer-for-sale (OFS) component of up to 4.66 Lakh equity shares.
\nListed OTA Easemytrip is planning to undertake a fresh fund raise of up to \u20b9500 Cr<\/a> to expand its presence across non-core segments. The fundraise is expected to happen over multiple tranches, and will include modes like rights issue, QIP, preferential issue or private placement.
\nGeneral Catalyst announced plans to invest $5 Bn in Indian startups <\/a>over the next five years. It will look to invest in startups across AI, healthcare, defence tech, fintech, and consumer technology over the coming years
\nAmerican computing giant Qualcomm announced plans to invest $150 Mn<\/a> in Indian startups through its investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures. It will target investments in startups that are building AI solutions for use in automotive, IoT, robotics, and mobile sectors.<\/p>\n