The funding in the Indian startup ecosystem shot up this week, which also saw the country producing its 124th unicorn in the form of Jumbotail. Overall, twenty one startups raised $314.6 Mn between June 30 and July 5. This was an over 13% jump from $278.3 Mn raised across 22 deals last week.
Besides the uptick in funding, the new-age tech IPO spring continued this week as well.
Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [June 30 – July 5]
Date | Name | Sector | Subsector | Business Model | Funding Round Size | Funding Round Type | Investors | Lead Investor |
30 Jun 2025 | Jumbotail | Ecommerce | Horizontal Marketplace | B2B | $120 Mn | Series D | SC Ventures, Artal Asia | SC Ventures |
30 Jun 2025 | Infra.Market | Real Estate Tech | Construction | B2B | $50 Mn* | Debt | Mars Growth Capital | Mars Growth Capital |
3 Jul 2025 | InCred Finance | Fintech | Lending Tech | B2B | $46.8 Mn | Debt | Morgan Stanley, Nippon Life India | – |
30 Jun 2025 | Eggoz | Ecommerce | D2C | B2C | $20 Mn | Series C | Gaja Capital, IvyCap Ventures, Rebright Partners, Avaana Capital, NABVENTURES, Merisis Opportunities Fund, Arvind Thakur, S Ramadorai, Artek Chemicals, Blue Dot Capital | Gaja Capital |
11 Jul 2025 | AppsForBharat | Consumer Services | eDarshan Services | B2C | $20 Mn | Series C | Susquehanna Asia VC, Fundamentum, Elevation Capital, Peak XV Partners | Susquehanna Asia VC |
30 Jun 2025 | Aukera | Ecommerce | D2C | B2C | $15 Mn | Series B | Peak XV Partners, Fireside Ventures, Sparrow Capital, Prath Ventures, Alteria Capital | Peak XV Partners |
1 Jul | Bambrew | Enterprise Services | Manufacturing Solutions | B2B | $10.5 Mn | Series B | Ashok Goel, Enrission India Capital | Ashok Goel, Enrission India Capital |
1 Jul 2025 | Eeki | Agritech | Market Linkage | B2B | $7 Mn | Series A | Sixth Sense Ventures | Sixth Sense Ventures |
1 Jul 2025 | Zango AI | Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Application Layer | B2B | $4.8 Mn | Seed | Nexus Venture Partners, South Park Commons, Notion Capital, No Label Ventures, Start Ventures | Nexus Venture Partners |
3 Jul 2025 | Maieutic Semiconductor | Advanced Hardware & Technology | Semiconductors | B2B | $4.2 Mn | Seed | Endiya Partners, Exfinity Venture Partners | Endiya Partners, Exfinity Venture Partners |
3 Jul 2025 | Luma Fertility | Health Tech | In-Clinic Healthcare | B2C | $4 Mn | Seed | Peak XV, Ameera Shah, Vijay Taparia | Peak XV |
3 Jul 2025 | GobbleCube | Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Application Layer | B2B | $3.5 Mn | Pre-Series A | InfoEdge Ventures, Kae Capital | InfoEdge Ventures |
2 Jul 2025 | Loopworm | Health Tech | Lifescience | B2B | $3.3 Mn | Pre-Series A | WaterBridge Ventures, Enrission India Capital | WaterBridge Ventures, Enrission India Capital |
2 Jul 2025 | CIMware | Advanced Hardware & Technology | Internet Of Things (IoT) & Hardware | B2B | $2.3 Mn | Pre-Series A | Transition VC | Transition VC |
30 Jun 2025 | Sthyr Energy | Cleantech | Climate Tech | B2B | $1 Mn | Seed | Speciale Invest, Antares Ventures | Speciale Invest |
1 Jul 2025 | Astrophel Aerospace | Advanced Hardware & Technology | Space Tech | B2B | $800K | Pre-Seed | – | – |
1 Jul 2025 | Lamark Biotech | Health Tech | Lifescience | B2B | $767K | Pre-Series A | IAN Alpha Fund, Vinayender Tulla, Nita Roy, Venkataraman KNK | IAN Alpha Fund |
3 Jul 2025 | FitFeast | Ecommerce | D2C | B2C | $644K | Seed | Inflection Point Ventures, Raghav Singhal, Santosh Govindaraju, Abhishek Chopra, Aabhas Khanna | Inflection Point Ventures |
1 Jul 2025 | Garaaz | Enteprise Tech | Vertical SaaS | B2B | $531K | Seed | GVFL | GVFL |
3 Jul 2025 | FES Cafe | Foodtech | QSR | B2C | $351K | Seed | Wolfpack Labs | Wolfpack Labs |
4 Jul 2025 | AjnaLens | Advanced Hardware & Technology | AR/VR | B2B | – | – | Lenskart | Lenskart |
Source: Inc42 *Part of a larger round Note: Only disclosed funding rounds have been included |
- Buoyed by $120 Mn mega funding raised by Jumbotail, ecommerce emerged as investors’ favourite sector this week. The sector saw about half of the overall investments this week, with four startups raising $155.6 Mn.
- Last week’s top funded sector, advanced hardware & technology, saw four investment deals materialise this week. Four startups in the sector raised $7.3 Mn this week.
- Peak XV Partners was the most active investor this week, backing AppsForBharat, Aukera and Luma Fertility.
- Eight startups at the seed stage raised $18.8 Mn this week, a decline of 33% from $27.8 Mn raised by startups at this stage last week.
- Cloud kitchen startup Curefoods filed the DRHP for its IPO, which will comprise a fresh issue of up to INR 800 Cr and OFS component of up to 5 Cr shares. Investors like Accel, Chiratae, and Alteria will sell their shares via the OFS.
- Meeshoand Shadowfax took the confidential pre-filing route for their IPOs this week.
- In the run up to their IPOs, Kisshtand NoPaperforms converted into public entities.
- Zoho announced its second robotics startup acquisition this week, buying Asimov Robotics toexpand its R&D capabilities in robotics.
- Walko Food Company bought Mumbai-based Meemee’s Ice Creams to enter India’s artisanal dessert segment.
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