Indian Startup Funding — Startups Raised $315 Mn This Week

SUMMARY

Between June 30 and July 5, Indian startup funding stood at $314.6 Mn via 21 deals, up 13% from the preceding week

Buoyed by $120 Mn mega funding raised by new unicorn Jumbotail, ecommerce emerged as investors’ favourite sector this week

Peak XV Partners was the most active investor this week, backing AppsForBharat, Aukera and Luma Fertility

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

Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week

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.

Startup IPO Updates Of The 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.
Meesho and Shadowfax took the confidential pre-filing route for their IPOs this week.
In the run up to their IPOs, Kissht and NoPaperforms converted into public entities.

Startup M&As This Week

Zoho announced its second robotics startup acquisition this week, buying Asimov Robotics to expand its R&D capabilities in robotics.
Walko Food Company bought Mumbai-based Meemee’s Ice Creams to enter India’s artisanal dessert segment.