SUMMARY
This week, Indian startup funding stood at $52 Mn across 15 deals, down 44% from the preceding week
On the back of the week's biggest round, Fairdeal.Market's $15 Mn Series A funding, ecommerce emerged as the most funded segment this week
On the back of the week's biggest round, Fairdeal.Market's $15 Mn Series A funding, ecommerce emerged as the most funded segment this week
Weekly funding activity remained volatile in the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem. Between May 22 and 25, 14 Indian startups collectively raised $52 Mn, marking a 44% decline from the $92.2 Mn secured across 17 deals in the previous week.
Notably, four funding deals announced during the week did not disclose the amount raised.
Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [May 25 — May 29]
| Date | Name | Sector | Subsector | Business Model | Funding Round Size | Funding Round Type | Investors | Lead Investor |
| 26 May 2026 | Fairdeal.Market | Ecommerce | Horizontal Marketplace | B2B | $15 Mn | Series A | Bertelsmann India Investments, WaterBridge Ventures, Incubate Asia Fund | Bertelsmann India Investments |
| 25 May 2026 | StrainX Bioworks | Health Tech | Lifescience | B2B | $13 Mn | – | Prime Venture Partners, Leo Capital, Good Startup, Sparrow Capital, Sun Icon Ventures, Dholakia Ventures, WindT Angels | Prime Venture Partners, Leo Capital |
| 27 May 2026 | TIEA Connectors | Enterprise Services | Manufacturing Solutions | B2B | $8 Mn | Series A | IvyCap Ventures, Jamwant Ventures, 8X Ventures | IvyCap Ventures |
| 25 May 2026 | abCoffee | Ecommerce | D2C | B2C | $6.4 Mn | Pre-Series B | Kliff Ventures, Hero Enterprise Partner Ventures, Merisis Venture Fund, Stride Ventures | Kliff Ventures |
| 25 May 2026 | Yes Madam | Consumer Services | Hyperlocal Services | B2C | $5.2 Mn | – | Info Edge Ventures | Info Edge Ventures |
| 28 May 2026 | C2i Semiconductors | Advanced Hardware & Technology | Semiconductor | B2B | $1.7 Mn* | Series A | TDK Ventures | TDK Ventures |
| 26 May 2026 | Flexprice | AI | Application Layer | B2B | $1.5 Mn | Seed | Shastra VC, Anupam Mittal (People Group), TDV Partners | Shastra VC, Anupam Mittal (People Group) |
| 28 May 2026 | ZeroDrag Technologies | Advanced Hardware & Technology | Aerial Vehicle | B2B | $682K | – | Transition VC | Transition VC |
| 28 May 2026 | Eazzy | Consumer Services | Hyperlocal Services | B2C | $440K | – | – | – |
| 26 May 2026 | Bucketlistt | Travel Tech | Booking Services | B2C | $112K | Pre-Seed | Arvind Choudhar (Angel Investor), Aenik Shah (Angel Investor), Kartik Khatri (Angel Investor), Yash Mehta (Angel Investor) | – |
| 25 May 2026 | Yoho | Ecommerce | D2C | B2C | – | – | Gulf Islamic Investments (GII), Rukam Capital, Rajeev Misra (ex-Softbank), Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm) | – |
| 25 May 2026 | Pramatra Space | Advanced Hardware & Technology | Internet Of Things (IoT) & Hardware | B2B | – | Pre-Seed | Seafund Ventures, Rebalance, Magnivia Ventures, Peaceful Progress Fund, Awais Ahmed (Pixxel Space), Techstars, Neel Mehta (Roh Ventures), Raghunath Das (Almagest Space), Bhavya Doshi (KRISS Portfolio) | Seafund Ventures |
| 26 May 2026 | Quantum Tiger | AI | AI infrastructure & Development | B2B | – | – | – | – |
| 25 May 2026 | GIVA | Ecommerce | D2C | B2C | – | – | Kriti Sanon (Actor) | Kriti Sanon (Actor) |
| Source: Inc42 | ||||||||
Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week
- On the back of the week’s biggest round, Fairdeal.Market’s $15 Mn Series A funding, ecommerce emerged as the most funded segment this week. Four startups raised more than $21.4 Mn during the week.
- Advanced Hardware & Technology saw the second highest number of deals materialised this week. Three startups in the sector raised more than $2.4 Mn during the week.
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- Seed stage funding shrank to $1.6 Mn across three deals this week, marking a 78% decline from the $7.6 Mn raised by startups at this stage last week.
Startup Fund Developments This Week
- Fundamentum cofounder Ashish Kumar has launched a new private investment platform, Fundamentum Frontier Advisors (F2A), with a VC fund of ₹2,000 Cr to invest in startups building in the deeptech and AI sector. The firm will also manage ₹1,000 Cr in co-investments through a vehicle set up outside of India.
- Physis Capital announced the final close of its maiden fund at ₹400 Cr. The investor will back Pre-Series A to Series B stage startups across sectors with an average ticket size in the range of $1–3 Mn.
- Himalaya Wealth Managers announced the launch of a new SEBI-registered Category I AIF, Himalaya SME Scheme-I, with a corpus of ₹500 Cr to back SMEs operating in segments like aerospace and defense, industrial automation, healthcare and life sciences, agritech and food processing, electronics and semiconductors, renewable energy and EVs.