Indian startup funding activity remained muted in the last week of October. Homegrown new-age tech ventures managed to raise $130.2 Mn between October 26 and October 30, down 29.2% from $184 Mn in the previous week.
However, deal activity remained strong. Thirty two startups bagged funding this week, up 88% from from 17 a week earlier.
General Catalyst, Ronnie Screwvala (upGrad), Info Edge Ventures, Tanglin Venture Partners, Untitled Ventures
Peak XV Partners, Afore Capital, DCVC, Emerson Collective, SV Angel, Verdict Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Y Combinator
Peak XV Partners, Afore Capital, DCVC, Emerson Collective, SV Angel, Verdict Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Y Combinator
Blume Ventures, 100Unicorns, Centricity, Diwakar Goel’s family office, Atul Singh’s family office, Adhiraj Burman’s family offic, Rannvijay Singha (Actor)
Sparrow Capital, Info Edge, WaterBridge Ventures, Better Capital, Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com), Mohit Sardana (Xpressbees), Sarthak Misra (SoftBank)
Better Capital, Antler India, Rishikesh SR (Rapido), Vaibhav Khandelwal (Shadowfax), Sumit Khandelwal (Xoxoday), Siddhant Goyal (Crane VC), Sanjay Ramakrishnan (Multiply Ventures)
Source: Inc42 *Part of a larger round **Mix of primary and secondary transactions
Ecommerce led the sectoral funding charts this week, with nine deals bringing in $33.4 Mn. Troovy’s $10.5 Mn and Ace Blend’s $9.9 Mn rounds did much of the heavy lifting, together accounting for 61% of the sector’s funding this week.
AI was second-placed this week, with five startups raising $30.4 Mn. Simplismart’s $14 Mn round and Live2.ai’s $13.7 Mn infusion contributed 91% to the total haul this week.
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