Minakshi Sangwan

Shreya Mishra and Neeraj Jain are driving India’s residential solar adoption through SolarSquare, blending consumer focus with clean energy innovation.

Amagi founders transform broadcasting through cloud innovation, enabling targeted ads, scalable streaming, and global content monetisation.

Startup Funding Drops 85% This Week Amid Select Big Deals

Butterfly Learnings, founded in 2021 by Dr. Sonam Kothari and Abhishek Sen, is a Mumbai-based company offering integrated therapy and developmental care services for children and families.

Founded in 2019 by Ishwar Kumhar and Nikita Kumawat, Brandworks Technologies offers design-led OEM/ODM electronics manufacturing, integrating R&D, engineering, and scalable production.

Here’s a quick look at this week’s top funding deals, mergers and acquisitions, IPO activity, and key fund launches (May 16–May 22).

Before founding EUME, Naina built a strong foundation in luxury brand management.

This Week’s Top Funding Deals (May 02–May 08)

India’s digital health sector is growing rapidly, with AI, diagnostics, and data-driven models improving access, accuracy, and efficiency, while addressing gaps in infrastructure, affordability, and patient-centric care delivery.

India’s consumer tech sector is entering an AI-driven era, where companies prioritise personalisation, data-led growth, and efficiency while maintaining trust, authenticity, and strong brand connections.

Investors are shifting from AI hype to focused strategies, backing scalable startups, prioritising execution, managing costs, and betting on long term value across sectors as competition intensifies globally.

Dholakia Lab Grown Diamond topped the funding charts this week, with Snabbit, Sahi, Kimbal, Metasports Interactive, and Oolka also securing major investments.

The Hosteller, LightFury Games, M, STCH, AITS, and NudgeBee lead this week’s funding deals.

Founded in 2019 by Vishal Gupta and Rachana Gupta, Gynoveda offers holistic, Ayurveda-based solutions for women’s health, focusing on root causes across life stages.

Aurassure delivers hyperlocal climate intelligence, empowering cities with real-time data on air, weather, heat risks.

Top startup deals for the week of April 4–10, 2026

At IIT Madras, experimentation shaped Shreeram Ravichandran's journey, leading him to co-found Modulus Housing and industrialise rapid, modular construction solutions.

Bachatt, MTandT Rentals, Gnani.ai, NowPurchase, and Dugar Finance led this week's funding deals.

Rocketlane, Euler Motors, Swish, Deccan AI, and Plum Insurance lead weekly startup funding deals

Tagbin blends technology with storytelling to create immersive, scalable experiences across public and enterprise spaces

Weekly Startup Highlights (Mar 14–Mar 20)

Spotting low trust in electric scooters for long rides, Simple Energy's founder built a high-range EV startup focused on in-house technology, expansion, and sustainable growth.

Startup Funding Drops around 26% in the Week of March 07–March 13, 2026.

From satellites to strategic intelligence, Anirudh Sharma's Digantara is reshaping the future of space surveillance.

On International Women's Day, women entrepreneurs share how resilience, innovation, and self-belief helped them overcome challenges and build impactful businesses across sectors.

Top deals during the week of February 28 to March 6.

Wint Wealth offers retail investors access to curated corporate bonds, securitised debt, and high-yield fixed-income investments.

First-generation entrepreneur Pulkit Baldev turned engineer-operator built Metalbook into profitable, fast-scaling digital metals supply chain platform leader.

This week's key funding deals, strategic acquisitions, and new fund launches across sectors.

This Week's Top Funding Deals (Feb 14–20): Neysa and GREW Solar Lead Big Bets