Varthana's funding round features USD 6 million from WaterEquity, USD 5 million via Symbiotics NCDs, and EUR 5 million in ECB financing from Triple Jump.
The funding will support infrastructure, advanced digital platforms, and large scale talent development focused on data science, AI, generative AI, and agentic AI.
Founders say rising scrutiny, digital-first discovery and evolving parental expectations are reshaping how brands are built, scaled and trusted in this high-stakes category.
As India gears up to sharpen its fiscal priorities ahead of the Union Budget 2026, the virtual digital assets (VDA) and web3 ecosystem finds itself at a strategic inflection point.
The pre-Series B funding round was led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund, with continued participation from British International Investment, UTEC, Blume Ventures, Avaana Capital, Riverwalk Holdings and SE Ventures.
Pine Labs currently holds around a 25 percent stake in Agya Technologies and intends to acquire the remaining shares in the near term, potentially in multiple tranches.
With Meesho having filed for an IPO, it is proving that sustainable, large-scale businesses can be built by embracing India's complexity rather than trying to simplify it away.
The pre series A round also saw participation from existing investors Huddle Ventures and Alteria Capital, alongside angel investors including Mokobara founders Sangeet Agrawal and Navin Parwal and Tracxn founder Abhishek Goyal.
The round also included participation from Y Combinator, Blume Ventures, Orange Collective, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Capital and Eight Capital, along with angel investors Aarthi Ramamurthy, Arpan Sheth, Sriwatsan Krishnan, Ravi Iyer and Taro Fukuyama, among others.
Leading this transformation is World TradeX, an emerging force in agri-tech and financial innovation, whose mission is to empower farmers, create local micro-economies, and help feed the world.
A.S. Lakshminarayanan, CEO, Tata Communications is repositioning the company from a telecom major to a technology powerhouse. He tells Entrepreneur India how the heavy weight is gearing up.
Their retreat is not episodic or tactical; it reflects a deeper reset in global capital allocation, fund economics, and India’s late-stage opportunity structure.
Optimistic Capital's INR 200 crore fund has invested INR 30 crore so far, with the remaining INR 170 crore planned for deployment over three years in brewing, bottling and kegging.
Alongside its startup investments, the fund will also make selective allocations across private equity, public markets, hedge funds and commodities as part of a diversified investment strategy.
The fresh capital will be used to strengthen its engineering team, speed up product development, and expand its presence in India as well as international markets.