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Fireside Ventures Closes Fund IV at ₹2,265 Crore
This new consumer fund brings Fireside's total assets under management to INR 5,300 crore, with plans to back early and growth-stage brands
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OYO Assets Secures INR 125 Cr to Boost Hotel Expansion Plans
The round was led by InCred.
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Redrob Raises $10M Led by Korea Investment Partners
According to Redrob, the funding will go towards furthering its technology by improving its ML structure for a targeted 50 times cost cut, making language models for India based on all 22 languages recognized by the constitution, and providing a complete AI suite for learning, career growth, and productivity at the workplace.
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CtrlB Raises $ 2.5 Million Seed Funding Led by Chiratae Ventures
CtrlB said that the funding will help accelerate engineering, R&D, and patent filings for its core indexing and compression technology while pursuing enterprise certifications, including SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
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Ravity Receives ₹2 Cr Investment from Maruti Suzuki Innovation Fund
The funding for Ravity is the third one under the Maruti Suzuki Innovation Fund, with prior investments of INR 2 crore each into Amlgo Labs Private Limited in March 2024 and Sociograph Solutions Private Limited in June 2022.
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Pibit.AI raises $7 Mn from Stellaris Venture Partners and Existing Investors
The company has said the funding will be used towards product development and to double down on industry-wide adoption of its flagship Centralized Underwriting Risk Environment.
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TCS Secures $1 Bn Investment from TPG to Accelerate AI Data Center Business
HyperVault will be funded through a combination of equity from TCS and TPG, as well as debt. With both parties combined, the total commitment will be up to INR 18,000 crore over the next few years.
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Ultrahuman Raises ₹100 Cr in Debt from Alteria Capital
The company has said that the new financing will enable it to double down on innovation and accelerate market expansion, sports and research partnerships, and development of new features and software revenue streams.
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Thimblerr raises $1.4 Mn in Bridge Round with Participation from IPV, 3one4 and Others
The company has said that the fresh funds will be utilised towards customer acquisition, product category expansion, and strengthening supply-chain capabilities.
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Agraga secures ₹100 Crore in Pre-Series B Funding Led by Bajaj Finserv Group
Agraga has said that the fresh capital will be used towards its cross-border focused logistics business, expand its LCL (Less-than-Container Load) vertical, and scale its technology investments across automation, real-time visibility, and embedded financial services.
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AgroStar Bags $30 Mn from Just Climate and Existing Investors
AgroStar said that the funding will enable it to accelerate its national omnichannel expansion, drive new product innovations across both input and output verticals, and invest in AI capabilities.
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Stylework Secures ₹30 Cr Funding Led by Equentis
The company is backed by investors including Capri Global Holdings, SCIF Fund, We Founder Circle, Inflection Point Ventures, Ah Ventures, and BizdateUp.
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Luma AI Bags $900 Mn in Series C, Partners with HUMAIN
Luma AI will also now be a customer of HUMAIN, as the PIF company builds 'Project Halo', a 2-gigawatt AI supercluster in Saudi Arabia, making it one of the world's largest compute infrastructure buildouts.
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Badshah and Cartel Bros Aim for ₹700 Cr Mark with New Spirits Venture
The brand will also aim to capture a minimum 25 per cent share of India's vodka market and also a valuation of INR 700 crore within three years. The product will be launched in Goa and Maharashtra this month.
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Monolithisch India Acquires MIGPL
The company said that the acquisition is expected to accelerate operational efficiencies, deepen market penetration, and unlock cost and supply chain synergies for the company.
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VCs Rally Behind AI: Unpacking The Hype and Unique India Trends
AI entering the pool has also turned out to be a curveball for investors, primarily because AI-first companies behave differently from traditional deep-tech, SaaS, or fintech businesses. Investor expectations of them are also significantly higher.
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GVFL and Malpani Ventures lead ₹4.5 crore pre-seed round in DOCO
DOCO was founded by Jitendra Yadav and Nishant Agarwal in 2023 as a rural Distribution-as-a-Service (Rural DaaS) platform with an aim to enable fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands to efficiently reach rural and semi-urban markets through a tech-driven network of dark stores and local partners.
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Nyayanidhi Raises $2 Mn in Seed Funding Led by 3one4 Capital
Founded in 2024 by Adithya LHS, Chakshu Masagali, and Pratik Pany, graduates of NIT Surathkal, Duke University, and Georgetown Law, Nyayanidhi uses artificial intelligence and automation to make legal documentation, translations, and filings 10 times faster and more reliable.
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Ochre Spirits Closes Seed Round Led by Ah! Ventures
The capital will be used to deepen its presence in South and Western India, strengthen production, and expand its growing portfolio across categories such as whisky, gin, and agave spirits.
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Bombay Shaving Company closes ₹136 Cr Funding led by Sixth Sense Ventures; Eyes for IPO
Bombay Shaving Company also announced its financials with a net revenue run-rate of INR 550 Cr+ and achieved PAT profitability, having doubled its performance over FY25. The company said that the fundraising serves as a strategic step to consolidate as the brand gears up for a potential IPO.
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WABAG Makes First Investment Under Blue Seed Initiative with Nimble Vision
WABAG stated that the collaboration marked a significant step towards strengthening India's water technology ecosystem, combining Nimble Vision's DeepTech innovation with WABAG's global expertise.
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Cadabams Invests $7.3 Mn in MindTalk to Build World’s First Deep Agent for Mental Health
Cadabams said that the investment is a significant step towards fusing three decades of clinical expertise with advanced DeepTech, marking one of the most defining technology-led expansions in India's mental health sector.
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AI Startup GreenFi Secures USD 2 Mn from Transition VC
The startup plans to use the funds to expand its global distribution network, strengthen its AI-driven product innovations, and grow its presence across major international markets.
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Partners Group Acquires Majority Stake in Infinity Fincorp Solutions, Jungle Ventures Deepens Funding Commitment
Jungle Ventures, one of Infinity's early institutional investors, also participated, deepening its commitment with an investment of INR 128 crore.
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MoEngage Bags $100 Mn to Scale Marketing AI Agents and Expand in North America
The funding comes during the company's efforts to amp up its global expansion plans, with the North America region now contributing the largest share of its revenue. The company's total funding now exceeds USD 250 million.
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The Policy Exchange Raises $1.5 Million in Series B Funding
According to a press release, the funds raised will be used towards its technology infrastructure, building an organizational structure, and driving market awareness.
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Sundaram Alternates Appoints New MD, Crosses ₹7,000 crore In AUM
The firm noted that "all key portfolio management strategies have consistently outperformed their benchmarks. Under Athreya's leadership, the private credit vertical emerged as one of the key aspects of its growth story, said Sundaram Alternates in a press release.