Zerodha’s Rainmatter Backs Legaltech Startup Lawyered in $2.5 Million Pre-Series A Round
The Gurugram startup's AI platform covers 2 million vehicles and has resolved over 200,000 legal matters for fleet operators and individuals across India.
Funding
Startup funding rounds across India and MENA — from pre-seed bets on first-time founders to Series B+ raises reshaping categories. Founder statements, investor disclosures, and regulatory filings, reported as news.
Gurugram Skincare Startup Clarity Labs Bags ₹4 Crore Seed Round Led by Artha Venture Fund
The five-month-old brand is betting on functional, no-fuss daily skincare for Indian consumers — and investors are paying attention.
Hocco closes ₹100 crore Series C at ₹2,500 crore valuation, beats FY26 revenue target with ₹530 crore in sales
The Ankit Chona-led ice-cream brand — founded just two and a half years ago — has crossed ₹530 crore in FY26 net sales and is already targeting ₹900 crore for FY27, as it eyes new geographies and a public listing within three years.
Jaipur’s FruBon Secures Funding from Fireside Ventures and Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office to Scale Dairy Play Across North India
Dev Milk Foods, the Rajasthan-based dairy startup behind the FruBon brand, has raised an undisclosed round to expand its ice cream and value-added dairy portfolio across north and west India.
Aman Gupta’s OFF/BEAT Studios raises ₹100 crore in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners
boAt's Aman Gupta picks Bessemer over bigger cheques, citing AI ambition and global network as the real reason behind OffBeat Studios' ₹100 crore seed raise.
India Startup Funding Falls 23% — But 3 Sectors Are Surging
Total VC deployment into Indian startups slid to $4.1 billion in Q1 2026, down nearly 23% year-on-year. The story beneath that number tells you exactly where the conviction is.
PAVE Space raises $40M seed to move satellites between orbits in 24 hours
Swiss startup PAVE Space closed one of the largest seed rounds in European space history — and its founders built a reusable rocket 53 times on a student budget before any of this began.
Granola went from 5,000 weekly users to a $1.5B unicorn — without a meeting bot
London-based Granola raised $125M Series C at a $1.5B valuation. Its edge: no visible bot, no cloud upload — and now a full enterprise AI context layer.
Abhishek Middha launches Middha Ventures with Rs. 1.05 crore bets on Ruskle, Fitreak
Mumbai-based investor enters early-stage ecosystem with first investments across consumer and fitness startups
Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M Series B
Eighteen-month-old Swish secures fresh capital led by Hara Global and Bain Capital Ventures, more than doubling its valuation as it grows hyperlocal kitchens across Bengaluru.
Saudi Edtech GAGA Raises $2.5M Pre-Series A to Scale Live Learning Platform
Phoenix Venture Partners-backed GAGA offers live, gamified learning across 1,000+ programmes — and now has $4.2M in total funding to accelerate its Saudi Arabia push.
Shorooq backs Yann LeCun’s AI startup AMI Labs in $1.03B seed round
The UAE-based investment firm joined a global investor group backing the Paris-headquartered artificial intelligence startup founded by former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.