From Hosteller To GobbleCube— Indian Startups Raised $60 Mn This Week
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Funding activity in the Indian startup ecosystem took a sharp hit this week. Homegrown new-age tech companies collectively managed to raise just $60.4 Mn across 15 deals between April 13 and 17.
This marks an 83% week-on-week decline from $361.5 Mn raised across 23 deals in the previous week.
Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [April 13 — 17]
Date
Name
Sector
Subsector
Business Model
Funding Round Size
Funding Round Type
Investors
Lead Investor
16 Apr 2026
Hosteller
Travel Tech
Booking Services
B2C
$16 Mn
Series B
PROMAFT Partners, V3 Ventures, ITI Growth Opportunities Fund, Merisis Wealth Trust
PROMAFT Partners, V3 Ventures
15 Apr 2026
GobbleCube
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$15 Mn
Series A
Susquehanna Venture Capital, Info Edge Ventures, Kae Capital
Susquehanna Venture Capital
18 Apr 2026
HOCCO
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$10.7 Mn
–
Sauce.vc
Sauce.vc
14 Apr 2026
TraqCheck
AI
Application Layer
B2B
$8 Mn
Series A
IvyCap Ventures, IIFL
IvyCap Ventures
16 Apr 2026
Aliste Technologies
Clean Tech
–
B2C
$3.2 Mn
Pre-Series A
Big Global JSC, YourNest Venture Capital, Hbeon Labs
Big Global JSC
16 Apr 2026
Intellithink
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Internet Of Things (IoT) & Hardware
B2B
$1.8 Mn
Seed
Pentathlon Ventures, Anicut Capital, Veltis Capital
Pentathlon Ventures
16 Apr 2026
Sarla Aviation
Advanced Hardware & Technology
Aerial Vehicle
B2B
$1.1 Mn
–
IndiGo Ventures
IndiGo Ventures
15 Apr 2026
Ivory
Health Tech
Diagnostics
B2C
$1 Mn
Seed
Draper Associates, SAGE Venture Fund, MoSJE, IFCI Ventures, SIDBI
–
16 Apr 2026
Unbound
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$862K
–
Fireside Ventures
Fireside Ventures
16 Apr 2026
FIFTH SENSE
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
$679K
Pre-Seed
OTP Ventures, Sadev Ventures, ISV Capital, Rohit Kapoor (Swigyy), Amit Damani (StayVista)
OTP Ventures
15 Apr 2026
Swageazy
Ecommerce
D2C
B2B
$579K
–
Info Edge Ventures, OnGrid, HROne
Info Edge Ventures
16 Apr 2026
Cohoma Coffee
Ecommerce
D2C
B2B2C
$539K
Seed
Inflection Point Ventures, Swishin VC
Inflection Point Venture
15 Apr 2026
Helium
Real Estate Tech
Real Estate Services
B2C
$539K
–
Albinder Dhindsa (Eternal), Kunal Shah (CRED), Pankaj Chaddah (Shyft), Mohit Gupta (COYU), Akriti Chopra (Eternal), Gunjan Patidar, Nitin Gupta (Uni Cards)
13 Apr 2026
Smart Garage
Consumer Services
Hyperlocal Services
B2C
$257K
Pre-Series A
–
–
16 Apr 2026
KingdomOfChess
Edtech
Digital Learning Platform
B2C
$177K
–
BeyondSeed Angel Fund, Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures), Rakesh Amerneni (RevOptic), Jai Ostwal, Vikrant Potnis (FundEnable), FBSPL, Aeroflex Enterprises
BeyondSeed Angel Fund
13 Apr 2026
Dev Milk Foods
Ecommerce
D2C
B2C
–
–
Fireside Ventures, Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office
–
Source: Inc42
Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week
- The ecommerce sector minted six deals during the period under review, yet it managed to raise only $13 Mn in total. Ice cream brand HOCCO raised $10.7 Mn from Sauce.vc, which emerged as the largest deal in the segment this week
- AI emerged as the most funded startup segment this week, with two startups raising $23 Mn in total.
- Fireside Ventures emerged as the most active investor this week, backing two startups – Unbound and Dev Milk Foods.
- Seed-stage funding crashed almost 86% to $3.3 Mn this week compared to $22.9 Mn last week.
Other Developments This Week
- Ecommerce giant Flipkart is planning to raise a pre-IPO round of $2 Bn to $2.5 Bn from Indian as well as foreign investors.
- The IndiaAI Mission has selected 10 homegrown AI startups for the second cohort of its ‘IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Programme’. The selected companies include Awiros, Flaunt, PredCo, SkyServe, among others.
- Shadowfax acquired the remaining 10.41% stake in logistics company Criticalog India Private Limited, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary of the listed startup.
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