Startup Funding News
HrdWyr Funding: $13M for AI-Native Chips
HrdWyr builds AI-native semiconductor chips for edge devices and power-heavy systems. HrdWyr funding just got a big boost with a $13 million Series A led by Ideaspring Capital, giving the Bengaluru startup room to push its chip roadmap faster. The problem it’s chasing is simple enough: generic silicon still forces a lot of products to […]
Mekr Funding: Avaana Backs ₹67 Cr ODM Push
Mekr is an electronics manufacturing platform that helps brands design and source consumer electronic products, then build them through one managed production stack. A lot of Indian brands still rely on imported finished goods or a messy patchwork of vendors, which makes timelines, pricing, and quality harder to control. Now the Delhi NCR startup has […]
Cowboy Space Raises $275M for Orbital AI Compute
Cowboy Space is building orbital data centers that it eventually wants to launch on its own rockets, and that pitch just brought in $275 million in new funding. The bet is simple: AI compute demand keeps climbing, while power, land, permitting, and launch slots are all getting tighter. Founder Baiju Bhatt started the company in […]
Helsing Funding Nears $1.2B With Dragoneer Lead
Helsing builds AI software and autonomous drones for European militaries. The latest Helsing funding talks point to a $1.2 billion round at about an $18 billion valuation, with Dragoneer expected to lead and existing backer Lightspeed set to co-lead. The pitch is simple: Europe’s armed forces still run too much of modern war through slow […]
Wingreens Safe Harvest Acquisition Follows ₹120 Cr Raise
Wingreens is a Gurugram-based packaged food company known for dips, sauces, juices, and breakfast foods. The company recently completed the Wingreens Safe Harvest acquisition and also raised ₹120 crore in a Series D round led by Ashish Kacholia with participation from Alchemy Fund. The company wants to solve a simple problem. Indian consumers want cleaner […]
Sindhuja Microcredit Raises $5M for Rural Lending
Sindhuja Microcredit is a Noida-based NBFC-MFI that gives small-ticket business loans to rural women and other underserved borrowers. On May 11, 2026, the company raised $5 million, or about ₹47 crore, in a pre-Series D round from existing backers Abler Nordic, GAWA Capital, and Oikocredit. The bet here is pretty simple: formal credit still doesn’t […]
Moonshot AI Raises $2B on Kimi Open-Model Demand
Moonshot AI builds open-weight large language models and AI tools aimed at coding, agents, and developer workflows. The Beijing startup has now raised about $2 billion at a $20 billion valuation, a huge vote of confidence in a company betting that a lot of users will trade a bit of top-end model performance for cheaper […]
Kodiak AI Stock Drops After $100M Discount Deal
Kodiak AI builds self-driving truck technology for long-haul freight, industrial sites, and defense vehicles. Kodiak AI stock sank 37% in after-hours trading on Thursday, May 7, 2026, after the company disclosed a $100 million share sale priced at $6.50 — far below its $9.10 close. That gap told investors something simple: backers were still willing […]
Skyroot Aerospace Funding Hits $60M at $1.1B Valuation
Skyroot Aerospace builds small-satellite launch vehicles from Hyderabad, and it has now raised $60 million as it pushes toward the debut of Vikram-1. Satellite customers still deal with long waits and shared launches that don’t fit their timelines. India also has too few flexible options. That’s the gap Skyroot has been chasing since 2018, when […]