Startup Funding News
Rusk Media Funding: Nazara Backs ₹100 Cr AI Push
Rusk Media is a mobile-first digital entertainment company that creates, distributes, and monetizes shows built for Gen Z and younger millennial audiences. The latest Rusk Media funding update is a ₹100 crore pre-Series C round led by Nazara Technologies, with InfoEdge Ventures, IvyCap Ventures, and a consortium led by Audacity VC joining in. Young viewers […]
Vetic Funding: $40M Bet on Home Vet Care
Vetic runs a full-stack pet healthcare network, and its new $40 million round shows investors think India is ready for a more organized version of veterinary care. The Vetic funding news matters because pet care in India is still messy for a lot of owners—records are scattered, emergency access is uneven, and reliable follow-up is […]
Karo Sambhav Raises ₹56 Crore for E-Waste Recycling
Karo Sambhav is an Indian circular economy company that collects end-of-life products and recovers usable materials from them. The Gurugram-based startup has raised ₹56 crore in a pre-Series A round from Rainmatter, Zerodha’s sustainability and climate-focused investment arm, to expand recycling infrastructure for critical raw material recovery. The problem it’s chasing is pretty blunt: India […]
Clair Health Wearable Raises $11.6M From Khosla
Clair Health is building a wrist-worn hormone tracker for women. The startup has raised $11.6 million in fresh funding to bring the device to market. Khosla Ventures led the round. Clair is tackling a problem that remains surprisingly outdated. Many women still rely on blood tests, urine strips, cycle-tracking apps, and general fitness wearables to […]
Critical Energy Raises $19M for Geothermal Turbines
Critical Energy builds factory-made geothermal turbines that turn underground heat into always-on electricity. The 2024 startup has now raised $19 million in seed funding because geothermal developers are running into a physical bottleneck: there aren’t enough compatible turbines in the right sizes, especially if they need them built fast instead of assembled on-site over months […]
Pramaana Labs Raises $27M to Verify AI Work
Pramaana Labs builds software that turns messy legal, tax, and scientific rules into machine-checkable logic, so AI systems can show why an answer is valid instead of just sounding confident. On June 17, 2026, the startup raised a $27 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures for that mission. The pitch is simple: enterprise AI […]
Atom XVII Fund Launches ₹75 Crore Consumer Bet
Atom XVII is a new early-stage investment fund built to back India’s consumer startups from pre-seed to Series A. The Atom XVII Fund has launched as a Category II Alternative Investment Fund with a target corpus of ₹75 crore. It’s betting that many fast-growing consumer businesses still struggle to find organised early-stage capital once you […]
CREST Family Office Raises $3.1M for India Wealth Push
CREST is a Mumbai-based wealth management startup building a fractional family office for ultra-rich founders, business owners, and institutions. The CREST family office has raised $3.1 million, or ₹29.3 crore, in a pre-seed round as it tries to turn a very old, very relationship-driven business into something more structured and tech-enabled. Wealthy Indian families increasingly […]
SolarSquare Series C Brings $53M From B Capital
SolarSquare is a residential rooftop solar company that designs, installs, finances, and maintains home solar systems in India. SolarSquare Series C has brought in $53 million led by B Capital, taking the startup’s total funding to more than $100 million. The problem it’s chasing is pretty obvious: for a lot of homeowners, rooftop solar still […]