Overview
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Indian startup funding, ranked against your mandate. Every number links back to its sources.
Overview
Indian startup funding, ranked against your mandate. Every number links back to its sources.
Since last brief · Aarav — Bengaluru family office
2026-10-19 → 2026-10-19 vs 2026-10-18 → 2026-10-18Every change shown (▲/▼) compares this window with the previous window of the same length. Last brief sent 2026-10-19 01:13 UTC.
How Indian startup funding moved in this window
Last 12 weeks · bars = disclosed capital, line = deals · * = current partial week
This window vs the trailing 8 weeks · 50 = normal
Box size = disclosed capital · green = more deals than last window, red = fewer, grey = flat · outlined = your core sectors
Ranked by capital · ▲/▼ deal count vs last window
Disclosed capital this window
Deals by city · gradient = your primary cities
Raises around your tracked companies and on your watchlist
Startups that raised around your tracked companies · circle size = amount
Ranked against Aarav — Bengaluru family office's mandate
Highest-scoring rounds · click any deal for its full scorecard
What's driving it
Share of disclosed capital by stage, last 8 weeks
Distribution this window · median $13.4M
Share of capital taken by the 3 largest rounds
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vs 65% baseline
Passed all 3 gates · W42
Median Pre-seed round was $782K this week (n=4) vs $600K over the prior 8 weeks (n=17), +30.3%.
Median Pre-seed round was $782K this week (n=4) vs $600K over the prior 8 weeks (n=17), +30.3%. Confidence: weak signal; 2 weeks in a row.Growth took 0% of priced capital this week vs 11.6% over the prior 8 weeks (-11.6 pp).
Growth took 0% of priced capital this week vs 11.6% over the prior 8 weeks (-11.6 pp). Confidence: weak signal; 2 weeks in a row.Endiya Partners backed Shamrock AI, its first B2B SaaS deal in 14 weeks of data, after 3 deals elsewhere.
Endiya Partners backed Shamrock AI, its first B2B SaaS deal in 14 weeks of data, after 3 deals elsewhere. Confidence: emerging.AdGraam raised $316K, 2.9σ below the typical Seed × AI Applications round (n=10, log scale).
AdGraam raised $316K, 2.9σ below the typical Seed × AI Applications round (n=10, log scale). Confidence: emerging.Bengaluru hosted 12 of 22 city-reported deals this week (54.5%) vs 39.5% over the prior 8 weeks (+15.1 pp).
Bengaluru hosted 12 of 22 city-reported deals this week (54.5%) vs 39.5% over the prior 8 weeks (+15.1 pp). Confidence: emerging.The three largest rounds took 32.7% of this week's $336.7M priced capital vs a 68% average over the prior 8 weeks (-35.3 pp).
The three largest rounds took 32.7% of this week's $336.7M priced capital vs a 68% average over the prior 8 weeks (-35.3 pp). Confidence: strong.Adjacent raises this window, per tracked company
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Investors you watch
The Pant Project is a direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand.
Lead: Mirae Asset Venture Investments · Participating: Anisha Saraf, B&K Securities, B2V Ventures, MGA Ventures, Sorin Investments
As reported: ₹109 crore
Sources: BusinessLine — Companies ↗Economic Times Tech — Funding ↗
Focus Prism is a Coimbatore-based food services platform.
Lead: — · Participating: OAKS Asset Management
As reported: ₹145 crore
Sources: Mint — Companies ↗
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