#Venture Funding

Mirae Asset Venture Investments marks first close of new fund at Rs 1,125 crore

Accel raises $550 million for ninth India fund

The new fund is around 15% smaller than Accel’s previous India fund. Accel had closed $650 million for its eighth India fund in January last year.

Vecton AI raises pre-seed funding led by Zeropearl VC

The Bengaluru-based startup will use the fresh capital to accelerate the development of enterprise-grade AI solutions and strengthen its Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) model, among others.

Elevation Capital closes ninth India-focused fund at $500 million

The fund will primarily target seed and Series A startups, with a focus on companies building practical AI-powered applications for consumers and enterprises.

Mowito raises pre-seed funding led by Version One Ventures

The round also saw participation from All In Capital, Unisol, iSeed, and angel investors including Soumith Chintala, Adarsh Kulkarni, Ashish Kulkarni, and Vaibhav Domkundwar of Better Capital.

JustAI secures $17 million in Series A funding led by Base10

The round also saw participation from strategic investors and operators, including growth leaders from Anthropic and Chime, the CTO of HubSpot, and the founders of Eppo and Vapi.

Sherlocks AI raises pre-seed funding led by SenseAI Ventures

The funding round also saw participation from Uppekkha.

Pramaana Labs raises $27 million led by Khosla Ventures

The round also saw participation from existing and new investors including Accel, BoldCap, Nexus Venture Partners, Premji Invest, and Unbound.

ContraVault AI raises pre-Series A funding led by Chiratae Ventures

The round also saw participation from existing investor Titan Capital Winners Fund.

Equal AI raises Series B funding co-led by Prosus Ventures, Tomales Bay Capital

The round also saw participation from Valiant Fund, Think Investments, PhonePe founder Sameer Nigam, and Airtel family office member Zubin Bharti Mittal, among others.

Rekise Marine raises seed funding led by Accel, NKSquared

The funding round also saw participation from Sameer Brij Verma and Sandeep Singhal, Industrial47, and existing investor Singularity AMC.

Ex-Icertis executives' startup Rivvun AI bags seed funding

The Seattle and Pune-based startup will use the fresh capital to strengthen its AI capabilities, among others.

Integra Robotics raises pre-Series A funding co-led by Finvolve, India Accelerator

The funding round also saw participation from GrowthCap Venture Fund.

Antler India leads pre-seed funding in Rovia

The funding round also saw participation from CDM Capital, AC Ventures, Operators Studio, and several angel investors from India and the US.

Fundamentum's Ashish Kumar launches Rs 2,000 crore AI and deeptech fund F2A

Nandan Nilekani will back F2A as an anchor investor, similar to his involvement with Fundamentum Partnership.

Shastra VC rolls out $100 million fund to invest in AI, deeptech startups

Cheque sizes are expected to range between $500,000 and $3 million.

Kalpi bags seed funding from Rainmatter Capital

The startup plans to use the fresh funds to expand its team and enhance product capabilities among others.

Mettle Capital, floated by former Peak XV execs, targets $350-400 million for debut fund

The venture capital firm expects to receive majority of the capital for the fund from foreign LPs.

Flo Mobility bags pre-Series A funding co-led by Mela Ventures, Arali

The fresh capital will be used to scale manufacturing, strengthen its AI and autonomy stack, expand deployments across India, and enter international markets.

Capital-A marks first close of second fund at Rs 160 crore

The second fund has a target corpus of Rs 300 crore with a greenshoe option to raise up to another Rs 100 crore.