Startup Newswire

Maternal care startup promom.in has secured ₹30 crore in its first institutional funding round, led by Fireside Ventures. The company plans to use the capital to expand its maternal care products, enhance product development, and grow its operations across India. #Promom #MaternalCare #Healthcare #StartupFunding #IndiaStartups #FundingNews

Sparrow Capital, an early-stage Venture Capital Careers firm, has closed its third fund at ₹475 crore. The fund will back 25–30 early-stage startups across sectors over the next three years, with larger initial cheque sizes than its earlier funds. It has drawn support from domestic and global institutional investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. #SparrowCapital #VentureCapital #StartupFunding #VC #IndiaStartups #FundingNews

SMBC Asia Rising Fund has committed $12–15 million in follow-on funding to three Indian fintech startups: Easy Home Finance Limited, Vayana, and DPDzero. The investment will support their expansion across lending, supply chain finance, and climate fintech. This latest move underscores the fund’s continued confidence in India’s fintech ecosystem. #Fintech #Funding #SMBC #EasyHomeFinance #Vayana #DPDzero #StartupFunding #IndianStartups #Viestories

AI data infrastructure startup Clairva has secured $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by Venture Starters Catalysts via its angel network. Established in 2025, the company builds licensed, provenance-backed datasets for AI foundation models, robotics, and autonomous systems. Clairva said the fresh capital will help it strengthen its licensed data sourcing network, deepen partnerships with content owners and institutions, improve data enrichment and verification capabilities, and accelerate commercial outreach to global AI customers. #Clairva #FundingNews #StartupFunding #ArtificialIntelligence #DataInfrastructure #PreSeedFunding #StartupNews #IndiaStartups

B2B quick-commerce platform Fairdeal.Market has secured $15 million in Series A funding, led by Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) with participation from WaterBridge Ventures and Incubate Fund Asia Fund. The company said it will use the fresh capital to expand its dark-store network, strengthen its technology and data infrastructure, deepen retailer engagement, and improve last-mile delivery operations across Delhi-NCR. Founded in 2022 by Prateek Bansal and Yash Bansal, Fairdeal.Market supplies more than 1,000 SKUs to retailers within 60 minutes through its quick-commerce platform. #FairdealMarket #Funding #SeriesA #QuickCommerce #B2BCommerce #StartupFunding #IndianStartups #StartupNews #Viestories

Quick-commerce startup FirstClub has raised $55 million (around ₹512 crore) in a funding round led by Peak XV Partners and Sofina. The round also saw participation from existing investors including Accel, RTP Global, and Paramark. Following the investment, the Bengaluru-based company has been valued at approximately $255 million. FirstClub operates in the quick-commerce segment and focuses on rapid delivery services for consumers. The fresh capital is expected to support business expansion and operational growth. #FirstClub #QuickCommerce #Funding #StartupNews #IndianStartups

Innefu Labs has raised $30 million (about ₹286 crore) in a Series B funding round, led by Singapore-based Panthera Growth Partners. The company plans to use the funds to expand globally and accelerate investments in advanced technology research and development. The funding will support enhancements to Innefu Labs’ AI platform, the creation of a Physical AI and robotics division, and the development of secure, India-focused AI systems with specialized language models designed for national security and high-security applications. The investment highlights growing interest in sovereign AI and defence-focused technologies emerging from India. #InnefuLabs #ArtificialIntelligence #NationalSecurity #DefenceTech #SeriesB #StartupFunding #BusinessNews

Anveshan farm Technologies Private Limited has raised ₹121 crore (≈$12.7 million) in a Series B funding round, led by Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India. The round also saw participation from International Finance Corporation (IFC), Titan Capital, Wipro Enterprises Pvt Ltd, and angel investors including Aman Gupta, Sameer Mehta, and Sriharsha Majety. The company’s board approved the issuance of 2,853 compulsory convertible preference shares (CCPS) at an issue price of ₹4,23,952 each to raise the fresh capital. #Anveshan #FoodTech #D2C #StartupFunding #SeriesB #IndianStartups #BusinessNews

ZERODRAG has raised ₹6.5 crore in a seed funding round, led by Transition VC. The company plans to use the funds to strengthen its research and development, expand production capacity, improve testing and quality systems, make its supply chain more resilient, and accelerate the development of advanced UAV avionics solutions for both Indian and global markets. The development comes as demand for drone technology and indigenous UAV systems continues to grow across defence, industrial, and commercial sectors. #ZERODRAG #Drones #UAV #Avionics #StartupFunding #Manufacturing #BusinessNews

C2i Semiconductors has raised $16.7 million in its extended Series A funding round, led by Peak XV Partners. The company said the new funding will be used to expand operations and accelerate product development. Earlier this year, C2i Semiconductors had raised $15 million in the first tranche of its Series A round in February, with participation from Yali Deeptech and TDK Ventures alongside Peak XV Partners. The development highlights continued investor interest in India’s growing semiconductor and deep-tech ecosystem. #C2iSemiconductors #Semiconductor #DeepTech #StartupFunding #SeriesA #Innovation #BusinessNews