Senior Venture Capital & Dealflow Analyst · Beat: Series A/B Rounds & Liquidity Events
📍 Mumbai Bureau (BKC)
Tracks institutional venture capital, growth equity, secondary transactions, and IPO pipelines across South Asia. Author of StartupWire’s weekly VC Capital Radar.
Manufacturing startup Venttup secures $3M in Pre-Series A funding co-led by Rainmatter and Unicorn India Ventures to exp...
October 31, 2026 · 8 min read
Atomberg Technologies secures SEBI approval for its IPO comprising a ₹450 crore fresh issue and 7.65 crore share OFS to ...
October 31, 2026 · 8 min read
Live2.ai secures ₹130 crore ($14M) in Pre-Series B funding led by IvyCap Ventures to expand its autonomous social intell...
October 29, 2026 · 8 min read
Unacademy co-founders Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini announce Longshot Capital, a ₹700 crore Category II AIF dedicated to...
October 27, 2026 · 8 min read
Delhivery and Peak XV Partners unveil a joint AWS-powered Demo Day initiative to accelerate early-stage startups buildin...
October 25, 2026 · 8 min read
AI inference infrastructure startup Simplismart is in advanced talks to raise $40–50 million, targeting a valuation up t...
October 22, 2026 · 7 min read
Enterprise AI execution startup RapidCanvas secures $29 million in Series B funding to scale its autonomous data science...
October 17, 2026 · 8 min read
Construction robotics startup Origin secures $20 million in Series A funding to scale heavy-payload building robots and ...
October 16, 2026 · 8 min read
Chennai-based deeptech startup ThinkMetal raises ₹27 crore in fresh funding led by IAN Alpha Fund to scale its proprieta...
October 14, 2026 · 8 min read
Indian foundational model pioneer Sarvam AI is in preliminary talks to raise $300 million to expand its frontier Indic l...
October 13, 2026 · 9 min read
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urges Indian startups to expand internationally, pledging government facilitation for glo...
October 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Wealthtech innovator Zomint secures ₹36 crore in funding from Lightspeed and Prime Venture Partners to accelerate its al...
October 8, 2026 · 8 min read
Pune-based startup CurvetAI secures ₹6 crore in seed funding to expand its multi-model AI workspace, orchestrating auton...
October 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Andhra Pradesh government joins forces with PanIIT Alumni India to unveil a ₹500 crore dedicated venture fund backing ea...
October 6, 2026 · 8 min read
Indian startup funding jumped to $233.6M across 16 deals this week, powered by electric two-wheeler maker Simple Energy'...
October 4, 2026 · 8 min read
Karnataka's Innoverse Foundation selects seven growth-stage startups across aerospace, biotech, space propulsion, and na...
October 3, 2026 · 7 min read
India Mobile Congress 2026 prioritizes DeepTech and frontier technologies through its ASPIRE startup programme, providin...
October 2, 2026 · 8 min read
Edtech startup Arivihan raises $10M to scale its AI-driven automated tutoring app, expand vernacular language learning, ...
September 30, 2026 · 7 min read
Supermemory, founded by 19-year-old technologist Dhravya Shah, raises $3M from prominent tech operators to build a unive...
September 29, 2026 · 8 min read
IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund I reaches a ₹450 crore first close and deploys ₹55 crore into four deeptech startups across q...
September 26, 2026 · 8 min read
AI startup Dextr AI raises $6.7M in seed funding led by Elevation Capital to scale autonomous AI voice reservation and o...
September 25, 2026 · 8 min read
Hyderabad-based space-tech startup Skyroot Aerospace is reportedly in advanced discussions to raise $280–300 million fro...
September 25, 2026 · 9 min read
Indian AI venture Demoverse secures $600,000 in seed capital to expand its collaborative generative platform allowing co...
September 24, 2026 · 7 min read
Members of the India Deep Tech Alliance deployed ₹2,170 crore across 56 pioneering companies between Sept 2025 and Aug 2...
September 22, 2026 · 9 min read
Gurugram-based value-commerce startup CityMall is in advanced talks to secure ₹400–500 crore in a new round led by Jungl...
September 21, 2026 · 8 min read
Deep science startups incubated at the Indian Institute of Science are successfully commercialising cutting-edge researc...
September 16, 2026 · 9 min read
IIT Madras establishes a specialized AI Studio to accelerate AI, ML, and data-science ventures from academic research to...
September 16, 2026 · 8 min read
Tamil Nadu's startup ecosystem surpasses 12,050 registered ventures, establishing Chennai as a premier Asian deep-tech c...
September 13, 2026 · 8 min read
Indian startups secured approximately $392 million across 28 deals this week, powered by major growth rounds in spacetec...
September 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Bengaluru gaming-tech startup ARC secures ₹10.5 crore in pre-seed funding to advance manufacturing readiness for its ARC...
September 11, 2026 · 8 min read
Backed by ₹47 crore, Electropreneur 2.0 expands beyond Bengaluru to incubate 500 hardware startups across tier-2 and tie...
September 10, 2026 · 8 min read
GalaxEye secures a landmark USPTO patent for its proprietary OptoSAR technology, fusing SAR and optical satellite sensor...
September 9, 2026 · 8 min read
ISRO and IN-SPACe expand private access to world-class launchpads, cryogenic test facilities, and orbital IP, propelling...
September 8, 2026 · 8 min read
Piper Serica plans to deploy ₹180–₹220 crore across 4–6 Indian deep-tech startups this fiscal through its Bharat Tech Fu...
September 7, 2026 · 8 min read
Adobe acquires IIT Bombay-founded AI startup Rilo, absorbing its agentic workflow IP and 6-member team to integrate auto...
September 6, 2026 · 8 min read
Smart-ring pioneer Ultrahuman raises $70 million backed by Qualcomm Ventures to scale domestic manufacturing, low-power ...
September 4, 2026 · 7 min read
India's quick commerce giants are transforming dark stores into hyper-local supermalls, expanding into electronics, appa...
September 3, 2026 · 8 min read
Fintech major PayPal has reduced hundreds of roles across engineering and operations in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderaba...
September 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Propelled by institutional incubators like iCreate and forward-looking state policies, Gujarat startups are transforming...
August 31, 2026 · 8 min read
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal unveils a 4-pillar bilateral framework in Tokyo, proposing a $1 billion Fund of Funds to ...
August 30, 2026 · 9 min read
A powerful convergence of government incentives, National Deep Tech Startup Policy (NDTSP) rollouts, and institutional V...
August 29, 2026 · 9 min read
Fintech leader Groww wins 'Startup of the Year' at the 12th ET Startup Awards, recognized by Rishad Premji-led jury for ...
August 28, 2026 · 8 min read
The newly unveiled ₹250 Crore TILT Fund will invest in early-stage Indian startups leveraging AI, IoT, and clean technol...
August 27, 2026 · 7 min read
India's technology and startup ecosystem continues to command global attention, driven by surging deeptech investments, ...
August 27, 2026 · 8 min read
Venture capital funds reallocate billions toward Indian deeptech startups across aerospace, robotics, clean energy, and ...
August 24, 2026 · 8 min read
Bengaluru-based autonomous drone pioneer Airbound secures $37 million in Series A funding to mass-produce its blended-wi...
August 25, 2026 · 8 min read
DPIIT and Avaana Capital shortlist 12 pioneering Indian deep-tech startups across quantum, climate tech, and advanced ro...
August 22, 2026 · 8 min read
India logs 29 FDI proposals worth ₹48.95 billion ($511.5M) under reformed automatic route norms, driving global capital ...
August 21, 2026 · 8 min read
Backed by MoPNG and top energy PSUs including ONGC and Indian Oil, the MC²+ Ignite accelerator offers 30 deeptech startu...
August 20, 2026 · 8 min read
Geospatial intelligence startup NeoGeo has secured $20 million in Series A funding to expand its synthetic aperture rada...
August 19, 2026 · 8 min read
Fintech startup Rezolv, founded by former Kissht cofounders, has raised $12.5M to expand its digital credit infrastructu...
August 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Haryana is set to deploy ₹147 crore in targeted startup incentives, with standout provisions for women-led ventures and ...
August 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Indian startups have raised $13.4 billion across 1,240+ equity rounds in 2026, signaling sustained investor confidence a...
August 16, 2026 · 8 min read
Bessemer Venture Partners launches Tech Catalyst in Bengaluru, uniting elite engineers and AI startups to solve real-wor...
August 16, 2026 · 7 min read
Zerodha's Nithin Kamath warns AI alone is no longer a differentiator — startups must demonstrate genuine competitive moa...
August 16, 2026 · 7 min read
BGMI-maker Krafton commits $50–60M annually to back Indian early-to-growth startups and venture capital funds, accelerat...
August 14, 2026 · 6 min read
Insurtech unicorn InsuranceDekho is accelerating its public market listing journey, signaling strong investor confidence...
July 14, 2026 · 5 min read
Logistics unicorn gears up for its next growth phase as Flipkart looks to partially monetize its investment in Shadowfax...
July 13, 2026 · 5 min read
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) approves IPO filings for three tech startups, indicating a strong rebo...
July 13, 2026 · 5 min read
StartupWire hits a major milestone with 100,000 monthly active users, showcasing rapid growth and massive adoption of it...
July 12, 2026 · 4 min read
StartupWire enhances its platform directory with rich, interconnected profiles for founders and investors, fostering dir...
July 11, 2026 · 4 min read
More than 1,500 founders have joined the R. Madhavan-led "The Gamechangers Middle East" initiative, highlighting growing...
July 11, 2026 · 4 min read
In a bid to democratize early-stage startup execution, StartupWire has launched an open-access Tools Directory containin...
July 10, 2026 · 5 min read
Successful cross-border entrepreneurs share their GTM strategies, remote sales techniques, and advice for building globa...
July 9, 2026 · 5 min read