From Gupshuup To EVeez — Indian Startups Raised $134 Mn This Week

After two consecutive weeks of decline in investment activity across the Indian startup ecosystem, funding momentum shot up in the fourth week of July. Between July 21 and 26, 22 startups raised $134.4 Mn, marking a 69% uptick from the $79.7 Mn raised by 21 startups in the preceding week.

Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [ July 21 – 26 ]

Date	Name	Sector	Subsector	Business Model	Funding Round Size	Funding Round Type	Investors	Lead Investor
23 Jul 2025	Gupshuup	Enterprise Tech	Horizontal SaaS	B2B	$60 Mn	–	Globespan Capital Partners, EvolutionX Debt Capital	–
24 Jul 2025	Netrasemi	Advanced Hardware &Technology	Semiconductors	B2B	$12.4 Mn	Series A	Zoho Corporation, Unicorn India Ventures	Zoho Corporation
24 Jul 2025	SuperK	Consumer Services	–	B2C	$11.5 Mn	Series B	3STATE Ventures, Mithun Sacheti, Shubman Gill, Blume Ventures, Xeed Ventures	3STATE Ventures
23 Jul 2025	Kluisz.ai	Artificial Intelligence (AI)	Application Layer	B2B/ B2C	$9.6 Mn	Seed	RTP Global, Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital, Ritesh Agarwal, Ritesh Malik, Aditya Virwani	RTP Global
21 Jul 2025	EduFund	Fintech	Lendingtech	B2B	$6 Mn	Series A	Cercano Management, MassMutual Ventures	Cercano Management
25 Jul 2025	EVeez	Travel Tech	Electric MaaS	B2B	$5.4 Mn	Series A	Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Caret Capital, ThinKuvate, Ev2 Ventures, Barbershop With Shantanu, SailThru Ventures, ah! Ventures	Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
24 Jul 2025	Enlite Research	Enterprise Tech	Vertical SaaS	B2B	$5.3 Mn	Series A	Avaana Capital, Claypond Capital	Avaana Capital
23 Jul 2025	iTuring.AI	Artificial Intelligence (AI)	Application Layer	B2B	$5 Mn	Series A	Dallas Venture Capital, Mela Ventures	Dallas Venture Capital, Mela Ventures
23 Jul 2025	Sugar Cosmetics	Ecommerce	D2C	B2C	$5 Mn	–	Anicut Capital, Stride Ventures, L Catterton	Anicut Capital
22 Jul 2025	Escape Plan	Ecommerce	D2C	B2C	$5 Mn	Seed	Jungle Ventures, Fireside Ventures	Jungle Ventures, Fireside Ventures
21 Jul 2025	Hudle	Enterprise Tech	Vertical SaaS	B2B	$2.5 Mn	Series A	Sky Impact Capital, Physis Capital, Atrium Venture, Blue Tokai, Mahesh Bhupathi, Gaurav Kapur	Sky Impact Capital
23 Jul 2025	Grexa AI	Artificial Intelligence (AI)	Application Layer	B2B	$1.8 Mn	Seed	Utsav Somani, DeVC, Bharat Founders Fund, Vernalis Capital, Revant Bhate, Vaibhav Domkundwar, Sumit Gupta, Ramakant Sharma	Utsav Somani
21 Jul 2025	ANNY	Ecommerce	D2C	B2C	$1.2 Mn	Pre-Series A	Atomic Capital	Atomic Capital
25 Jul 2025	Ammunic Systems	Advanced Hardware &Technology	Defence Tech	B2B	$1.1 Mn	Seed	India Accelerator, Finvolve	India Accelerator, Finvolve
23 Jul 2025	Inbound Aerospace	Advanced Hardware &Technology	Spacetech	B2B	$1 Mn	Pre-Seed	Speciale Invest, Piper Serica	Speciale Invest
21 Jul 2025	Plenome Technologies	Enterprise Tech	Vertical SaaS	B2B	$752K	Seed	Ovington Capital Partners, AADI, Manish Gandhi	Ovington Capital Partners
24 Jul 2025	Bharatsure	Fintech	Fintech SaaS	B2B	$694K	–	Inflection Point Ventures, Capital A, Atrium Angels	Inflection Point Ventures
22 Jul 2025	ApClub	Consumer Services	Hyperlocal Services	B2C	$231K	Pre-Seed	Curefit, Pranay Jivrajka	Curefit
23 Jul 2025	Coluxe	Ecommerce	D2C	B2C	–	–	Startup Sherpas, Ajai Chowdhry, Tej Kapoor, Sairee Chahal, Kunal Chowdhry, Rachin Dewan, Kunal Milwani	–
22 Jul 2025	Magma	Enterprise Services	Manufacturing Solutions	B2B	–	–	GVFL Limited	GVFL Limited
24 Jul 2025	Roast Foods	Ecommerce	D2C	B2C	–	–	Pagariya Exports Pvt Ltd	Pagariya Exports Pvt Ltd
22 Jul 2025	KlugKlug	Enterprise Services	Marketing Agency	B2B	–	–	–	–
Source: Inc42 *Part of a larger round ** Including this week as it was skipped last week Note: Only disclosed funding rounds have been included

Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week

• At the behest of the week’s largest $60 Mn cheque bagged by Gupshup, enterprise tech took the first spot in the sectoral funding trends. Five startups raised $72.1 Mn over the past week.
• Ecommerce tied with enterprise tech in terms of the total deals that materialised over the week. However, five startups managed to raise $11.2 Mn this week.
• Unicorn India Ventures was the most active investor this week, backing semiconductor startup Netrasemi and AI startup Kluisz.ai.
• Seven startups at the seed stage raised $18.1 Mn this week, more than double of the $7.5 Mn seed funds raised by seven startups last week.

Startup IPO Updates Of The Week

• Completing its IPO with a hefty 12.4X oversubscription this, IndiQube is now set to become the third listed new-age coworking space provider.
• Edtech major PhysicsWallah received market regulator SEBI’s approval for its IPOwithin four months of filing the DRHP via the confidential pre-filing route.
• In what could potentially mean a listing in the near future, supply chain solutions provider LEAP India has become a public company and appointed two new independent directors to its board.

Other Developments Of The Week

• Deeptech focussed Yali Capital closed its maiden fund at INR 893 Cr ($103.2 Mn).
• Early stage healthtech startup LISSUN bought US-based digital mental health company Being Cares Inc to expand its footprint in children-centric psychological needs
• About a year after its listing, D2C personal care brand Menhood’s parent Macobs Technologies is now seeking shareholders’ approval to raise over INR 42 Cr.

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