Weekly funding roundup
Indian startup funding this week
12–18 October 2026 · updated as rounds are reported
Indian startups announced 13 funding rounds so far in the week of 12–18 October 2026, disclosing about $185M across all of them.
The largest was RapidCanvas's $52.5M, led by Vertex Ventures.
Healthtech (3), AI & Machine Learning (2) and E-commerce (2) drew the most rounds, and Seed was the most common stage.
- Rounds
- 13
- Disclosed
- ~$185M
- Largest
- $52.5M
- RapidCanvas
- Top stage
- Seed
Every round, biggest first
$52.5M
₹400 Cr
₹330 Cr
GreenCell MobilityIndia
₹110 Cr
$10.5M
Seed
₹90 Cr
₹36.5 Cr
Seed
₹27 Cr
₹25 Cr
Seed
₹21.5 Cr
The StackIndia
₹17 Cr
$1.1M
Pre-seed
CureMeAbroadLead: SteerX Ventures · Bengaluru
₹3 Cr
By stage
| Stage not stated | 9 | ~$166M |
| Seed | 3 | ~$17.5M |
| Pre-seed | 1 | ~$1.1M |
By sector
| Healthtech | 3 | ~$13.8M |
| AI & Machine Learning | 2 | ~$52.8M |
| E-commerce | 2 | ~$48.3M |
| Deep Tech | 2 | ~$7.22M |
| Mobility & Transport | 1 | ~$37.5M |
| Edtech | 1 | ~$12.5M |
| Media & Entertainment | 1 | ~$10.5M |
| Space & Aerospace | 1 | ~$1.93M |
Most active investors
| Elevation Capital | 2 | ~$23M |
Where
| Bengaluru | 5 | ~$20.5M |
| India | 3 | ~$43M |
| Southeast Asia | 1 | ~$10.2M |
Every week
How this is compiled
Each row is a funding round reported in a StartupReader brief that week; its amount, round, lead investor and place come from the brief's story card, which is checked against the brief's text. Follow a row to the brief and the outlets it credits. A round reported twice is counted once. Amounts are shown as reported; to add them up, other currencies are converted at fixed approximate rates (€1 = $1.16, £1 = $1.33, $1 = ₹88). Spotted a mistake? Tell us.