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Between August 04 and August 09, 2025, as many as 28 Indian startups from diverse sectors raised over $202 million in funding from investors.
These sectors include Recruitment, Robotics, Nutrition, AI, Lending, Furniture, Deeptech, Gaming, Edtech, Beauty, Fashion, Aerospace, Cybersecurity, Fintech, SaaS, and Clean Energy.
Last week, Indian startups raised over $129 million, with Cybersecurity firm SAFE Security raising $70 million alone.
Between August 04 and August 09, 2025, as many as 28 Indian startups from diverse sectors raised over $202 million in funding from investors.
These sectors include Recruitment, Robotics, Nutrition, AI, Lending, Furniture, Deeptech, Gaming, Edtech, Beauty, Fashion, Aerospace, Cybersecurity, Fintech, SaaS, and Clean Energy.
Last week, Indian startups raised over $129 million, with Cybersecurity firm SAFE Security raising $70 million alone.
High-value deals
A diverse range of sectors attracted investments during the week, with Sleep solutions sector leading the pack. Leading this sector was The Sleep Company, which raised $56 million. Renee Cosmetics raised $30 million.
The list was followed by Lending firm EarlySalary, Gaming startup SuperGaming, and Aerospace startup Jeh Aerospace, which collectively raised about $52.5 million.
EarlySalary raised $26.5 million, SuperGaming raised $15 million, and Jeh Aerospace raised $11 million.
Emerging startups
Cyber resilience startup Mitigata raised $5.9 million in a Series A round, Indian fragrance brand Fraganote raised $1 million in a pre-Series A round, Gaming startup GameRamp raised $5.4 million in a pre-Seed round, Software productivity platform CodeKarma raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series A round, Debt collection startup DPDzero raised $7 million in a Series A round, Clean Energy startup HYLENR raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round, AI startup Rifa AI raised $1.1 million, Fashion brand Outzidr raised $3.08 million in a pre-Series A round, Chemical-free mangoes exporter MangoPoint raised $1 million in a pre-Series A round, and Deeptech startup Xovian Aerospace raised $2.5 million in a pre-Seed round.
Home appliance brand Nuuk raised $2 million, Gaming startup Shortgun raised $1 million in a Seed round, Enterprise recruitment automation platform TurboHire raised $6 million in a Series A round, Furniture brand TPlusA India raised $5.82 million, True Colors raised $1.54 million, Lending firm Zype raised $10.2 million, AI-powered video telematics startup Cautio raised $1.8 million in a Seed round, Nutrition startup Gladful raised $910,000, Robotics startup Terafac raised $740,000 in a pre-Seed round, and Deeptech startup EON Space Labs raised $1.2 million in a pre-Series A round.
Meanwhile, SEBI-registered portfolio manager CapitalMind, Edtech startup NPrep, Fashion startup Tryo kept the funding figures under wraps.
Mergers & Acquisitions
The period also witnessed strategic mergers and acquisitions. Infibeam Avenues has approved the sale of its ecommerce business to Rediff for Rs 800.39 crore and BizDateUp acquired stake in RBH Solutions.