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Between January 12 and January 17, 2026, as many as 18 Indian startups from diverse sectors raised over $314 million in funding from investors.
These sectors include Mobility, Footwear, Aerospace, Deeptech, Edtech, Wellness, Healthcare, Spacetech, Gaming, Automation, eMaaS, and Adtech.
Last week, Indian startups raised over $170 million, with Integrated grain commerce platform Arya.ag alone raising $80.85 million.
Between January 12 and January 17, 2026, as many as 18 Indian startups from diverse sectors raised over $314 million in funding from investors.
These sectors include Mobility, Footwear, Aerospace, Deeptech, Edtech, Wellness, Healthcare, Spacetech, Gaming, Automation, eMaaS, and Adtech.
Last week, Indian startups raised over $170 million, with Integrated grain commerce platform Arya.ag alone raising $80.85 million.
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High-value deals
A diverse range of sectors attracted investments during the week, with the Media sector leading the pack. Leading this sector was Amagi Media Labs, which raised $88.74 million from anchor investors. Wellness startup Pee Safe raised $32 million.
The list was followed by Out-of-hospital healthcare chain Sukino, Higher-education embedded training and employability platform Emversity, and Investment platform Wint Wealth, which collectively raised $28 million.
Sukino raised $31 million, Emversity raised $30 million, and Wint Wealth raised $28 million.
Emerging startups
B2B and B2B2C corporate mobility solutions provider PumPumPum raised $2 million in a pre-Series A funding round, Good Farmer Food Concepts raised $1.5 million in a pre-Series A round, Footwear brand Neeman’s raised $4 million in a Series B round, GrowthPal raised $2.6 million, Aerospace deeptech startup Misochain Technologies raised $2 million in a Seed round, eMaaS startup BillionElectric Mobility raised $25 million, and Spacetech startup EtherealX raised $20.5 million.
Gaming startup Liquidnitro Games raised $19.1 million in a Series A round, Healthcare startup RISA Labs raised $11.1 million in a Series A round, Proptech startup Truva raised $9 million, and Finance automation startup Bluecopa raised $7.5 million.
Meanwhile, Autotech startup Carrum and Edtech startup LearnTube.ai kept the funding figures under wraps.
Mergers & acquisitions
The period also witnessed strategic mergers and acquisitions. Snabbit acquired founding team of Pync, Polygon Labs agreed to acquire Coinme and Sequence, and Bartronics India Limited acquired 51% stake in AYOU.
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