[Weekly funding roundup Jan 24-30] Enterprise capital influx sees sharp dip

The final week of January turned out to be disappointing for the Indian startup ecosystem as enterprise capital influx dipped resulting from a decrease variety of offers and the absence of huge worth transactions.

The overall funding for the week got here in at $152 million throughout 22 offers. In distinction, the earlier week noticed whole funding of $373 million throughout 40 offers. Enterprise capital funding truly noticed a gradual rise over the past three weeks, elevating hopes of a revival in fund influx.

Throughout this week, there have been offers throughout all phases of funding, ranging from pre-Sequence A to Sequence D, however the quantum of capital raised was smaller. Additionally, the variety of offers in every class was decrease.

Additionally, the offers through the week had been unfold throughout sectors similar to fintech, spacetech, healthcare, and many others. This exhibits that there is no such thing as a single theme that’s dominating the VC panorama in India. By and huge, it’s the quantity of offers and the presence of huge worth transactions that drive up the funding momentum.

This additionally exhibits the form of setting that Indian startups proceed to face, as VC fund influx has not been regular for fairly a while now. In reality, VC funding for 2025 noticed a 11% drop when in comparison with 2024, revealing that the ecosystem is but to completely come out of the grip of funding winter.

The expectation is that the general state of affairs will change into higher within the close to future, however it’s nonetheless one in all cautious optimism.

Key transactions

Spacetech startup The Guild raised $20.5 million from TDK Ventures, BIG Capital, Accel, Prosus, Yournest, Campus Fund, BlueHill, and Riceberg.

Precision oncology firm 4baseCare raised Rs 90 crore ($9.8 million approx.) from Ashish Kacholia, Lashit Sanghvi and Yali Capital.

AI startup SpotDraft raised $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures.

Semiconductor AI startup Agrani Labs raised $8 million, led by Peak XV Companions.

Healthtech startup Nivaan Care raised $7 million from Sorin Investments, W Well being Ventures, Endiya Companions and Rebright Companions.