[Weekly funding roundup Feb 14-20] Neysa deal boosts capital influx into Indian startup ecosystem

The India AI Influence Summit 2026 had a superb begin by way of funding into the Indian startup ecosystem. AI cloud agency Neysa obtained a $600 million funding, which helped increase the general weekly funding for the third week of February.

This week, the full funding into Indian startups touched $705 million throughout 21 offers—the best weekly funding for the 12 months till now. In distinction, the earlier week noticed $203 million being raised.

Apart from Neysa, funding exercise was muted amongst early-stage and growth-stage startups, revealing the continued problem confronted by the Indian startup ecosystem as capital influx thins.

The weekly funding into Indian startups has hovered across the $200 million vary. Basically, there appears to be no key theme that might drive cash into Indian startups.

Nonetheless, the India AI Summit in New Delhi might present a lift to startups, as giant firms proceed to announce multi-billion-dollar investments into the deeptech and AI segments.

Key transactions

AI startup Neysa raised $600 million from Blackstone, Lecturers’ Enterprise Progress, TVS Capital, 360 ONE Property, and Nexus Enterprise Companions.

Fintech startup Secure Cash raised $25 million from Peak XV Companions, Z47, RTP International, and Fundamentum Partnership.

EV charging startup Statiq raised $18 million from Tenacity Ventures, Y Combinator, Shell Ventures, and RCD Holdings.

Semiconductor startup C2i Semiconductors raised $15 million from Peak XV Companions, Yali Deeptech, and TDK Ventures.

Semiconductor startup Vervesemi raised $10 million from Ashish Kacholia, Unicorn India Ventures, Roots Ventures, Caperize Fina, and MAIQ Progress Scheme.

Drug discovery startup Peptris raised Rs 70 crore (roughly $7.6 million) from IAN Alpha Fund, Speciale Make investments, Tenacity Ventures, and BYT Ventures.

HomeRun, a fast commerce startup, raised Rs 60 crore (roughly $6.6 million) from Sorin Investments, Titan Capital Winners Fund, Sparrow Capital, Client Collective by Atrium and Helios Holdings.