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    Funding is the process of providing resources to finance a firm, organisation or individual in need or for a project. In a normal course, funding takes place in terms of money transactions, either for short-term or long-term purposes. There are various sources of funding including credit, venture capital, donations, grants, savings, subsidies, and taxes. Terms like soft funding or crowdfunding are described as funding like donations, subsidies, and grants which have no direct requirement for return of investment. While those facilitate the exchange of equity ownership in a company for capital investment via an online funding portal are called equity crowdfunding. In economic terms, funds are given to firms, entrepreneurs or individuals by lenders as capital or loans. This can be done against an interest or equity. Funding can be used for research, launch a business or expand the business. Among the various methods of funding include government grants, crowdfunding, raise from interest or self-organised funding allocation. However, to get funded, firms, entrepreneurs or individuals have to show collateral. This also includes their previous work experience in the respective fields. On the other hand, depending on the requirement and scope of growth of business, an entrepreneur or firm gets funded by the lender. More

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    • Stable Money raised $25 million in funding led by PeakXV, eight months after $20 million funding

      The digital platform facilitating over ₹5,000 crore in fixed-income investments targets physical expansion to build trust in tier 2 and tier 3 cities

    • AI Summit: Revenue not critical for early AI startups; investors seek 'proof of progress', says Activate’s Aakrit Vaish

      Vaish told Moneycontrol that AI investing in India remains experimentation-led, with capital flowing to very early-stage startups still validating products and use cases.

    • Exponent Energy, Calligo Tech, Qosmic, Sanyark seek fresh funding amid rising deep tech appetite in India

      Fresh cheques from investors such as 360 One, BIG Capital, Accel, South Park Commons and Avaana Capital signal renewed deal activity in deep tech as startups across EV infrastructure, semiconductors and space tech line up new rounds.

    • IDfy raises Rs 476 crore led by Neo Secondaries Fund to fund global expansion, acquisitions

      Trust and verification platform will use the capital to scale internationally, invest in product innovation, and provide partial exits to early investors and employees.

    • CynLr’s 10-second learning robots highlight scale-up challenge in deep tech robotics

      CynLr is currently raising capital and is looking to secure $40 million plus in its ongoing round, with plans to raise about $75 million by 2028.

    • Lending startup Olyv raises $23 million from Nandan Nilekani’s Fundamentum and SMBC Asia fund

      The fintech firm plans to use its Series B funding to expand into insurance, UPI payments, and business loans

    • Showroom B2B in talks to raise $17 million in funding from Cactus Partners, others

      The funding round, raised through a mix of equity and debt, will help the B2B apparel sourcing platform scale manufacturing-led execution and deepen partnerships with organised retailers and brands, sources told Moneycontrol.

    • Ex-GitHub chief Thomas Dohmke launches Entire with $60 mn seed to tackle agent era coding

      The funding round values Entire at $300 million and also includes individual investments from industry leaders such as Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel, and Y Combinator head Garry Tan.

    • Lab-grown diamond firm Ethera raises Rs 25 crore from BlueStone to scale retail footprint

      The Bengaluru-based startup will use the capital to add physical stores, deepen design and supply-chain capabilities and build out the operational backbone needed to scale an omnichannel lab-grown diamond business

    • Supertails raises $30 million led by Venturi to expand clinics, vet care, quick delivery

      The Bengaluru-based company plans to expand its veterinary clinic network from four to 15 locations in the next six months and scale its dark store footprint to around 60 facilities across Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai by the March quarter-end, as it sharpens its focus on faster growth and deeper engagement in India’s pet care market, co-founder Vineet Khanna told Moneycontrol.

    • Former Premji Invest Partner, ICICI veteran Bijith Bhaskar in talks to raise Rs 1400 crore for NBFC startup

      Notable investors including Premji Invest, Norwest, and Gaja Capital are likely to participate in the round, sources told Moneycontrol.

    • Govt expands startup definition to include deep tech firms, extends recognition period to 20 years

      The notification replaces the February 2019 startup framework and introduces a separate set of eligibility, tax and compliance conditions for research-intensive businesses under Startup India.

    • Zilo raises $15.3 million in Series A funding led by Peak XV to scale fashion quick commerce play

      The round marks Peak XV’s first cheque in vertical fashion quick commerce, backing ZILO’s 60-minute delivery model as competition heats up in rapid-fashion fulfilment.

    • ElevenLabs bags $500M at $11B valuation; eyes global expansion including Bengaluru

      ElevenLabs generated over $330 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025. India is the second-largest enterprise revenue market globally.

    • Juspay raises $50 million from WestBridge Capital; turns unicorn with $1.2 billion valuation

      Juspay stated that the funding round is a mix of primary and secondary transactions. The primary capital will be used to fund the startup's expansion across international markets.

    • Davos 2026: Look to deploy $250 million in India this year, says Investcorp’s CIO Rishi Kapoor

      “India, both in terms of performance and growth, has been actually one of our stronger performing markets…it continues to be one of our top three conviction markets going forward,” Kapoor told Moneycontrol

    • Escape Plan raises $25 million Series A led by Jungle Ventures; IndiGo Ventures comes in as strategic investor

      The travel gear startup will use the fresh capital to aggressively expand its offline retail footprint, sharpen pricing to enter new geographies beyond top urban markets, and build a nationwide omni-channel platform, founder and CEO Abhinav Pathak told Moneycontrol.

    • Voice AI startup Bolna raises $6.3 million in seed round led by General Catalyst

      Since its first commercial deployment in May 2025, Bolna has scaled from handling about 1,500 calls a day to over 200,000 daily calls, marking a growth of more than 13,000 percent.

    • Ringg AI raises $5.5 million Series A led by Arkam Ventures, will scale voice-AI platform

      The startup plans to launch call-deflection agents, an AI-native CRM with a memory layer and an app store for community-built workflows

    • Emergent raises $70 million from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank at $300-million valuation as AI funding stays hot

      Emergent will use the funds to launch new products, strengthen offerings to smartphone users, kickoff enterprise relationships (B2B sales), hire more employees and set up an office in Europe, Mukund Jha, co-founder and CEO, told Moneycontrol.

    • Wonder Home Finance raises Rs 500 crore from Growtheum Capital Partners

      Wonder Home Finance achieved a 70% CAGR over the past five years, with assets under management exceeding Rs 3,000 crore

    • National Startup Day: $151 billion raised, 118 unicorns minted in 10 years as ecosystem recalibrates

      A decade after the government launched the Startup India programme, the ecosystem has come moved through a full funding cycle, from steady early growth to a peak in 2021 and a more selective investment phase since

    • Emversity raises $30 million in funding from Premji Invest, Lightspeed, Z47

      Founder and CEO Vivek Sinha told Moneycontrol the funds will be used to expand Emversity’s university-embedded skilling model from 40 campuses to over 200, enter engineering, procurement and construction and manufacturing, and strengthen employer-linked workforce pipelines.

    • Liquidnitro Games raises $19.1 million led by Northpoint Capital, to scale AI game development

      Liquidnitro Games plans to use the capital to accelerate investment in its AI-enabled game production and live services platform, scale up partnerships through co-investments and drive global market expansion

    • Uncertainty looms over Gaurav Munjal’s new startup as UpGrad calls off Unacademy deal

      Sources told Moneycontrol that Munjal and Roman Saini were in talks to raise about $17 million for the new venture from Peak XV Partners and Blume Ventures, and a dozen marquee founders.

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