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    • Top VCs shift to mid-sized investments as early, late-stage deals lose share: Bain-IVCA report

      Firms like Accel, Peak XV, Elevation Capital, Lightspeed and Nexus are doing more deals in the $10–50 million (Series A–B) range, while smaller bets below $10 million and large cheques above $100 million have declined as a share of investments.

    • VCs pocket almost $2 billion from 2025 IPO exits as large startup listings drive returns: Bain-IVCA report

      Bumper listings such as Groww, Lenskart, Urban Company, and Pine Labs, among others, drove investor liquidity, with top funds including Peak XV, Tiger Global, Temasek, Accel and Elevation Capital featuring across these exits.

    • India VC fundraising rebounds to $5.4 billion in 2025 led by surge in large funds: Bain-IVCA report

      Firms such as Accel, Nexus Venture Partners, A91 Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners drove the fundraising surge, with a sharp increase in $100 million-plus closes pushing average fund size up 35 percent.

    • Startup funding falls over 10% in FY26 as investors shift to early-stage AI bets from late-stage deals

      Indian startups have raised around $10.16 billion across 969 deals this fiscal against $11.34 billion in 1,020 deals in the previous year

    • Wonder why Indian founders haven't been quicker on AI; not seeing enough energy: Lightspeed’s Bejul Somaia

      We're beginning to see the excitement on the consumer economy front but I'm not seeing that level of entrepreneurial energy around AI. It's up compared to a year ago, it's up meaningfully, but it should be 10X, he said in an interview to Moneycontrol

    • MC Interview: IPOs are just a financing event, companies must accept where markets are: Lightspeed's Bejul Somaia

      In a conversation with Moneycontrol, Somaia also said secondary share sales remain a preferred liquidity route, adding that Indian founders should move faster on AI. 

    • Baby care quick commerce startups Ozi raises $6.2 million in funding from RTP Global

      Gurugram-based startup plans to deepen NCR presence and invest in technology and supply chain as it scales a curated platform for modern parents.

    • Atlys raises $36 million in Series C round led by Susquehanna Asia VC

      Existing investors Elevation Capital, Long Journey Ventures and Peak XV Partners participated in Atlys's funding round, while MakeMyTrip joined as a new investor.

    • Accel, Google AI Futures Fund pick five startups for 2026 Atoms AI cohort

      The startups, selected from over 4,000 applicants, will receive up to $2 million in funding and $350,000 in compute credits across Google Cloud, Gemini and Google DeepMind.

    • Rozana raises Rs 290 crore led by Bertelsmann, to expand rural commerce network

      The rural commerce startup plans to expand across new states in the Gangetic belt, deepen product assortment and build private labels, co-founder Ankur Dahiya has told Moneycontrol

    • Quick commerce solutions startup Inamo raises $8 million led by Prime Venture Partners

      The funding round includes $6 million equity and $2 million venture debt. The startup plans to expand to 10 more cities and 200 dark stores by the end of 2026

    • Info Edge to commit up to Rs 250 crore to new growth-stage vehicle B8 Fund I

      The investment will be routed through a SEBI-registered Category II AIF focused on growth-stage opportunities, with capital drawn down over time to back expansion-stage companies.

    • Peak XV Partners closes $1.3 billion across three funds targeting India, APAC startups

      The capital, raised across seed, venture and APAC-focused vehicles, will be deployed to back startups across stages, even as the firm has seen a wave of senior investor departures recently.

    • Nvidia ties up with Peak XV, Accel India to fund next wave of Indian AI startups

      The AI chip giant said it will partner Peak XV, Elevation Capital, Nexus Venture and Accel India as it steps up its India bet

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Java Capital launches Rs 400 crore deeptech fund to back seed-stage startups

      The firm plans to back 15–20 IP-led companies over the next three to four years, focusing on hard science, frontier engineering and globally scalable technologies.

    • VCs with AI focus triple in India as investors earmark more capital for the sector

      A total of 16 funds, with an AI focus, secured fresh capital of about $1.8 billion, compared with five funds that raised $358 million in 2024, according to Venture Intelligence data sourced by Moneycontrol.

    • 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.

    • Groww payout, carry row: Inside the avalanche that triggered partner exits at Peak XV

      All partners were aligned until about a week ago. But tensions began building over the last five to six days, which led to Ashish Agrawal deciding to quit abruptly, with the other two following suit, sources told Moneycontrol.

    • Ashish Agrawal, Ishaan Mittal and Tejeshwi Sharma to start a new VC fund together after leaving Peak XV Partners

      This will be the latest instance where top executives are leaving Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India) to start their own fund. In the past, A91 Partners, Westbridge Capital were funds started by former Partners at Peak XV.

    • Navam Capital closes maiden deeptech fund at over Rs 315 crore

      The India-focused fund will back intellectual-property-led deep technology startups built in India for global markets, spanning areas such as advanced computing, semiconductors, robotics, drone tech, space tech, and more.

    • 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.

    • 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

    • L Catterton's India Partner Anjana Sasidharan to quit, start her own fund

      Sasidharan is moving on from L Catterton to start an early-stage consumer-focused venture capital fund, joining a growing list of fund managers who are choosing to become solo GPs

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