Sabyasachi Chandra
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Sabyasachi Chandra

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Sabyasachi Chandra writes about startups, emerging businesses, funding trends, and India’s evolving entrepreneurship ecosystem. Through StartupFox, he focuses on curating clear, credible, and insight-led stories that help readers understand new companies, founders, and market movements.

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River Mobility Founder
Funding · EV & Mobility · 5 Aug 2026 · 6 min

River Mobility Raises $120 Million Series C Led by Elev8 Venture Partners and Claypond Capital

River Mobility has raised $120 million in a Series C led by Elev8 and Claypond Capital, its first major backing from Indian institutional investors
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Inrisk Labs Founders
Funding · 5 Aug 2026 · 6 min

InRisk Labs Raises $27 Million Series A as EarthRe Wins Reinsurance Licence at GIFT City

InRisk Labs has raised $27 million co-led by Bessemer and Northpoint Capital as its EarthRe subsidiary receives a reinsurance licence at GIFT City
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Adiabatic Technologies Founder
Funding · 5 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Adiabatic Technologies Raises ₹8.3 Crore Seed Round Co-Led by Malpani and Avinya Ventures

Adiabatic Technologies has raised ₹8.3 crore in a seed round co-led by Malpani Ventures and Avinya Ventures to scale battery manufacturing to 100 MWh
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Hulp Founders
Funding · 5 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Hulp Raises $2.6 Million Seed Co-Led by Sparrow Capital and BITKRAFT Ventures

Hulp has raised $2.6 million in seed funding co-led by Sparrow Capital and gaming investor BITKRAFT Ventures, four months after being founded
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Vingo Founders
Funding · E-commerce · 5 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Vingo Raises ₹10 Crore Seed Round Led by India Quotient for C2C Resale Marketplace

Vingo has raised ₹10 crore in seed funding led by India Quotient for a C2C marketplace in pre-owned goods, five months after being founded
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Volta Founder
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 5 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Volta Infra Raises $300 Million at $2.4 Billion Valuation With $10 Billion Cloud Contract

Volta Infra has raised $300 million at a $2.4 billion valuation and announced a $10 billion six-year cloud contract with an unnamed AI developer
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Vaaree Founders
Funding · D2C · 4 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Vaaree Raises ₹65 Crore in Series A Led by Hero Enterprise and Cap Alpha Ventures

Vaaree has raised ₹65 crore led by Hero Enterprise and Cap Alpha Ventures for warehouses and AI-led discovery. Its stated goal of next-day delivery is the expensive part.
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Zoppler Systems Founder
Funding · 4 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Zoppler Systems Raises ₹6.5 Crore From Finvolve and India Accelerator for RF Sensing Products

Zoppler Systems has raised ₹6.5 crore co-led by Finvolve and India Accelerator for its RF sensing products. The announcement names no customer, contract or trial.
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Superleap Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 4 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Superleap Raises ₹36 Crore in Pre-Series A Led by Peak XV's Surge to Build AI-Native CRM

Superleap has raised ₹36 crore led by Peak XV's Surge for an AI-native CRM aimed at replacing legacy systems. Its founders previously worked together at Unacademy.
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smallest.ai; founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 4 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Smallest.ai Raises $13 Million Series A Led by Seligman Ventures to Scale Real-Time Voice AI

Smallest.ai has raised $13 million led by Seligman Ventures to build voice models that cut conversational lag. Its competitors in the category have raised considerably more.
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Profound.me Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 4 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Profound Launches AI Representative Platform With $1.5 Million Seed From Stellaris and 3one4

Profound has raised $1.5 million from Stellaris Venture Partners and 3one4 Capital to build an AI representative for professionals. The product opened early access on the day of the announcement.
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BASE Power Founders
Funding · 4 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Base Power Raises $1 Billion Series D at $13 Billion Valuation and Launches Its Own Home Battery

Base Power has raised $1 billion at a $13 billion post-money valuation, more than tripling its price in ten months. It owns every battery it installs, which is why the rounds keep arriving.
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Valar Atomics Founder
Funding · 4 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Valar Atomics Raises $1 Billion in Sequoia-Led Round at a Reported $6 Billion Valuation

Valar Atomics has raised $1 billion led by Sequoia Capital, five months after a round reported at a $2 billion valuation. The company has not disclosed a valuation for either.
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Horizon3 Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 4 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Horizon3 Raises $250 Million Series E at Over $2 Billion Valuation Led by NightDragon and NEA

Horizon3 has raised $250 million co-led by NightDragon and NEA, tripling its valuation in fourteen months. The price works out at roughly 20 times its own claimed recurring revenue.
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Ather Founders
Markets & IPO · EV & Mobility · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Ather Energy Reports ₹1,217 Crore Revenue in Q1 FY27 as Net Loss Narrows 71% to ₹51 Crore

Ather Energy's operating revenue rose 89% year-on-year to ₹1,217 crore in Q1 FY27 and its loss narrowed to ₹51 crore. Expenses were almost flat against the previous quarter.
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Sarvam Founders
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Sarvam AI Board Approves ₹698 Crore Share Issue to NVIDIA, Glade Brook Capital and Others

Sarvam AI's board has cleared an issue of preference shares to raise ₹698 crore, led by NVIDIA. The issue price implies no increase on the valuation set at the June first close.
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Matel Founders
Funding · 3 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Matel Raises ₹130 Crore in Series B Led by UC Impower to Expand Motor Manufacturing Capacity

Pune-based powertrain maker Matel has raised ₹130 crore led by UC Impower, with Catamaran entering the cap table. Its FY25 revenue was about half the annual sales figure it targeted in 2024.
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Kaapi Machines Founder
Funding · FMCG & Retail · 3 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Kaapi Machines Raises ₹50 Crore in Equity From Sedna HoReCa Alongside Strategic Partnership

Coffee equipment distributor Kaapi Machines has taken ₹50 crore in equity from B2B foodservice platform Sedna HoReCa. Neither side has disclosed the stake, the valuation or the dilution.
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UN:BLOC Founder with Yuvraj Singh
Lite Updates · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Yuvraj Singh Joins Healthians Founder Deepak Sahni's Stealth Healthtech Venture UN:BLOC

Singh comes in as an investor and founding team member at the Gurugram startup, which is still in stealth. Neither the cheque size nor the product has been disclosed.
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Urban Company Founders
Markets & IPO · 1 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Urban Company Posts ₹92 Crore Q1 FY27 Loss as Revenue Rises 44% to ₹528 Crore on InstaHelp Push

Urban Company's core marketplace reached its highest reported operating profitability while consolidated results swung to a loss. The quick-service vertical InstaHelp lost ₹131.58 crore on ₹11.11 crore of revenue.
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Truth and Hair Founders
Funding · D2C · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Truth & Hair Raises ₹5.4 Crore Seed Led by Inflection Point Ventures for Hair Styling Range

Angel platform Inflection Point Ventures leads the round, which funds distribution and product expansion at the Gurugram brand. Terms, valuation and the fate of its on-air Shark Tank offer are undisclosed.
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PM Modi Meta India Head
Policy · SaaS & Tech · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Hyderabad Police Book Meta India Head Arun Srinivas Over Morphed Content Featuring PM Modi

Hyderabad Cybercrime police have registered two cases naming Meta's India head alongside unidentified Facebook and Instagram account operators. Neither complaint alleges that Meta itself created the content.
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Aham Housing Finance Founder
Funding · Real Estate · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Aham Housing Finance Raises ₹100 Crore Led by The Sanmar Group to Expand Affordable Home Loans

The Chennai lender will use the equity to widen its branch network and lending capacity across four states. The cheque is roughly twice all the equity it has raised since inception.
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super.money CEO
Fintech · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

super.money Launches superGift Multi-Brand Gifting Solution With Flipkart, Myntra and Cleartrip

The rewards instrument spans Flipkart, Myntra, Cleartrip, District and Zomato, in digital and physical formats. Razorpay and Pine Labs power redemption, and super.money says more partners will follow.
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Simile Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Simile Raises $200 Million at $2 Billion Valuation Five Months After Its $100 Million Series A

Greenoaks led the round, with Index Ventures investing again and CVS Health Ventures returning. Simile says revenue has grown fivefold since February without disclosing the base.
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Sambanova Founder
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

SambaNova Raises $1 Billion at $11 Billion Valuation in First Close of Series F Round

General Atlantic led the first close, with Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates and Capital Group also investing. The round is not complete and no second close has been announced.
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Apna Mart Founder
Funding · FMCG & Retail · 31 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Apna Mart Raises ₹120 Crore Series C From Existing Backers Accel, Fundamentum and Peak XV

Accel India and Fundamentum have put in ₹55 crore each and Peak XV Partners ₹10 crore. The round is about half the size of the March 2025 Series B at roughly twice the valuation.
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Sid's Farm Founder
Funding · FMCG & Retail · 30 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Sid's Farm Raises ₹81 Crore Pre-Series B as Listed Rival Dodla Dairy Takes 2 Percent Stake

The round is led by Omnivore and Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office, with Dodla Dairy, Next Bharat Ventures and LIO joining. Dodla told the exchanges it is paying ₹11.64 crore for 2 per cent.
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Arboreal Bioinnovations Founders
Funding · 30 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Arboreal Bioinnovations Raises ₹230 Crore Series A Co-Led by EAAA and Omnivore to Add Capacity

The Series A is co-led by EAAA Alternatives and Omnivore, with existing investor Rainmatter by Zerodha participating. It is the first investment from Edelweiss's second Discovery Fund, which closed above ₹1,200 crore.
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SUIND Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 30 Jul 2026 · 5 min

SUIND Raises ₹20.5 Crore Seed Led by Transition VC to Scale Bumblebee Agriculture Drone

The seed round is led by Transition Venture Capital Fund with participation from IIMA Ventures. SUIND was still pre-revenue in FY25, with a filed loss of ₹1.89 crore.
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fnp Founder
Markets & IPO · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Ferns N Petals Plans 2028 Listing as FY26 Revenue Reaches ₹1,085 Crore on 25% Growth

FNP has set an end-2028 listing target and is guiding to 25% annual revenue growth. The same executive said in 2024 that the company would list in FY27.
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Revspot Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Revspot Raises $4.8 Million Series A Co-Led by Inflexor Ventures and Info Edge Ventures

Revspot sells AI-driven lead qualification to high-ticket B2C businesses and claims more than 50 customers. Neither revenue nor the round's valuation has been disclosed.
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Zepto Founders
Markets & IPO · E-commerce · 29 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Zepto Investors Discuss Revised $3 Billion Post-Money IPO Valuation, Down From $7 Billion Peak

Zepto and its investors are discussing a post-money IPO valuation of about $3 billion, less than half the mark set in October 2025. No decision on pricing or structure has been taken.
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Fixxly Founders
Funding · E-commerce · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Fixxly Raises $5.5 Million Seed Round From Accel, Fireside and Lightspeed Ahead of September Launch

Fixxly plans 30-minute delivery of building materials to contractors through a network of dark stores in Bengaluru. The company has not yet begun commercial operations.
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Yaanendriya Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Yaanendriya Raises ₹15 Crore From Piper Serica to Scale Navigation and Inertial Sensors

Piper Serica has put ₹15 crore into Yaanendriya's navigation controllers and inertial sensors, its first institutional round. Reported FY26 revenue was ₹72 lakh against an FY27 target of ₹5.4 crore.
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Hegdinvst Founder Aditya Bhandari
Funding · Banking & Finance · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Hegdinvst Raises ₹11.5 Crore Series A to Fund Sponsor Commitment to Proposed Category III Fund

The company says the bulk of the round funds its sponsor commitment to a proposed Category III hedge fund. That commitment is a SEBI requirement rather than a discretionary show of alignment.
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Musafir Cafe Netflix Terribly Tiny Tales
Lite Updates · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Terribly Tiny Tales Produces Netflix Series Musafir Cafe 13 Years After Launching as a Facebook Page

The series was produced by a studio that began in 2013 as a page publishing tweet-sized fiction on Facebook. It was acquired by Collective Artists Network two years ago for an undisclosed sum.
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Rapido Ownly Founders
Lite Updates · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Rapido Integrates Ownly Into Its Main App, Extending Zero-Commission Food Delivery in Bengaluru

Bengaluru users can now order food inside the main Rapido app rather than through the separate Ownly application. The service remains confined to one city, against an earlier plan that envisaged ten by this month.
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BigBasket CEO Amit Nanda
Markets & IPO · E-commerce · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

BigBasket's Consumer Arm Reports ₹8,223 Crore FY26 Turnover as Losses Widen 66% to ₹3,073 Crore

Turnover at BigBasket's consumer arm rose 7.7% in FY26 while losses widened 66%. The two entities together lost ₹3,175 crore, close to two-thirds of parent Tata Digital's net loss for the year.
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House of Student Founder Vaibhav Verma
Funding · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

House of Student Raises $2 Million Seed Round Co-Led by Saltwater Sutra and Nirmitsu

The seed round is a mix of equity and debt, co-led by Saltwater Sutra and Nirmitsu Inspirational Ventures. The split between the two instruments has not been disclosed, and neither has a valuation.
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