This week in Indian startups: 8 June 2026 to 14 June 2026
By Abha Lohia
The five stories that mattered, then every other round of the week.
The five that mattered
- Ather Energy raises ₹2,500 Cr via QIP
Ather Energy manufactures electric scooters and charging infrastructure in India
- Navi discusses funding round with Prosus and Accel
Navi provides personal loans, home loans, health insurance, mutual funds, and digital payments through its mobile application
- Rapido raises $240 million to expand beyond 500 cities
Rapido operates a ride-hailing and mobility platform offering bike taxis, auto-rickshaws, cabs, and parcel delivery services across India
- ACKO eyes $300 million IPO filing
ACKO is said to plan draft listing papers with the market regulator around August or September 2026
- Curefoods puts IPO on hold, eyes pre-IPO round
Curefoods runs over 500 cloud kitchens across 70 cities with brands like EatFit and Krispy Kreme
Every other round
- Aye Finance to raise up to $15 Mn through listed non-convertible debentures Aye Finance: non-banking financial company (NBFC) offering business loans to MSMEs More on Aye Finance
- Immuneel raises ₹100 Cr in Series B Immuneel Therapeutics: Cell and gene therapy developer More on Immuneel Therapeutics
- GPS Renewables raises ₹635 Cr in Series C funding GPS Renewables: compressed biogas projects More on GPS Renewables
- Wholeleaf in advanced talks to raise Rs 7.5 crore Wholeleaf: Natural pain therapeutics company More on Wholeleaf
- Celebal raises ₹50 crore debt from BlackSoil Capital Celebal Technologies: Enterprise data and AI solutions provider
- Rivvun AI raises $7.55 million seed round to build enterprise spend and revenue recovery platform Rivvun AI: enterprise AI platform for spend and revenue recovery
- The Wedding Company raises $2.75M seed round The Wedding Company: Tech-enabled wedding planning platform
- HyperNorm AI raises $2.2 million seed round HyperNorm AI: Decision intelligence for wealth advisors
- Integra Robotics raises $1.12 million in pre-series A round Integra Robotics: Industrial and defence robotics maker
- Bucketlistt raises INR 1.07 crore in pre-seed round Bucketlistt: Curated experiences marketplace More on Bucketlistt
- Hoola Health raises $5 million for expansion Hoola Health: Paediatric clinic network operator
- Uni Seoul raises Rs 35 crore Series A for expansion Uni Seoul: Korean-inspired lifestyle retail brand
- Mygate raises ₹225 crore from Dharana Capital Mygate: Security solutions for gated communities More on Mygate
- Exponent Energy raises ₹200 Cr for EV charging Exponent Energy: EV battery and charging solutions More on Exponent Energy
- The Bear House raises $25 Mn Series B round The Bear House: Premium menswear brand More on The Bear House
- QubeHealth closes Series A at ₹416 crore valuation QubeHealth: Healthcare-focused fintech for medical payments More on QubeHealth
- 18 student startups get ₹4 crore at demo day Masters’ Union: Business school with startup incubation More on Masters’ Union
- Manam Chocolate raises $9M from Omnivore Manam Chocolate: Bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker More on Manam Chocolate
- Dartle raises $100,000 seed funding led by Inflection Point Ventures to expand in the US Dartle: B2B SaaS for youth sports academies More on Dartle
- Biodimension raises ₹8 crore from IAN Angel Fund Biodimension: Biofabricated human tissue models More on Biodimension
- 4baseCare raises Rs 128 Cr in Series B round 4baseCare: Genomics-driven cancer diagnostics More on 4baseCare
- Ethereal Machines raises $28.5M Series B Ethereal Machines: Multi-axis CNC machines and MaaS More on Ethereal Machines
- Equal AI raised $30M to expand AI call assistant and new services Equal AI: AI call assistant for spam screening
- Trevel raises $1 million for EV fleet expansion Trevel: EV fleet mobility provider
- Astrobase secures IN-SPACe grant for 80-ton rocket engine Astrobase: rocket engine development More on Astrobase
- Mad Over Buildings raises ₹30 Cr from institutional investor Mad Over Buildings: Construction and interior materials marketplace More on Mad Over Buildings
- Rekise Marine raises $9.7m seed round led by Accel and NKSquared Rekise Marine: Autonomous marine vessel developer More on Rekise Marine
- Dream Aerospace raises ₹10 crore pre-Series A to develop green satellite propulsion Dream Aerospace: green chemical propulsion for satellites More on Dream Aerospace
- Zumutor Biologics raises $7.3 million in Pre-Series B funding Zumutor Biologics: Develops immunotherapy drugs for cancer More on Zumutor Biologics