This week in Indian startups: 22 June 2026 to 28 June 2026
By Abha Lohia
The five stories that mattered, then every other round of the week.
The five that mattered
- Meta invests $900 Mn in CRED, Kunal Shah steps down
CRED is a members-only club for creditworthy individuals with a credit score of 750 or more
- Square Yards raises $95M, becomes unicorn
Square Yards is an integrated real estate and mortgage platform offering property search, financing, interiors, and management
- Hang Ten Systems raises $32 Mn seed round led by Mayfield Ventures
Hang Ten Systems is an enterprise AI services company helping large enterprises adopt AI through agentic code generation and reusable skills libraries
- Square Yards hires bankers for $200-300 million IPO
Square Yards is an integrated real estate platform offering property search, transactions, home loans, interiors, and property management
- Meesho buys Kirana Club for ₹202 crore
Meesho is an e-commerce platform focused on affordable products for small-town India
Every other round
- Orange Health Labs raises ₹277 crore Series C Orange Health: Full-stack diagnostics platform More on Orange Health
- SanchiConnect raises bridge round led by Auxano SanchiConnect: Deep tech ecosystem builder More on SanchiConnect
- Zypp Electric gears for $200 Mn IPO, plans listing in FY28 Zypp Electric: EV-based mobility solutions for delivery workers More on Zypp Electric
- The Land Bankers raises ₹8 crore seed round The Land Bankers: AI-powered land title verification platform
- LiLLBUD secures ₹6 crore seed funding to launch 100 new SKUs LiLLBUD: early learning toys for children 0-3 years
- Unnati Agri raises ₹17 crore debt from Recur Club Unnati Agri: Integrated agri-input platform More on Unnati Agri
- BharatTender raises ₹1.25 crore pre-seed funding BharatTender: B2B procurement technology platform
- Mitigata raises $15M Series B from Bessemer Mitigata: Full-stack cyber resilience platform More on Mitigata
- Sherlocks AI raises ₹7.5 crore from SenseAI Ventures Sherlocks AI: AI incident management platform
- Ambak raises ₹80 Cr from Quona Capital Ambak: Home loan marketplace platform More on Ambak
- Taxina raises ₹25 crore at Pre-Series A stage to expand across India and internationally Taxina: ride-hailing platform for drivers in smaller cities More on Taxina
- SaffronStays raises $3.5 million growth capital SaffronStays: Managed holiday-home and villa hospitality brand
- Ikin Global raises $2 million for global expansion Ikin Global: IoT smart locks for logistics security
- Qosmic raises $3.3m seed for space lasers Qosmic: Space laser communication systems
- JustAI raises $17M Series A for AI marketing JustAI: AI-native marketing platform
- Bodycraft raises ₹120 crore from Singularity AMC Bodycraft Clinic and Salon: Beauty, wellness and medical aesthetics platform
- OneCap raises $250k pre-seed from Antler OneCap: AI financial reconciliation platform More on OneCap
- Zave raises ₹4.7 crore bridge round Zave: AI-native commerce assistant
- SuperLiving raises $7M Series A from Lightspeed SuperLiving: AI-powered preventive health platform More on SuperLiving
- Skyroot raises $60m to double valuation to $1.1bn Skyroot Aerospace: Private space launch vehicle maker More on Skyroot Aerospace
- Amazon India commits $13 bn fresh investment Amazon: E-commerce and cloud services More on Amazon
- AllHome raises ₹200 Cr Series B round led by Bessemer AllHome: Marketplace for architectural and interior products More on AllHome
- Foxconn Singapore invests $37.2 million in Indian unit Foxconn Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development Pvt Ltd: iPhone component manufacturing in India
- Alienkind cafe chain raises $3.2M to expand across India Alienkind: cafe chain with sci-fi theme More on Alienkind
- Finnovate raises $2M in pre-Series A round Finnovate Financial Services: Financial-planning startup for professionals