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This week so far

19 October 2026 to 25 October 2026

The five stories that mattered, then every other round of the week.

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The five that mattered

  1. AM Intelligence eyes over $1 billion equity raise

    AM Intelligence is building AI infrastructure covering power, data centres, hardware and tailored AI models, backed by the people behind Greenko

  2. Ola Electric rights issue draws two big applicants

    Ola Electric is an Indian electric scooter maker that is raising around ₹1,000 crore from existing shareholders through a rights issue

  3. Premji family office leads ₹1,000 crore Vegafin round

    Vegafin Capital is a business lending startup building an AI-based platform to assess credit risk of micro, small and medium enterprises

  4. Oyo parent Prism eyes November IPO launch

    Prism is the parent of hospitality platform Oyo, and is preparing a public share sale

  5. Zetwerk lists on exchanges at 5% premium

    Zetwerk runs a Bengaluru platform that connects buyers of industrial goods with a network of factories that make them to order

Every other round

In the order they were reported24
Discovered Materials raises $9M seed for chip materials19 October 2026Discovered Materials: AI chip-materials discoveryEven Healthcare raises $50M Series B19 October 2026Even Healthcare: Membership-based hospital careHunar AI raises ₹39.3 crore Series A19 October 2026Hunar AI: Voice AI for frontline hiringSo/Facet raises ₹10 crore seed round19 October 2026So/Facet: Lab-grown diamond jewellery brandThe Pant Project raises ₹109 crore Series B19 October 2026The Pant Project: Menswear brand, pants firstAuxoAI raises $20.7M Series A21 October 2026AuxoAI: Enterprise AI deployment firmBlacksmith raises $66M at $1B valuation21 October 2026Blacksmith: AI code testing platformFurtilo raises seed funding for small-town delivery21 October 2026Furtilo: Zero-commission local deliveryGrowthCap Ventures backs LogiXair cargo aircraft21 October 2026LogiXair: Autonomous cargo aircraftOnEMI gets exchange nod for ₹832 Cr share issue21 October 2026OnEMI: Kissht digital lending parentOnto raises $1M pre-seed for travel app21 October 2026Onto: Hotel price-drop refund appSimplismart in talks for $40-50M raise21 October 2026Simplismart: AI infrastructure startupVectorial raises $3M to simulate user behaviour21 October 2026Vectorial: AI behaviour simulationVegafin gets ₹1,000 Cr to build MSME lender21 October 2026Vegafin: AI-first MSME lendingChapter Home raises ₹63 crore22 October 2026Chapter Home: Home and kitchen brandsCureBay raises ₹100 Cr to grow rural clinics22 October 2026CureBay: Rural clinic chainHarajuku Tokyo Café raises $3M pre-Series A22 October 2026Harajuku Tokyo Café: Japanese-themed café chainKarta AI raises $3M seed for voice agents22 October 2026Karta AI: Voice AI for lendersNavitas Solar gets up to $20M for cell plant22 October 2026Navitas Solar: Surat solar makerTravClan raises $5 million from Flipkart and others22 October 2026TravClan: B2B travel technologyAmaha set to close ₹100 Cr round23 October 2026Amaha: Integrated mental healthcare providerPaar Autonomy raises ₹10 crore for drone tech23 October 2026Paar Autonomy: Defence drone vision techSpectraGaze raises ₹3.7 crore seed led by GVFL23 October 2026SpectraGaze Systems: Ahmedabad imaging sensor makerFirstwork lands $15M Series A for AI onboarding24 October 2026Firstwork: AI workforce onboarding