This week in Indian startups
2 November 2026 to 8 November 2026
The five stories that mattered, then every other round of the week.
By Abha Lohia · Editor
The five that mattered
- Agrani Labs lines up $100M round
Agrani Labs is a Bengaluru semiconductor startup started by former Intel and AMD executives
- Giva raises over $100M led by Multiples
Giva sells everyday-wear and gifting jewellery in silver, gold and lab-grown diamonds, with over 400 stores across India and Sri Lanka
- EloElo raises $80M Series C for microdramas
EloElo Group runs the Story TV microdrama app, a micro-learning app called Master, and AI tools including Dolphin AI
- Neo closes second private credit fund at ₹6,200 Cr
Neo is a Mumbai wealth and asset management group whose alternative arm runs credit funds for family offices and institutions
- Affle to buy Perion Network for $420M
Affle runs a mobile advertising and consumer intelligence platform that serves brands in India, emerging markets and developed economies
Every other round
In the order they were reported28
Compounding Asset Partners in talks for ₹350 Cr2 November 2026Compounding Asset Partners: Investment firm eyeing fund licenceDispatch Network raises ₹5 crore pre-seed2 November 2026Dispatch Network: Pune last-mile deliveryHyeglo Beauty raises ₹7 crore led by Sauce2 November 2026Hyeglo Beauty: Skincare-first makeup brandOBSESS raises ₹3 crore angel round2 November 2026OBSESS: Connected fitness platformTwo Point O Capital raises $10 million2 November 2026Two Point O Capital: Clean energy financing platformArmatrix raises ₹67 Cr seed led by Crane3 November 2026Armatrix: Deeptech robotics startupSachin Tendulkar takes stake in Hitwicket maker3 November 2026Hitwicket: Cricket strategy game makerSachin Tendulkar invests in Hitwicket maker Metasports3 November 2026Metasports Interactive: Hitwicket cricket game makerNuuk set to raise ₹100 Cr3 November 2026Nuuk: Consumer brandOla Electric allots rights shares, collects ₹600 Cr3 November 2026Ola Electric: Electric two-wheeler makerPowerUp Money raises $10M led by Flourish3 November 2026PowerUp Money: AI wealth advisory appMahesh Babu backs Mumbai game studio Shortgun3 November 2026Shortgun Games: Mumbai PC game studioSolgram raises over $1M pre-seed3 November 2026Solgram: Premium grocery platformThe Croffle Guys raises ₹14 Cr at ₹100 Cr valuation3 November 2026Croffle Guys: Croffle quick-service chainUnify Foodworks raises ₹5 crore seed3 November 2026Unify Foodworks: Moe's and Carvel franchiseeCoinDCX's Sumit Gupta backs Viraasat3 November 2026Viraasat: Indian heritage collectibles brandBlitz raises ₹28.7 Cr at ₹440 Cr valuation4 November 2026Blitz: Quick-commerce fulfilment startupOneStack raises ₹12.5 Cr for co-op banks4 November 2026OneStack: Cooperative bank fintechOttonomy raises $4.2M post-seed for delivery robots4 November 2026Ottonomy: Autonomous delivery robotsPeppermint Robotics raises ₹100 Cr in Pre-Series B4 November 2026Peppermint Robotics: Autonomous cleaning robotsaltM raises $10.3M to scale farm-waste chemicals5 November 2026altM: Farm-waste chemicals makerCosmoserve Space raises $6M seed, opens Hyderabad base5 November 2026Cosmoserve Space: Satellite servicing and debris removalRapidClaims in talks for $30M round5 November 2026RapidClaims: Medical coding AIRipik.ai in talks for ₹150 Cr from Gaja Capital5 November 2026Ripik.ai: Factory AI vision startupVenomics AI raises $2.7M pre-seed for venom drug discovery5 November 2026Venomics AI: Venom-based drug discoveryPremji Invest puts $30-40M into Hical6 November 2026Hical Technologies: Aerospace electromechanical partsTASE Global to raise ₹300 Cr from Tristar6 November 2026TASE Global: Precision manufacturing platformArka Fincap gets ₹525 crore from TPG's Rise Funds7 November 2026Arka Fincap: Secured retail lending NBFC