India’s ONDC raises ₹220 crore ($23.1M) from Zoho, Uber India, Paytm, and BSE Technologies to boost its open digital commerce infrastructure and expand across sectors like mobility and food delivery.
Anthropic secured $65 billion in Series H funding, valuing the AI company at $965 billion. Capital will fuel AI safety, compute expansion, and Claude model development.
Flexprice announces a $1.5M seed round led by Shastra VC to expand its open-source AI-native usage billing platform globally and develop new finance tools. The company boasts 6X revenue growth, processing 20B+ events monthly, addressing the critical need for modern billing in the evolving AI economy.
Fairdeal.Market secures $15M led by Bertelsmann India Investments to revolutionize India’s 13 million kirana stores with 60-minute B2B quick commerce, expanding its tech and dark store network.
Skydo gains in-principle GIFT City approval and RBI PA-CB authorization, empowering Indian businesses with multi-currency cross-border payment capabilities for both inward and outward flows. This expands global financial access for over 40,000 businesses.
Indian D2C toy brand Legend of Toys raises ₹21 crore Pre-Series A funding from six investors to expand globally, innovate categories, and strengthen manufacturing. The brand hit ₹30 crore ARR in 18 months, riding India’s shifting toy market.
Dhruva Space secures INR 105 Crores from India’s RDIF for Project Garud, a 500 kg-class flat-pack satellite platform. This initiative bolsters India’s space manufacturing and sovereign satellite deployment capabilities for global markets.
MochaTrade secures pre-seed funding from Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund to launch a platform offering perpetual futures on US stocks, commodities, and indices to global eligible traders with real-time settlement and robust compliance.
Kovon raises $250,000 in pre-seed funding led by TDV Partners to build an AI-enabled, end-to-end cross-border workforce mobility platform connecting India’s skilled blue and grey-collar workers with labour-deficient markets across Europe, the UK, the Middle East, Canada, the United States, and Australia.
Axten Hospitals raises ₹2.5 crore in its first structured funding round led by PedalStart to expand its transparent, asset-light surgical care model across India.
