From Emergent To Neo Group — Indian Startups Raised $281 Mn This Week

DateNameSectorSubsectorBusiness ModelFunding Round SizeFunding Round TypeInvestorsLead Investor15 Jul 2026EmergentAIApplication LayerB2C$130 MnSeries CCreaegis, MNI Ventures – Claypond Capital, Sentinel Global, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Lightspeed, Y CombinatorCreaegis, MNI Ventures – Claypond Capital, Sentinel Global16 Jul 2026Neo GroupFintechInvestment TechB2C, B2B$36.3 Mn–Peak XV PartnersPeak XV Partners15 Jul 2026VorfluxAIApplication LayerB2B$15 Mn–Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, Powerset, Alliance, Parker Conrad (Rippling), Immad Akhund (Mercury), Balaji Srinivasan (ex-Coinbase)Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, Powerset, Alliance16 Jul 2026Quick CleanConsumer ServicesHyperlocal ServicesB2C$14 MnSeries BStakeboat Capital, Alkemi Growth Capital, Blue Ashva CapitalStakeboat Capital16 Jul 2026Natural CosmeticsEnterprise ServicesManufacturing SolutionsB2B$11.8 MnSeries ASharrp Ventures, Mirabilis Investment Trust, Anicut Capital, Niveshaay, Suyash Saraf (Hyperscale Ventures), Yogesh Kabra (XYXX Apparel)Sharrp Ventures16 Jul 2026Reo.DevAIApplication LayerB2B$11.3 MnSeries AElevation Capital, Heavybit, India QuotientElevation Capital15 Jul 2026E3 Electric.AIClean TechElectric VehiclesB2C$10.4 Mn**Series ABluVenture HoldingsBluVenture Holdings16 Jul 2026GroyoEcommerceB2B EcommerceB2B$9.3 Mn*Series BCornerstone VenturesCornerstone Ventures16 Jul 2026SwitchOnAIApplication LayerB2B$8 Mn**Pre-Series BIvyCap Ventures, SIG Tattva, Trifecta CapitalIvyCap Ventures13 Jul 2026Dhruva SpaceAdvanced Hardware & IoTSpace TechB2B, B2G$6.3 Mn*Pre-Series BAntariksh Venture Capital FundAntariksh Venture Capital Fund16 Jul 2026AlwaysAIApplication LayerB2C$5.5 MnSeedRedstart Labs (Info Edge Ventures), 360 ONE Asset, MIXI Global Investments, Antler, Blume Founders Fund (Blume Ventures), Kunal Shah (CEO, WhatsApp), Tikhon Bernstam (Scribd), Harshil Mathur (Razorpay) Shashank Kumar (Razorpay), Vaibhav Domkundwar (Better Capital)Redstart Labs (Info Edge Ventures), 360 ONE Asset15 Jul 2026Open SecretEcommerceD2CB2C$5.2 Mn**–Desai Brothers GroupDesai Brothers Group14 Jul 2026BiofuelCircleClean TechClimate TechB2B$3.6 Mn–Spectrum Impact, Better Capital, Karma Capital AdvisorsSpectrum Impact15 Jul 2026PromotionEcommerceD2CB2C$3.1 Mn–Fireside VenturesFireside Ventures15 Jul 2026His answerEcommerceD2CB2C$3.1 Mn–Fireside Ventures, Blume VenturesFireside Ventures16 Jul 2026logcat.aiAIApplication LayerB2B$2.5 MnPre-SeedFounders’ Co-op, Act One Ventures, TheFounderVC, Shorewind Capital, Clayoquot Capital, Alumni VenturesTanglin Venture Partners13 Jul 2026BUILTEcommerceD2CB2C$2 MnPre-SeedTanglin Venture Partners, Bharat Kalia (Lifelong Group)16 Jul 2026Mandrake BioHealth TechLifescienceB2B$1.7 MnPre-SeedActivate, Antler, Spectrum Impact, DeVC, Vijay Chandru (Angel), Paras Chopra (Angel), Sanjiv Rangrass (Angel), Vatsal Dusad (Angel)Activate, Antler16 Jul 2026KuhlThermAdvanced Hardware & IoTSemiconductorsB2B$1.1 MnSeedArkam VenturesArkam Ventures16 Jul 2026NapTapGoReal Estate TechProperty Listing & DiscoveryB2C$831KSeedInflection Point VenturesInflection Point Ventures13 Jul 2026SortmyprepEdtechDigital Learning PlatformB2C$350KPre-SeedBoman Irani (Rustomjee Group), Sameer Mehta (boAt), Subrat Pani (OneAssist), Rohini Kasturi (HG Insights), Ranjit Pawar (London Stock Exchange Group)–16 Jul 2026Author AIAIApplication LayerB2B$70K–Amit Ashu, Avinash Kumar (EasyShip), Balasubrahmanyan Sridhara (NVIDIA)–16 Jul 2026The smutEcommerceD2CB2C––VentureSoul PartnersVentureSoul Partners15 Jul 2026book bookFintechFintech SaaSB2B––––Source: Inc42
* Mix of primary and secondary transactions
** Part of a larger round