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Beyond the Cheque: How IITM’s ₹600Cr Frontier Fund Fixes Deep Tech
CHENNAI, Feb 11, 2026: When the news broke that IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) and Unicorn India Ventures (UIV) launched a ₹600 crore "Frontier Fund," the headlines focused on the numbers. But for the entrepreneurs huddled in the...
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Deel Launches $15M ‘The Pitch’ to Fund Global Seed-Stage Startups
BENGALURU, February 10, 2026: Global HR and payroll platform Deel has launched "The Pitch," a $15 million international initiative focused on identifying and funding seed-stage startups. The program aims to modernize venture capital distribution by prioritizing merit over...
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Pandorum Secures $18M to Expand Clinical Pipeline Across US, Asia, and Middle East
Bengaluru, India, February 9, 2026 : Pandorum Technologies, a biotechnology company developing programmable regenerative medicine, has closed a US$18 million Series B financing round to accelerate clinical development of its tunable, exosome-based therapies and expand global manufacturing and operations...
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95 Early-Stage Startups VC Deals Drive 2026 Funding Rebound
January 5, 2026: The opening month of 2026 has delivered a compelling narrative for the Indian startups ecosystem: quantity is becoming a quality of its own. While the total venture capital (VC) inflow of $927 million represents a healthy...
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India Startup Funding Drops 59% in Final Week of January
February 2, 2026: India Startup witnessed a muted deals during the final week of January. Startups raised $152 million across 22 deals, a significant drop from the previous week’s $373 million raised through 40 transactions. The investment sentiment though...
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Suzuki Backs MeMeraki’s Plans to Amplify Artisan-Led Growth
January 30, 2026: In a strategic move to further its mission of integrating technology with traditional Indian arts, culture-tech platform MeMeraki has secured an undisclosed funding round from Next Bharat Ventures, the impact investment arm supported by Suzuki Motor...
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The Guild Raises $20.5M for Reusable Rocket Development
29th January , 2026: Bengaluru-based spacetech startup The Guild, formerly known as EtherealX, has raised $20.5 million in a Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $25.5 million. This marks a major leap for the...
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SpotDraft, 4baseCare Bag $17.8M to Scale Legal-Tech, Oncology
BENGALURU, January 27, 2026: The venture capital engine is purring back to life this Tuesday as two heavyweights in the deep-tech and health-tech sectors, SpotDraft and 4baseCare, announced significant Series B infusions. While the sectors differ, one tackling...
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Indian Startups Secure $302.8 Mn as Weekly Funding Jump Hits 13%
January 25, 2026: Indian startups secured a robust $302.8 Mn across 37 deals between January 19 and 23. This funding jump marks a 13% weekly increase from the previous $268.6 Mn, effectively signaling the end of the long-standing "funding...
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Beyond Dunzo: How Mukund Jha’s Emergent Sealed $70M Deal
January 22, 2026: In the high-stakes theater of Indian tech, the "second act" is often more telling than the first. Mukund Jha, the architect behind the hyperlocal pioneer Dunzo, has officially stepped back into the spotlight. His new venture,...
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