From GIVA To EloElo Group — Indian Startups Raised $255 Mn This Week

Startup funding activity gathered steam in the first week of November. As per Inc42 data, 20 Indian startups cumulatively raised $255 Mn between November 2 and 6. This marks a 96% uptick from $130.3 Mn raised last week.

However, deal count declined 38% to 20 as against 32 in the preceding week.

Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [Nov 2-6]

Date Name Sector Subsector Business Model Funding Round Size Funding Round Type Investors Lead Investor 3 Nov 2026 GIVA Ecommerce D2C B2C $103 Mn* – Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Epiq Capital, Edelweiss Discovery Fund Multiples Alternate Asset Management 4 Nov 2026 EloElo Group Media & Entertainment OTT B2C $80 Mn Series C NBCUniversal, Hornbill Capital, MIT Investment Co., Play Ventures, Kalaari Capital, Waterbridge Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners NBCUniversal, Hornbill Capital 3 Nov 2026 Clinics On Cloud Health Tech Healthcare Devices B2B $12.5 Mn Series A Model42 Model42 4 Nov 2026 Peppermint Robotics Advanced Hardware & Technology Robotics B2B $10.5 Mn* Pre-Series B pi Ventures, Crane Venture Partners, Asiana Fund pi Ventures, Crane Venture Partners 6 Nov 2026 altM Clean Tech Climate Tech B2B $10.3 Mn Series A Rainmatter, Mela Ventures, Omnivore, Theia Ventures, Aureolis Ventures, Spectrum Impact Rainmatter, Mela Ventures 2 Nov 2026 Two Point O Capital Fintech Lending Tech B2B $10 Mn Series A Transition Venture Capital, Omnivore, Chiranjeev Singh Saluja (Angel), Sudhir M Reddy (Angel) Transition Venture Capital 6 Nov 2026 PowerUp Money Fintech Wealth Tech B2C $10 Mn – Flourish Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Accel, Blume Ventures, Kae Capital, 8i Ventures, DeVC Flourish Ventures 5 Nov 2026 Cosmoserve Advanced Hardware & Technology Space Tech B2B $6 Mn Seed Rebright Partners, Aranya Holdings, Naandi Ventures, AUM Ventures, Shakti VC Rebright Partners 4 Nov 2026 Ottonomy Advanced Hardware & Technology Robotics B2B $4.2 Mn – Enrission India Capital Enrission India Capital 5 Nov 2026 Venomics AI Health Tech Lifescience B2B $2.7 Mn Pre-Seed Speciale Invest, South Park Commons, Operators Studio Speciale Invest, South Park Commons 3 Nov 2026 The Croffle Guys Foodtech QSR B2C $1.4 Mn – V3 Ventures, N.A.N Partners, the family office of Navin Agarwal V3 Ventures 4 Nov 2026 OneStack Fintech Fintech SaaS B2B $1.3 Mn – Shepherd’s Hill, Pentathlon Ventures, AVNM Ventures 3 Nov 2026 Solgram Consumer Services Quick Commerce B2C $1 Mn Pre-Seed DSG Consumer Partners, Saama Capital, Kapil Chopra (Hotelier) DSG Consumer Partners, Saama Capital 2 Nov 2026 Hyeglo Beauty Ecommerce D2C B2C $744K – Sauce, Giga Capital, Consumer Collective, Arjun Purkayastha (Reckitt), The Patient Capital Sauce 2 Nov 2026 Dispatch Network Logistics Shipping & Delivery B2B $532K Pre-Seed Antler India, Krishi Fagwani (Thrive), Yashin Mahadevia (Angel), Parth Modwadhia (Angel) Antler India 1 Nov 2026 Docterz Enterprise Tech Vertical SaaS B2B $532K** 2 Nov 2026 OBSESS Health Tech Fitness & Wellness B2C $319K – Pushpendra Singh (Centricity), Amit Goel (Angel) Harshit Vij (Angel) Pushpendra Singh (Centricity), Amit Goel (Angel) Harshit Vij (Angel) 4 Nov 2026 Cellegant Energy Advanced Hardware & Technology Defence Tech B2B $278K – GVFL, Aarambh Fund, IIEC GVFL 2 Nov 2026 AugurAI AI Application Layer B2B $212K – Campus Angels Network Campus Angels Network 3 Nov 2026 Metasports Interactive Media & Entertainment Gaming B2C – – Sachin Tendulkar (Cricketer) Sachin Tendulkar

Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week

• On the back of GIVA’s mega $103 Mn fundraise, ecommerce emerged as the most funded sector this week. Besides GIVA, early-stage BPC brand Hyeglo Beauty also raised $744K in a round led by Sauce.vc.
• Deeptech minted the highest number of deals this week. Four startups, operating across the advanced hardware and technology segment, raised a nifty $21 Mn.
• Omnivore emerged as the most active investor this week, backing altM and Two Point O Capital. 

Other Development Of The Week

• Wealth management group Daksham Capital launched its maiden consumer-focused fund with a target corpus of ₹300 Cr. This also includes a ₹150 Cr greenshoe option. 
• SEBI has greenlit Razorpay’s ₹5,000 Cr-₹6,000 Cr IPO. The issue is expected to value the company at around ₹47,000 Cr, with a listing likely scheduled between January and March 2027.
• Early backer Blue Ashva Capital has exited iD Fresh Food. The VC firm offloaded its entire stake in the startup for ₹50 Cr via a secondary transaction. Upsurge India, Triumph Global Fund and White Whale Ventures lapped up the shares.
• D2C home appliances brand Nuuk is in talks to raise ₹100 Cr in a round, which will likely be led by Wipro Consumer Care Ventures and RPSG Capital Ventures, at a valuation of about ₹500 Cr.
• Fireside Ventures’ cofounder and partner Vinay Singh is stepping down from the investment firm after a near-decade-long stint.

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