The third week of July has witnessed a pronounced V-shaped recovery after a drop in funding momentum last week. Between July 17 and July 22, 2023, the startup ecosystem has raised $111 Mn funding across 19 deals. This is a 30.5% jump from $85 Mn funding raised by Indian startups last week across 17 deals.
However, this week’s funding is 28.3% lower than the $155 Mn raised by Indian startups between July 3 and July 8, 2023.
Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week
- RenewBuy has bagged $40 Mn in its Series D funding round from Japanese insurance major, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. making it the biggest fundraise of this week
- Fintech sector raised the highest amount of funding at $47.2 Mn this week across four deals
- With six deals, ecommerce sector reported the highest number of investment deals with $43.2 Mn funding
- Early-stage startup funding stood at $8.1 Mn this week, a 237% jump as compared to the last week where early stage funding was $2.4 Mn.
Startup Acquisitions Of This Week
- Fashion startup Styched acquired online casual sneaker startup Flatheads for an undisclosed amount
- Bureau, a fraud detection startup besides raising an extended Series A funding round this week also has completed the acquisition of Y-Combinator backed identity verification startup inVOID
- Y Combinator-backed Decentro acquired Mumbai-based SaaS fintech platform Neowise Technologies for an undisclosed amount in a cash and share deal
- Plus91Labs, a cloud consulting and IT service, acquired Pixely, a company specialising in customised solutions for the Southeast Asian market.
Other Major Developments From This Week
- Reliance Brands is in talks to acquire Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt’s children’s wear brand, Ed-a-Mamma for INR 300 Cr – 350 Cr
- Troubled quick commerce startup Dunzo is trying to raise $20 Mn from its existing backer Reliance Retail
- Ravi Lambah, sovereign fund Temasek’s India head and head of the investment group said that the fund intends to invest $9-10 Bn in India over the next three years
- Beleaguered PharmEasy is in talks to raise INR 2,000 Cr-INR 3,000 Cr to repay the loan it took from Goldman Sachs.