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Megaliter Varunaa raises ₹15 crore seed round for urban water-reuse infrastructure

Megaliter Varunaa raises ₹15 crore seed round for urban water-reuse infrastructure Hyderabad-based Megaliter Varunaa, a subsidiary of publicly listed Banka BioLoo Limited, has secured ₹15 crore in a seed funding round. The startup transforms sewage-treatment plants into operational “circular water utilities” under its flagship “Megaliter Model” — a zero-capex, subscription-based service offering for non-potable reuse […]

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Consuma AI raises ₹12 crore seed to strengthen consumer-research SaaS

Consuma AI raises ₹12 crore seed to strengthen consumer-research SaaS Mumbai-based startup Consuma AI, which offers a SaaS platform for consumer market-research and insights, has raised ₹12 crore in a seed funding round, with ₹7 crore led by Equirus Capital’s InnovateX Fund. The infusion will support product enhancements (including AI-driven consumer-behaviour modelling), building enterprise sales

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Airbound raises $8.65M seed to scale autonomous drone logistics

Airbound raises $8.65M seed to scale autonomous drone logistics “Bengaluru-based drone and autonomous logistics startup Airbound has secured $8.65 million in a seed funding round, led by Lachy Groom (co-founder of Physical Intelligence) with participation from Humba Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and senior executives from Tesla, Anduril and Ather Energy. The company plans to deploy

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TrusTerra raises ₹9 Crore pre-seed to power used EV marketplace

TrusTerra raises ₹9 Crore pre-seed to power used EV marketplace Electric vehicle (EV) resale marketplace TrusTerra has secured ₹9 crore in a pre-seed round led by Finvolve and India Accelerator, with backing from GrowthCap Ventures and strategic angel investors. The startup helps owners list, inspect, and sell used EVs transparently, solving trust, warranty, and logistics

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Artha India Ventures locks first ₹250 Cr for new micro-VC Fund II

Artha India Ventures locks first ₹250 Cr for new micro-VC Fund II Artha India Ventures (AIV) has announced the first close of ₹250 crore for its second micro-VC vehicle, Artha Venture Fund II (AVF II), aiming for a final corpus of ₹500 crore including a green-shoe option. The fund will back early-stage startups, with an

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Supermemory raises $3M seed (founder story): 20-yr-old pivots from IIT prep to AI founder

Supermemory raises $3M seed (founder story): 20-yr-old pivots from IIT prep to AI founder Supermemory, an AI startup building “long-term memory engines” for language models, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Susa Ventures, with participation from Google AI leader Jeff Dean, DeepMind’s Logan Kilpatrick, and others. Its founder, Dhravya Shah, is

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Contrails AI nets $1M pre-seed to strengthen trust & safety infrastructure

Contrails AI nets $1M pre-seed to strengthen trust & safety infrastructure Contrails AI, a startup focused on trust & safety tooling (content moderation, abuse detection, platform security), has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round co-led by Huddle Ventures and IAN Group. This platform aims to offer scalable moderation pipelines and AI models to

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GreyLabs AI Raises ₹85 Crore from Elevation Capital & Z47 (Series A)

GreyLabs AI Raises ₹85 Crore from Elevation Capital & Z47 (Series A) GreyLabs AI, which develops speech analytics tools for financial institutions, has raised ₹85 crore (≈ $10 million) in a Series A round led by Elevation Capital, with support from existing investor Z47 and angel backers. The startup helps banks, NBFCs, and fintech firms

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Affluense AI Bags ₹3 Crore Pre-seed Led by Zeropearl VC

Affluense AI Bags ₹3 Crore Pre-seed Led by Zeropearl VC Affluense AI, an early-stage intelligence platform, has raised ₹3 crore in a pre-seed round led by Zeropearl VC. The round includes participation from notable founders such as Kunal Shah (CRED) and Pravin Jadhav (Dhan). Affluense aims to build tools that help businesses derive actionable insights

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Devotional platform Vama bags ₹22 crore funding round

Devotional platform Vama bags ₹22 crore funding round Vama.app, a spiritual / devotional content and community platform, has raised ₹22 crore in its latest financing round led by existing investor Wavemaker Partners, with support from 500 Global, Sadev Ventures, Venture Catalysts, Silverneedle Ventures, and various angels. With this backing, Vama aims to build richer content

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