topic: startup-india
author: Crashtech Editorial
covers: March 2026
published: Oct 16, 2026 · read: 36 min
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March 2026: care, propulsion and customer delivery
Amaha, Bellatrix Aerospace and Rocketlane anchor March’s funding stories in mental-health services, spacecraft systems and enterprise implementation software.
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Research snapshot · 16 October 2026. This evolving public-source retrospective has incomplete deal coverage and current-company verification. Provisional mentions are identified separately.
March brings together behavioral health, space propulsion and customer-implementation software. These are businesses with very different timelines: care relationships develop person by person, aerospace depends on engineering milestones, and enterprise software must become repeatable across customers.
Amaha: what the financing sits beside
Amaha, formerly InnerHour, is a mental-health organization founded by psychiatrist Amit Malik and joined by co-founder Neha Kirpal in 2019. Its reported ₹50 crore Series A from Fireside Ventures is not just a bet on a digital interface: the profile describes a service spanning clinical care and mental-health support. That creates a model combining trust, professional capacity and digital reach. The financing report itself does not say how much will go to clinician networks, technology or expansion. The relevant question for a care business is whether access and continuity improve while clinical standards hold; no such outcome can be inferred from the round. The tracker reports Series A, ₹50 Cr, naming Fireside Ventures Lightbox Shreyas Shibulal.; founders: Amit Malik, Neha Kirpal; profile year: 2016. Funding report and company profile.
Bellatrix Aerospace: what the financing sits beside
Bellatrix Aerospace is developing in-space propulsion systems, an area where testing, qualification and integration with a spacecraft shape the path to commercial use. The Bengaluru company’s Pre-Series B is reported at $20 million, with investors including Cactus Venture Partners and Aditya Birla Ventures in the tracker wording. The profile lists founders Rohan Ganapathy and Yashas Karanam, but founders and founding year remain secondary-profile claims. Compared with consumer software, hardware milestones can be slower and more binary: a system must work in demanding environments and fit a customer’s mission. Funding is necessary to reach those milestones, but it does not establish that a component is flight-qualified or commercially adopted. The tracker reports Pre-Series B, $20 Mn, naming Cactus Partners 35 North Ventures GrowX Ventures Hero Investment Office +6.; founders: Rohan Ganapathy, Yashas Karanam; profile year: 2015. Funding report and company profile.
Rocketlane: what the financing sits beside
Rocketlane builds software for customer onboarding and professional-services delivery, giving enterprise teams a shared place to manage implementation work. Founded by Srikrishnan Ganesan, Deepak Bala, and Vignesh Ramesh in 2020 per its profile, the company’s Series C is reported at $60 million. A July 2026 company release later says Atlassian Ventures made a strategic investment. That later pointer is not necessarily a new priced round and should not be added to the March amount. It does show how strategic capital can validate a product’s adjacency to another software ecosystem, while leaving adoption and commercial performance to be assessed separately. The tracker reports Series C, $60 Mn, naming Insight Partners.; founders: Srikrishnan Ganesan, Vignesh Girishankar, Deepak Bala; profile year: 2020. Funding report and company profile.
What later reporting adds
Rocketlane appears in the 2026-07 tracker cohort with Strategic and Undisclosed. Euler Motors appears in the 2026-04 tracker cohort with Series E and ₹210 Cr (Hero MotoCorp add-on CCPS tranche). Euler Motors appears in the 2026-04 tracker cohort with Series E and ₹210 Cr (Hero MotoCorp add-on CCPS tranche). Euler Motors appears in the 2026-04 tracker cohort with Series E and ₹210 Cr (Hero MotoCorp add-on CCPS tranche). Battery Smart appears in the 2026-04 tracker cohort with Debt and $15 Mn. These are later tracker observations, not verified follow-on rounds, survival evidence or investor returns. A repeated round label may reflect a tranche, a commitment or duplicated reporting. The packet supplies no consistent audited outcome series, so these notices are leads for further checking rather than a performance verdict.
What to watch next
Care delivery, propulsion qualification and customer implementation all require repeatable execution, but on different clocks. The reports offer milestones to investigate, not a shared scale metric.
Evidence limits
The tracker row and linked report are discovery evidence, not an independently verified closing record. Amounts and round names are reproduced as reported, with equity, debt, mixed, secondary and listed-market events kept distinct in the register. Founders, founding years and profile classifications come from secondary profiles; a Unicorn or Soonicorn badge is a classification, never proof of current operations. Current operating status is unknown in this evidence set. Monthly coverage is incomplete and the weekly-source list remains provisional; it is not an exhaustive record of announced or closed financing.
Deal register
Every tracker row retrieved for March 2026 appears below. Dates reproduce tracker day labels and are not independently confirmed announcement dates. The amount and investor names preserve the research record’s wording, including “+N” shorthand and undisclosed fields. Each company name links to the supplied original-source article, while the final column links to the tracker discovery page. The source record marks these as tracker-only; this register should be read as a reporting index, not an audited transaction database.
| Tracker date label | Company and original report | Round / instrument as reported | Amount as reported | Investors as reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar | Amaha | Series A | ₹50 Cr | Fireside Ventures Lightbox Shreyas Shibulal |
| 28 Mar | Bellatrix Aerospace | Pre-Series B | $20 Mn | Cactus Partners 35 North Ventures GrowX Ventures Hero Investment Office +6 |
| 26 Mar | Plum | Series B | ₹193 Cr ($20.6 Mn) | Sequoia Capital India GMO Venture Partners Tanglin Venture Partners |
| 25 Mar | Rocketlane | Series C | $60 Mn | Insight Partners |
| 24 Mar | Euler Motors | Debt | ₹250 Cr Debt | Alteria Capital Blacksoil Capital InnoVen Capital Trifecta Capital |
| 24 Mar | Euler Motors | Series E | ₹437.5 Cr (~$47 Mn) | Lightrock Blume Ventures Hero MotoCorp |
| 21 Mar | cult.fit | Series G | ₹440 Cr / $47 Mn | Temasek |
| 19 Mar | Ultrahuman | Series C | $48 Mn | Not stated |
| 17 Mar | IG Defence | Pre-Series A | $5 Mn | Finvolve India Accelerator |
| 16 Mar | Atlys | Series C | $36 Mn | Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital Elevation Capital Long Journey Ventures MakeMyTrip +1 |
| 15 Mar | Euler Motors | Series D1 | ₹75 Cr | Blacksoil Capital |
| 13 Mar | WayCool Foods | Rights Issue | Rs 210 Cr (~$22.7 Mn) | Lightrock |
| 12 Mar | GalaxEye | Series A | ₹44.2 Cr (extended Series A) | Anicut Capital Eraya Capital Faad Capital Grand Anicut Angel Fund +7 |
| 12 Mar | Man Matters | Undisclosed | ₹200 Cr (~$21M) primary capital; round type not labeled by source | 360 ONE Asset |
| 11 Mar | Captain Fresh | Equity | $13.3 Mn | Utham Gowda Avanti Feeds Veer Growth Fund |
| 11 Mar | 5paisa | Rights Issue | ₹4,688.23 Mn | Not stated |
| 10 Mar | Captain Fresh | Debt | $31.43 Mn | Blue Earth Capital |
| 10 Mar | Newtrace | Pre-Series A | $6.3 Mn (₹56.93 Cr) | HDFC Bank Mitsui Sumitomo Aavishkaar Capital Manish Prataprai Gandhi +4 |
| 7 Mar | BharatPe | Debt | $10 Mn (~Rs 90 crore) | NeoGroup RevX Capital |
| 5 Mar | Auxilo Finserve | Debt | ₹100 Cr | Not stated |
| 5 Mar | Battery Smart | Pre-Series C | ₹66 Cr (~$7.4 Mn) | Acacia Inclusion Ltd Blume Ventures PC-SBI Kurashi Visionary Fund |
| 1 Mar | AGNIT Semiconductors | Seed Extension | $2.6 Mn | Shastra VC 3one4 Capital Zephyr Peacock |
A closer read of the reported deals
One way to read the lead entries is to compare Amaha with Bellatrix Aerospace. The tracker records Series A and ₹50 Cr for Amaha, while Bellatrix Aerospace appears with Pre-Series B and $20 Mn. The similarity is that both are reported financing events; the difference is the business context and stated structure. Neither amount alone reveals the company’s cash needs, terms, dilution, or whether the proceeds have been received. The packet gives no basis for converting these headlines into a performance ranking.
A second contrast runs through Plum and Rocketlane. Their listed labels—Series B for Plum and Series C for Rocketlane—show why a monthly total can conceal very different transactions. A stage label describes how the report classifies a round, not a standardized legal instrument or a promise about what comes next. Where the label is broad or undisclosed, the register leaves it broad. The reported sums should likewise be read in their original currencies and wording, rather than treated as directly comparable valuations or cash available for operations.
This is also a reminder to distinguish the company story from the reporting record. The packet identifies 22 tracker entries and supplies linked reports, but the tracker’s own verification field is tracker-only. Even a company-source announcement can establish what a company said without independently establishing the terms, closing conditions, or later use of proceeds. The most defensible reading is therefore narrow: these names were included in the month’s collected funding coverage, with the amounts and round labels shown, and the references permit readers to inspect those reports. Claims about subsequent hiring, expansion, product launches, customer growth, financial health, or investor returns would need separate evidence.
The practical question for founders and operators is not whether a headline is large; it is what obligation and runway it creates. Equity may extend the period before cash generation must carry the business, but typically changes ownership. Debt can finance receivables or assets while leaving ownership intact, but creates servicing obligations. Public issues and secondary sales have their own buyer and issuer mechanics. The month’s entries include these differences where recorded, and leave them unresolved where the source label is incomplete. This distinction is more useful than a universal claim that one category of funding is winning.
Company context from secondary profiles
The following fields paraphrase the linked profile excerpts. Founders and founding years appear only where present in that metadata; missing information is marked unknown. The “reported status” column is secondary-profile reporting only and requires independent verification. It does not imply current operating status.
| Company | Business, summarized from profile | Founders / founding year | Profile classification; current status unknown | Profile source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amaha | Mental-health organization combining clinical support with digital access and care programs. | Amit Malik, Neha Kirpal; 2016 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Bellatrix Aerospace | In-space propulsion developer working on electric and chemical systems for spacecraft. | Rohan Ganapathy, Yashas Karanam; 2015 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Rocketlane | Enterprise software coordinating customer onboarding and professional-services delivery. | Srikrishnan Ganesan, Vignesh Girishankar, Deepak Bala; 2020 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Euler Motors | Profile classifies the business in Commercial Vehicles; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Saurav Kumar; 2018 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| cult.fit | Profile classifies the business in Fitness & Wellness; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori; 2016 | Unicorn (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| IG Defence | Profile classifies the business in Aerospace & Defense; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Bodhisattwa Sanghapriya, Om Prakash, Shuvam Dash, Santosh Mishra; 2018 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Atlys | Profile classifies the business in Travel Tech; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Mohak Nahta; 2021 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| GalaxEye | Profile classifies the business in Deep Tech; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Suyash Singh, Denil Chawda, Kishan Thakkar, Pranit Mehta, Rakshit Bhatt; 2020 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Man Matters | Profile classifies the business in Consumer Health; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Revant Bhate, Dhyanesh Shah; 2020 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Captain Fresh | Profile classifies the business in AgriTech / FoodTech; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Utham Gowda; 2019 | Soonicorn (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| 5paisa | Profile classifies the business in Discount Broking; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Nirmal Jain, Prakarsh Gagdani; 2007 | Listed (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Newtrace | Profile classifies the business in Clean Energy; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Prasanta Sarkar, Rochan Sinha; 2021 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| BharatPe | Profile classifies the business in Digital Payments; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Ashneer Grover, Shashvat Nakrani, Bhavik Koladiya; 2018 | Unicorn (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Auxilo Finserve | Education lender financing domestic and overseas higher studies. | Akash Bhanshali; 2017 | Soonicorn (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| Battery Smart | Profile classifies the business in Battery Swapping; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Pulkit Khurana, Siddharth Sikka; 2019 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
| AGNIT Semiconductors | Profile classifies the business in Deep Tech; a more specific paraphrase is not available in this packet. | Hareesh Chandrasekar, Srinivasan Raghavan, Digbijoy Neelim Nath, Madhusudan Atre, Mayank Shrivastava, Muralidharan Rangarajan, Shankar Kumar Selvaraja; 2019 | Not reported in linked profile (profile classification only; current operating status unknown) | Profile |
Provisional weekly-source mentions
These 159 entries come from a separate weekly-source table supplied in the research record. They are provisional mentions, not verified additional rounds. The source grouping gives week or month context; it does not confirm an announcement date. Only exact company, round and amount matches against the tracker rows were removed. Similar-looking entries are retained because a partial match is not enough to establish identity. This second list is also incomplete public-source reporting.
| Company | Sector as listed | Amount / round as listed | Investor field | Weekly source and context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amaha | Enterprise Applications > HRTech | 5.28M / Series A | Fireside Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Epik | Retail > Horizontal E-Commerce | 1M / Seed | Info Edge Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Pehle Jaisa | Food and Agriculture Tech > Crop Tech | 1.27M / Seed | Unicorn India Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Sign3 | FinTech > Banking Tech | 1.5M / Seed | Cedar Hill Capital (formerly Cedar-IBSi Capital) | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Gnani.ai | High Tech > Generative AI | 7.18M / Series B | Aavishkaar Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Bacancy Systems | Energy Tech > Electric Vehicles | 4.22M / Series A | Sabre Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Kuku FM | Consumer > Vernacular Platforms | Undisclosed / Angel | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Indifi | FinTech > Alternative Lending | 4.22M / Conventional Debt | BlackSoil | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Arya | Environment > Environment Consultancy Services | Undisclosed / Seed | Axis AMC | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Bellatrix Aerospace | Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech > Space Tech | 20M / Series A | Cactus Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Mtandt | Real Estate and Construction Tech > Construction Tech | 10.6M / Series A | ValueQuest | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Uncia | FinTech > Banking Tech | 3M / Seed | Pavestone Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Aditya Birla Renewables | Energy > Solar Energy | Undisclosed / PE | Global Infrastructure Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Elmed Probiotics | Healthcare > Traditional Nutraceuticals | 2.7M / Seed | NABVENTURES | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| BeastLife | HealthTech > Fitness & Wellness Tech | 2.13M / Seed | Gujarat Venture Finance | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Fullife | Life Sciences > Nutraceuticals Tech | 32M / Series D | Elev8 | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Thread Factory | Consumer > Fashion Tech | 160K / Seed | Aviral Bhatnagar | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Rocketlane | Enterprise Applications > Enterprise Collaboration | 60M / Series C | Insight Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Skyroot Aerospace | Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech > Space Tech | 10.8M / Conventional Debt | BlackRock | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| HURL | Food and Agriculture > Crop Inputs | 1.37B / Conventional Debt | IRFC | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Proxgy | Real Estate and Construction Tech > Construction Tech | 213K / Angel | Culture Cap | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Deccan AI | Business Services > AI Services | 25M / Series A | A91 Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Burma Burma | Food and Agriculture > Food Service Chains | 4M / Series A | Negen Capital PMS | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Kidbea | Retail > Mom & Baby Care | 3.2M / Series A | Enrission India Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Metafin | Financial Services > Service Providers to Banks | 10M / Conventional Debt | Lendable | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Euler Motors | Energy Tech > Electric Vehicles | 47M / Series E | Lightrock | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| RN Kids | Retail > Mom & Baby Care | 760K / Seed | Ashish Kacholia | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Pranos Fusion | Energy > Nuclear Energy | 6.8M / Seed | pi Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Swish | Food and Agriculture Tech > Food Tech | 38M / Series B | Haraglobalcap | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 24 - March 30] |
| Tutorac Academy | EdTech - Test Preparation Tech | $500K / Seed | - | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Boston Green | Environment - Waste & Water Management | Undisclosed / PE | Fort Point Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Magical Nest | Retail - Mom & Baby Care | $439K / Seed | Stargazer Fund | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Workroom | High Tech - IoT Applications | $661K / Seed | Equirus Wealth | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Bidso | Industrial Manufacturing - Contract Manufacturers | $1.28M / Venture Debt | Alteria Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Bidso | Industrial Manufacturing - Contract Manufacturers | $5.44M / Series A | Blume Venture | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| RoamPrime | Consumer - Auto E-Commerce | $320K / Seed | Kriscore | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Finfinity | FinTech - Alternative Lending | $2.4M / Seed | Mankind Pharma Family Office | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| LETZRYD | Consumer - Road Transport Tech | $4M / Series A | 15th Rock | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Mayson | High Tech - Generative AI | Undisclosed / Seed | - | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Cult.fit | HealthTech - Fitness & Wellness | $47M / Series F | Temasek | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| FusionStays | Travel & Hospitality - Travel Agencies | $80.2K / Seed | Vruddhi Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Kyvex | High Tech - AI Infrastructure | Undisclosed / Angel | Vaibhav Arora | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Neo Group | Financial Services - Asset Management | $53.7M / PE | TVS Capital Funds | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| KSKT | Food & AgriTech - Online Grocery | $1M / Seed | Hindustan Media Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Assiduus | Retail - Cross Border Commerce | $25M / Series A | Bajaj Finserv | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Mave Health | HealthTech - Disease Management | $2.1M / Seed | Blume Venture | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Pinq | Retail - Beauty Tech | $431K / Seed | Inflection Point Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Rymo Technologies | Life Sciences - Orthopedics | $1.08M / Seed | Indian Angel Network | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| DeepLase Technologies | Semiconductors - Photonics | $647K / Seed | MGF Kavachh | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| BlackSoil | FinTech - Alternative Lending | $22M / Conventional Debt | Impact Fund Denmark | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Credilio | FinTech - Alternative Lending | $3.3M / Series A | Cornerstone Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Weaver | Real Estate - Affordable Housing | $156M / Unattributed | Premji Invest | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Optimo Capital | Financial Services - SME Loans | $10.8M / Conventional Debt | Punjab National Bank | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Aerchain | Enterprise Applications - SCM Software | $13M / Series A | Pavestone Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Laani | Retail - Beauty Tech | $984K / Seed | V3 Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Burger Singh | Food Service Chains | $9M / Series B | Artal Asia | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Bamboobox | Enterprise Applications - MarketingTech | $6.6M / Series A | Peak XV Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Zoomies | Retail - Pet Tech | $541K / Seed | D2C Insider | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| CometChat | Enterprise Applications - Customer Success | $6.5M / Series A | Run Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| IG Defence | High Tech - Drones | $5M / Seed | India Accelerator | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Mannlich | Consumer Goods - Personal Care | $294K / Seed | BeyondSeed | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Svasti | Financial Services - Microfinance | Undisclosed / Conventional Debt | Abler Nordic | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Euler Motors | Energy Tech - Electric Vehicles | $8.12M / Series D | BlackSoil | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Svasti | Financial Services - Microfinance | $5.14M / Series C | Abler Nordic | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Moe Puppy | Retail - Pet Tech | $217K / Seed | PedalStart | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Velmenni | Telecom - Infrastructure Tech | $3.3M / Seed | pi Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Canvaloop | Consumer - Fashion Tech | $1.44M / Series A | Gujarat Venture Finance | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Woodsmen Mountain Whiskey | Food & Beverage - Alcohol | $1.19M / Series A | DA Group | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Ultrahuman | Consumer Electronics - Health Wearables | $48M / Series C | - | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 17 - March 23] |
| Mannlich | Retail - Beauty Tech | $294K / Seed | BeyondSeed | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Persistence | High Tech - Speech & Voice Recognition | $2M / Seed | AI Futures Fund | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Ecofy | FinTech - Alternative Lending | $42M / Series B | British International Investment | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| ReNew | Energy - Solar Energy | $95M / Post IPO | LeapFrog Investments | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Grapevine | Enterprise Applications - HRTech | $4.1M / Series B | Kae Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| AGNIT Semiconductors | High Tech - Advanced Materials | $2.6M / Seed | Shastra | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| SoilSens | AgriTech - Crop Tech | $53.9K / Angel | Namita Thapar | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Fitkin | Consumer Goods - Apparel | $108K / Angel | Vineeta Singh | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| AgniKul | Space Tech | $2.7M / Series C | TIDCO | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| OMC Power | Energy - Solar | $17.3M / Series C | - | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| WayCool | AgriTech - Supply Chain | $22.7M / Series E | Lightrock | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| OneKiraana | Food Packaging | $1.6M / Seed | Ankur Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Ctruh | High Tech - AR/Metaverse | $109K / Angel | Anupam Mittal | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| GalaxEye | Space Tech | $4.8M / Series A | Speciale Invest | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Mosaic Wellness | HealthTech | $21.7M / Series B | 360 One | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Skye Air | Logistics Tech | $4M / Series B | Indian Angel Network | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Confluxe | Retail - Brands Tech | $1.6M / Seed | Wavemaker Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Nprep | EdTech | $1.5M / Seed | Lumikai | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Constems-AI | High Tech - Surveillance | $2M / Seed | Finvolve | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Fulva | Food & Beverage | Undisclosed / Angel | Aman Gupta | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| DrinkPrime | Smart Home Tech | $2.17M / Series B | Artha Venture Fund | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Captain Fresh | Aquaculture Tech | $31.4M / Debt | Blue Earth Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Aqua Exchange | Aquaculture Tech | $8M / Series B | Endiya Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Namma Yatri | Mobility Tech | $4.4M / Seed | Blume Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Mozark | Software Testing | $40M / Series B | IFC | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| AGI Infra | Real Estate | $8.12M / Post IPO | Craft Emerging Market Fund | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Yes Sir | Wellness Services | Undisclosed / Seed | Kolkata Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| NewTrace | Energy Storage | $6.3M / Seed | HDFC Bank | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Awenest | Home Care E-commerce | $75.8K / Angel | Viraj Bahl | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Basil | Food Service | $1.5M / Seed | Whiteboard Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| Verdant Impact | Livestock Tech | $3M / Seed | Unicorn India Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 10 - March 16] |
| True Balance | FinTech > Alternative Lending | 10M / Conventional Debt | Northern Arc Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| ZOFF Foods | Food and Agriculture Tech > Online Grocery | 2M / Series A | JM Financial Private Equity | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| StrideOne | FinTech > Alternative Lending | 11M / Series B | Matrix | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| StrideOne | FinTech > Alternative Lending | Undisclosed / Conventional Debt | Matrix | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| BharatPe | FinTech > Payments | 10M / Conventional Debt | RevX Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Nurix | High Tech > Chatbots | Undisclosed / Series A | Prosus | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Zeno | Energy Tech > Electric Vehicles | 25M / Series A | Congruent Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Zeno | Energy Tech > Electric Vehicles | Undisclosed / Conventional Debt | Trifecta Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Bonkers Corner | Consumer Goods > Apparel Brands | 10.5M / Series A | India SME Investments | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Hi-Q Electronics | Semiconductors > Printed Circuit Boards | 19.1M / PE | ValueQuest | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Rozana | Retail > Rural Ecommerce | 26.6M / Series B | Bertelsmann India Investments | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| ThunderPlus | Energy Tech > Energy Storage Tech | 327K / Conventional Debt | SBI | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Rozana | Retail > Rural Ecommerce | 5M / Conventional Debt | Bertelsmann India Investments | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Cent | HealthTech > Healthcare IT | 5M / Seed | OneFlow Holdings | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Easy Fix | Consumer > Local Services | 651K / Seed | Campus Angels Network | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Cheerio AI | Enterprise Applications > Customer Success Management | 868K / Seed | Artha Venture Fund | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| InfinityBox | Food and Agriculture Tech > Food Tech | 1.53M / Seed | Rainmatter | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Battery Smart | Energy Tech > Electric Vehicles | 7.4M / Series B | Acacia Inclusion | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| LUZO | Retail > Beauty Tech | 109K / Angel | 100X.VC | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Peping | Food and Agriculture Tech > Online Grocery | 271K / Seed | Indian Angel Network | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Moneyboxx | Financial Services > Consumer and SME Loans | 3.63M / Post IPO | Caspian Debt | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Rimigo | Consumer > Online Travel | 109K / Angel | SGgrow Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Bubble Me | Retail > Beauty Tech | 164K / Seed | ajvc | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Padhle | EdTech > K-12 EdTech | Undisclosed / Seed | Filadd | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Land of Cakes | Food and Agriculture > Food & Beverage Products | 109K / Angel | Anupam Mittal | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Kaar Technologies | Business Services > ERP Services | 11M / Series B | Playbook Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Orbit Wallet | FinTech > Payments | 65.6K / Angel | 100X.VC | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [March 3 - March 9] |
| Turiyam.ai | Developer of artificial general intelligence | 4M / Seed | Ankur Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Bounce Infinity | Energy Tech > Electric Vehicles | 3.9M / Series F | Accel | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| RAS Luxury Oils | Retail > Beauty Tech | 7.5M / Series B | Dabur | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Inamo | Retail > E-Commerce Enablers | 6M / Series A | Prime Venture Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Inamo | Retail > E-Commerce Enablers | 2M / Venture Debt | Prime Venture Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| SFO Technologies | Industrial Goods and Manufacturing > Manufacturing Services | 82M / PE | Trident Growth Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Pronto | Consumer > Local Services | 25M / Series B | Epiq Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Innoviti | Retail > In Store Retail Tech | 11.4M / Unattributed | Bessemer Venture Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| RehabVeda | Life Sciences > Neurology | 110K / Angel | Mohit Yadav | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| The Artment | Consumer Goods > Home Furnishing Products | 1.1M / Seed | Indian Angel Network | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Grevoro | Enterprise Applications > Manufacturing Tech | 4.73M / Seed | - | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Pragyan Child Development Centre | Healthcare > Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care | 110K / Angel | Namita Thapar | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Temple | High Tech > Wearable Technology | 54M / Seed | Steadview | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Nailinit | Retail > Beauty Tech | 330K / Seed | Gruhas Collective Consumer Fund | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| FREED | FinTech > Alternative Lending | 6.6M / Series A | Aavishkaar Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| CurryIt | Food and Agriculture > Food & Beverage Products | 165K / Angel | Mohit Yadav | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Reneonix | Environment > Waste & Water Management | 187K / Seed | Inflection Point Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Gushwork | Enterprise Applications > MarketingTech | 9M / Seed | SIG Venture Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Spintly | Real Estate and Construction Tech > Facility Management Tech | 8M / Series A | Accel | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Gut Clinic & Endoscopy Centre | Healthcare > Clinics | 1M / Seed | Amitoj Singh | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Pulse | Healthcare > Medical Device Outsourcing | 4M / Seed | 3one4 Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Misfits | Consumer > Social Platforms | 110K / Angel | Kanika Tekriwal | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| SuperProcure | Consumer > Logistics Tech | 1.6M / Seed | Pentathlon Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Varaha | Environment Tech > Air Pollution Management Tech | 2.2M / Series B | Vaom Special Opportunity | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Zeromoblt | EdTech > K-12 EdTech | 165K / Seed | Sandeep Varaganti | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Home Essentials | Retail > Home Improvements | 7.7M / Series A | 360 One | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| OptoMl | High Tech > AI Infrastructure | 1.8M / Seed | Bluehill VC | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Basil | Retail > Home Improvements | 2M / Seed | Prime Venture Partners | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Puresta | Consumer Goods > Beauty & Personal Care Products | 3.7M / Seed | Spring | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Kris@Work | Enterprise Applications > Sales Force Automation | 3M / Seed | Info Edge Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| OnCare | Healthcare > Clinic Chains | 2.97M / Series A | Sky Impact Capital | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
| Wishlink | Retail > Social Commerce | 17.5M / Series B | Vertex Ventures | Indian Startup Funding - March 2026 [February 24 - March 2] |
Reading this month carefully
Three limits should travel with any interpretation of this record. First, tracker day labels and amounts have not been independently normalized or reconciled with filings; the direct links are provided so each report can be assessed in context. Second, the company profiles are secondary snapshots retrieved on 16 October 2026. Their descriptions, founders, founding years and any status labels should be checked against primary records before being treated as definitive. Third, the public-source union is incomplete. Absence from this list does not mean a company did not raise capital, and inclusion does not prove that an announced transaction closed.
Taken together, the entries are most valuable as a map of reported capital pathways and business categories, not as a leaderboard. The tension visible in March 2026 is specific: March’s set links businesses that sell into enterprises with those financing physical fleets, health services and consumer brands. The central tension is scale: recurring software can grow differently from capacity-heavy services, even when both attract large rounds. The evidence supports asking which financing form fits which operating model; it does not settle whether any company has achieved product-market fit, durable economics or a successful investor outcome. Those conclusions require evidence beyond round announcements.
Sources and editorial method
Transaction links in the deal register point to the original-source URLs supplied in the research record; the tracker pages are linked here for context: monthly tracker page. Profile links in the company table lead to the supplied secondary company profiles. Weekly mentions link to their supplied source and remain provisional by design. This article was assembled from the research record’s 22 extracted tracker records and 159 weekly-source mentions, with no claim of exhaustive market coverage.
Sources & further reading
- 2026-03 funding tracker
- Amaha funding report
- Bellatrix Aerospace funding report
- Plum funding report
- Rocketlane funding report
- Euler Motors funding report
- Euler Motors funding report
- cult.fit funding report
- Ultrahuman funding report
- IG Defence funding report
- Atlys funding report
- Euler Motors funding report
- WayCool Foods funding report
- GalaxEye funding report
- Man Matters funding report
- Captain Fresh funding report
- 5paisa funding report
- Captain Fresh funding report
- Newtrace funding report
- BharatPe funding report
- Auxilo Finserve funding report
- Battery Smart funding report
- AGNIT Semiconductors funding report
- Amaha Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Bellatrix Aerospace Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Plum Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Rocketlane Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Euler Motors Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Cult.Fit Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Ultrahuman Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Ig Defence Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Atlys Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Waycool Foods Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Galaxeye Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Man Matters Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Captain Fresh Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- 5Paisa Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Newtrace Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Bharatpe Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Auxilo Finserve Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Battery Smart Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
- Agnit Semiconductors Company Profile — company profile (Lapaas Voice)
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