Funding benchmark · last 12 months

The typical seed round in India

From 38 seed rounds announced in India over the last twelve months, each read from a named source. Half of them raised between $1.1M and $4.9M.

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Seed India
Median round$2.5M
$410K1 in 10 below$1.1M – $4.9Mmiddle half$9.6M1 in 10 above

38 rounds counted · recounted nightly

Rounds counted38seed rounds in India, last 12 months
Against worldwide-55%vs the $5.5M worldwide median
Since last round-too few earlier rounds on record
Lead named92%of these rounds name the investor who led

The trend

Median seed round, quarter by quarter

From $1.0M in 2025 Q1 to $3.0M in 2026 Q3. Quarters with fewer than five rounds are left blank.

'24 Q43 rds
$1.0M'25 Q15 rds
'25 Q21 rds
'25 Q31 rds
'25 Q43 rds
'26 Q14 rds
$2.4M'26 Q25 rds
$3.0M'26 Q39 rds

Who leads

The most active leads

The firms that led the most seed rounds in India this year.

  1. 1IAN Angel Fund3 led
  2. 2Shastra VC3 led
  3. 33one4 Capital2 led
  4. 4IAN Alpha Fund2 led
  5. 5Endiya Partners2 led
  6. 6Y Combinator1 led

Recent examples

Seed rounds in India, latest first

How to read these figures

They come from announced rounds. Large rounds are almost always announced and many small ones never are, so the true typical round is probably a little smaller than shown, most of all at pre-seed and seed. Every round behind them is in the record with its source. How we read rounds.

Other stages in India

Series A$10M

Seed elsewhere

AI$7.0MUnited States$9.0MUnited Kingdom$3.1MFintech$5.0MHealthcare$4.9MSoftware$5.0MBiotech$7.3MRobotics$8.8MCybersecurity$10MSaaS$4.0MConstruction$5.2MBig Data & Analytics$7.5MAustralia$4.0MEnterprise Software$8.3MHardware & Electronics$9.5MEnergy$5.0MLogistics$4.0MManufacturing$4.4MClimate Tech$4.4MDefence Tech$8.8MHealthtech$4.3M

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Q&A

How big is a typical seed round in India?

The median is $2.5M, from 38 seed rounds announced in India in the last twelve months. Half of them raised between $1.1M and $4.9M; one in ten raised more than $9.6M.

Which rounds are counted?

Rounds announced in the last twelve months with a stated amount and stage, each read from a named article or filing. A page is only published where at least 30 rounds stand behind it.

Are these figures biased?

Towards larger rounds, yes. Big rounds are announced; many small ones never are. So the true typical round is probably a little smaller than the figure here, especially at pre-seed and seed.

How often does it change?

The figures are recounted from the record every night, as new rounds are read.