Monthly roundup · India · July 2026

Startup funding in India, July 2026: Elevate Education's $18M Series D leads 9 rounds

We read 9 equity rounds raised in India and announced in July 2026, raising $73M between them: 4% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 0% of the money. The largest was Elevate Education's $18M Series D, led by WestBridge Capital. The median seed round was $4.4M, against $2.3M over the last twelve months in India; at Series A it was $11M.

Equity rounds9raised in India, 9 with an amount
Raised$73Macross those rounds
Lead named89%of rounds say who led
Share of the world4%of rounds; 0% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1EElevate EducationSeries D · led by WestBridge Capital$18M
  2. 2SSmallest.aiSeries A · led by Seligman Ventures$13M
  3. 3BatX EnergiesSeries A · led by IvyCap Ventures$11M
  4. 4AAge Care LabsSeries B$8.9M
  5. 530 SundaysSeries A · led by Bessemer Venture Partners$6.3M
  6. 6AAinaSeed · led by 360 ONE, Redstart Labs$5.5M
  7. 7BBCT VenturesSeed · led by 3one4 Capital$4.4M
  8. 8MowitoPre-seed · led by Version One Ventures$3.0M
  9. 9PPlayBlueSeed · led by Centre Court Capital, Mixi$2.7M

Day by day

Equity rounds raised in India and announced each day of July. The busiest day was 2 July, with 4.

1 July31 July

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: India's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one.

Pre-seed1$3.0Mthis month$2.0M12 months, worldwide
Seed3$4.4Mthis month$2.3M12 months here
Series A3$11Mthis month$10M12 months here
Series B1$8.9Mthis month$50M12 months, worldwide
Series D1$18Mthis month$150M12 months, worldwide

In what

  • AI5
  • E-commerce2
  • Climate Tech1
  • Customer Experience1
  • Education1
  • Edtech1
  • Collaboration Tools1
  • Cleantech1

AI was the busiest sector in India.

Against the world

  • Rounds, India9
  • Rounds, worldwide216
  • Raised, India$73M
  • Raised, worldwide$41B

The whole of July 2026

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