Foodstories has raised ₹50 crore in a funding round led by Nikhil Kamath, reflecting growing investor confidence in lifestyle-driven food platforms that combine content, discovery and commerce.
Two brothers, ₹10 lakh in savings, and a simple idea: investing shouldn't be expensive. Zerodha went on to redefine Indian stockbroking, build a billion-dollar business without outside funding, and challenge an entire industry. Today, as new competitors emerge and regulations reshape the market, Zerodha is once again reinventing itself
The era of easy startup money may be over. But something more important is happening. Investors are writing fewer cheques — and bigger, more deliberate ones. India's startup ecosystem raised $8.09 billion in 2026, and the biggest winners are building technologies that could define the country's future.
He spent years building Puma into a powerhouse in India. Then Abhishek Ganguly left — and decided to build something bigger. Three years later, he has Virat Kohli in his corner and ₹225 crore in the bank.
India throws away millions of tonnes of agricultural and municipal waste every year. GPS Renewables has spent a decade building the technology to turn that waste into clean fuel — and ₹635 crore just landed to scale it.
A truck driver can't wait 8 hours for his vehicle to charge. A delivery fleet can't afford downtime. Exponent Energy cracked the 15-minute commercial EV charge — and ₹200 crore just landed to take it everywhere.
CAR-T therapy costs $400,000 in the West. Immuneel is delivering it in India at a fraction of that price. And with ₹100 crore just raised, they're about to take that breakthrough to the world.
Recykal, a B2B marketplace for recyclable waste, has raised $45 million in Series C led by Circularity Capital, bringing its total funding to $80 million.
CropSense, an AI‑powered soil monitoring platform, has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Naspers to expand across India and Southeast Asia, addressing farmer productivity with real‑time soil health insights.
Green hydrogen has been India's big clean energy promise for years. Hygenco just turned that promise into $105 million worth of global institutional conviction — and three to four new plants are already on the drawing board.