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Grapevine TAL Raises $4.1M for AI Job Matching
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

Grapevine TAL Raises $4.1M for AI Job Matching

Grapevine builds career tools for Indian professionals, and its new Grapevine TAL product is getting fresh capital to push harder into AI-led job discovery. The company has raised $4.1 million, or about ₹37.9 crore, from Kae Capital, Peak XV Partners, and Ronnie Screwvala to scale TAL and its earlier AI interview product, Round1. The bet […]

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BeastLife Funding: GVFL Backs ₹20 Cr Offline Push
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

BeastLife Funding: GVFL Backs ₹20 Cr Offline Push

BeastLife sells protein powders, creatine, mass gainers, and other sports nutrition products directly to consumers, and its latest BeastLife funding round brings in ₹20 Cr from GVFL and Equentis. The raise matters because India’s supplements market is still messy for buyers—crowded, low-trust, and heavily skewed toward marketplace discovery instead of strong brands. Founded in 2024 […]

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AGNIT Semiconductors Raises $2.6M for GaN Scale-Up
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

AGNIT Semiconductors Raises $2.6M for GaN Scale-Up

AGNIT Semiconductors builds gallium nitride wafers and RF devices. It also makes modules for strategic and telecom systems. The Bengaluru startup has now raised $2.6 million, or about ₹24 crore, in an extension of its seed round to tackle a real problem: India still depends heavily on imported high-performance semiconductor tech for critical wireless and […]

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Pentathlon Ventures Fund II Closes at ₹255 Cr for SaaS Bets
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

Pentathlon Ventures Fund II Closes at ₹255 Cr for SaaS Bets

Pentathlon Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on Indian B2B software startups, and it has now marked the final close of Pentathlon Ventures Fund II at ₹255 crore, or about $27.1 million. Enterprise founders are still dealing with a familiar problem: plenty of chatter around AI, but not enough specialist seed capital that understands […]

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Plum Insurance Raises ₹193 Cr for Broader Care
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

Plum Insurance Raises ₹193 Cr for Broader Care

Plum Insurance sells health insurance and employee health benefits to businesses in India. The insurtech startup has raised ₹193 Cr ($20.6 Mn) in a Series B round led by Peak XV Ventures, as employers keep looking for simpler ways to manage coverage, claims, and day-to-day healthcare support for teams. Founded in 2019 by Abhishek Poddar […]

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ELMED Life Sciences Raises $2.7M to Scale Probiotics
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

ELMED Life Sciences Raises $2.7M to Scale Probiotics

ELMED Life Sciences makes probiotic products for healthcare and agri-biotech companies, and it has now raised $2.7 million in Series A funding from NABVENTURES-managed AgriSURE Fund. It’s chasing a simple but messy problem: reliable microbiome products are still hard to manufacture across human health, animal health, aquaculture, and agriculture. Founded in 2018 by VIT alumni […]

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Deccan AI Raises $25M for Post-Training Stack
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

Deccan AI Raises $25M for Post-Training Stack

Deccan AI builds post-training, evaluation, and deployment tools for enterprise AI models. The AI infrastructure startup has now raised $25 million in a round led by A91 Partners, with Susquehanna and existing backer Prosus Ventures also participating. Lots of companies can access strong models now, but far fewer can safely train, test, and run them […]

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Ultrahuman Secures ₹400 Crore in Series C Funding
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

Ultrahuman Secures ₹400 Crore in Series C Funding

Ultrahuman makes health-tracking wearables and metabolic health tools built around a smart ring, blood testing, glucose monitoring, and connected home sensors. Now the Ultrahuman smart ring story has a lot more money behind it. The Bengaluru company has closed a Series C round of around ₹400 crore, or about $48 million. The problem it’s trying […]

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Velmenni Li-Fi Raises ₹30 Cr for Defense Push
5 min readMarch 31, 2026

Velmenni Li-Fi Raises ₹30 Cr for Defense Push

Velmenni builds light-based wireless communication systems for telecom, enterprise, and defense networks. The New Delhi startup has raised ₹30 Cr in a pre-Series A round led by pi Ventures, with MountTech Growth Fund – Kavachh and Apekso joining in, as it tries to turn Velmenni Li-Fi from a deeptech promise into a bigger commercial business. […]

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