THE CAPITAL DESK · FUNDING
Funding
Follow the money: every round, valuation and backer, with the stories behind the cheques.
India raised $148.9B across the database.
Where it came from, where it went, and the cheques that defined the year. Scroll to begin.
The megaround era, then the reset.
Capital surged, cooled, and is climbing again: each point a year of disclosed rounds.
From sectors into stages.
Ribbon width is capital: hover one to trace where a sector’s money concentrated.
The raises that moved the needle.
The largest disclosed rounds on record: click any to open the deal.
Capital raised over time
THE CAPITAL DESK · BROWSE
Every cheque, on record.
The Megaround Barbell: How India's Late-Stage Capital Bent Toward the Top, 2024-2026
India's funding did not just shrink after 2024, it concentrated. A handful of nine-figure rounds and a record IPO window pulled capital to the extremes while the middle thinned.
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Where India's Capital Pooled: Fintech Cash, AI-Infra Megarounds and the Climate-EV Grind
Between 2024 and 2026, Indian venture capital did not spread evenly. Fintech reclaimed the top, AI infrastructure minted billion-dollar bets, and climate and EV ground out steady, mostly smaller cheques.
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India's VCs Are Reloading Faster Than They Can Spend
India's venture funding rebounded 43% in 2024, yet fund-level fundraising hit a four-year low. Then the marquee firms reloaded anyway, from Accel to Peak XV.
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The Mega-Fund Era Is Ending: Why India's Biggest VCs Are Deliberately Raising Less
Peak XV's $1.3B close is roughly half its 2022 war chest. Across Accel, A91 and Bessemer, India's top funds are choosing discipline and an AI thesis over sheer scale.
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