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.
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