Fundings

World Bank Group mobilises $36 bn in India in 4 yrs, $9.6 bn for MSMEs

The World Bank Group has helped mobilise USD 36 billion in private capital for development in India over the past four years, including USD 9.6 billion for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), as it steps up efforts to spur private sector-led growth and job creation. Private capital mobilisation by the Group rose nearly five-fold to USD 14.5 billion in fiscal 2026 from about USD 3 billion in fiscal 2022, Manuel Reyes-Retana, IFC's division director for South Asia, said. The increase reflects growing investor interest in development-linked investments, with guarantees from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) helping reduce investment risks and attract private funding, he said. Institutional investors are increasingly drawn to such instruments because they are familiar with the World Bank Group's underwriting standards and governance practices, Reyes-Retana said. "We are seeing a positive response from private ..

Bets are on for India's semiconductor space amid growing M&As, investments

Funding, M&As and tech talent are driving global and domestic backing for startups

Moonshot eyes early 2027 Hong Kong IPO after valuation hits $50 billion

Moonshot AI is targeting a Hong Kong IPO in Q1 2027 after closing a private funding round at a $50 billion valuation

Cabinet approves ₹10,000 crore SME Growth Fund to back growing firms

The newly approved fund will provide equity capital to growth-stage SMEs, with a focus on manufacturing firms and industrial clusters in Tier-II and Tier-III cities, to boost expansion and exports

OpenAI eyes raising $30 billion in funding at $1.4 trillion valuation

The firm is seeking a valuation of around $1.4 trn, not including the money raised, said the people, potentially vaulting it back above longtime rival Anthropic's most recent private market valuation

Gujarat Themis secures $58 million private credit for Japanese acquisition

Founded in 1981, Gujarat Themis is India's first company to start commercial production of the anti-tuberculosis drug Rifampicin, according to its website

India tech funding rises 7% to $10.3 billion in first nine months of 2026

ndia's tech startups raised $10.3 billion in the first nine months of 2026 despite a 38 per cent decline in funding rounds, with capital concentrated in larger deals

Ultraviolette raises $85 mn to expand EV production, enter US market

Yali Capital and TDK Ventures led the funding round as the Indian electric two-wheeler maker prepares to enter the US in 2027 and expand across Latin America and Southeast Asia

SoftBank launches over $11 billion bond sale to fund OpenAI investment

Bloomberg reported that the transaction would rank among the largest junk bond sales by a single company, excluding distressed debt exchanges

Longevity healthcare startup Vytalyou raises ₹8-10 cr in growth funding

Mumbai-based Vytalyou has raised Rs 8-10 crore at a valuation of around Rs 33 crore to expand its network in Mumbai and enter other major Indian cities in 2027

AI firm Flam raises $40 million in Series B round led by QED Investors

Flam plans to use the fresh capital for research and development of its AI models, expanding its product suite and scaling enterprise sales globally

India's semiconductor sector draws $1.4 bn funding, half of it since 2025

India's semiconductor sector has attracted USD 1.4 billion in all-time equity funding across 281 funded companies, with nearly half of this amount - USD 701 million - raised since 2025 alone, according to data from Tracxn. The findings come days ahead of SEMICON India 2026, the country's flagship semiconductor conference and exhibition, which will be held from September 17-19 at Yashobhoomi in Dwarka, New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the fifth edition of SEMICON India 2026 on September 17, a mega-event set to bring together global semiconductor industry leaders, government officials, state representatives, and sector experts as India builds on the momentum of its growing semiconductor ecosystem. India is home to 3,557 companies in the sector, of which 142 have raised equity funding, out of 281 funded companies. The sector recorded USD 228 million in funding in 2026 year-to-date (YTD), according to Tracxn. Tessolve Semiconductor leads the sector in cumulative

TDB selects 13 cos under RDI fund's second cohort: Rajesh Kumar Pathak

TDB Secretary Rajesh Kumar Pathak talks about use of the fund, emerging areas of focus, safeguards against foreign takeovers, and measures to address conflicts of interest in the investment committee

Banks expect up to 50 bps reduction in funding costs on liquidity surge

Robust FCNR(B) inflows are reducing banks' reliance on higher-cost certificates of deposit, while supporting credit expansion and improving liquidity coverage ratios

Ultrahuman raises $70 mn to build new human-computer interface for health

New financing from Qualcomm Ventures, Labcorp, Alpha Wave, Blume and others will accelerate Ultrahuman's health intelligence platform and its global expansion

Leanwatts raises ₹18.15 crore in seed funding led by Trivest Partners

The Hyderabad-based startup is also expanding its portfolio across public charging solutions, rectifiers, power modules, hybrid inverters and broader power conversion systems for the energy ecosystem

Constl secures $90 mn project financing led by NaBFID for fibre expansion

The company said the financing will support the rollout of greenfield fibre networks across emerging AI corridors in India and investments in next-generation network technologies

Kepler Aerospace raises $8 mn seed round led by Blue Ashva Capital

The seed round will fund deployment of the company's first six swarming ISR satellites and support expansion of its mission operations and avionics-as-a-service businesses

Deep-tech startup Zenergize raises ₹33.5 cr in pre-Series A funding round

With this fundraise, the company has raised Rs 50.5 crore to date. It had earlier raised Rs 17 crore in a seed funding round

Piramal Fin raises ₹2,100 cr via QIP; total fundraise at ₹3,850 cr

The NBFC raised ₹2,100 crore from institutional investors through a QIP and plans a ₹1,750-crore promoter warrant issue, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals