Total Raised: ₹1,450 Cr
Number of Deals: 28
Top 5 Deals Accounted For: ₹1,095 Cr (~75% of the week’s funding)
India’s startup ecosystem continues to show resilience and focus with ₹1,450 Cr raised across 28 deals in the first week of August 2025. The investment sentiment leaned towards consumer brands, clean energy, and full-stack digital platforms, a mix of late-stage bets and emerging disruptors. Let’s dive into the top 5 fundraisers:
🔝 Top 5 Deals of the Week
| Date | Company | Trade Name | Deal Size (₹ Cr) | Investors/Buyers | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 2025 | Comfort Grid Technologies Private Limited | The Sleep Company | 480 | ChrysCapital, 360 ONE (IIFL Asset Management) | Mumbai |
| 7 Aug 2025 | Renee Cosmetics Private Limited | Renee | 263 | Playbook Partners, Evolvence India, Edelweiss Discovery Fund, Midas Capital | Ahmedabad |
| 6 Aug 2025 | Core Energy Systems Limited | Core | 200 | Ashish Kacholia, Pankaj Prasoon | Mumbai |
| 6 Aug 2025 | Easy Platform Services Private Limited | ZYPE | 90 | UNLEASH Capital Partners, Xponentia Capital Partners | Mumbai |
| 6 Aug 2025 | Dpdzero Technologies Private Limited | DPDZero | 61 | GMO Venture Partners, SMBC Asia Rising Fund, Blume Ventures, India Quotient, Sinarmas Group | Bangalore |
📝 Note: All figures are based on press releases. MCA filings are awaited.
Key Insights: India’s
1. Consumer Brands Dominate the Charts
- The Sleep Company and Renee Cosmetics together raised ₹743 Cr (~68% of the week’s top 5 funding).
- Both are strong D2C (direct-to-consumer) brands, signaling that investor confidence remains high in brand-led businesses, especially those showing strong unit economics, product-market fit, and omni-channel execution.
2. Mumbai Emerges as a Funding Magnet
- 3 out of the top 5 deals were Mumbai-based startups (The Sleep Company, Core Energy, and ZYPE).
- This reflects Mumbai’s enduring strength as a financial and B2B services hub. It’s interesting to see both traditional and modern tech (like clean energy and fintech) raise capital from the city.
3. Fintech Infrastructure Attracting Early-Stage Capital
- ZYPE (₹90 Cr) and DPDZero (₹61 Cr) highlight growing interest in financial backend innovation.
- ZYPE is building digital infrastructure for subscription billing, tapping into the fast-growing SaaS and creator economy.
- DPDZero is reimagining debt collection with AI, appealing to NBFCs and fintech lenders looking to reduce delinquency.
4. Investor Strategy: Balanced Bets Across Stages
- From Series A (DPDZero) to Series D (The Sleep Company), investors are spreading bets across the growth spectrum.
- Early-stage funds are chasing promising infra-tech (fintech, energy).
- Growth equity funds like ChrysCapital are doubling down on proven consumer brands scaling toward IPO readiness.
5. Clean Tech Signals a Comeback
It also shows that founder-led, profitable businesses are regaining attention, even if they aren’t unicorns or VC darlings.
Core Energy Systems, founded in 2004, raised ₹200 Cr from marquee individual investors like Ashish Kacholia and Pankaj Prasoon.
This signals a revival of legacy industrial tech startups riding the green energy and sustainability wave.
What’s the Signal?
- Consumer brands are still hot, but mature. Both The Sleep Company and Renee raised significant late-stage capital, reflecting strong demand in lifestyle and beauty segments.
- Fintech continues to evolve — Zype and DPDZero show investor appetite in B2B financial infrastructure and recovery tech.
- Clean and legacy tech is back — Core Energy’s raise signals confidence in industrial transformation and founder-led turnarounds.
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