SoftBank has sold another $300 million worth of shares in eyewear unicorn Lenskart, part of a broader pattern of investors trimming stakes worth more than $1 billion over the past three months.
Five Indian startup funding rounds closed on August 25, 2026, spanning aerospace, wealthtech, electric motorcycles, climate tech and spiritual tech, underscoring the breadth of sectors still drawing venture capital.
Purple Style Labs, parent of luxury fashion platform Pernia's Pop Up Shop, has filed its red herring prospectus and increased its planned IPO size to Rs 680 crore.
Cafe chain Third Wave Coffee has raised Rs 408 crore from existing backer WestBridge Capital, underscoring continued investor confidence in India's organised coffee and cafe retail segment.
Bengaluru-based Airbound has closed a $37 million Series A led by Greenoaks, with DoorDash, Lightspeed and Humba Ventures joining, to expand its autonomous cargo aircraft operations.
Seed and early-stage funding into Indian startups surpassed $609 million across July and August 2026, according to Tracxn data, as investors continued to back new ventures even amid a more selective overall funding environment.
PRISM, the parent company of hospitality platform OYO, has filed updated draft IPO papers with India's markets regulator seeking to raise up to Rs 6,650 crore, marking the company's latest attempt at a long-delayed public listing.
Indian data centre operator CtrlS has raised Rs 250 crore from Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and entrepreneur Sreeram Reddy Vanga, capital the company says will support its infrastructure expansion across India as AI-driven demand for computing capacity accelerates.
India's largest discount brokerage has applied to SEBI for a Category-I merchant banking licence, a move that would let it manage IPOs and advise companies on fundraising as its core broking revenue comes under pressure.
Nobel Hygiene, India's largest home-grown maker of absorbent hygiene products, has filed draft papers with SEBI for an IPO comprising a Rs 150 crore fresh issue and a secondary share sale led by backer Quadria Capital.