[Weekly Funding Roundup Oct 11-17] Zepto Deal Pushes VC Inflow To Its Highest Diploma For 2025

The Indian startup ecosystem witnessed a cracker of each week with weekly enterprise capital (VC) funding reaching its highest diploma for the yr till now, owing to Zepto’s $450 million funding deal.

Throughout the third week of October, Indian startups raised $763 million in full VC funding all through 30 affords. In distinction, the sooner week seen solely $264 million in funding. Beforehand, the easiest amount raised was in May 2025 at $618 million.

This fund elevate ought to return as a confidence booster for the Indian startup ecosystem, as weekly VC funding has been hovering throughout the $200 million fluctuate since July. As seen beforehand, it’s simply the late-stage affords that elevate the final funding momentum.

All through this week, there have been moreover totally different affords from Kuku FM and EKA Mobility, which made very important contributions. Furthermore, the week seen funding affords all through ranges, from pre-Sequence A to Sequence C, along with participation from US pension funds and predominant VCs, along with Accel, Lightspeed, Premji Make investments, and lots of others.

However, there’s moreover a element of warning as this may increasingly change right into a one-off week, the place there was a sharp enhance in funding train, given the unstable exterior macro-economic ambiance.

Key transactions

Quick commerce unicorn Zepto raised $450 million from CalPERS, Avenir, Avra, Lightspeed, Glade Brook, The Stepstone Group, and Nexus Enterprise Companions.

Audio platform Kuku raised $85 million from Granite Asia, Vertex Progress Fund, Krafton, IFC, Paramark, Tribe Capital India, and Bitkraft.

Electrical bus maker EKA Mobility raised Rs 500 crore ($56.7 million approx.) from the Nationwide Funding and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).

Wealth administration platform Dezerv raised Rs 350 crore ($40 million approx.) from Premji Make investments, Accel, Elevation Capital, and Z47.

Therapeutic Fingers Clinic, a proctology-focused healthcare chain, raised $30 million from private equity company L Catterton.

Proptech startup HouseEazy raised Rs 150 crore ($17 million approx.) from Accel, Chiratae Ventures, and Antler.

English-speaking platform SpeakX raised $16 million from WestBridge Capital, Elevation Capital, Goodwater Capital, and angel consumers.

Fintech startup GoodScore raised $13 million from Peak XV Companions, Stellaris Enterprise Companions, and Saison Capital.

Two Brothers Pure Farms raised Rs 110 crore ($12.5 million) from 360 ONE Asset, Rainmatter Investments, Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office, and IGNITE Progress LLP.

Drone startup Airbound raised $8.65 million from Lachy Groom, Humba Ventures, Lightspeed Enterprise Companions, and angel consumers.

Chara Utilized sciences raised Rs 52 crore ($5.9 million) from Arkam Ventures, Exfinity Enterprise Companions, Kalaari Capital, and IIMA Ventures.

Fashion apparel startup FS Life raised Rs 50 crore ($5.6 million approx.) from Colossa Ventures, Rahul Garg, Hearth Ventures, and Mirabilis Funding Perception.