[Weekly Funding Roundup Oct 18-24] Uniphore’s $260M Deal Helps Carry VC Inflow

The presence of single large affords is lifting the final momentum of enterprise capital funding into the Indian startup ecosystem. With out these transactions, the final amount raised weekly would have been smaller.

This pattern has been observed over the past three weeks. The huge funding affords of Zepto ($450 million), Dhan ($120 million), and this week, the Uniphore transaction worth $260 million are making all the distinction.

Whereas such large affords are good for the startup ecosystem, moreover they reveal the final funding momentum that additionally stays subdued.

The general funding amount for the fourth week of October stood at $347 million all through 9 transactions. In distinction, the sooner week observed an entire of $763 million raised. This fall in VC funding is not going to be a matter of concern, as such developments had been principally because of large affords.

All through this week, there have been merely three pre-Assortment A funding affords, and the lower number of transactions might very effectively be attributed to the festive trip season of Diwali. Nonetheless, these developments don’t doubtless augur successfully for the Indian startup ecosystem.

Nonetheless, the final funding momentum stays subdued, because it’s these one-off large transactions that current a carry. Nonetheless, there was no sustained capital inflow into the ecosystem all through completely different funding ranges, significantly throughout the growth class.

Globally, the overwhelming majority of funding has been going into AI startups. Sadly, in India, this sample is however to pick up tempo.

The remaining two months of 2025—November and December—will current positive clues to what the next 12 months has in retailer for in relation to VC funding inflow into the Indian startup ecosystem.

Key transactions

Enterprise AI startup Uniphore raised $260 million from NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, Databricks, NEA, March Capital, BNF Capital, Nationwide Grid Companions, and Prosperity7 Ventures.

AI startup UnifyApps raised $50 million from WestBridge Capital and ICONIQ.

Meals mannequin Wonderland Meals raised Rs 140 crore ($15.9 million approx.) from Asha Ventures and British Worldwide Funding (BII).

Play Choices raised Rs 34 crore ($4 million approx.) from Pidilite Ventures.