Pune: India’s startup ecosystem witnessed a sharp slowdown in weekly investments, as the India Weekly Funding Tracker by Sahyadri Startups and Tracxn, for the period between 08 May and 14 May 2026, reported total funding of $44.3 million, marking a 70.62% decline compared to the previous week’s $151 million.
According to the latest India Weekly Funding Tracker data, the previous week between 01 May and 07 May 2026 had recorded $151 million in startup funding, while the week before that, from 24 April to 30 April 2026, had witnessed investments worth $169 million.
The India Weekly Funding Tracker also highlighted a 73.77% drop in funding compared to the funding activity recorded during 24 April – 30 April 2026.
The decline reflects a significant reduction in deal sizes and investment momentum across the Indian startup ecosystem during the current period.
Stage-wise Funding Trend
The India Weekly Funding Tracker showed notable shifts in stage-wise investments across seed, early-stage, and late-stage funding rounds.
During 24 April – 30 April 2026, early-stage startups accounted for the largest share of investments at 63.9%, followed by late-stage funding at 33.1%, while seed-stage funding contributed 3.0%.
For the week between 01 May – 07 May 2026, early-stage funding stood at 43.3%, late-stage funding increased to 39.8%, and seed-stage funding rose to 16.9%.
In the current reporting period of 08 May – 14 May 2026, early-stage startups again dominated funding activity with 63.2% of the total investments. Late-stage funding accounted for 28.4%, while seed-stage funding contributed 8.4%.
Top Startup Deals This Week
The India Weekly Funding Tracker identified several major startup deals during the week.
- HrdWyr emerged as the top-funded startup with a funding round of $13 million.
- Wingreens World secured $12.6 million.
- Dil Foods raised $7.7 million.
- ONDC received $7.3 million in funding.
- SCIkIQ secured $1.5 million.
Among other startups:
- The EleFant raised $1 million.
- Instafix secured $0.8 million.
- NORI raised $0.4 million.
- The Sweet Change secured $0.1 million.
- Lifesigns reported an undisclosed funding amount.
- Most Active Venture Capital Firms
The India Weekly Funding Tracker also highlighted the most active venture capital firms during the week.
- Ideaspring Capital participated in the funding round of HrdWyr.
- Triton Investment Advisors backed SCIkIQ.
- 8i Ventures participated in Instafix’s funding round.
- IPOs and Acquisitions Activity
The report showed lower exit activity during the current period compared to previous weeks.
The week between 24 April – 30 April 2026 witnessed four acquisitions and no IPOs. Similarly, the period between 01 May – 07 May 2026 also recorded four acquisitions and zero IPOs.
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However, during 08 May – 14 May 2026, the ecosystem recorded two IPOs and one acquisition.
According to the India Weekly Funding Tracker:
- “This week saw one acquisition and two tech IPOs.”
- “Acquisitions: GreenLife Insurance was acquired by Raise on May 13.”
- “IPOs: Kissht and Recode Studios were the companies that went public this week.”
- Funding Trend Over the Last 12 Months
The India Weekly Funding Tracker data for the last 12 months showed fluctuating investment momentum in India’s startup ecosystem.
- June 2025: $1006 million
- July 2025: $861 million
- August 2025: $1276 million
- September 2025: $873 million
- October 2025: $1343 million
- November 2025: $642 million
- December 2025: $760 million
- January 2026: $1095 million
- February 2026: $1164 million
- March 2026: $2079 million
- April 2026: $558 million
- May 2026: $195 million
The India Weekly Funding Tracker by Tracxn noted that the analysis considered only equity rounds and technology companies.
