New Delhi: The home startup ecosystem secured greater than $150 million this week, showcasing sturdy development within the present monetary yr (FY25). Through the remaining week in March, 23 Indian startups raised a complete of $150 million, together with 5 growth-stage and 17 early-stage offers. The variety of funding offers that materialised in the course of the week stood at 16.

India’s largest mannequin portfolios platform smallcase raised $50 million in its Collection D funding spherical with a mixture of major and secondary led by Elev8 Enterprise Companions, with participation from new and current traders.

About 17 early-stage startups raised a complete of $54.09 million in funding and fintech startup Abound led with a $14 million spherical. Phase-wise, Fintech startups had been on the prime spot with 6 offers. Delhi-NCR primarily based startups led with eight offers adopted by Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai.

Within the first quarter of 2025, home tech startups raised $2.5 billion, marking a 13.64 per cent improve from the earlier quarter and an 8.7 per cent rise from the identical interval final yr — making India the third most-funded nation globally.

Late-stage rounds witnessed a complete funding of $1.8 billion in Q1 2025, a rise of 38.46 per cent in comparison with $1.3 billion raised in This autumn 2024, and a rise of 114.54 per cent in comparison with $839 million raised in Q1 2024.

In response to Tracxn, a number one market intelligence platform, Delhi-based tech startups accounted for 40 per cent of all funding seen by tech corporations throughout India. This was adopted by Bengaluru, accounting for 21.64 per cent.

The federal government stated this week that 217 incubators have been chosen with a complete accredited funding of Rs 916.91 crore beneath the Startup India initiative (until January 31). India is at the moment residence to just about 1.59 lakh startups., in response to the latest Division for Promotion of Business and Inner Commerce (DPIIT) information.