D2C

A company founded this year has given up nearly a quarter of itself. The filings say the money goes to working capital, which in fashion means stock.

Three fitness operators built a shared membership for independent centres in Bengaluru, starting with their own. No outside capital, and no dates on the next city.

Swiggy, Zepto and Blinkit have all pulled back from ultra-fast food. Swish now does a million orders a month in the category they found too hard.

Filings account for ₹56.25 crore of the announced figure. The founders still hold about 65% of a five-year-old company, which says more than the 4.5x step-up does.

The brand did not exist in April and claims ₹1 crore in its first month. That is a venture studio's playbook rather than a standing start.

Ironing costs about ten rupees a garment. Every rupee of hub rent, app and payroll has to spread across that, which is why the hub sits inside the building.

The second consecutive round without an uplift. A91 and Tancom Electronics paid different prices per share, and in dollar terms the valuation has fallen.

Filings show under ₹10 crore of revenue for the year to March 2025. The company is targeting ₹100 crore and building its own factory to get there.

The board approved ₹90.66 crore of new shares. Sauce.vc says it alone put in ₹109 crore. The gap is most likely existing shareholders selling.

A91 Partners funded the entire round alone. A valuation report in the filing describes sustained and worsening financial deterioration across two years.

Its last round was nearly five years ago. The smart crib competes with SNOO in the US, where its rival holds an FDA authorisation Cradlewise does not.

Verlinvest leads with ₹61.73 crore, valuing the sneaker brand at about ₹535 crore. In March, Comet was reported to be seeking ₹140-150 crore.

The AI-powered marketplace sells luxury-grade goods direct from the factories that make them, undercutting brand prices. Its valuation was not disclosed and its headline growth figure is a projection.

The creator-led kitchen brand co-founded by chef Sanjyot Keer will use the round to expand its appliance range and supply chain. Its valuation and revenue were not disclosed.

The dog care startup will use the pre-seed round to open two new Bengaluru properties and train canine coaches. No valuation was disclosed, and the company is about a year old.

The skincare brand raised ₹88 crore at a ₹400 crore valuation, nearly tripling its mark in under a year. The round mixed primary capital with a secondary exit for some early angels.

The Noida-based watch brand will use the round to expand across India and grow its collections on ecommerce and quick commerce. Its valuation and revenue were not disclosed.

The homegrown sneaker brand will use the round to scale inventory and production and expand across D2C and marketplaces. Its valuation and the round's terms were not disclosed.

The babycare quick commerce platform will use the round to expand its Bengaluru dark stores and build a wider parenting proposition. Its valuation and the round's terms were not disclosed.

DeHaat's pesticide-free consumer brand has raised ₹35 crore led by OTP Ventures. The parent has $221 million behind it and chose outside capital anyway.

Minimalist grew 36% to ₹690 crore in its first full year under Hindustan Unilever. Advertising spending rose 55%, faster than revenue.

The Gurugram home-cleaning brand, founded in 2025, has raised ₹27 crore from V3 Ventures to scale its in-house manufacturing. It sells a small range of foam cleaners direct to consumers and has not disclosed a valuation.

The Gurugram online bakery has raised its second round from existing backer Faering Capital at a valuation reported to be 2.6 times higher. Its losses widened even as revenue grew in FY25.

The Bengaluru D2C brand's largest round to date brings in a new institutional lead alongside returning backers Elevation and Eight Roads. The company did not disclose a valuation, and its FY26 accounts remain unfiled.

Vaaree has raised ₹65 crore led by Hero Enterprise and Cap Alpha Ventures for warehouses and AI-led discovery. Its stated goal of next-day delivery is the expensive part.

Angel platform Inflection Point Ventures leads the round, which funds distribution and product expansion at the Gurugram brand. Terms, valuation and the fate of its on-air Shark Tank offer are undisclosed.

Visage Lines Personal Care more than doubled operating revenue in FY26 and reported its first positive adjusted EBITDA. The figure is struck after adding back ESOP cost, and the company remains loss-making.

The menswear brand takes over a Noida-based women's western wear label and says it will rebuild it over 100 days. Neither company has disclosed what was paid.

The Bengaluru-based nutraceutical brand will leverage fresh capital from Unilever Ventures and Kriti Sanon to defend its daily supplement market share against established FMCG incumbents.

The gourmet lifestyle platform, founded by Ashni and Avni Biyani, has raised fresh capital from the Zerodha co-founder to scale its digital delivery network and high-end experiential storefronts across India.

The vertically integrated D2C brand will use the fresh capital to bypass global commodity volatility and scale its experiential retail stores to 18 locations across India.

By launching an indigenous manufacturing hub along the Patna-Gaya Road, the D2C brand is orchestrating a structural reverse migration of highly skilled cricket equipment artisans back to their home state.

Founded by a clinical nutritionist, the direct-to-consumer brand plans to scale its online distribution footprint and launch new product formulations to capture a slice of India's $650 million sugar substitutes market.

The Mumbai-based healthy snacking startup will deploy its fresh capital to accelerate brand building, expand regional market penetration, and recruit key leadership talent.

Backed heavily by existing investors, the Mumbai-based lifestyle brand is doubling down on its domestic expansion and working capital as it rapidly capitalizes on its ₹125 crore revenue milestone.

By owning the entire value chain from factory floor to multi-brand retail, Agilitas is leveraging its fresh capital to disrupt the fragmented supply chains of traditional sportswear brands in India.

The strategic partnership follows Rosada's rapid post-Shark Tank India growth, providing fresh capital for geographic expansion, talent acquisition, and deepening its specialized product portfolio.

The ₹10 crore investment from the Ayurvedic beauty giant signals a calculated move to capture the booming domestic demand for premium, clinic-based Korean skincare treatments.

Boasting a ₹280-300 crore annual revenue run rate, the traditional nutrition brand is aggressively moving beyond niche lifestyle appeal to capture mass-market household consumption.

By abandoning cost-effective vegetable oils for premium dairy fat, the Unilever-owned brand is prioritizing consumer trust and label transparency over short-term processing margins.

By scaling its cluster footprint across major urban hubs, the bubble tea and Korean food brand is choosing aggressive market capture over immediate bottom-line optimization.

By integrating the National Award-winning actor directly into its equity structure, the Bengaluru-based fine silver brand is weaponizing celebrity capital to disrupt India's gold-dominated retail market.

By stripping away expensive real estate and focusing entirely on high-frequency, app-driven takeaway orders, the homegrown coffee brand is aggressively scaling its cluster-based retail strategy.

By stripping away the recurring software fees that dominate the wearable tech market, the Delhi-NCR startup is using aggressively priced hardware to acquire users for its broader ecosystem of AI coaching and physical supplements.

By partnering with Sara Tendulkar, the Tokyo-born wellness startup is targeting India's rapidly premiumizing functional beverage market with high-margin, authentic Japanese tea rituals.

Afshaan Siddiqui and Vinay Jaisingh's direct-to-consumer brand has hit a ₹30 crore ARR in just 18 months by betting that Indian buyers will pay a premium for high-quality, story-driven remote-control vehicles.

The Bengaluru-based D2C startup will deploy the fresh capital to broaden its specialized product portfolio and aggressively scale its online and offline distribution channels.

The Mumbai-based startup plans to deploy the fresh capital to expand its compact-format store footprint, targeting 35 new outlets in FY27 and ₹100 crore in net sales over the next 36 months.

The instant home services startup has nearly doubled its valuation to $200 million within a month as daily bookings cross 26,000, signaling a massive structural shift in how urban India hires and manages domestic help.

By transitioning from a marketplace-first model to a physical retail operator, the Kolkata-based ethnic wear brand aims to capture a larger, highly profitable share of millennial and Gen Z festive spending.

With ₹100 crore in annual recurring revenue and consistent 5-6% net profit margins, the clean-label FMCG brand will use the fresh capital to expand its farmer network and scale its farm-to-table supply chain.

Following a 60X quarterly expansion of its sub-four-hour apparel delivery service, Reliance Retail is now weaponizing its vast offline store network to experiment with two-hour hyperlocal fulfillment.

The Chona family's second ice cream venture has crossed ₹530 crore in FY26 sales, rapidly deploying fresh capital to double production capacity and scale its general trade distribution across North and South India.

The direct-to-consumer brand, founded by former FMCG executives, will deploy the fresh capital to introduce its initial portfolio spanning skin, hair, and body care formulations tailored for the Indian male demographic.

Authorities seized 130 kilograms of chemical paste and thousands of fake tubes, highlighting a massive parallel economy that exploits fragmented retail channels and consumer trust in premium brands.

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