Recently Funded Startups in Bengaluru
Updated Sep 2026
FundedIQ tracks 465 funded startups in Bengaluru, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Bengaluru, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
The median disclosed round is $2.9M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.0M and $6.8M. Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Startups in Bengaluru closed 221 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 129 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.8B in disclosed capital.
IvyCap Ventures and Kunal Shah lead the capital activity, marking a preference for early stage bets. Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services dominate the funding flow. This concentration of seed capital from known venture firms implies a high volume of new entrants. Approaching these startups means engaging with founders who have backing from Lightspeed India Partners and Piper Serica Advisors.
Bengaluru funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026. Investors appearing most often across Bengaluru funding rounds: Kunal Shah, Lightspeed India Partners, IAN Angel Fund, iSeed, IvyCap Ventures.
100 most recently funded startups in Bengaluru
100 of 465Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Bengaluru startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Bengaluru closed 221 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 129 of them in the last 12, adding up to $1.8B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $2.9M, with the middle half running from $1.0M to $6.8M. 204 of 221 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 75. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Kunal Shah, Lightspeed India Partners and IAN Angel Fund appear most often across funded startups in Bengaluru on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Bengaluru
Sector counts across all 465 tracked companies in Bengaluru. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Top investors in Bengaluru startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in Bengaluru.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in Bengaluru
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Bengaluru break down by stage.
A further 38 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Bengaluru startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 465 funded startups in Bengaluru currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (17 of 221 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Bengaluru is dated Aug 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Bengaluru?
FundedIQ tracks 465 funded startups in Bengaluru. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Bengaluru raised?
Startups in Bengaluru tracked by FundedIQ have raised $1.8B in disclosed capital across 221 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 129 rounds in the last 12 months. 204 of those 221 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Bengaluru?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 75 companies, followed by Financial Services (55), Commerce and Shopping (37) and Apps (24). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which investors back the most startups in Bengaluru?
Kunal Shah, Lightspeed India Partners, IAN Angel Fund, iSeed and IvyCap Ventures appear most often across funded startups in Bengaluru in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Bengaluru?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $2.9M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.0M and $6.8M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Bengaluru?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 94 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (36) and Series A (32). A further 38 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Bengaluru startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Bengaluru is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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