Recently Funded Pre-Seed Startups in India
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ tracks 423 funded Pre-Seed startups in India, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Pre-Seed startup funding landscape in India, along with the 100 most recently funded Pre-Seed startups in India.
Pre-Seed startups in India closed 173 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 91 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $113M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $500K, with the middle half of rounds falling between $195K and $1.0M. Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Bangalore and Mumbai hold the deepest concentrations of these companies.
Finvolve and First Cheque lead a group of active backers focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services. This concentration of early capital in Bengaluru and Mumbai indicates a preference for high tech and scalable commerce. The presence of India Accelerator and Inflection Point Ventures implies a structured approach to seed funding for new ventures.
Pre-Seed funded startup statistics in India
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across India funding rounds: A Junior VC, Finvolve, Arjun Purkayastha, Chimera Venture Capital, First Cheque.
100 most recently funded Pre-Seed startups in India
100 of 423Ordered 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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Pre-Seed startup funding trends in India
Funding activity
Pre-Seed startups in India closed 173 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 91 of them in the last 12, adding up to $113M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $500K, with the middle half running from $195K to $1.0M. 143 of 173 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 55. The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Investors
A Junior VC, Finvolve and Arjun Purkayastha appear most often across funded Pre-Seed startups in India on record.
Industries with the most funded Pre-Seed startups in India
Sector counts across all 423 tracked companies in India. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Pre-Seed startups located in India?
Where funded Pre-Seed startups in India are based, by the city on the company record.
Funded Pre-Seed startups in India by state
The states with the most funded startups on record.
Top investors in Pre-Seed startups in India
The investors named most often across funded Pre-Seed startups in India.
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.
About the FundedIQ Pre-Seed startup funding data in India
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 423 funded Pre-Seed startups in India currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (30 of 173 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Pre-Seed startups in India is dated Oct 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 Pre-Seed startups are there in India?
FundedIQ tracks 423 funded Pre-Seed startups in India. 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 Pre-Seed startups in India raised?
Pre-Seed startups in India tracked by FundedIQ have raised $113M in disclosed capital across 173 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 91 rounds in the last 12 months. 143 of those 173 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Pre-Seed startups in India?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 55 companies, followed by Financial Services (46), Commerce and Shopping (34) and Education (23). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Pre-Seed startups in India?
Bangalore leads with 141 companies, then Mumbai (48), New Delhi (41) and Gurgaon (37).
Which investors back the most Pre-Seed startups in India?
A Junior VC, Finvolve, Arjun Purkayastha, Chimera Venture Capital and First Cheque appear most often across funded Pre-Seed startups in India 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 Pre-Seed startups in India?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $500K, and the middle half of rounds fall between $195K and $1.0M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Pre-Seed startup funding data in India 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 Pre-Seed startups in India is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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