Startup funding up 9% to $7.4 billion in H1

Indian tech startups raised $7.39 billion in the first six months of 2026, up 9.4% from a year earlier, even as the number of funding rounds plunged 41%, underscoring a sharp shift in investor preference towards larger, late-stage bets over broad-based capital deployment.

According to startup market intelligence platform Tracxn, Indian startups raised $7.39 billion across 701 funding rounds during January-June 2026, compared with $6.76 billion through 1,189 rounds in the corresponding period last year.