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Time of India
02-08-2025
- Business
- Time of India
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $126 million this week, down 35% on-year
ETtech ETtech Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills ETtech ETtech Startups raised around $125.7 million during the week of July 26 to August 1, marking a 34.6% decline from the $192.1 million raised during the same period last year, according to data from funding amount declined from the previous week as well, dropping 40.5% from $211.3 activity, too, declined this week on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, with 17 transactions recorded during the period, compared to the 45 deals seen in the corresponding week last intelligence startup Safe Security raised $70 million in a funding round led by Avataar Ventures, with participation from Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital, NextEquity Partners, and Prosperity7 kitchen operator EatClub, which runs brands like Box8 and Mojo Pizza, raised around $22 million in funding led by existing investors Tiger Global, A91 Partners, and 360 One Asset Management. Metaforms raised $9 million in a funding round led by Peak XV Partners, with Nexus Venture Partners and Together Fund gaming platform Stan raised $8.5 million in a funding round from a clutch of investors, including Japanese gaming firms, Google, and Nazara Technologies Edtech startup Arivihan, which offers automated, personalised coaching for school students, raised $4.17 million in a funding round led by Dutch investment firm Prosus and Silicon Valley-based venture capital (VC) firm Accel
Time of India
15-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
VC funds flow into AI, but only to a few
ETtech ETtech AI has emerged as a strong magnet for venture capital in 2025, attracting a substantial 53% of all global VC funding in the first half of the year, the latest data from PitchBook shows. This figure is even higher at 64% for US based the numbers suggest that the AI investment wave is far from slowing, market observers have cautioned over the increasing concentration of capital in a small group of companies—largely American. For instance, in Q2, over one-third of all US venture dollars were allocated to just five firms. Himanshi Lohchab breaks down the sharp rise and growing skew in AI funding trends
