Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News – 10th November 2025: The Kenko Life Raises Seed Round, InsightAI Secures Pre-Seed Funding, Gameskraft Layoffs & More

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10 Nov 2025 — 2 min read

Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News – 10th November 2025

India’s startup landscape on 10th November 2025 saw a blend of funding announcements and major developments. Health-tech and compliance-driven ventures attracted investor attention, while the gaming sector faced regulatory headwinds. From Rainmatter backing The Kenko Life’s nutrition-focused expansion to PedalStart supporting InsightAI’s AI-driven compliance solutions—and Gameskraft undergoing massive layoffs amid industry restructuring—here’s a quick look at the day’s key updates from the Indian startup ecosystem.

Daily Indian Funding Roundup - 10th November 2025

Company	Amount	Round	Lead investor(s)	Sector
The Kenko Life	—	Seed	Rainmatter (Zerodha)	Health-food / Meal-subscription
InsightAI	INR 1.1 crore	Pre-seed	PedalStart + angels	Anti-money-laundering tech / Compliance SaaS

The Kenko Life launches Seed round led by Rainmatter

Health-first food subscription startup The Kenko Life has raised a seed funding round led by Rainmatter (the fund behind Zerodha) to expand its operations in Bengaluru, move into Hyderabad, invest in its technology & data infrastructure, launch new product lines and deepen its nutrition-science driven offering.

InsightAI raises pre-seed funding for AML-tech platform

Anti-money-laundering technology startup InsightAI has raised INR 1.1 crore in a pre-seed round led by accelerator PedalStart and angel investors, to scale its AI-powered investigations platform for banks and payments companies across India and the Middle East, improve compliance, auditability and cloud-native infrastructure.

Key Business News for 10th November 2025

Gameskraft lays off over 400 employees amid restructuring

Gameskraft, a Bengaluru-based real-money gaming company, laid off over 400 employees as part of a company-wide organisational restructuring triggered by the enactment of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which bans real-money online games in India. The layoffs increased from about 120 previously to over 400, with the company now reported to employ fewer than 100 people.

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