Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup & Key News - 25 February 2026: Home Essentials Raises ₹70 Cr, BillDesk to Acquire Worldline India, & More

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25 Feb 2026 — 4 min read

Daily Indian Startup Funding Roundup & Key News - 25 February 2026

Indian startups raised notable capital across healthcare tech, robotics, fintech, AI, manufacturing and data infrastructure on 25 February 2026, underscoring sustained investor confidence in deeptech, SaaS and healthcare innovation. Funding ranged from early‑stage seed rounds to multi‑million growth raises, aimed at product development, global expansion and capability scaling. On the business front, corporate governance, payments consolidation and trade policy impacts made headlines. Here’s your daily roundup.

Daily Indian Startup Funding Digest – 25 February 2026

Startup	Sector	Amount Raised	Round	Lead Investor(s)
HomeEssentials	D2C Home & Kitchen	₹70 Cr (~$8.5M)	Pre‑Series B	360 ONE Asset (lead), India Quotient
Pulse	Medical Equipment	$4M (~₹36.4 Cr)	Seed	3one4 Capital
Wootzwork	Manufacturing Tech	$6.6M	Series A	Z47 (lead), Nexus VP, Stride Ventures
ZeroHarm Sciences	Nutraceuticals	₹65 Cr (~$7.1M)	Series A	Kotak Life Sciences Fund I, Alkemi Growth Capital
Tattvam AI	Semiconductor/AI	$1.7M	Pre‑seed	Seedcamp, EWOR, Entropy Industrial Ventures, Concept Ventures, Stan Boland
S2.dev	Data Infrastructure	$3.85M	Growth	Accel, Uncorrelated Ventures

HomeEssentials Raises ₹70 Crore in Pre‑Series B Led by 360 ONE Asset

D2C brand for home and kitchen products, HomeEssentials, raised ₹70 crore in a Pre‑Series B round led by 360 ONE Asset, with participation from existing investor India Quotient. The company plans to deepen its omnichannel footprint, open physical stores across Tier‑I and Tier‑II cities, expand its product portfolio, and aim for a revenue target of ₹500 crore over the next three years.

Pulse Raises $4M to Build Full‑Stack Medical Equipment Platform

Medical equipment startup, Pulse, secured $4 million in seed funding led by 3one4 Capital, with participation from Incubate Fund Asia, Stride Ventures, and angel backers including founders from Blackbuck and Agrizy. Founded in 2025, Pulse designs and sources critical, renal and cardiac care equipment and will use the capital to accelerate product development, secure regulatory certifications, and establish a new R&D hub in Visakhapatnam.

Wootzwork Nets $6.6M to Scale Global Manufacturing

Engineering and manufacturing solutions company Wootzwork raised $6.6 million in a Series A round led by Z47, with continued participation from Nexus Venture Partners, AdvantEdge Founders, and Stride Ventures. The funding will help the company expand its global engineering teams and support larger, more complex OEM programmes across India and Southeast Asia.

ZeroHarm Sciences Raises ₹65 Crore Series A

Plant‑based nutraceutical brand ZeroHarm Sciences secured ₹65 crore (~$7.15M) in a Series A round from Kotak Life Sciences Fund I and Alkemi Growth Capital. The Hyderabad‑based startup develops nano‑formulated health supplements and plans to use the funds for national brand building, international expansion across the US, UK and Middle East, and scaling its R&D and manufacturing capabilities.

Tattvam AI Secures $1.7M Pre‑Seed Led by Seedcamp

Tattvam AI, a deeptech startup building AI systems to automate semiconductor chip design, raised $1.7 million in a pre‑seed funding round led by Seedcamp with participation from EWOR, Entropy Industrial Ventures, Concept Ventures and semiconductor angel Stan Boland. The capital will support ramping up engineering, accelerating research, commercialising its first AI design product and expanding partnerships with chip design teams.

S2.dev Raises $3.85M Led by Accel

YC‑backed data infrastructure startup S2.dev raised $3.85 million in a round led by Accel, along with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures and others. S2.dev offers a serverless streaming database platform for real‑time and collaborative applications. The funds will be used to accelerate product development, expand global managed cloud services and support early enterprise customers.

Key Business News for 25 February 2026

OYO Parent PRISM Appoints Former SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi as Independent Director

IPO‑bound travel‑tech parent PRISM (OYO’s parent) has appointed former SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi as an Independent Director to its board. Tyagi brings deep expertise in capital markets regulation, governance and investor protection as the company prepares for a planned confidential IPO expected to raise ₹6,650 crore and target a valuation in the $7–8 billion range.

BillDesk to Acquire Worldline India Payments Business for ₹650 Crore

Payments giant BillDesk agreed to acquire Worldline’s India payments business for around ₹650 crore, marking a strategic consolidation in India’s digital payments space. The deal will allow BillDesk to expand its merchant network and integrated solutions while continuing long‑term partnerships to serve banks and enterprises with digital payment infrastructure.

US Slaps 126% Tariff on Indian Solar Imports, Shares Tumble

The United States imposed a 126% tariff on certain Indian solar imports, prompting sharp declines in Indian solar stocks. The move came amid ongoing trade tensions and concerns over pricing and subsidy practices in solar manufacturing, with energy sector stakeholders warning of potential impacts on exports and clean energy demand.