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🌍 #ValleyNXTWeekly | Issue 75 – Mobility, Spacetech, Semiconductors & SaaS lead this week’s startup momentum 🚀 This week, Indian startups across 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 and 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 raised over $303 Mn, signalling continued investor confidence in India’s innovation economy: 🔹 Rapido 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 $𝟮𝟰𝟬 𝗠𝗻 in a round led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from WestBridge Capital and Accel, to strengthen its 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲-𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 and multimodal mobility platform across India. 🔹 HrdWyr 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 $𝟭𝟯 𝗠𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔 led by Ideaspring Capital to scale its 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 and advanced hardware solutions for enterprise applications. 🔹 Ctruh secures seed funding to scale its 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 infrastructure and 𝗔𝗜-powered 3D experience platform globally, enabling businesses to create immersive virtual stores and browser-based XR experiences without specialised hardware. 🔹 Dil Foods 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 $𝟳.𝟳 𝗠𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗕 led by 𝗕𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗷𝗶 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 to scale its 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 and food brands ecosystem. 🔹 FLYING WEDGE DEFENCE & AEROSPACE expands globally under its “Operation 777” initiative, establishing its first international manufacturing node in Portugal for its autonomous combat aircraft 𝗞𝗮𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮, strengthening India’s position in 𝗔𝗜-powered defence aviation and next-generation autonomous warfare systems. 🔹 Nivāsa Finance Finance 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 $𝟮.𝟲 𝗠𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱 funding from Prime Ventures (VC), Blume Ventures, and Whiteboard Capital to build its 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 and financial access platform. 💡 From 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲-𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 to 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 and 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, Indian startups continue building across both digital and deeptech frontiers at scale. Anand Saklecha | Dr Nikhil Agarwal | Dr Madhu Vasepalli, MDS | CS Dhairya Jain #IndianStartups #StartupFunding #VentureCapital #Mobility #Spacetech #Semiconductors #Deeptech #Fintech #D2C #SaaS #Innovation #Indore