Sector mix
Healthcare topped the month with 10 rounds. Two sectors deep is usually enough for a founder deck “competitive landscape” slide — use the links below rather than a generic Google search.
December 2025
December 2025: 64 rounds, Healthcare led
VC Dekho editorial
December 2025: 64 rounds, Healthcare led
64Rounds publishedDecember 2025
28%Early-stage sharePre-seed + seed labels
HealthcareTop sector10 rounds
BengaluruTop city21 rounds
Summary
This report summarises 64 startup funding notices VC Dekho collected for December 2025. We are not guessing market size — every number here comes from a public disclosure with a date, and usually a company name, amount, or investor list.
Healthcare was the busiest sector label (10 rounds, 16% of the month). Fireside Ventures appeared on more notices than any other matched fund. That pattern is what founders should copy into a research sprint: read the deals, then open the funds.
About 28% of notices carried a pre-seed or seed stage label — useful if you are raising a first institutional cheque and want proof points from the same month.
What VC Dekho observed
Geography
Bengaluru led city tags with 21 notices. Metro concentration is normal in India; if you are outside the top city, anchor your story to sector and stage instead of pretending geography is evenly spread.
Investor activity
Fireside Ventures led matched fund mentions (4 rounds). Treat that as a research queue, not an endorsement — open the profile, check stage and sector fit, then decide who to email.
Largest disclosed round
MoEngage published $180.00 Mn (Series F). Even if you are raising a smaller cheque, read the notice for investor names you can trace into the directory.
By the numbers
Each figure includes what it measures and what it does not — so you can cite the report without over-claiming.
64Notices published
Public disclosures VC Dekho captured with a date in this month.
-18 (-22%)Vs prior month
Compared with 82 notices in November 2025. Moves reflect disclosure volume in our feed, not a full market census.
63 / 1 hidAmount disclosed
63 notices named a round size; 1 left amount undisclosed on the public notice.
$700.5MPublished size (est.)
Rough USD total from 63 notices with parseable amounts. Median deal about $3.0M. Use for direction, not accounting.
81%Named a stage
52 of 64 notices included a stage label (pre-seed, seed, Series A, etc.).
100%Named investors
64 notices listed at least one investor. Empty fields mean the source stayed silent — we do not infer.
Compare with November 2025 report (82 notices).
When notices landed (by week of month)
Month-on-month volume
December 2025 logged 64 dated notices in VC Dekho, down from 82 in November 2025 (-22% change).
Treat that as disclosure rhythm in public sources, not proof that fewer companies raised. Late filings, quiet PR, and undisclosed amounts all show up as “missing” months before they appear in the feed.
For side-by-side context, open the November 2025 report and compare sector and investor leaderboards — that is usually more actionable than the headline count alone.
Healthcare led sector tags
Healthcare appeared on 10 notices (16% of the month). Founders in that wedge can use these comps in outreach; founders outside it should explain why their market is different, not ignore the pattern.
In November 2025, Healthcare led with 14 notices — watch whether leadership rotated or the same sector stayed hot.
Bengaluru led geography tags
Bengaluru was tagged on 21 notices. Metro concentration is normal in Indian disclosures; tier-2 raises exist but show up less often in public text.
If you are not in Bengaluru, anchor your fundraise story on sector and stage fit, and pull investor names from rounds in your actual city via the funding feed filters.
Stage mix
The most common stage label was “Seed” (12 notices). 18 notices looked early-stage (pre-seed or seed).
Stage fields are only as good as the press release — use them to filter comps, not to judge whether a company is “really” Series A.
Full deal list (largest published amounts first)
Every row links to the round page. Matched funds link to directory profiles.
| Company | Amount | Stage | City | Sector | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MoEngage17 Dec 2025 | $180.00 Mn | Series F | Bengaluru | Advertising and Media | Dragon Fund, B Capital, TR capital, Schroders Capital |
| Apraava Energy4 Dec 2025 | $92.00 Mn | Not listed | New Delhi | Power and Energy | British International Investment (BII), Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) |
| Digantara17 Dec 2025 | $50.00 Mn | Series B | Bengaluru | Aerospace | 360 One Asset Management Fund, SBI Investments Co. of Japan, Ronnie Screwvala, Peak XV Partners |
| Yoodli3 Dec 2025 | $40.00 Mn | Series B | [●] | Artificial Intelligence | WestBridge Capital, Neotribe, Madrona |
| Fibe - EarlySalary10 Dec 2025 | $35.00 Mn | Series F | Pune | Financial Services | International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
| Mixx Technologies1 Dec 2025 | $33.00 Mn | Seed | Noida | Artificial Intelligence | TDK Ventures, SystemIQ Capital, AVITIC Innovation Fund |
| CoreEL23 Dec 2025 | $30.00 Mn | Series B | Bengaluru | Defence | ValueQuest SCALE Fund, 360 One Asset Management Fund |
| Inito11 Dec 2025 | $29.00 Mn | Series B | Bengaluru | Healthcare | Bertelsmann India Investments, Fireside Ventures |
| Moxie Beauty16 Dec 2025 | $15.00 Mn | Series A | New Delhi | Healthcare | Bessemer Venture Partners, Fireside Ventures, Navin Parwal, Sangeet Agrawal |
| Finfactor.ai2 Dec 2025 | $15.00 Mn | Series A | Pune | Financial Services | WestBridge Capital, Varanium Capital, DMI Sparkle Fund, IIFL Fintech Fund |
| StockGro19 Dec 2025 | $13.00 Mn | Series B | Bengaluru | Financial Services | Bitkraft Ventures |
| PowerUp Money22 Dec 2025 | $12.00 Mn | Series A | Bengaluru | Financial Services | Accel, Blume Ventures, Kae Capital |
| Soleos Solar Energy12 Dec 2025 | $12.00 Mn | Not listed | Ahmedabad | Solar | GVFL, Tipsons Group, Navin Dalmia |
| CollegeDekho27 Dec 2025 | $10.00 Mn | Not listed | Gurugram | Education | Car Dekho |
| Tagbin18 Dec 2025 | $10.00 Mn | Not listed | Gurugram | Advertising and Media | SageOne Flagship Growth OE Fund, Ramesh Damani, Jyotivardhan Sonthalia, Sanjay Kaul |
Sectors this period
Cities this period
Stages this period
Funds writing the most cheques
Ranked by disclosed round mentions — click through for thesis, cheque size, and partners.
Startups to study
Open a company for investors named on the notice, then jump to fund profiles.
$180.00 Mn.MoEngageStageSeries FInvestorsDragon Fund, B CapitalAdvertising and Media
$92.00 Mn.Apraava EnergyStageNot listedInvestorsBritish International Investment (BII), Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)Power and Energy
$50.00 Mn.DigantaraStageSeries BInvestors360 One Asset Management Fund, SBI Investments Co. of JapanAerospace
$40.00 Mn.YoodliStageSeries BInvestorsWestBridge Capital, NeotribeArtificial Intelligence (AI)
$35.00 Mn.Fibe - EarlySalaryStageSeries FInvestorsInternational Finance Corporation (IFC)Financial Services
$33.00 Mn.Mixx TechnologiesStageSeedInvestorsTDK Ventures, SystemIQ CapitalArtificial Intelligence (AI)If you are raising next
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Founder takeaway
What to do with this
For December 2025, Healthcare led disclosed activity and Fireside Ventures was the most repeated fund name. Founders raising now should mirror that research path: open comparable deals, trace investors into the directory, then outreach only after stage and cheque fit look real.
Cite this report
According to VC Dekho’s disclosed funding tracker, 64 startup rounds were published in December 2025; top sectors: Healthcare (10), Financial Services (9), Artificial Intelligence (AI) (8); most active investors: Fireside Ventures, Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), Kalaari Capital. Source: vcdekho.com/funding/reports/2025-12.