Sector mix
Artificial Intelligence (AI) topped the month with 33 rounds. Two sectors deep is usually enough for a founder deck “competitive landscape” slide — use the links below rather than a generic Google search.
Q3 2026
Q3 2026: 200 rounds, Artificial Intelligence led
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Q3 2026: 200 rounds, Artificial Intelligence led
200Rounds publishedQ3 2026
32%Early-stage sharePre-seed + seed labels
Artificial IntelligenceTop sector33 rounds
BengaluruTop city70 rounds
Summary
This report summarises 200 startup funding notices VC Dekho collected for Q3 2026. 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.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) was the busiest sector label (33 rounds, 17% of the month). Rainmatter (Zerodha) 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 32% 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 70 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
Rainmatter (Zerodha) led matched fund mentions (9 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
SiMa.ai published $150.00 Mn (Series C). Even if you are raising a smaller cheque, read the notice for investor names you can trace into the directory.
Sectors this period
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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.
$150.00 Mn.SiMa.aiStageSeries CInvestorsFidelity Management & Research Company, Amplify PartnersInformation Technology
$130.00 Mn.Emergent AIStageSeries CInvestorsClaypond Capital, Sentinel VenturesArtificial Intelligence (AI)
$120.00 Mn.River MobilityStageSeries CInvestorsElev8 Venture Partners, Claypond CapitalAutomobile
$100.00 Mn.PixxelStageSeries CInvestorsGrowX Ventures, Seraphim Space InvestmentArtificial Intelligence (AI)
$100.00 Mn.Navi TechnologiesStageNot listedInvestorsProsus VenturesFinancial Services
$93.00 Mn.YuluStageSeries CInvestorsGEF Capital PartnersTravel and TourismIf you are raising next
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Founder takeaway
What to do with this
For Q3 2026, Artificial Intelligence led disclosed activity and Rainmatter (Zerodha) 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, 200 startup rounds were published in Q3 2026; top sectors: Artificial Intelligence (AI) (33), Healthcare (24), Information Technology (14); most active investors: Rainmatter (Zerodha), 3one4 Capital, Infoedge Ventures. Source: vcdekho.com/funding/reports/2026-q3.