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According to TheKredible’s data, there were 70 early-stage deals with a total value of $314.4 million, and 21 growth-stage deals worth $418.3 million. There were 16 undisclosed rounds.
In January, the total funding for startups experienced a significant decrease from $1.7 billion in the last month of 2023. It was also the lowest funding amount for January when compared to the last three years, reports Entrackr.
Notably, no startup managed to secure funding above $100 million in January.
Three companies in the growth stage, OneCard, Infra.Market, and Yulu, have raised debt funding, as per the data.
International Battery Finance and three fintech startups – StockGro, FinAGG, and Ecofy – made the top five list. StockGro raised the most debt last month, the report noted.
Layoffs continued to stalk startups, with more than 600 layoffs across three companies.
Online food delivery platform Swiggy led the way with 350 layoffs, followed Cult.fit and InMobi. Flipkart, an e-commerce marketplace, was also in the news for firing over 1,000 employees.
In addition to layoffs, several top-level employees left Indian startups. Udaan alone saw two departures, including CFO Aditya Pande and FMCG business head
The CEOs of Indus Appstore and KnowledgeHut, both owned PhonePe, and the co-founders of DealShare and Fashinza have left.
Besides layoffs, cricket non-fungible token (NFT) platform Rario and ByteDance’s