TCR News Desk

Gurugram-based institutional laundry infrastructure company Quick Clean has raised $14 million in a Series B round led by Stakeboat Capital. The capital will fund AI-led operations, automation, and expansion across India and international markets.

Bengaluru-based AI-native GTM platform Reo.Dev has raised $11.3 million in a Series A round led by Elevation Capital, bringing its total funding to $15.3 million. The capital will fuel frontier AI development, an expanded AI agent roadmap, and US market growth.

Mumbai-based Naturis Cosmetics has closed a ₹100 crore maiden institutional growth round led by Sharrp Ventures, with participation from Mirabilis Investment Trust, Anicut Capital, Niveshaay, and angel investors. The capital will fund a new 225,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Vapi, a Mumbai R&D centre, and category expansion across India's fast-growing beauty and personal care sector.

Noida-based pod hotel startup NapTapGo has raised ₹8 crore in a seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The company will use the capital to expand its capsule-stay network across India through a co-investment model with local partners.

Ahmedabad-based precision liquid cooling startup KuhlTherm has raised $1.1 million in a seed round led by Arkam Ventures. The capital will accelerate product development, R&D, and team expansion as the company scales its cooling solutions for AI data centres and high-performance computing infrastructure.

Bengaluru-based foundational protein design startup Mandrake Bio has raised ₹16 crore in a pre-seed round co-led by Activate and Antler, as publicly reported on 2026-07-16. The capital will advance its AI-driven platform for designing programmable gene-editing enzymes for agriculture and healthcare applications.

Bengaluru- and San Francisco-based AI hardware startup Aina has raised $5.5 million in a seed round co-led by Redstart Labs (Info Edge) and 360 ONE Asset to develop a general-purpose, context-aware interface for the age of AI — going beyond touchscreens and keyboards. The round drew participation from institutional investors and a high-profile roster of angel investors from India's startup ecosystem.

AI software engineering startup Vorflux has raised $15 Mn in a seed round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Y Combinator, Powerset, Alliance, and prominent Silicon Valley founders. Founded by Rippling co-founder Prasanna Sankar, Vorflux aims to replace AI coding copilots with a fully autonomous autopilot for the entire software development lifecycle.

Aurum PropTech has signed a binding agreement to acquire Locon Solutions, the parent of Housing.com, from REA India in an all-equity share-swap deal valued at ₹458 crore. The transaction aims to create an AI-native real estate operating system spanning property discovery, transactions, financing, and rentals in India.

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