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Investor interest in cybersecurity has strengthened with funding that almost doubled to $89 million in H1 2026 from $47 million in H1 2025 earlier, according to Venture Intelligence.

The goal with Fund III is to bring in foreign entities who want exposure to India.

South Korean institutional investors and government funds like KVIC are scouting for partnerships with Indian VC firms, signaling a strategic shift toward funding India’s deeptech and advanced manufacturing sectors amid global supply chain diversification.

India's robotics sector continues to lag its global peers. In 2025, Indian robotics startups raised less than 1% of the capital secured by US robotics startups and about 2% of that raised in China, according to Tracxn.

Venture capital funding of deeptech startups has reached almost 80% of 2025 levels. The deeptech sector raised $1.1 billion as of June 1, highlighting a shift towards supporting early-stage companies and larger capital allocations, particularly in AI and defence technologies.

The firm is shifting its focus toward ‘sovereign technology’ as it nears full deployment of its $540-million fourth fund, managing partner Ben Mathias told Mint.

The growth-stage investor is pivoting toward deeptech and AI for its $400 million third fund, even as it targets a string of public listings to return capital from its first vehicle.

The slowdown can come as a rude shock after India-focused funds raised a record $23.2 billion in 2025, according to a March report by Ernst & Young. In fact, February alone saw $2.6 billion raised across 14 funds—more than double the $1.2 billion recorded a year earlier.

Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners have launched deeptech programmes in India in the last six months. The India Deeptech Alliance has partnered with the University of Chicago. What explains the sudden venture capital interest in deeptech accelerators?