Seven funding rounds closed on 13 August 2026, spanning AI code testing, wealth management, housing finance, home cleaning, nanotech home care, skin health and defence tech. Peak XV Partners, SMBC Asia Rising Fund, Anicut Capital, V3 Ventures and IAN Angel Fund were among the day's lead investors. The headline raise is Blacksmith's $45 million Series B round at a $550 million valuation. Away from funding, Infra.Market is exploring a reverse listing through Shalimar Paints in a deal worth about INR 10,545 crore, while Mirae Asset Venture Investments marked the first close of its second fund at INR 1,125 crore. Blacksmith raised $45 million in Series B funding at a valuation of $550 million. Peak XV Partners led the round, with existing investors Google Ventures and Y Combinator also joining. The round takes Blacksmith's total funding to $58.5 million. The company will use the capital to expand into a broader suite of coding tools that help developers write, test and merge software faster. Blacksmith was co-founded in 2024 by Aditya Jayaprakash, Aayush Shah and Aditya Maru. It runs a cloud platform for GitHub Actions continuous integration workflows and says its platform can run CI workflows twice as fast at half the cost. Blacksmith now serves more than 5,000 customers, including Mercury, Supabase and Clerk, up from over 700 customers less than a year ago. Centricity raised INR 280 crore in Series A funding led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund. Existing investors Lightspeed India Partners, Burman Family Office, RAAY Investments, Stride Ventures and InnoVen Capital also took part. The fresh funds will improve Centricity's technology platform, expand its distribution network, and grow its private wealth and NRI businesses. Founded in 2022, Centricity is a Gurugram-based wealth management company. It serves financial advisors, family offices and high net worth individuals through products such as mutual funds, insurance, bonds and global investment options. Centricity currently manages more than INR 15,000 crore in assets and works with over one lakh investors. Unico Housing Finance raised INR 55 crorein a follow-on round led by Anicut Capital, joined by existing investor UC Impower. The fresh capital will strengthen Unico's balance sheet, improve its operational capabilities, and support a calibrated pace of expansion. Unico Housing Finance is an affordable housing finance company. It has grown its assets under management to more than INR 730 crore as of 30 June 2026, supported by its branch network and underwriting capabilities. The company plans to keep scaling as India's affordable housing finance market expands. Scrubsy raised INR 27 crore from V3 Ventures. The fresh capital will mainly expand manufacturing and grow the business, with Scrubsy continuing to invest in in-house manufacturing and product development. Founded in 2025 by Kartik Sibal, Ishan Suri, Nitin Jain and Aditya Bhasin, Scrubsy is a Gurugram-based home cleaning products startup that ope
