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Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News - June 9,

Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News - June 9, 2026: BazaarNow Raises Rs 72 Cr Led by Peak XV, Zepto Files UDRHP for Rs 8,010 Cr IPO

· IPO & Markets · StartupTalky

Here's your daily funding and key business news roundup for June 9, 2026: Monday's deals spanned quick commerce, enterprise AI, robotics, and wedtech, with BazaarNow closing a Rs 72 crore round led by Peak XV Partners and Celebal Technologies raising Rs 50 crore in debt from BlackSoil Capital. On the business front, Zepto filed its updated DRHP disclosing a Rs 8,010 crore fresh issue and FY26 financials showing revenue doubling to Rs 22,623 crore, and ex-Mirae Asset CEO Ashish Dave launched Sanskrit Capital, targeting a Rs 1,000 crore growth-stage fund. Quick commerce platform BazaarNow has raised Rs 72 crore in a round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Whiteboard Capital, Antler, and angels including Meesho co-founder Vidit Aatrey and Nitin Saluja. Launched in January 2026 by Priyanshu Jain, Arjun Harish, and Tarithnay Mandal, BazaarNow targets middle-class households in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities with a vernacular-first app, AI-powered local search, and in-house logistics. In its first pilot city, the platform claims to have scaled to over 1,800 orders per day per store. Total funding stands at Rs 80 crore, including the pre-seed. Jaipur-based enterprise AI and data solutions company Celebal Technologies has raised Rs 50 crore in debt from BlackSoil Capital, structured as strategic balance sheet capital for liquidity and financial flexibility. Co-founded in 2016 by Anupam Gupta and Anirudh Kala, the company specialises in data engineering, cloud transformation, supply chain analytics, and AI-led automation, with partnerships across Microsoft and Databricks. The company claims an approximately 81% revenue CAGR between FY21 and FY26 and a workforce of over 3,000 professionals. Bengaluru-based wedding planning platform The Wedding Company has raised $2.75 million in a seed round led by Wellingdon Advisors LLP, with participation from LVX, Tremis Capital, and angels. Co-founded in 2023 by Pawan Gupta and Rahul Namdev, the company offers end-to-end wedding services covering venues, decor, catering, photography, and logistics across 2,000+ verified vendors. It scaled service order value 125% year-on-year to Rs 115 crore in FY26 and is targeting Rs 350 crore in FY27 from 1,500 new wedding bookings. Deep-tech robotics startup Integra Robotics has raised $1.12 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by Finvolve and India Accelerator, with participation from GrowthCap Venture Fund. Founded in 2017 by Abhit Kumar and Cameron Norris, the company develops robotic arms, unmanned ground vehicles, vision systems, and automation platforms for industrial, defence, and subsea applications. Fresh capital will be used to accelerate product deployment, expand market presence, and further develop data and automation capabilities. Quick commerce unicornZepto has filed its updated DRHP, disclosing a Rs 8,010 crore fresh issueand an OFS component of 1,135 crore equity shares. FY26 operating revenue more than doubled to Rs 22,623 crore from Rs 11,109 crore in

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