The Tech Pandatakes a look at recent funding events in the tech ecosystem, seeking to know where the cash is flowing. MochaTrade, a trading platform that intends to offer perpetual futures on United States stocks, commodities and indices to eligible users, raised an undisclosed pre-seed round from Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund as part of Y Combinator’s Spring 2026 batch. “The MochaTrade team has done this before. They have built consumer financial products at scale, they understand derivatives at a deep level, and they are tackling a global market that has been structurally underserved for decades. This is exactly the kind of ambitious, infrastructure-heavy bet we love backing at YC,” said Harj Taggar, Managing Partner at Y Combinator. Menstrual hygiene focused startup HealthFab has raised Rs 20 Crore in Series A from Atomic Capital. Funds raised will be strategically deployed for expanding its holistic period care product portfolio, scaling distribution including quick commerce, and expanding manufacturing capacity to support growth. Apoorv Gautam, Managing Partner, Atomic Capital, adds, “Womens wellness as a category is growing fast as more new age brands address and improve several aspects of it. HealthFab’s vision of building a complete care ecosystem for women not just for their days of periods but also overall health, deeply resonated with us. We believe that within women’s wellness, period care is a fast growing category and HealthFab is poised and determined to capture a large market share in the short term. Kiriti, Sourav, and Satyajit have been very open minded and easy to collaborate with from the day we met them. I believe our operating VC playbook will help unlock a lot of value and accelerate the company’s trajectory.” Ctruh, the deep-tech company building the infrastructure layer for the spatial internet, has raised $2.5 Million in a Seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The round also saw participation from Avinya Ventures, India Accelerator, Founder’s Avenue, Anthill Ventures, and LVX, alongside angel investors Vivek Sinha (Founder & CEO, Emversity; Ex-COO, Unacademy) and Shivakumar Ganesan (Founder & CEO, Exotel. The funds will be directed towards advancing its R&D initiatives, product development of its proprietary browser-native 3D engine and VersaAI generative AI platform and scaling its Go-To-Market (GTM) efforts across the United States and the UAE. Vinay Bansal, CEO & Co-Founder, IPV says, “While the AI Space continues to get increasingly crowded, Ctruh is cutting through the noise with a strong technical differentiation. Its patented 3D engine enables high-fidelity 4K, 8K, and even 16K experiences to run smoothly on the web with fast load times. What stands out is how they are combining AI with 3D and XR to scale immersive content creation, making these experiences not just cutting-edge, but usable and scalable for everyday business applications”. Metasports Interactive, a mobile-first competitive sports ga
