United Kingdom vs India: startup funding compared

The United Kingdom. Since 2 June 2025, startups in the United Kingdom raised $22.4B across 606 rounds, against $10.3B across 854 rounds in India, 2.2 times more. That is 3.2% and 1.5% of all the capital FundraiseBase tracked worldwide over the period.

606 rounds in the United Kingdom and 854 rounds in India since 2 June 2025, about 34 and 47 a month.

The median round is $7M in the United Kingdom and $3.5M in India, and the average round $37M and $12.1M. The median shows the typical round; the average is pulled up by a few very large ones.

The biggest startup rounds in the United Kingdom since 2 June 2025 are Isomorphic Labs ($2.1B, Series B, 12 May 2026), Nscale ($2B, Series C, 9 Mar 2026) and Wayve ($1.2B, Series D, 24 Feb 2026).

The biggest startup rounds in India since 2 June 2025 are CRED ($900M, Series H, 23 Jun 2026), Sarvam AI ($300M, Series B, 15 Jun 2026) and KreditBee ($280M, Series E, 8 Apr 2026).

In the United Kingdom, AI ($14.5B, 65% of the capital), Health ($1.7B, 7%) and Robotics & Hardware ($1.4B, 6%) lead. In India, Fintech ($2.7B, 26% of the capital), AI ($1.9B, 18%) and Consumer ($1.2B, 11%) lead.

Early-stage rounds (Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A) make up 60% of rounds in the United Kingdom and 55% in India. The United Kingdom recorded 262 Pre-Seed or Seed rounds and India 314 Pre-Seed or Seed rounds, with a median of $3.5M and $1.3M.

Startups in the United Kingdom raised $12B in 82 Series B or later rounds, 53% of the country's capital. In India, $5.4B in 119 rounds, 53% of the capital.

Y Combinator (19 rounds, 2 led), Entrepreneurs First (19 rounds) and Fuel Ventures (18 rounds, 13 led) are the most active investors in the United Kingdom.

Accel (38 rounds, 22 led), Inflection Point Ventures (33 rounds, 26 led) and Peak XV Partners (31 rounds, 15 led) are the most active investors in India.

52 investors joined rounds in both countries. The most active: Accel (11 in the United Kingdom, 38 in India), Peak XV Partners (2 in the United Kingdom, 31 in India), General Catalyst (11 in the United Kingdom, 15 in India), Y Combinator (19 in the United Kingdom, 5 in India) and Lightspeed Venture Partners (10 in the United Kingdom, 14 in India).

London leads the United Kingdom with $15.6B across 396 rounds, ahead of Cambridge ($1.3B). Bengaluru leads India with $5.6B across 286 rounds, ahead of Mumbai ($1B).

In the United Kingdom, May 2026 ($4.4B). In India, June 2026 ($1.5B).

In the 90 days to 12 Nov 2026, startups in the United Kingdom raised $2.8B across 74 rounds and in India $1.8B across 95 rounds.

FundraiseBase lists startup funding rounds from public announcements: press releases, company posts and news coverage, checked and updated every day. Amounts are in US dollars. Some rounds are never announced, so the figures show what was made public, not every round. Corrections are welcome.