Daily Indian Funding Roundup & Key News – 10 July 2026: Aukera Bags ₹90 Cr, CarDekho Eyes ₹3,500 Cr IPO

Retail and consumer brands led the day's dealmaking, spanning luxury fashion, lab-grown diamonds, live entertainment and biofuel.

Four rounds brought in roughly ₹318 crore in total, topped by Purple Style Labs' ₹162.5 crore debt raise for Pernia's Pop Up Shop.

Aukera followed with a ₹90 crore round led by Alteria Capital.

On the news front, CarDekho is preparing a ₹3,000-3,500 crore IPO this quarter, while Flipkart announced a fresh $50 million ESOP buyback.

Daily Indian Startup Funding Digest - 10 July 2026StartupSectorFundingRoundLead InvestorsPernia's Pop Up Shop (Purple Style Labs)Luxury Fashion Retail₹162.5 Cr (~$17 Mn)Debt (NCD)Kairos Ventures, Real Capital Financial Services, Texport InternationalAukeraJewellery / D2C₹90 Cr (~$10 Mn)UndisclosedAlteria CapitalBiofuelCircleBiofuel Marketplace₹35 Cr (~$4 Mn)UndisclosedPooja Unichem LLPthumpNLive Entertainment / Ticketing~₹31 Cr ($3.75 Mn)Pre-SeedArijit Singh, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, othersPernia's Pop Up Shop Raises ₹162.5 Crore in D..

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