Entrackr and Inc42 Put One Indian Startup Funding Week About $50 Million Apart, and One Page Omits Different's $48 Million Seed

Indian startup funding for the week of Oct. 19 came to about $133.9 million on Entrackr's weekly report and more than $184 million on Inc42's. The two trackers read the same week, 15 deals against 17, and arrive at a gap of about $50 million.

The gap has a visible cause. Inc42 lists a $48 million seed round for Different, led by General Catalyst with Lightspeed Venture Partners, and a $15 million Series A for Firstwork. Neither company appears anywhere on Entrackr's page.

Two totals for Oct. 19 to Oct. 24

Entrackr covers Oct. 19 to Oct. 24 and counts $86.2 million across four growth-stage deals and $47.7 million across 10 early-stage deals, plus one undisclosed round. Inc42 covers Oct. 19 to Oct. 23.

Tracker	Window	Week total	Deals
Entrackr	Oct. 19 to Oct. 24	$133.9 million	15
Inc42	Oct. 19 to Oct. 23	$184 million plus	17

The Different and Firstwork rounds add up to $63 million. That is more than the $50 million gap, so Entrackr must carry some deals Inc42 does not. One is Battery Smart, which Entrackr describes as a raise of close to Rs 100 crore from an existing investor and which does not appear in Inc42's table.

1. Inc42 (Oct. 19 to 23)184 $ million
2. Entrackr (Oct. 19 to 24)133.9 $ million

Source: Entrackr and Inc42 weekly funding reports, accessed 2026-10-24

Why the week fell 56 percent on one page and 22 percent on the other

The trackers also disagree about the week before. Entrackr puts the prior week at $302.85 million across 30 startups, which makes Oct. 19 a drop of about 56 percent. Inc42 puts it at $236.2 million across 25 deals, a drop of 22 percent, with the deal count down 32 percent.

The prior-week figures differ by $66.65 million. A reader who sees only one headline learns either that funding halved or that it dipped. Neither page explains how it defines a deal or whether rupee-only rounds are converted into dollars. Entrackr gives Battery Smart only in rupees, and the page does not say whether that amount sits inside its $86.2 million growth-stage figure.

What the other outlets headline

The Economic Times' deals digest carries a headline putting the week at $246 million, down 27 percent on the year. YourStory's roundup, for Oct. 17 to 23, says in its headline that funding fell below $100 million. This site could not read the body of either page, so only the headlines are reported here.

That makes four public figures for one week, from under $100 million to $246 million. The $246 million is the only one framed against a year-earlier base.

What the shared deals show

The trackers agree on several rounds. Both list AuxoAI's $20.7 million Series A led by NTTVC, The Pant Project's Series B led by Mirae Asset Venture Investments, and CureBay's pre-Series C led by IvyCap Ventures. Both put Even Healthcare's $50 million Series B at the top, led by Khosla Ventures. The site has already reported that two outlets disagree on Even's revenue.

Inc42 adds that AI took $93.9 million across six deals, healthtech $60.6 million across two, and that seed-stage startups raised $51.4 million, about 28 percent of the total.

How to read the next weekly number

Until trackers publish a deal-by-deal reconciliation, a weekly total is a range, not a fact. The next test is the Oct. 26 to Oct. 31 week: if both trackers again diverge by more than 25 percent, the divergence is structural, not a one-off miss on a single seed round.