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India’s wealthtech ecosystem is attracting stronger investor interest in 2026, with funding increasingly flowing towards platforms expanding beyond traditional broking and trading. Investors are showing greater appetite for digital wealth management, alternative investments, fixed income products and technology led advisory platforms, while a new crop of startups is targeting younger, first time investors. However, the sector remains largely concentrated in Tier 1 cities, with both wealthtech startups and their user base skewed towards major urban centres. This leaves sizable headroom for platforms to expand their reach and tap into India’s growing investor base across smaller cities and towns. According to data compiled by Entrackr, wealthtech startups in India raised around $317 million across 26 deals in the first eight months of 2026. Funding activity was largely guided by smaller rounds, with only four transactions crossing the $30 million threshold. These included fundraises by Veriqus Group, Neo, Sahi, and Gurugram-based Centricity. Notably, none of the deals during the period exceeded $50 million, but this could change soon as Dale Vaz-led Sahi is reportedly in talks to raise a larger round of around $80 million. Meanwhile, Dream Sports, the parent company of Dream11, shut down its wealth management platform Dream Money within a year of its launch, ending one of its diversification bets beyond online gaming. Year-on-year funding trend India’s wealthtech sector saw moderate funding activity in 2023. Startups raised around $55 million across 12 deals, with Neo’s $35 million round accounting for a significant share of the capital raised during the year. Funding picked up sharply in 2024. Capital raised jumped more than 3.4X to $265 million across 26 deals, supported by several sizable rounds. The momentum continued in 2025. Funding rose around 40% year-on-year to $369.34 million across 25 deals, while the number of transactions remained broadly stable. In the first eight months of 2026, wealthtech startups raised around $303 million across 25 deals. The sector has already surpassed the funding recorded in 2024, despite the 2026 figure covering only eight months. Top funded startups in 2026 Most wealthtech funding rounds in 2026 were small-ticket deals raised by early-stage startups. However, a significant share of the capital was concentrated among a handful of companies. Mumbai-based Veriqus Group raised around $40 million in a funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, while wealth and asset management firm Neo Group secured $36.3 million from existing investor Peak XV Partners. Stock broking platform Sahi raised $33 million in a Series B round led by Accel, with participation from Elevation Capital. Centricity secured around $30 million in its Series A round led by SMBC Asia Rising Fund, while Bengaluru-based Stable Money raised nearly $39.3 million across two funding rounds from Fundamentum, Peak XV Partners, RTP Global, and Z47. Together, these five startups accounted for more than 56% of the total wealthtech funding raised in 2026. Other notable fundraisers during the year included Wint Wealth, which raised $28 million in a Series B round, along with Nexedge Capital, AssetPlus, Oolka, and Bachatt. Consolidations in the Wealthtech this year Only four mergers and acquisitions have taken place in the wealthtech space so far in 2026, with three of them carried out by Raise Financial Services, the parent company of stockbroking platform Dhan. In April, Raise acquired private market investment platform Infinyte Club and algorithmic trading platform Stratzy. A month later, it acquired IRDAI-registered GreenLife Insurance Broking (GIBL), which marked its entry into insurance distribution. The fourth deal saw wealth management platform Scripbox acquire the mutual fund distribution business of Delhi-NCR-based Bluechip Capital, with its clients and employees set to transition to Scripbox. Conclusion India’s wealthtech funding surge points to a market entering a phase of development, but the next challenge is converting capital into durable businesses. The concentration of funding among a few larger players suggests investors remain selective, while smaller startups continue to test new models across wealth management, alternative investments and advisory. The bigger opportunity lies in expanding beyond metros and building products for India’s growing base of first-time investors.
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