[Weekly funding roundup] – Startup funding activity declines this week, but early-stage deals catch investor attention

Even as election fever gripped India this week, startup funding activity saw a significant slowdown in the third week of April. A total of $38.5 million was raised across 13 deals, an 85 percent dip in total deal value compared to the previous week, when startups bagged $262 million in investments across 22 deals.;