Startup news and updates: daily roundup (June 23, 2026)
YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Tuesday, June 23, 2026
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A new initiative is keeping Kedarnath clean
The Himalayan Harmony Project, an initiative by Anandana – The Coca-Cola India Foundation in partnership with the Healing Himalayas Foundation, and supported by the District Administration of Rudraprayag and the Urban Development Department of Uttarakhand, has established a material recovery facility near the Kedarnath temple at an altitude of 11,755 feet. The facility is among the highest waste management centres in India.
Spread across nearly 3,000 square feet, the facility is equipped with a baling machine that compresses recyclable waste to reduce its volume for transportation, as well as a tractor for collecting and transporting waste throughout the Kedarnath Panchayat area. The project took two years to complete.
Funding news
Unnati Agri secures Rs 17 Cr as growth capital from Recur Club
Agri-input platform Unnati Agri (Akshamaala Solutions Pvt Ltd) has raised Rs 17 crore in debt from Recur Club, an AI-native debt platform for startups and SMEs.
The capital will be used to strengthen seasonal working capital, finance inventory procurement, and distribution capabilities following Unnati's merger with Gramophone. The combined entity brings together Unnati's wholesale distribution network and Gramophone's farmer-facing digital platform, creating one of India's largest integrated agri-input ecosystems.
Founded in 2010 by Ashok Prasad and Amit Sinha, Unnati operates across the agricultural value chain, including manufacturing, wholesale distribution, retail, and farmer engagement.
Sherlocks AI raises Rs 7.5 Cr in pre-seed funding round led by SenseAI Ventures
Sherlocks AI, an India-founded AI-native incident management platform for global enterprises, has raised Rs 7.5 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by SenseAI Ventures, with participation from Uppekha. The company will use the capital to strengthen its product and expand its go-to-market efforts in North America, where demand for agentic SRE (site reliability rngineering) and ITOps solutions is growing.
The funding comes as enterprises managing cloud-native, microservices-based infrastructure struggle with rising incident volumes and operational complexity. Despite widespread adoption of observability tools, production incidents still take an average of three to four hours to resolve, as diagnosis remains largely manual, fragmented, and reliant on coordination across multiple tools.
Other news
Skydo secures international payments licence in Canada
Cross-border payments platform Skydo has secured an international payment licence in Canada, becoming the first Indian cross-border payments company to receive regulatory approval overseas. The licence marks Skydo's first international regulatory milestone and advances its global expansion strategy.
The approval allows Skydo to facilitate two-way payment flows between India and Canada, enabling local collections and payouts, and to expand its offerings beyond international collections into a comprehensive suite of cross-border payment services.
AI-native retail technology company Fynd has partnered with Razorpay, India's omnichannel payments platform for businesses, to help brands deliver seamless agentic commerce experiences across online and offline channels.
Fynd Partners with Razorpay for omnichannel agentic commerce
AI-native retail technology company Fynd has partnered with Razorpay, India's omnichannel payments platform for businesses, to help brands deliver seamless agentic commerce experiences across online and offline channels.
By integrating Fynd's commerce infrastructure with Razorpay's omnichannel payments stack, the partnership aims to enable connected customer journeys—from product discovery to checkout—through a single unified ecosystem.
Brands including Guess, Mothercare, Hamleys, Superdry, and Ekke are already leveraging the integrated Fynd–Razorpay platform to offer more seamless shopping experiences across channels.
(This article will be updated with the latest news throughout the day.)