New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Simple Energy ended September with the largest clean fresh-primary round in CIOL's current July-September funding sample.

The Bengaluru electric two-wheeler maker raised Rs.1,750 crore, or about $180 million, in an all-equity Series C round on September 30.

It was a substantial cheque.

Three months earlier, however, even $180 million would not have been enough to define the quarter.

CIOL's April-June Startup Funding Tracker identified about $2.23 billion-equivalent of fresh primary capital across 61 material rounds. Five transactions alone accounted for 58.2% of that money.

July-September looks different.

After going back through CIOL's own funding coverage, widening the search to publicly reported transactions ...