Lab-grown diamond jewellery startup ONYA has raised Rs 12.5 crore in a pre-Sequence A funding spherical led by Divisa Household Workplace, because it appears to increase its retail community and strengthen its on-line enterprise.

Present investor Zeropearl VC additionally participated within the spherical. It had beforehand led ONYA’s Rs 5.5 crore pre-seed funding spherical in November 2025.

The Bengaluru-based startup mentioned the most recent funding will probably be used to open extra shops, with Pune and Hyderabad amongst its preliminary areas of focus, whereas increasing its on-line presence and personalisation capabilities.

ONYA may also spend money on analysis and improvement round jewelry design and manufacturing. It plans to develop via a mixture of company-owned and franchise shops.

Constructing a design-led jewelry enterprise

Based in 2024 by Himani Yadav and Gaurav Choudhary, ONYA sells lab-grown diamond jewelry and has expanded to eight flagship shops throughout Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad inside 20 months of beginning operations. The startup has expanded to eight expertise centres throughout Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad.

It’s searching for to distinguish itself via jewelry design fairly than competing totally on value.

Its portfolio consists of the ONYA Signature assortment, which is impressed by Neoclassical structure. The startup additionally markets what it calls the patented ONYA Setting, a setting utilized in its Signature assortment.

ONYA presents licensed lab-grown diamonds set in hallmarked gold, together with lifetime change and an 80% buyback on lab-grown diamonds primarily based on their prevailing market worth, topic to its coverage phrases.

Yadav has mentioned the thought for ONYA grew out of her personal expertise of buying an engagement ring, which turned her first lab-grown diamond buy.

“ONYA was born from the idea that superb jewelry should not be locked away in safes for uncommon occasions-it must be lived in, cherished, and worn each day as an expression of non-public identification,” he mentioned.

The newest investment follows ONYA’s Rs 5.5 crore pre-seed spherical, which was led by Zeropearl VC in November 2025.

That spherical additionally included angel buyers corresponding to founders of MyGate and UrbanVault, in keeping with the startup’s earlier funding announcement.

The brand new capital comes as funding in India’s lab-grown diamond jewelry sector will increase.