Deepinder Goyal’s Startup ‘Temple’ Raises 54 Million USD in First Funding Round

Deepinder Goyal’s new business has achived a remarkable milestone. ‘Temple’, a health tech business founded by Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal that is creating a wearable for high performing athletes, secured USD 54 million in its initial financing round from friends and family, according to Goyal on Friday. He has shared a tweet regarding this. Goyal wrote in an X post that the investment round gives ‘Temple’ a post deal worth USD 190 million.

Hours after Goyal’s unusual hiring message to ‘Temple’, in which he requested ‘athletes who are also engineers and scientists’ and set an eligibility threshold of under 16 percent body fat for males and under 26 percent for women, generated a stir online and netizens were amused by the announcement, reported by PTI.

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Temple has raised its first round. Friends and family. $54m. Post-money valuation of ~$190m. Every investor in this round is a founder friend or early-stage Zomato investor who wanted in, whether or not Temple ever makes it to market. But here’s what gives me goosebumps – more… — Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) February 27, 2026

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Temple has raised its first round. Friends and family. 54m USD. Post-money valuation of ~190m USD. Every investor in this round is a founder friend or early-stage Zomato investor who wanted in, whether or not Temple ever makes it to market.

But here’s what gives me goosebumps – more than 30 Temple employees participated in the round, at par valuation. No discount. Their own money. That’s the kind of belief you can’t buy. We are assembling a dream team to build the ultimate wearable for elite performance athletes. Want in? Look up my last post.