Weeks after stepping down as CEO from food delivery service Zomato and its parent Eternal, Indian entrepreneur Deepinder Goyal is back with a $54 million raise for wearable startup Temple , part of what the 43-year-old earlier described as a shift toward “higher-risk exploration and experimentation.”

On Friday, Goyal said in a post on X that Temple had raised funds in a friends-and-family round from founder friends and early Zomato backers, at a post-money valuation of about $190 million. More than 30 employees participated at the same valuation, he said.

Goyal is leading the funding round, followed by Steadview Capital, according to regulatory filings reviewed by TechCrunch.…