Agentic-AI led platform that helps users check, build, and improve their credit score. By integrating with major bureaus and payment systems, it provides actionable insights, credit-building tools, and bill payment features to drive better credit behavior. Current scale undisclosed. At the time of the last round in Sep 2025, the company had 2M users and had processed ₹100CR in credit repayments. Founded in Jan 2024, Bengaluru based. ₹130CR (~$14M) round led by Accel. Investors that led the $8M seed round in Sep 2025, Lightspeed and Z47, along with angels including Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa (Meesho) participated. Founder & CEO Utkrishta (IIT Kharagpur) was previously Chief Experience Officer at Meesho for five years, before which he was in the founding team of Hopscotch.

AI-native cybersecurity company building platforms for real-time threat detection and response. Its products use continuous learning to identify anomalies, prevent breaches, and secure digital identities and data. It serves clients across BFSI, fintech, and enterprise, including Canara Bank, Karnataka Bank, DCB Bank, CSB, NCRTC and BVH. ₹16CR Pre-Series A led by Unicorn India Ventures. Other investors in the round: SB Investment (UAE), Prakash Govindan (Gradiant), Himanshu Singhal (inMorphis). Founded in 2021, based in Hyderabad. Founders: CEO JP Mishra (IIM Calcutta '13, IIT Mandi '26) was previously the founder and CEO of DA Algorithms LLP for four years, before which he was a senior manager of data science at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions.

AI-powered hiring platform that uses autonomous agents to streamline recruitment workflows. Its agents handle tasks like background verification and candidate sourcing, enabling faster, more accurate, and scalable hiring. By combining multiple AI agents, the platform connects data, decisions, and workflows to simplify talent acquisition. The company’s flagship agent, Trace, is now used by nearly 300 enterprise customers across India and Europe for automated background verification. $8 million Series A funding round led by IvyCap Ventures, with IIFL co-investing as a strategic partner. Founded in May 2020, based in Delhi. Founders: Jaibir (Pepperdine University '20) was previously a partner in the Nihal Singh Family Office (his family's) for six years. Armaan (UCLA '20) joined almost straight out of college, during which time he was an intern at SoftBank Investment Advisors and the WEF.

AI-powered growth platform that helps brands scale revenue by identifying gaps, optimizing performance, and automating key functions across digital commerce. Acting as a data-driven growth agent, it analyzes patterns, surfaces opportunities, and enables teams to make faster, more effective decisions. $15M Series A ed by Susquehanna (SIG), along with existing investors InfoEdge Ventures and Kae Capital. Founded in 2024, Gurugram based. Founders: CEO Manas (IIM Bangalore '07, IIT Delhi '05) was in the core leadership team at Blinkit for 6 years, before which he was a Director in Standard Chartered Bank for a year; CBO Srikumar (IIT Bombay '07) was the head of category at Blinkit for six years, before which he was a senior manager in the supply chain department at Snapdeal; CTO Nitish (IIIT Allahabad '12) was previously the director of technology at Blinkit for five years, before which he was in PayU Payments for three years.

Also known simply as Grid. AI native operations intelligence platform for utilities across power, water, and gas. The company enables real time data integration, predictive analytics and workflow automation to help utilities improve efficiency, reliability and decision making. it works with over 20 utilities globally and manages data from millions of smart meters. ₹22.5CR round, likely a Series A. Founded in 2017, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Udit (St. Xavier's College, Kolkata '14) was a data scientist for a year each at Quizizz, SocialCops, MuSigma; COO Shreyansh (RV College Of Engineering '15) was a data analyst at Mu Sigma for two years; CTO Aayush (RV College Of Engineering '15) was a data engineer at LogMeIn and Citrix for two years each; co-founder Shaurya (St. Xavier's College, Mumbai '15) was an account manager at Google for two and a half years.

Formerly known as Kluisz.ai. Cloud infrastructure company built specifically for AI workloads, i.e. offering inference as a service. Unlike traditional cloud offerings retrofitted for AI, it offers a purpose-built stack optimized for model training, inference, and scaling. It orchestrates AI workloads across hybrid, on-premise, edge, and sovereign cloud environments. $22M led by Greenoaks, along with seed stage investors RTP Global, Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital. The company raised a $9.6M seed round in Jul 2025. Founded in Apr 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Abhinav (HBS '09) was previously the Global COO and CPO at OYO (for a decade) and was a Principal at BCG; Vamshidhar (Stanford Master's; ISB) was a Partner at McKinsey for 12 years and is ex-AMD (product development engineer); Abhijeet was previously a VP at Jio (Cloud Technology & Infra) and and was with AT&T for 15 years, most recently as Director Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Roadmap & Architecture. All three co-founders graduated from IIT Kharagpur.

AI-led computer vision solutions for manufacturing and retail operations. Its visual intelligence tools automate tasks such as product quality inspection on factory lines and real-time shelf monitoring in retail stores. The platform helps manufacturers detect defects and ensure consistent product quality, while enabling retailers to track stock availability, shelf placement and compliance through automated image-based analytics. Revenue scale undisclosed, clients include Fortune 500 companies - Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Reckitt, Pepsico. $2M Pre-Series A co-led by Finvolve and India Accelerator, with existing investors Cognify, IPV, AIF, IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre (where it was incubated). Founded in Mar 2017, Noida based. Founders: CEO Amit Singh (IIM Lucknow '19) is ex-IMRB International and Tetra Pak, and was Retail Strat Planning Lead on the Samsung account at Cheil Worldwide; CTO Amit Srivastava (IIM Lucknow '16) was at ST Microsystems for 16 years, most recently as Principal Product Manager.

Fabless semiconductor startup building ultra-efficient AI compute hardware. The company is developing an analog, in-memory AI System-on-Chip integrated with optical interconnects to significantly reduce energy consumption compared to conventional digital accelerators. Headquartered in Singapore with R&D in Bengaluru, founded in Jun 2024. $1.8M Pre-Series A funding led by Bluehill.vc & a99. Founder & CEO Saravana (Anna University Chennai '08; Ulm University '16) was previously the CTO at EMTensor Inc. (electromagnetic brain imaging) and is ex-Qualcomm.

AI-powered music licensing marketplace built for content creators, filmmakers and brands. It offers a library of 12,000+ royalty-free tracks and sound effects, enabling users to legally source music without copyright risks. The platform also creates monetisation opportunities for independent artists by connecting them directly with commercial demand. Undisclosed amount from The Chennai Angels as part of its ongoing Pre-Series A round. Founded in Dec 2021, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Gaurav (Thadomal Shahani '04; IIMA '06) was Co-Founder & CEO of creative agency Songfest; Head of Revenue Meghna (Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth '13) was Co-Founder & CMO of Songfest and held Head of Marketing roles at HUBILO and co-working company YesssWorks.

AI infrastructure startup building the control layer for everything teams need to take AI to production. It offers a unified gateway that connects apps to 1,600+ large language models including OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini through a single interface. The platform provides real-time monitoring, cost controls and security guardrails, helping companies deploy and scale AI applications reliably. The company is now used by 3K customers, including Bain, Postman, Sygenta, Vistaprint. $15M Series A led by Elevation Capital, with participation from seed investor Lightspeed. Founded in Mar 2023, SF/BLR based. Founders: CEO Rohit (BITS Pilani '11) founded Framebench which was acquired by Freshworks, where he served as Director of Product Management before joining Pepper Content as Head of Product; CTO Ayush (SRM IST Chennai) was Director of Engineering at Pepper Content, as well as at OMI, PubNinja and MEA Worldwide.