Contract Development & Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) for the beauty and personal care (BPC) segment. The company undertakes product development and manufacturing in Jammu, for leading consumer brands Pilgrim, Purplle, Nykaa, Asaya, Hoop, Colorbar, Innovist’s Bare Anatomy, Kay Beauty and Antinorm; as well as pharma companies Glenmark and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, for their OTC products. ₹154CR revenue and ₹20CR net profit in FY25. ₹100CR Series A round, the company's first, led by Sharrp Ventures (₹30CR), with participation from Mirabilis Investment Trust, Anicut Capital, Niveshaay. Angels in the round: Suyash Saraf (Hyperscale Ventures), Yogesh Kabra (XYXX). This round will go towards setting up a production facility in Vapi, Gujarat, an R&D centre in Mumbai, and an experience centre in Delhi NCR. Founded in 2011, Jammu and Mumbai based. The company was started by Sanjay Mehra in 2011. CEO Rahul (IIT Delhi '10) was an engineer with Schlumberger from 2010-14 and joined Naturis in 2015, first serving as Sales Director. Family member Nakul Mehra (Ramaiah Institute Of Technology '15) joined as COO in 2017, after two years at Accenture, with Dhruv Mehra joining as Chief Innovation Officer out of college (Narsee Monjee '19).

Managed marketplace connecting farmers, biomass aggregators, biofuel manufacturers, and industrial consumers to digitise India's biomass supply chain. A network of 'biomass banks' source, store, and distribute agricultural residue to industrial buyers. The company reported operating revenue of ₹160CR in FY26, up over 3x from ₹52CR the prior year, and currently operates 80 biomass banks across 10 states. ₹35CR in a bridge round led by Pooja Unichem LLP, with participation from Varanium Venture, Rajeev Kumar and Karma Capital Advisors. The company raised its Series A from Spectrum Impact in 2024. Founded in 2020, Pune-based. Founders: Suhas (VNIT Nagpur, Mechanical Engineering '88) was MD - South Asia at Konecranes (€4.2B global leader in crane manufacturing and servicing), before which he was President & CEO of Pennar Industries (₹3,000CR engineering and manufacturing conglomerate). Ashwin (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Masters in International Business '98) was VP Customer Delight and VP Customer Success at Icertis, before which he spent a decade at Triple Point Technology.

Electric mobility company developing scooters aimed at family commuters and gig workers. The company will soon commercially launch its 3 TRION electric scooter, a modular electric scooter that uses software to improve vehicle safety, reliability, charging and ownership experience. ₹100CR Series A led by BluVenture Holdings (Singapore based, wholesale specialists in fresh and frozen seafood). Founded in Sep 2024, Bengaluru-based. Founder & CEO P. Sanjeev (Univ. of Madras) was a Business Head - EV at TVS Motors, prior to which he was with Greaves Electric Mobility, serving as COO of their two wheeler division. Prior to this year he spent 14 years in leadership roles at Huawei's Consumer Business Group, starting out as a technical sales manager and rising to India Business Head for Huawei's B2C business.

Green packaging engineering company offering sustainable packaging solutions for industrial supply chains, using a combination of proprietary materials, space optimisation, and a design-to-cost methodology (meaning, the packaging is deliberately designed to meet a target cost from the outset). This helps manufacturing clients reduce their packaging carbon footprint by up to 93% and total packaging costs by 10–15%. Clients include Tier 1 suppliers to auto OEMS, including JLR, General Motors, Stellantis, Mahindra, Kubota, and Vinfast. The company also makes lithium ion battery packaging, heavy duty export packaging, returnable and expendable packaging. This round will be to expand into clients across steel, defence, and broader industrial supply chains. ₹40CR Pre-Series A led by Rainmatter, with participation from Rockstud Capital. Founded in Dec 2018, Pune-based. Founder & MD Ramesh spent over six years at FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles as Head of Metallic Commodity for the Jeep and Fiat brands in Pune, and prior to that spent over 12 years at Mahindra and Mahindra across roles spanning International Operations & China Global Sourcing and Component Development.

AI-native platform built to modernise sales and operations for distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers. It is built around four core products: WizShop (a wholesale-native B2B e-commerce portal for online ordering), WizOrder (an AI-first order-taking app for sales reps in the field), WizStudio (AI-powered product catalogue and imagery generation), and WizPay (B2B payments embedded directly into wholesale workflows). The company reported ₹6.15CR in operating revenue in FY25 (for the India entity only; a significant portion of revenue comes from the US). ₹79.5 CR bridge round (a Series A extension) from existing investors, led by Blume Ventures (₹29CR) along with the participation of Alpha Wave (₹24CR), Peak XV Partners, Z47, and 100X.VC. This follows the $8M Series A round led by Peak XV in Aug 2025. Founded in 2021, Bengaluru-based. Founders: CEO Divyaanshu (IIT Delhi, BTech '15; UC Berkeley - Haas dropout) previously worked at Bessemer Venture Partners (a year), and prior to that was a Consultant and then Associate at EY-Parthenon (2.5 years). CCO Vikas (also IIT Delhi, BTech '15) previously worked as a Product Manager and, before that, Senior Business Analyst at Zomato (3 years). He started out as a consultant at EXL (3 years).

India's leading B2B provider of GPS-enabled smart lock solutions for logistics and supply chain companies, offering a product range that includes 4G GPS truck locks, smart reusable bolt seals, and electronic shutter locks, all managed via a centralised mobile app with real-time tamper alerts, geo-fencing and complete audit trails to secure cargo movement across the supply chain. Over the past year the company scaled its active deployments from 2,500 to 10,000 trucks, across clients including Amazon, Swiggy, Flipkart, Zepto, Blue Dart, and Syngenta. $2M Pre-Series A2 round led by Unicorn India Ventures, Callapina Capital and AWE Funds. Founded in 2012, Kochi-based. The company name is SectorQube Technolabs. Founders: CEO Nibu Alias (IIM Kozhikode, MBA ’17; Toc-H Institute of Science and Technology ’11), COO Ani Abraham Joy (Cochin University of Science and Technology '11) and CTO Sabarish P. (also Cochin University of Science and Technology '11) founded the company out of college in 2011.

Recycling company working across e-waste, batteries, glass, and other end-of-life material streams, with a focus on recovering critical, precious, and high-value materials such as indium, tin, and rare earth elements from discarded products. They have two recycling facilities and have channelised over 1,50,000 metric tonnes of waste. They work with over 50 corporations including Apple, Dell Technologies, Cisco, and Canon on recycled-content and sustainability goals. Karo Sambhav operated for 9 years without any external venture capital before this round. $6M Pr-e-Series A led by Rainmatter. Founded in 2017, Gurugram-based. Founders: Pranshu (KIT's College of Engineering Kolhapur, BE Environmental Engineering '00) was at Nokia for nearly 10 years and the Director of Digital Learning Strategy at Microsoft for two years.

Robotics and AI company building systems for industrial, defence, security, warehousing and manufacturing operations. Its portfolio spans collaborative and industrial robotic arms, unmanned ground vehicles, vision systems and automation platforms, all built on a shared technology architecture that combines human supervision with machine autonomy. $1.12M pre-Series A co-led by Finvolve and India Accelerator, with participation from GrowthCap Venture Fund. Founded in 2017, Bengaluru-based. Founders: Abhit (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering '16) has been CEO of the company since founding it in 2017, with no previous work experience available. CMO Cameron (Digital Youth Academy, IT Application Specialist Apprenticeship; Canterbury College, Creative Media Production Diploma) was Social Media & Community Manager at Wevolver for 3 years 3 months and a Contributing Writer for HackSpace Magazine for 1 year before co-founding Integra Robotics.

Aerospace and defence tech company building mission-critical systems and subsystems for space, launch vehicle, and defence applications. Includes propulsion systems, avionics, and guidance and navigation technologies. The company is an official supplier for India's Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme, contributing hardware for astronaut training simulations. $3.3M / ₹31.5CR Series A led by Helios Holdings, with participation from angel investor Meenu Sharma. Founded in 2016, Bangalore based. Founders: Chairman & MD Shaju (University of Hull, MBA) was previously the MD and CEO of SENER India (engineering services for the aerospace industry). CEO Sunderarajan (Kerela University) was previously the Director of Aerospace at SENER India . CTO Pradeep is a retired Group Director from ISRO and brings 40+ years in propulsion systems experience. Sabu Joseph (Director, People and Culture), Amarnath Reddy (GM-Systems Engineering) and Varun Kurup (Director, Finance) also co-founded the company alongside them.

Seafood export startup that connects small shrimp farmers directly with domestic and global buyers through a fully integrated, tech-enabled supply chain. Exports largely to China, Vietnam, Japan. AI and data-driven tools help farmers with water quality monitoring, feed discipline, disease early-warning systems, harvesting coordination, processing, and export logistics, all under one platform. This round will help set up a state of the art processing facility and scale its network from 6K to 15K farmers across Odisha (where it began), Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal. ₹45CR Series A led by NABVENTURES (via its AgriSURE Fund), with IAN Alpha Fund. NABVENTURES is the venture arm of NABARD. This was initially announced in April 2026 as a $2.7M round which appears to have now gotten larger. Founded in 2023, Bhubaneswar-based. Founders: Founders: Co-Founder & CEO Abhishek (Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology '13; IGNOU Master's 16) was at aquaculture tech company Aquaconnect as AVP for Exports and worked at aquaculture non-profit Solidaridad Network; Co-Founder & CGO Abhilash (Utkal University '14 was a regional business manager at agriculture sciences business FMC Corporation, was a state activation manager at Bayer Crop Science and a territory manager at Syngenta; no prior information available on Founder Ananya.