Clean label regional snacking brand. No palm oil, no preservatives and no artificial chemicals. Focused on South Indian snacks which is, predictably, a ₹25,000CR market. The goal is to build the Haldirams of South Indian snacks, and to build a consumer (not just D2C) brand. It currently serves customers in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad and Delhi through its own website, Zomato and Swiggy, and offline channels (modern trade). Pre-Series A round of an undisclosed amount from institutional investors. The round includes a secondary transaction giving 4x returns to early investors. Last raised a ₹2.14CR interim round from undisclosed investors in Dec 2025, following a ₹2.2CR pre-seed round led by Titan in June 2025. Founded in Nov 2023, Chennai based. Founders: Rajakumaran (IIM Kozhikode '21) was Head of Growth at ShopUp (B2B e-commerce for Bangladesh), VP of Product at Uniform Junction and a category manager at VOONIK, and also co-founded school uniforms supplier Schoolay; Anbarasan was Principal Product Manager at ShopUp and co-founded WholesaleX (B2B grocery ordering).

Dubai based cross-border gifting platform, focused on flowers along with other gifts. Video approval before dispatch along with a 100% customer satisfcation guarantee help solve trust and delivery consistency problems that plague international gifting. Serves customers across 50+ countries, along with the premium flowet gifting market in the UAE. ₹15CR from IvyCap Ventures (existing investor) as part of its ongoing Series A round. Founded in 2023, Dubai-based. Founders: CEO Vijay (LBS '11, Symbiosis '97) held senior roles at Ola, OYO, and most recently at Ferns N Petals UAE. (VP & Business Head). Abhishek (IIM Calcutta) was previously a VP of Business at Newton School, before which he was an AVP at BYJU's. Ferns N Petals recoerded ₹861CR in revenue in FY25 with ₹22CR in losses.

At-home beauty and salon services platform that lets users book trained professionals for haircuts, facials, waxing, massages, and other services through its app. Handles over 300K bookings a month, operates in 55+ cities, and has onboarded 12,000+ beauty professionals. It reported ₹195CR in revenue for FY26 while remaining profitable, doubling from ₹93CR in FY25. ₹50CR Series A from InfoEdge from its growth-stage B8 Fund. Founded in 2016, Noida-based. Founders: CEO Mayank (Singapore Polytechnic '04) was a Second Officer on oil tankers at Tanker Pacific Management before co-founding Yes Madam. COO Aditya (Tolani Maritime Institute '06) became the youngest Dynamic Positioning Officer at Seamec (oilfield services) at age 26, prior to which he was with Halani Shipping and HAL Offshore. CMO Akanksha (Symbiosis Law School '20) started up straight out of law school.

India's first app-based toy and book subscription library for children, operating on a circular play model where families access 1,000+ toys and books across 90+ brands through monthly plans starting at ₹599, returning items when interests change and swapping for new ones. Families can get these items delivered or visit one of EleFant's library hubs. The platform has 125+ franchise partners across 18 cities, with franchises available between ₹15-40 lakhs. The company also operates toy libraries for schools, with over a hundred school partners. The goal is to cross 50K subscribers across 20 cities in the next year. $1M Pre-Series round led by Growth Sense Venture Fund, with participation from JIIF, Arian Capital, and angels including Asit Oberoi (ex-YES Bank) and Vimal Saboo (Fibe). The company previously raised $750K in July 2024 from Venture Catalysts, Malpani Ventures and others. Founded in 2023, Mumbai-based. Founders: CEO Sourabh (KC College '09, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India '11) was the Director of supply chain management at Chai Point before founding The EleFant. Co-Founder Srishti (Narsee Monjee '09) was previously the Chief Compliance Officer and company secretary of Ashv Finance for a year, before which she was the head of legal compliance at Monedo Financial Services.

Operates bubble tea brand Bobaka. The company operates 14 compact-format outlets across food courts and high streets, with a range of fruit-based iced teas, milk teas, matcha drinks, and boba shakes. The company plans to open 30 stores this financial year, followed by 50 each in the subsequent two years, targeting ₹100CR annualised revenue by that time. Most stores are currently in Mumbai. ₹6CR Pre-Series A round by undisclosed investors. Founded in Mar 2023, Mumbai-based. Founders: CEO Rupali founded packaged tea brand TCW (Tea Culture of the World) Tea in 2010; Co-Founder Sannjeev (The Wharton School '12, Cornell '17) was CEO of Being Human Clothing, with senior BD roles at Raymond and at the Landmark Group. He was Vice-President for Apparel Operations & Business Development at Jubilant Retail for ~seven years.

Sports-tech platform enabling on-ground live production and streaming of local sports events. It provides tools for tournament organisers and clubs to capture, broadcast, and analyze matches, while giving emerging athletes greater visibility, and drawing in funding to local sports associations. It has streamed over 500,000 matches across 30 countries and reaches an audience of over 100 million viewers globally. A cloud production suite offers live sports production from mobile cameras, professional cameras and smart automated cameras. Its cloud studio offers multiple camera angle streaming, detailed scoring for over thirty sports, custom scoring graphics, automated highlights, live commentary, and integrated advertising options. The company also has an OTT platform streaming these matches. This round will help it scale from 100K to 500K matches annually. ₹32.7CR round led by IAN Alpha Fund, with participation from Anicut Capital, Lets Venture, Capital-A, Succeed Innovation. Founded in 2019, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Sidhhant (University of Mumbai '12) was at Pirhoalpha Research (air quality and other indoor monitors) for eight years; COO Yash (Savitribai Phule Pune University '17) was previously in Accenture for a year, before which he was a junior project manager at Pirhoalpha Research for less than a year; CMO Shubhangi (University of Mumbai '16) was the founder of EthKnits, a crochet clothing and accesories brand, for a decade.

eCommerce marketplace focused on proteins and supplements, with 10,000 products across 450 brands. It combines content, discovery, and assisted shopping to help consumers make informed health choices. The product line includes supplements, health foods and beverages, fitness gear, weight management items and sexual health items. The company will build a dark store network for faster deliveries, with this round. HyugaLife’s parent company Pratech Brands, also owns Inaari, a natural healthcare brand supporting hormonal balance. $10.6M Series A. The company raised $6.3M at seed from Peak XV, Spring Marketing Capital in 2024. Founded in 2021, Mumbai based. Founders: Sachin (Univerity of Mumbai '04, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth '06, University of Michigan '12) was at Nykaa for five years, where he was CFO and ran Nykaa Superstore, their B2B platform; CBO Anvi (Institute of Chemical Technology '12, Cambridge Judge Business School '17) was at Unilever (a year in business development) and Amazon (two years as a category manager) and was an Executive Director at family owned Prasol Chemicals; Neehar (Institute of Chemical Technology '12, Said Business School '17) was at Amazon for four years as a product manager.

Legal-tech startup which started out with a focus on the mobility sector and is expanding into finance, real estate, healthcare. It has two offerings - LOTS247, which is a roadside legal assistance platform with a network of lawyers available on call or at the accident site 24/7; and ChallanPay, a unified platform to find, resolve, and track traffic challans across all states/enforcement authorities. . $2.5M Pre-Series A co-led by Rainmatter and Turbostart, along with participation from its existing investor Finvolve. In December 2025 the company raised a ₹8.5CR round, raised on Zee TV's entrepreneurship show Ideabaaz from Pawan Jaggi (Peakzi), Sandeep Sharda (Miracle Systems), Priyanka Salot (The Sleep Company), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures). Founded in May 2018, Gurgaon based. Founder & CEO Himanshu (Punjab Engineering College '99; IIM Calcutta '15) is a software engineer by background who was at LexisNexis India (the global content and tech provider focused on legal research) for 10 years, most recently as Associate Director of Online Solutions.

Recommerce platform offering certified refurbished iPhones at more affordable prices. Current scale not disclosed. As of Sept 2025 (during its last round), the company retailed online and through 60 stores, and had a 20,000 sq. ft. in-house refurbishment lab. In FY25 it had sold 15,000 devices across its omni-channel network with ₹26 crore in revenue. It partners with over 15 suppliers including Flipkart, Croma, Reliance Digital, Sangeetha Mobiles and Apple premium resellers. Products undergo 60 quality checks and come with a six month warranty. Pre-Series A of an undisclosed amount from Japanese VC ICMG. The company raised a ₹16CR round in Sep 2025 from Equentis, The Chennai Angels, Lead Invest (a mix of equity and debt, and either a seed extension round or Pre-Series A following its seed round in April 2025 from India Accelerator. Founded in Oct 2018, Gurugram based. Founders: CEO Shrey (MDI, Gurgaon '16) was previously a business manager at iQor for a year, before which he was at Punj Lloyd Limited for three years. Nitin (MDI Gurgaon '18) was previously at Nokia as a NPO Specialist for a year, before which he was a senior network engineer at Ericsson for four years.

AAA game studio building its flagship title, eCricket, which is slated for release on mobile this year. The game will feature tactical batting and bowling systems, physics-driven gameplay (i.e. real time simulation of physical laws in the real world), AI commentary, and broadcast-style presentation. It has secured global player roster rights for over 600 professional cricketers, including Chris Gayle, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson, Pat Cummins, Jos Buttler, Travis Head, and Andre Russell. It is also building Escape.ai, a creator marketplace and distribution platform. $11M Pre-Series A led by Blume, V3 Ventures, MIXI, Times Internet. The round also saw participation from Indian cricketers including MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Tilak Varma, Sai Sudharsan, and Hardik Pandya. It last raised an $8.5M seed round in Apr 2024 led by Blume, along with MIXI and Gemba. Founded in 2024, Bengaluru based. Founders: CEO Karan was previously CMO at Unacademy for a year, before which he was the head of brand marketing at Xiaomi India for four years. CPTO Anurag (Jaypee Institute of Information Technology '05) was the CTO of LivingCities for a year, before which he was at Improbable for four years. CPO Tina (XLRI Jamshedpur '07) was previously at Unacademy for three years, before which she was at Tencent Games as the HR head for India for two years.