Tracking Pre-Series A and Series A deals that close in India every week
Links out to the the websites of the startup and its investors, along with LinkedIn profiles of the founders and fundraising news.
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.
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 debt recovery platform, helping lenders improve collections and underserved borrowers unlock credit access. Works with over 40 banks and NBFCs across 10 states (now going to 15 with this round), with $6B in AUM. Automates constant communication with borrowers during the tenure of their loan along with customised payment links, sends digital notices, solves litigations online and provides a multi-lingual field collection app. Pre-Series A of an undisclosed amount led by Merak Ventures, along with UNLEASH Capital Partners and CDM Capital who invested $1.1M in the Aug 2025 seed round. Founded in Aug 2023, Gurgaon based. Founders: Balaji (IIT Roorkee '14) built the lending business at logistics platform WheelsEye and the co-lending product at SREI Infra Finance; Vijay (IIT Roorkee '15) was an EIR at WheelsEye, also working on the lending business. He is ex-ClearTax and BlackBuck (product roles).
Platform providing data and AI-led asset performance management for institutional investors, lenders and asset owners that own real and financial assets. The company provides a 360-degree view of portfolio performance across assets, helping improve visibility, governance and ultimately portfolio returns. Its key products include TruGenie, which manages under-construction real estate projects across sales, construction, cash flow and compliance, and TruGreen, which oversees renewable energy assets covering operations, finance and regulatory tracking. ₹20CR funding round led by Earth Fund. Founded in Jul 2020, Mumbai based. Founders: Vipul was Partner and Head of Capital Markets and Group Treasury at Piramal Capital and Housing Finance, MD at Goldman Sachs, and Director at DSP Merill Lynch; Nandkumar was MD & CEO of JP Morgan Asset Management in India (12 years); Srickant (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University '04; IIM Indore '06) was Principal at the Corporate Finance Group at Piramal Capital and VP for PE Syndication at IDFC Capital.
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.
AI driven student platform helping college students transition from campus to careers. The company connects students, especially from Tier II and III cities, with recruiters for internships and entry-level roles, while also offering upskilling programs, mentorship and interview prep tools. It has enabled over 30K placements, internships and gigs, partners with 1,500 colleges and has a user base of 6.5M. $850K Pre-Series A. Angels in the round: Vipul Prakash (wowJobs); Sandeep Johri (Checkmarx). Founded in May 2022, Pune based. Founders: CEO Saurabh (College of Engineering Pune '19) co-founded EventBeep Entertainment (events ticketing and precursor to Beep) while in college; COO Rakhi (MKSSS Cummins '19) also co-founded EventBeep; CTO Yogesh (Jaipur Enginering College - JECRC) founded Kartlify (online store builder) and Tej.Life (ERP), and was technical lead at ThoughtSpot.