Enterprise software provider using an AI-first approach to modernise core business systems as an alternative to consulting-led digital transformation. It adds an intelligence layer on top of ERPs and CRMs, helping companies automate workflows, analyse data in real time and unify information across departments. Current traction/customers unknown. $3.5 million Pre-Series A round. Founded in Nov 2023, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Rajiv was the Managing Director of Reddington Group and CEO of Indian Energy Exchange. He spent almost two decades at HP; CRO Rajesh serves as an independent director at Xerox India and is the founder of Scalorg (a GTM accelerator). He was SVP of Global Alliances at Dell, where he spent a decade; COO Rajnish was previously VPand Head of India and the Subcontinent in Zebra Techonologies and also spent two decades at HP; CTO Ankur was VP of Operations at Mode Mobile and spent almost seven years at Intel.

Credit-tech startup building an AI-led underwriting and intelligence layer for secured lending products such as home loans, LAP (loan against property) and MSME credit. It digitises and standardises property diligence for lenders - helping banks and NBFCs speed up loan origination, ensure compliance, and monitor portfolios more efficiently. ₹6 crore Pre-Series A round led by GrowthCap Ventures. Angels in the round: Navin Kukreja and Gaurav Aggarwal (Paisabazaar), Prasanna Rao (Arya.ag) and others. Founded in Jan 2022, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Nagachethan was previously the head of housing business operations at Navi and product head at Vistaar; CTO Byom was previously a Senior NLP Engineer at ConcertAI and comes from DataWeave.

YC Winter 2021. An AI-led insurtech company modernising how commercial insurance is underwritten. Its flagship offering, “CURE” (Centralised Underwriting Risk Environment), brings all the key undewriting steps - collecting submissions, reading documents, doing research, scoring risk and managing workflows - into one system, helping underwriters work faster (by up to 85%) and make more accurate decisions. $7M Series A round led by Stellaris Venture Partners. The company is SF and Bengaluru based. Founded in Apr 2020. Founder and CEO Akash Agarwal (IIT Roorkee), previously worked at Playment (data labelling infra) as a project manager.

Noida-based AI research startup building multilingual LLMS and enterprise AI tools for businesses in India and other emerging markets - for example,it combines natural language search and data from 700M professionals to drive lead generation and talent acquisition for its clients. The goal is to "democratize artificial intelligence for the next 3 billion users in emerging markets". $10M Series A round. Other investors in the round: Korea Development Bank Capital, Daekyo Investment, and DS & Partners. Founded in 2018, the company started out as McKinley & Rice, an IT and HR cross-border outsourcing firm. Founders: CEO Felix was an attorney in Korea.

AI led FinOps automation platform that helps finance teams with AI-led insights across finance functions - accounting, treasury and MIS reporting. This drives down reconcilation times and time taken to close books by up to 80%. No information on current customers. Founded in 2021, Hyderabad based. $7.35M Series A round led by Valorshield (no information available on this investor). The three founders are from Open, the neobank - CEO Satya was SVP and Division Head - Contexual Banking; CBO Nilotpal was VP of Sales.; Raghavendra was VP & Business Head of Lending & Wealth. Prior to this, the three worked together at Optobizz (founded by Satya), a GST and financial automation platform, which was acquired by Open in 2021 for $5M in cash+stock.

Live-one-to-one edtech platform for children aged 5-17 that offers coding, math, science, English and SAT courses online. The startup uses AI-driven personalisation and globally distributed educators to teach over 25,000 students across 15 countries, and claims to have strong completion and renewal metrics (metrics unknown). $5M Series A. Founders: CEO Shailendra (IIT Delhi) was a product manager at Next Education (smart class solutions); COO Rupika (also IIT Delhi) was an Assistant Manager at Flipkart.

Logistics SaaS platform utilising deep-tech to reinvent supply-chain operations for sectors such as FMCG, manufacturing and e-commerce. The company offers an AI-powered Warehouse Management System (WMS) and a Transportation Management System (TMS) designed for high-volume, regulated enterprise logistics environments, which enables enterprises to replace manual routing with real-time, autonomous decision-making. Clients include Walmart, Dabur, Godrej, Marico. $4M Series A. Founders: CEO Venktesh Kumar had previously worked as Head of Supply Chain at ITC; Sabyasachi Bhattacharjee had earlier been a Software Developer at Quantum Phinance Pvt Ltd; Shanmukha Boora had formerly co-founded Afferent Technologies and worked as a Software Developer at Quantum Phinance; Nitin Mamodia had prior experience at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

SaaS platform building customer-support with voice-first, emotionally-aware agents. The company’s platform is designed for online ordering/e-commerce companies (used by Doordash) and regulated industries like finance, telecommunications and healthcare and enables large companies to deploy AI agents that reason in real time, recall context, and reduce reliance on traditional call-centres, while handling complex policy logic at scale. $61M Series A round. Founded in Jul 2023, SF based. Founders started straight out of IIT Kharagpur: CEO Varun declined a Stanford PhD and a quant trading job to build this, while CTO Esha turned down a systems-engineering offer at a high-frequency-trading firm.

Enmovil is a supply chain platform powering smarter logistics. The software plugs into existing ERP systems to forecast demand, plan dispatches, and track shipments across trucks, warehouses, and ports. Used by players like Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Nestlé, Enmovil says it can cut delays and boost overall efficiency by up to 5x. $6M Series A round led by Sorin Investments, with participation from Capria Ventures and Twynam. Co-founder and CEO Ravi Bulusu drives the company’s strategic vision and product roadmap. Co-founder Nanda Kishore, along with Co-founder Venkat Moganty, shape its engineering and operational execution.

TurboHire is a Hyderabad-based Saas startup that helps large companies automate their hiring process. It uses its in-house smart AI technology to speed up and simplify everything from walk-in interviews to senior-level hiring. The platform connects smoothly with popular HR tools like SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, and Workday, so companies don’t need to change their existing systems. Over 120 big companies, including Cipla, Tata Motors, PwC, Lenskart, Britannia, RPG Group, and Ola use TurboHire to cut down on manual work, speed up hiring, and make better decisions using tools like AI, natural language processing, and data analytics. $6M Series A round led by IvyCap Ventures.