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).

AI-native care coordination software for US physician groups, hospitals, and senior care facilities. Their platform combines a software system with a remote clinical team (nurses/care staff based outside the US) who handle patient check-ins, follow-ups, and monitoring for patients who need ongoing attention. The company currently serves a pipeline of 400+ facilities, including multiple physician groups. $6M round with new investors A.P.T. Research and Momentum Capital, alongside existing investors Enzia Ventures and Sparrow Capital. Founded in Oct 2021, Bengaluru-based. Chaitanya (IIM Ahmedabad '11) was CMO and Chief Digital Officer at Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, prior to which he founded Cureyo Health. He ie ex InMobi and Booz & Company. Prerna (IIM Indore '10) was Deputy VP at HDFC Bank, and spent 11 years at YES Bank. Harshvardhan (IIM Bangalore '15) co-founded Havstruck (logistics tech) in 2016, which was acquired by LoadShare in 2018 where he was VP of New Initiatives for three years. He started out as an Associate at Bain & Company. CTO Krishna (NMIMS, MBA '10) was General Manager- Products, Engineering & Tech at Cloudnine.

AI-native go-to-market intelligence platform built for companies selling to engineering and technical teams, capturing developer signals from GitHub and other sources to help sales, marketing, and RevOps teams identify and engage technical buyers. The company's Developer Knowledge Graph has grown to more than 100 million engineer profiles, powering AI agents used by 200+ companies including NVIDIA, LangChain, and ElevenLabs. $11.3M Series A led by Elevation Capital, with participation from existing investors Heavybit, IndiaQuotient, and Foster Ventures, and new investor Uncorrelated Ventures. Founded in 2023, HQs in Bengaluru and SF. Founders: Achintya (ISB '13) co-founded Phyllo (developer infra), and before that spent nearly a decade at Kuliza Technologies in senior roles, as CBO and Director of Sales. Gaurav (IIIT Allahabad, BTech '06) was VP of Engineering at Ninjacart, and before that co-founded Finvolv as CPTO. He is also ex-Kuliza Technologies. Piyush was Head of Business at Zolve, prior to which he was OYO and was a Principal at The Parthenon Group.

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.

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.

Rural commerce startup building India’s largest technology-led distribution network for fresh produce and grocery products across semi-urban and rural markets, operating a hybrid online-offline model where consumers can order through the app or purchase directly from branded electric three-wheelers operating in villages. They are powered by a zero-inventory, pitstop-based ‘flow-through’ supply chain that sources directly from farmers, routes through local hubs, and delivers within 24 hours of harvest, minimising food wastage while using AI-powered demand forecasting and real-time tracking. The company currently serves 500K households across 3,300+ villages, and operates an EV fleet covering 100,000km every day. ₹83CR Series A extension which has been raised in three tranches between March and June 2026. This is from Lightspeed India Partners and its related funds, Unimix LLC, Elevar Equity AIF, Anicut Capital's Grand Anicut Fund 3, and a group of individuals. Elevar has contributed ₹55CR of this amount. The company last raised a $15M (₹126.5CR) Series A2 round in 2024, led by Lightspeed along with Alteria Capital, Anicut Capital and its Founder & CEO Selvam. Founded in Apr 2022 with ops starting in Jan 2023, Chennai-based. Founders: CEO Selvam VMS (Sathyabama University '05; Purdue University, MBA '07) founded H&S Supply Chain Services (logistics provider combined with strategy/consulting for the space) in 2015. COO Senthil Kumar A (University of Madras, MBA '97) joined H&S as COO in 2020, prior to which he was National Head – Logistics at Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

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).

App-based D2C dairy and daily-essentials brand that delivers farm-fresh milk (A2 and conventional), dairy products, cold-pressed and wood-pressed oils, and household staples directly to consumers’ doorsteps. They source from hi-tech dairy farms, maintaining an end-to-end cold chain at 3°C from milking to delivery within 24–36 hours, backing quality with certified lab testing, a customer self-test kit, and daily lab reports accessible on the app. Fresh delivery currently operates across Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, Ambala, Karnal, and Meerut, and non-perishables (ghee, cold-pressed oils) are available pan-India. $1M in additional funding from existing lead investor Atomic Capital, following on $3M in a Series A co-led by Atomic Capital and Singularity Early Opportunities Fund in Nov 2024. Founded in Feb 2023, Delhi NCR based. CEO Aman J Jain (IIITH '12; IIM Bangalore, PGDM '14) was at OYO for 7 years (VP, M&A and Corporate Development; Head, Revenue and Growth). CTO Sanjay Jain (Maharshi Dayanand University '98) is software engineer who was a Senior Project Manager at IT services firm Infogain for eight years. No prior information on COO Ishu Jain and co-founder Sudhir Jain.

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 semiconductor startup building licensable GPU architecture and software IP for next-generation AI infrastructure. The company is developing a unified platform that combines GPUs, CPUs and tensor engines into a single architecture, enabling enterprises and governments to build custom AI chips at lower cost while reducing the complexity of AI hardware development. $35M Series A round led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Fudomo, with participation from MediaTek, AM Intelligence Labs, Pegatron Venture Capital, CDIB-TEN, Darwin Ventures, and Morgan Creek Digital. Founded in 2024, Campbell (California) based with an office in Hyderabad. Founder & CEO Raja (Andhra University '86, IIT Kharagpur) held key positions at Intle, including as Executive Vice President and Chief Architect, focusing on driving Intel’s high-performance computing and GPU efforts. He was also GM of the Radeon Technology Group at AMD, and Director of GPU Architecture at Apple.