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Operates an integrated network of clinics and salons, including hair, skin, spa treatments (i.e. salon services), and clinical procedures like laser hair reduction, dermal fillers, and CoolSculpting (a non-surgical fat-freezing treatment) across 10 cities. The company currently operates 67 outlets (33 clinics and 34 salons). The company's last recoreded revenue was ₹135CR in FY25, up from ₹98CR in FY24. FY26 revenues are not yet announced. ₹120CR (~$12.7M) Series A led by Singularity AMC, the company’s first major funding round in nearly nine years. The company last raised ₹18CR in 2017. Founded in 1997, Bengaluru-based. Founder Manjul Gupta trained at Shahnaz Husain’s beauty academy before starting Bodycraft from her home in Bengaluru in the late 1990s, opening her first commercial salon in Frazer Town, Bangalore in 1999. Medical Director Dr. Mikki Singh heads the company’s clinical aesthetics business.
AI-native marketing platform that brings together strategy, creative, decisioning, and data agents to help marketing teams move from manual campaign execution to fully autonomous, AI-driven marketing. A unified system understands user context, generates campaigns, and continuously learns from results. The platform currently processes over 600 marketing decisions per month for clients including Coursera, ClickUp, Figma, Pinterest, and Etsy, with the platform helping to drive over $100M in customer revenue in the last year. $17M Series A led by Base10, with participation from YC and Peak XV Partners. Founded in 2024, San Francisco-based. Founders: Neha (NUS and UC Irvine undergrad; UC Berkeley, Masters in Machine Learning & AI) was an engineer at Goldman Sachs, spent four years at Twitter in growth and product roles, and was briefly the Head of Product, Growth & Retention at Pinterest (eight months) before co-founding JustAI. She co-founded InstaDev (formerly CityStructure), a deal origination platform for private real estate lenders. Jeff (Stanford University, BS Computer Science & Philosophy ’18) was a machine learning engineer at Mercari (18 months) and Twitter (three 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.
Bringing AI to tender management. Bid management platform that helps infrastructure, construction, and energy enterprises find, analyse, and bid on tenders with greater speed and confidence. Its AI evaluates tender documents, identifies commercial and compliance risks, improves bid qualification, and accelerates Go/No-Go decisions, reducing what is typically a manual, document-heavy process. Has analysed over 1 million tenders as part of its training dataset, and is used by the top 30% of India's largest infrastructure companies. $3.1M pre-Series A led by Chiratae Ventures, with participation from Titan Capital Winners Fund. Titan led the ₹5.1CR seed round in May 2025. Founded in 2024, Bengaluru-based. Founders: Sayan (IIEST Shibpur '19; XLRI Jamshedpur MBA '21) was Brand Manager at ITC Limited for a year and co-founded UltraPawz (Fitbit for pets) for a year. Isha (NSIT '18; XLRI Jamshedpur, MBA '22) was a Product Manager at Microsoft for a year and co-founded Ultrapawz. Tanmay (IIT Delhi '24) was CTO at Blozum (conversion optimization for WhatsApp) for a year.
Mental health platform offering therapy, counselling, and wellness solutions for individuals and enterprises, operating an omnichannel model that combines digital access with 20+ physical centres across Bengaluru, Delhi, Noida, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Lucknow. Has delivered over 35,000 therapy sessions across 40+ cities, serving 200+ clients. In July 2025, acquired US-based mental wellbeing startup Being Cares Inc to strengthen its AI-driven child behavioural development ecosystem. ₹2.77CR bridge round from existing investor Rainmatter, and India Foundation Fund. The company last raised a $2.5M Pre-Series A led by RPSG Ventures in Sep 2024. Founded in 2021, Gurugram-based. Founders: CEO Dr. Krishna (IIT Delhi, BTech Chemical Engineering '03, MTech Process Engineering '03; University of California Riverside, PhD '07; IIMA '12) was a Regional General Manager at Uber for nearly four years and President & Head of Marketplaces at Droom for a year before co-founding Lissun. Tarun (Himachal Pradesh University '04; ISB '10) was VP of the Leisure Business at OYO for three years and Head Driver Operations at Uber for three years.
AI-powered business operating system that helps companies automate critical workflows across operations, sales, workforce management, and inventory, bringing together task tracking, sales tracking, attendance, and reporting into a single platform. Its AI assistant, Tavi, predicts upcoming tasks, verifies completed work against requirements, scores sales opportunities, and recommends next steps to speed up execution. Serves over 1,800 businesses across 25 countries. ₹6CR Pre-Series A led by a UAE-based family office (advised by Bestvantage Investments), with participation from Pontaq, Shubhan Ventures, Candle Advisors. Founded in 2021, Bengaluru-based. Founders: Neha (NIFT Delhi, FDIT Fashion and Information Technology '03) was the owner of IT services firm Script Technology for over 15 years, along with husband Rishab (Iowa State University '05; University of Massachusetts Amherst, MBA '10).
Industrial AI transformation platform delivering VR-based training and real-time AI-powered field guidance for frontline and non-desk workers, through immersive VR modules, smart glasses, and mobile applications. Its AI engine converts existing documents into VR training modules, cutting development time significantly, while also helping workers identify unsafe conditions and reducing manual inspection and paperwork on the job. Has trained over 5,00,000 users across North America, Europe, the GCC, and India in companies including Amazon, Shell, ADNOC, ExxonMobil, Bosch, and NTPC. The company has crossed $8M in annualised revenue within 12 months of its global roll-out. $2.4M round co-led by Singularity AMC's Large Value Fund III and Early Opportunities Fund, along with existing investor Lumikai. Founded in 2016, Bengaluru-based. Founders: Ashwin (BITS Pilani '15) was an Apps Dev Programmer at Citi for a year before co-founding AutoVRse. Adarsh (RV College of Engineering '14) was an Application Engineer at Fybr for a year.
Green chemical propulsion systems for the global small satellite market, offering an indigenous, non-toxic alternative to conventional satellite thrusters. Its flagship CUBEHOOD module is a plug-and-play propulsion system, designed for safer and more sustainable space missions. Incubated at IIT Kanpur, with an active contract with ISRO for technical support on its first in-orbit demonstration mission planned for 2026. ₹10CR pre-Series A round led by 247VC and Campus Angels Network, with participation from Chandigarh Angels Network and other angel investors. Founded in 2022, Chennai-based. Founders: Hari Krishnan KJ (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, PhD Aerospace; Hindustan University, BTech Aerospace Engineering '21)- no previous work experience available. Rogith (IIT Kanpur; Hindustan University, Bachelor's Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering '21) did a 2-month internship at MLR Institute of Technology in 3D modelling and flight simulation before co-founding Dream Aerospace.
Bean-to-bar craft chocolate brand built around Indian-grown cacao, working with 250+ cacao farmers in Andhra Pradesh and operating one of the country's largest cacao fermentation facilities. Offers experiential retail formats including its flagship Manam Chocolate Karkhana in Hyderabad, a beverage bar in Knowledge City, and a recently launched outlet in New Delhi, alongside D2C sales across India. Aiming to grow revenue from ₹53CR to ₹260CR; plans to expand into the Delhi-NCR region over the next 12 months, with Mumbai and Bengaluru in later phases. $9M Series A led by Omnivore, with participation from the Turner Morrison consortium. Founded in 2021, Hyderabad-based. Founders: Chaitanya (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Bachelor of Commerce '14) has been CEO of Almond House, his family's well-known Hyderabad mithai chain, for over 12 years before founding Manam Chocolate.