Re-commerce startup building a full-stack platform for refurbished consumer electronics. The company sources, repairs and resells premium devices, primarily Apple iPhones, MacBooks and iPads, offering quality-checked, warranty-backed products at lower price points. With its own large refurbishment facility and a growing online-plus-offline retail footprint across India, Grest is positioning refurbished electronics as a reliable, mainstream alternative while pushing a more circular, lower-waste model for consumer tech. ₹16CR in a growth round led by Equentis Wealth, along with JIIF, The Chennai Angels, India Accelerator, Lead Invest, 8i Ventures. Seed round of an undisclosed amount led by India Accelerator in April 2025. Founded in Oct 2018, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Shrey is ex-L&T and Punjj Lloyd; COO Nitin is a former telecoms engineer (ZTE, Nokia Siemens, Ericsson). Comps: Cashify (selling all brands) did ₹935CR (~$100M) of revenue in FY24.

D2C travel accessories with a multi-brand approach, including a line of suitcases sold under Hritihik Roshan's HRX brand. Travel products include luggage, backpacks, neck pillows and passport covers. Currently at ₹300CR annualised revenue, with 200K pieces of luggage sold every month and 600-700K customers served so far. Sold through marketplaces, D2C and through a growing offline network of 25 stores - the company plans to open 200 stores over the next few years. "“Everyone else is building brands. We’re building a platform. Like Decathlon for sports or Lenskart for eyewear, we want to solve for every travel need, across price points and geographies.” $25M Series A led by Jungle Ventures. $5M seed round from First Cheque at Jungle Ventures and Fireside Ventures in July 2025. Angels in the seed round: Revant Bhate (Mosoaic Wellness), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Harsh Shah (Fynd), Chirag Taneja (GoKwik), Ramakant Sharma (Livspace) and more. Founded in Feb 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Abhinav Pathak built Kalaari, Venture Highway and Prime backed Perpule, a cloud-based POS which was acquired by Amazon in 2021, before spending two years with Amazon; Abinav Zutshi is from Landmark Group, Trent and Big Bazaar.

Clean-label packaged food brand building healthier everyday snacks and sauces for kids and families. The company focuses on nutrient-dense products like roasted snacks and cooking sauces made without preservatives, artificial colours, or palm oil. Designed to boost protein and fibre without compromising on taste, it is a better-for-you alternative to junk food. $5M in a Series A round led by Fireside Ventures and Sharrp Ventures, along with Sring Marketing Capital and Veltis Capital. All four participated in the Pre-Series A round of ₹20CR in May 2025. The seed round was in 2023. Founded in Oct 2021, Gurgaon based. Founders: Mansi (IIM Bangalore) spent close to a decade at Bain & Company; Aditya (SMU, as well as IIM Bangalore) is a product guy from Zomato, Hike, Limeroad. He built Super School, an interactive learning app, for five years.

EV infrastructure and financing platform focused on India’s 3-wheeler segment. It operates a battery-as-a-service network with swap stations that let drivers replace depleted batteries in minutes, cutting downtime and range anxiety. Alongside infrastructure, Chargeup also enables leasing and financing to lower upfront EV costs. The company aims to make EV ownership simpler, more reliable, and more profitable for commercial drivers - 10K of whom are on the platform. ₹22CR funding (undeclared, eitha Pre-Series A or Series A) backed by IAN Group, along with Capital-A and Anicut Capital. The last round was a $7M Pre-Series A1 in Nov 2022, led by Capital-A and Anicut. Founded in Feb 2019, Delhi based. Founders: CEO Varun was previously the CEO at Atlanta Energy (clean energy products/EPC); Chief Digital Officer Satish is ex-Meta and Vodafone (five years each) and was the CTO for Global Enteprise at Reliance Communications

Real innovation in sustainable packaging solutions. Seaweed is sourced from villages and converted into clear thin films (to produce bags and wrappers); coatings (to ensure food preservation in food takeout/delivery packaging); and to produce wood-free paper (used for clothes tags, cartons and bakery boxes). Supplies primarily to Europe and GCC countries. ₹5CR Pre-Series A round co-led by 3one4 Capital and Rainmatter, along with 1Crowd, LNB Group and 7th Gen. Rainmatter led the ₹20CR seed round in Jan 2025, at which time they also received a $100K grant from the Peak XV Spark Fellowship Programme. Founded in Jan 2020, Mumbai based. Founder Neha is ex-Google (5 years at Google Analytics) and founded Fly by Knight (on demand delivery for Mumbai between '12-'15).

Conversational AI startup helping businesses automate voice calls at scale. The platform lets companies deploy multilingual AI voice agents that handle inbound and outbound calls across use cases like collections, customer support, logistics coordination, healthcare appointments, HR screening, and more. It powers more than 1.5M customer conversations a month, 77% of which are fully automated. 20 enterprise customers across India, the US, Saudi Arabia, including CRED, PharmEasy, Shiprocket, Flipkart, Shell. $5.5M in a Series A round led by Arkam Ventures, along with Groww Founder Fund, Kunal Shah, White Venture Capital and existing investor Capital2B who led the $1M seed in May 2025. Founded in Oct 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Siddharth (BITS Pilani '19) was previously a PM at Groww and Flipkart; Utkarsh (VIT '19) previously worked in data science at Blinkit and Atlan; Kali (IIT Hyderaad) is also ex-Flipkart. Siddharth and Kali built FlyWheel together (slack superbot for community management).

Kitchenware brand that launched in 2025 with a range of enamel cast iron products - pots and pans, tawas and kitchen tools. This is a premium brand, priced at ₹4,999 for a small pan. The product portfolio was expected to expand to 80+ products by end 2025 (at the time the seed round was announced). $5M Pre-Series A round led by Fireside along with Huddle, who were in the $1.5M seed round in Aug 2025. Alteria Capital joins this round. Founders: Niharika (ISB) was the Head of B2B Growth for Workplace at Meta and VP for B2B Sales at Noise; Udit (also ISB) is from Monitor Deloitte, EY-Parthenon, Zomato (Head of Growth and Partnerships) and Mastercard (Director - Growth). Comps: Indus Valley (DSG), Palette Brands (Rockstud Capital), incumbents Le Creuset and KitchenAid.

Performance analysis for football clubs and youth academies. Uses AI/ML upon video feeds to track every event on the field. This automates the traditionally time-consuming manual data collection process, providing valuable insights into player and team performance. Works with elite clubs from around the world - AFC Ajax from the Eredivisie (league in the Netherlands) and Rayo Vallecano from La Liga (Spain). $1.5 million in a Pre-Series A round led by Rainmatter, along with SucSEED Innovation Fund and Misfits Capital. $500K seed round in Feb 2025. Bengaluru based, NIT Durgapur grads. CEO Sayak was previously a business analyst at Energy Plus; CTO Jeet was an engineer at WorkIndia and CashRich.

Community-led travel company that designs and runs group trips for young, experience-seeking travellers. The brand focuses on curated, offbeat journeys across India and overseas, covering everything from road trips and treks to custom group and corporate travel. It has bootstrapped its way to a ₹100CR gross revenue business. By managing the entire travel stack, from planning to on-ground execution, it is a social, hassle-free way for millennials and Gen Z to explore the world beyond typical tourist routes. ₹54CR / $5.9M Series A round led by DSG and Client Associates Alternate Fund. Founded in Jul 2018, Delhi based. The four founders are National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra grads, who had very brief stints after college before starting WanderOn.

Materials science-driven manufacturer of technical textiles and engineered fashion. The company functions as a cross-border Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), bringing together its in-house design lab and a global supply chain to innovate on and manufacture newly developed textiles for a range of industries beyond fashion (e.g. automative; housing; medical; protective clothing). $15M Series A funding round led by Fundamentum, with participation from South Korea based LB Investment and existing investors Lightspeed and BEENEXT, who led the $4.2M seed round in Feb 2025. Founded in Oct 2024, Bengaluru based. Founder Shreshtha, ex-ITC and Johnson & Johnson, was the Business Head for Textiles at Zetwerk.