Private label produce (grains, pulses, spices, seeds and dry fruits) for small and medium kirana stores, which enables them to have their own private labels and compliant packaging, backed up by an efficient supply chain, logistics and intelligence. The company sources produce from the best farms, processes its at reputed factories, then undertakes QC, cleaning and sorting, packaging, labelling (for the brand or store) and delivery in 24 hours. $1.6M seed round. Founded in Sep 2022, Mumbai based. Founders: Bhavin (Podar College of Commerce and Economics; Welingkar Institute of Management) is a third generation wholesaler from Mumbai (Prasaar Foods and Shri Jayraj Foods), and a Partner at Wholescale (tech-enabled distributor for retail stores); co-founder Umang's family own a grocery store in Mumbai. Mentored by Hemendra Mathur (Bharat Innovation Fund/ThinkAg).

Tech-enabled retail omnichannel partner helping global fashion and lifestyle brands enter and scale in India through market-entry strategy, eCommerce, merchandising and supply chain support. $1.6M pre-seed round. Will focus on onboarding its first brand partners, and building out its tech and operational infrastructure. Founded in Mar 2026, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Rajesh (Univ. of Bombay '94) spent over 15 years at Arvind Mills (most recently as CEO of Global Sourcing Solutions), was Co-Founder & CPO at FREECULTR, followed by ~six years at Myntra Jabong (VP for the marketplace and omni business) and two years as CMO at Ajio; COO Louis (Maastricht University '13) was at H&M for 11 years, including as CFO for India and South Korea, and is a board advisor at Grape Town (AI and peer-led fashion recommendations).

Agentic AI driven financial operations platform for CFO teams, that automates AP, AR and treasury workflows in mid market companies. Early pilots are demonstrating lower FX costs, improved cash flows and faster settlement times. $2M round led by Endiya. Founded in Dec 2025, Hyderabad and Seattle based. Founders: CEO Prudhvi (BITS Pilani '13; University of Cincinnati '16) started out with engineering roles at Tejas Networks and Intel, before stints at CrowdStrike and Confluent; co-founder Sankalp (BITS Pilani '14; Columbia '15; Harvard MBA '20) was an R&D Engineer at Bloomberg in NY and Engagement Manager at consulting firm Keystone AI in Boston.

AI-powered, video-first learning platform for competitive nursing entrance exams undertaken by close to a million nurses in India each year, for highly paid roles here and around the world. The company replaces rote learning in offline centres, PDFs and recorded lectures with an AI mentor, 1,400 hours of exam-aligned content, mock exams and individual performance tracking to drive superior exam results. This allows nurses to get access to government jobs and global placements which pay ₹1–5 lakhs per month, i.e. up to 10x entry-level private sector roles in india. 100K nurses have used the platform within 10 months of launch. India is the world's largest supplier of healthcare workers along with facing an increasing shortage at skilled professionals at home. $1.5M seed round led by Lumikai, the third in the interactive learning space after Supernova (AI tutor for spoken English) and Vobble (interactive AI-first audio platform for kids). Jodhpur based. The founders, Prince, Utkarsh and Gourav, are doctors who started NPrep while completing their MBBS at AIIMS Jodhpur.

Business intelligence startup which is building an AI SuperAnalyst, which turns raw ERP, CRM and spreadsheet data into finished reports, presentations and models which teams can trust, with every number being fully traceable. The company is opening its waitlist with this round. Designed to be used across every business function in the org - finance, compliance, ops, sales and marketing and more. $5M (~₹46CR) seed round led by Together Fund. Founded in July 2025, BLR/SF based. Founders: CEO Pavan and CTO Prashant built enterprise product discovery platform Unbxd over 15 years, from 2010-2025. It was acquired by Netcore in 2022 for c. $100M.

Climate resistant bovine genetics startup which operates two products, Pashu AI, for comprehensive livestock health monitoring, diversity tracking and farm management; and Bharat Pashudhan, an IoT device also for health monitoring and herd management in real time. Pashu AI analyzes cattle date (e.g. milk yield, fertility cycles) to recommend the best breeding pairs to improve genetics of the herd. Bharat Pashudhan ensures only healthy animaals are used for breeding. All this drives up milk yields and farmers incomes while bringing down disease incidence. Aiming for ₹100CR in FY26 revenue, with over 600K farmers served till date. $3M seed round. Other investors in the round: Alok Soni (Mud House Capital), a-IDEA NAARM (incubator at the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management). Founded in Jan 2020, Jaipur based. Founders: CEO Manish (FIED IIM Kashipur) is founder of the Indigenous Economic Forum (IEF) and first started out Verdant Impact as Animal ICU after suddenly losing all nine of his buffaloes for reasons the local vets couldn't identify; CFO Maya (Sambhar College, Jaipur '04; FIED IIM Kashipur '22) was Joint CEO at LabourGrid, Craft Mandi and Payment Ink.

QSR platform which operates 12 multi-brand food courts in Gurgaon and Jaipur, each of which have six cuisines/six distinct in-house brands on offer - Sattva, Everyday 9, Wichwich, White Bowl, Wakingo and Coldplay. The platform combines dine-in, delivery and subscriptions. 500K orders delivered to over 150K customers till date. Looking to reach 50 outlets and ₹55CR in revenue by 2028. ₹12.25CR angel round (equity + WC) from Shivam Mishra (founder of String Ventures). Founded in Jan 2021, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Ankur (Amity '08) and co-founder Abhishek (Nagpur Univ. '05) are engineers by background and co-founders at IT orchestration and cloud management platform Flint for six years, before it was acquired by Freshworks in 2020; co-founder Rajeev (Univ. of Rajasthan '05) was transmission manager at Nokia for a decade. Ankur's mother Anjana is also a director of the company. The three founders set up Ripplewalk, a venture studio for restaurants, where. Pink Adrak was incubated.

AI-led preventive healthcare platform which uses MRI, CT and biomarkers to detect 300+ conditions early. Operating on a direct to consumer model, It has completed 1,500+ scans and is at about $2M in annualised revenue. $5M seed round from OneFlow Holdings (co-founder Shahsank's family office) and South Park Commons. Founded in Feb 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Shashank (NIT Karnataka '09) was Co-Founder & CEO of Practo; co-founder Arpit (BITS Pilani '10; IIM Indore '15) started out at Morgan Stanley (technology manager), was VP of Products and Business at Belong and Head of Product at Lenskart; co-founder Anshul (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology '07; IIM Kozhikode '11) headed marketing at BlueStone, UpGrad, LBB, before 5 years at Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer at Ola, and Head of Product Strategy and Planning at Ola Electric.

Fresh-staples brand delivering freshly milled atta and grains using traditional stone grinding techniques. Products are nutritionally different to conventional packaged flours, with atta that is 60% higher in protein, 40% higher in fibre and 40% lower in carbs compared to leading brands in the market. Currently available in BLR with its own manufacturing setup, with 300 orders a day via its website, whatsapp (15 groups drive traffic) and quick commerce. Launching soon in Delhi and Hyderabad. The company has also disclosed its CaC, at ₹200 today vs. ₹400 when they launched earlier in the year, and GMV at ₹40 lakhs estimated for this March. ₹2CR pre-seed round from angels including Dr. Vikas Katoch (Adomantra), Sumit Maheshwari (Odessa Technologies), Shashikant Shenoy (Uniqus Consultech). Founded in Jan 2026, Bangalore based. Founders: Ashish (Punjab Technical Univ. '08; IILM '11) was CMO at Narayana Health and Head of Marketing at Medibuddy; Avinash (Univ. of Calcutta '04) was Head of Finance at both Odessa (software for leasing businesses) and WorkIndia, and was a finance director at Ola; Mohsin (Doctor Bhim Rao Ambedkar University '17) was an associate director of finance at WorkIndia, senior finance manager at Ola and briefly the Co-Founder of Shoecart.

AI customer-engagement automation platform for enterprises which integrates marketing, support and sales workflows in order to optimize CaC-LTV. Has served 150+ enterprise clients, grew revenue 450% YoY over the last two years, and claims to have generated ₹500CR in additional revenue for customers through retention automation. ₹8CR seed round. Other investors in the round include LetsVenture, VCMint, Invention Engine, and angels Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures), Anand Shahani (WedMeGood), Vivek Mathur (ex-Elevation), Ajeet Khurana (Reflexical), Nitin Verma (InstAstro). Founded in Oct 2021, Bangalore based. Founders: Nishant (VIT '14; ISB '18) started out as an engineer at Cisco and was a product manager at Razorpay, Lenskart, HolidayIQ; Avinash (also VIT '14; XLRI '16) is from Darwinbox (enterprise accounts), ADPL, Coforge; Priam (VIT '21) was the founder of dev firm Rapca Infotech.