M&A platform which helps originate the supply of deals using AI globally, i.e. its an M&A copilot. AI agents analyse a database of over 4M tech companies, helping enterprises, PE-owned companies and high growth startups to identify acquisition targets. According to the company, traditional platforms (e.g. PitchBook or D&B) aggregate data without the AI-led reasoning to find the right targets. It has supported 42 deals so far, as well as 210 LOI-stage discussions. $2.6M round. Founded in Jan 2020, Pune based. Founders: CEO Maneesh (IIT Kharagpur '91; NYU Stern '03) was MD at RuralShores (Lok Capital backed BPO employing rural workers) for eight years. He started his career at Citigroup; CBO Shalu (IIT Kharagpur '12; IIM Lucknow '16) led healthcare GTM at Vilgro. She is ex-MindTickle and Deloitte; CTO Amaresh (Shivaji Univ. '93) held VP Engineering/CTO roles at Accurics (cyber resilience); Qualitia Software (dev firm) and Palatable Technologies (his startup) after 16 years at Symantec.

Autonomous servicing infrastructure to provide ISAM (in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing) for satellites. RPOD, its servicing satellite, can approach and dock with other satellites in orbit, to drive refueling and hardware upgrades as well as inspect them at close range.This can extend satellite life by 6 years. $2M pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Eash Sundaram (Utpata Ventures; Intelsat board) and Arvind Lakshmikumar (Tonbo Imaging). Founded in Oct 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Jay (BITS Pilani) was at Pixxel for two years (Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer); CTO Nithyaa (RV College of Engineering) was an engineer at Trify EV (IoT solutions for charging stations); COO Hrishit (BITS Pilani) joined more recently from Pocket FM. Both Jay and Hrishit worked on Team Anant, an ongoing BITS project to develop nanosatellites. Comps: OrbitAID is developing refueling solutions ($1.5M round in Jan 2025 from Unicorn India Venturs and TANSIM).

Carbon credits platform building India's first completely digital MRV (Measurement, Reporting, Verification) platform that brings together IoT, machine learning and blockchain to issue carbon credits in real time. This enables smaller project developers (who typically give ~30% of their earnings to manual verification processes which end up taking 6-9 months) to use the platform, for projects across biochar, EV fleets, renewable energy, methane reduction, clean fuels and industrial decarbonisation. ₹4.25CR seed round, with a mix of equity and grants. Other investors/grant-makers in the round: VentureStudio Ahmedabad University, Ideashacks Investor Network, ACT Capital Foundation, Social Innovation Lab by Citi Bank–IIT Kanpur. Bangalore based, founded in Mar 2024. Founder & CEO Abhimanyu (Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology '15; National Law Univ. '20) was an EIR at Antler ('24) and Seedstars ('25). He built out venture studio build3 from '22 to '24, and co-founded facilities manager and business support services provider Sixth Sense Solutions & Services after college.

Coffee-focused QSR chain which operates seven compact outlets in Bangalore. Items are in the ₹100-150 price range, with 150-200 square foot outlets. The company has its own brewing facility, allowing it to operate without expensive espresso machines. Started out as BONOMI (cold brew coffee brand) in Jan 2020, pivoted to Drickle in Jun 2024. ₹6CR seed round. Angels in the round: Param Kandhari (Kandhari Group), Naresh Krishnaswamy (Curefit), Abhinav Mathur (Kaapi Machines), Hemanshu Jain (Khyaal, Vinay Bhopatkar (CCD), Vaibhav Sisinty (GrowthSchool), Dalvir Suri (Dunzo), Rishit Jhunjhunwala (Truecaller), Shaili Chopra (via Zee TV's Ideabaaz show). Prior funding: ₹5.3CR raised in April 2025, followed by ₹50L from Ideabaaz. Founders: Vardhman started BONOMI, prior to which he worked on ops at Kyt (kids community) and Uber (in BLR and Sri Lanka); co-founder Rahul (NMIMS) joined in 2024, from growth + strategy roles at Curefit,Ola and Swiggy. He is ex-IB at JPMorgan. Former BONOMI co-founder Armaan Reet has moved over to hospitality chain Byg Ventures.

Beauty and wellness services on demand in Bangalore. Trained professionals reach customers in ten minutes, for high frequency use cases such as quick blow-dries, head massages and pedicures. The platform manages the supply of professionals and provides them training in-house. $3.2M seed round. Angels in the round: Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Maninder Gulati (OYO), Abhinav Sinha (Kluisz), Sameer Brij Verma (Northpoint Capital), Abhishek Bansal (Shadowfax). Founded in Oct 2025, Bangalore based. Founder: CEO Komal (IIT Delhi '13; HBS '21) was a VP at Nexus prior to this. She started out at HUL (close to three years) followed by Grofers (a year) and OYO (two, including as Head of Ops in the UK); COO Ashish (IIT Kanpur '12) also started out at HUL (five years) followed by eight years at Oyo (most recently as SVP - Revenue Management and Global Distribution).

Quick commerce for home construction/renovation materials. Materials sourced from manufacturers or authorised dealers include paint, electrical and plumbing items, bathroom fittings and hardware, which are delivered within 60 minutes within Gurgaon to homeowners, contractors or service professionals. Ops launched in Sep 2025, now closing in on ₹1CR in annualised gross revenue (i.e. GMV). ₹2CR pre-seed round. Gurgaon based, founded in Aug 2025. Founders: Abhishek (IIT Delhi '21) was at Zomato for two years prior to this (generalist roles across Dining, District, CX) and is ex-Bain; Shaurya Goel (IIT Delhi dual degree '22) was a quant at high frequency trader Graviton Research Capital for close to four years; Shaurya Jindal (IIT Delhi '21) was at IQVIA (clinic research services) for a similar period.

AI-led personalised learning and skilling courses. With certified programs, the platform covers 200 in-demand skills including cybersecurity, HR, project management and AI roles. Users have seen placements into companies like Google, PhonePe, Novartis, Reliance Retail and Jio. Revenue scale undisclosed. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Formerly known as CareerNinja. Founded in May 2020, Mumbai based. Founders: Shronit (Veermata Jijibai Technological Institute '14) led sales and innovation for the real estate vertical at construction firm Bucon Engineers and Infrastructure for four years; Gargi (SPJIMR '16) was head of Product & Marketing at Sweet Dreams (a clothing brand) for five years.

Perfume brand, with a range of clean products free of toxins and additives. "India's 1st Clean Perfume". Products are priced between ₹1,000-5,000. Revenue scale undisclosed, 100K customers so far. $2.5M seed round, along with $0.5M towards exiting angels. Had previously raised $898K in funding led by IPV. Founded in Jan 2022, Mumbai based. Founders: Ankita was an architect for a decade prior to this; Akash started out as an advisor and joined full time in Oct 2024, prior to which he was VP Strategy & BD at Pharmeasy; actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu joined as co-founder and face of the brand in 2024 (she has 38M IG followers). The origins of the brand go back 35 years to Sumi Thadani, Ankita's mother, who began making aromatherapy products in 1996, sold as 24 Carat Remedies.

Cross border supply chain enablement platform. $4M seed round. Other investors in the round: Rohan Bajaj's Syndicate, Nandan Capital (Nandan Growth Fund), angel investors including Saurabh Deep Singla (ex UpGrad), Sumit Jalan (UBS), Amit Tyagi (iServeU), Nitin Sethi. Delhi based, founded in Feb 2024. Founders: CEO Dibyanshu (Calcutta Univ. '12) was at Ecom Express for seven years (National Sales Manager); COO Utkarsh (Delhi Univ. '14) is the founder of Morpheus Services (industry unknown), and was at Sky Ocean Logistics for six years (National Operations Manager for a freight forwarder);Chief Customs Officer Vineet built Sapphire Exim Services over 20 years; the fourth founder who is not linked here, Shobhit Singh (IIT Roorkee '12, ISB '20), manages Product and Tech, and was Co-Founder & CPTO of uniQin.ai (ad optimization). He is ex MMT, Amazon and Quikr.

Manufacturer of flight-critical aerospace components that continue to be largely imported into India. These are components which feed directly into aircraft flight management and control systems (actuators, vibration isolation systems and more). Its customers include HAL's helicopter division, GMR and GE. Revenue scale undisclosed. ₹18CR seed round. Part of MaXcel, the hardware and industrial technology accelerator run by Capital-A and SanchiConnect. Bangalore based, founded in June 2022. Founders: CEO Rama (IISc Master's in 2000, PhD in Additive Manufacturing '20) and COO Murali (National Institute of Technology Karnataka '04) were engineers at Honeywell for 19 years and 15 years respectively, in their aerospace division which is a key centre for Honeywell avionics solutions worldwide.