Robotics for the retail industry. Its flagship product, RobAd, is an in-store marketing device designed for in-store promotions in supermarkets for CPG brands, and for retailers. Used by over twenty brands incuding Britannia. ₹1CR seed round. Founded in Oct 2020, Thrissur based. Founders: CEO Christo Varghese (APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University '20) started out of college; CTO Rahul VIncent (also APJ '20) joined after a year as Quality Assurance Engineer at Wipro; Christo Kollannur (Jyothi Engineering College '20) started out of college; Bonsto (APJ '20) joined after a year as Mechanical Design Engineer at Packmen Machineries.

Natural sweeteners which are zero-calorie, zero-sugar and zero-glycemic (gylcemic index of 0). While several sugar substitutes exist in the market, many contain artificial ingredients or have a bitter aftertaste. At ₹1.7CR in lifetime revenue and 15,000 orders, a year after launch. Revenue increased from ₹8L to ₹5)l a month following the launch of its sweetener drop in March 2026. ₹1.7CR pre-seed round, from Rebalance and investors associated with IAN Angel Fund. The company announced a ₹70L raised this May 2026, led by IAN Angel Fund, with the participation of Udaan Angel Partners. The balance ₹1CR came in June 2026, from Rebalance. Founded in Mar 2025, Delhi based. Founders: CEO Manvi (Delhi Univ. BSc in Food & Nutrition '16; Amity University MSc in Food & Nutrition '18) is a clinical nutritionist with 12 years of experience across 11,000+ patients. She was a subject matter expert at Breathe Well-being for four years; CBO Sheen (Sri Venkateswara College '22) was a senior content writer at Univest (brokerage platform).

Distributed battery storage and intelligence platform. The company installs modular, rechargeable LFP battery (Lithium Iron Phosphate) systems directly at the point of consumption of commercial and industrial customers, while retaining operational dispatch control, turning each installation into a networked asset that aggregate into Virtual Power Plants capable of providing grid-balancing services at scale. This reduces diesel dependence for customers, reduces backup energy costs and provides a payback period that makes the asset debt-worthy. Renewables today are heavily under-utilized, accounting for 43% of installed capacity, yet responsible for only 22% of generation. $1.5M pre-seed round led by Theia Ventures, with the participation of Rainmatter, Momentum Capital, Social Alpha. Founded in Oct 2025, Noida based. Founders: Mudit (Delhi Univ. '05; MIT '07) worked in the World Bank's energy practice, Niti Aayog and more recently at Blume (as VP), and Social Alpha (as an energy advisor); Abhijeet (APJ Abdul Kalam Technological Univ. '12; XIM Bubaneswar '15) was at PWC, before joining impact advisory firm Xynteo.

Soon to launch AI-native EdTech platform for K-12 students and competitive exam prep including JEE and NEET. The company's AI companion will understand a student's level and adapts teaching in real time. ₹30CR (~$3.2M) pre-seed round led by BEENEXT, along with Eximius and Antler. Founded in April 2026, Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Ravneet (IIT Hyderabad '14) was Director of Technology at Vedantu (~four years) before co-founding FC.ONE, automating back office tasks for sports businesses, clubs and academies.

Advisory platform for homebuyers, which brings together data-driven insights and experts to help buyers shortlist, evaluate and negotiate residential purchases. Properties are evaluated keeping over 80 factors in mind, including builder credibility, construction quality, livability, project efficiency and appreciation potential. $2M seed round led by Athera, along with Sparrow and real estate developer Vakil Group. Previously raised $600K from angels and Vakil Group. Founded in Mar 2022, based in Bangalore. Founders: CEO Ashish (Visvesvaraya College of Engineering '04; Great Lakes '07) was with Godrej Properties for 12 years (heading Asset Management & Strategy, and Investments in South & NCR, while starting out in marketing and sales) and was with property consultant Anarock for two years (as director of land services); Ravi (BITS Pilani, Goa '15) was a PM at Spinny, AVP of Product & UX at Smallcase (~five years) and Head of Product and Design at Upraised (~two years).

Premium personalised kids lifestyle brand selling backpacks, bedding, travel accessories, décor and everday essentials. Sold largely D2C. Offline expansion began in 2025 with Hamleys. Revenue has grown from ₹48 lakhs in FY22 to ₹6.5CR in FY25, and was projected at ₹12.5-13.0CR for FY26, when last reported. Strategic investment of an undisclosed amount from actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra. The company raised ₹1.25CR on Shark Tank in February 2026, along with a 2% royalty until invested capital was recouped. Founded in Aug 2014, Kolkota based. Founders: Shalu started the business in 2014, Bhupesh joined in Jan 2022. No prior information on their backgrounds.

Company developing non-toxic space propulsion systems including its flagship propulsion system HyperX, which will use non-toxic hypergolic fuel (fuel which can ignite spontaenously) for satellite mobility. Its target customers will include satellite manufacturers, spacecraft developers, and mission operators. Early stage funding of an undisclosed amount from a99, following an undisclosed investment from IAN Angel Fund in April 2026. Founded in Oct 2020, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram based. Founders: aerospace engineers CEO Gokul and CTO Aravinda founded InterCosmos at Madras Institute of Technology. While not mentioned in the press release, Sivaraj (also Madras Institute of Technology) is also a co-founder.

Indonesian sambal brand selling authentic chilli condiments in India via D2C, marketplaces, offline retail and restaurants. Referred to as a pre-seed round, as part of Tetr College of Business' D2C Brand Wars program, with ₹19.25 lakhs from angels Atul and Deeksha Rajani (Be. Life), Sidhant Keshwani (Libas), Sifat Khurana (Innovist), Dhruv Bhasin (Arata). Fouded in Jan 2026, Gurgaon based. Founded by Nadime, Emma, Faiandika and Fathiyya, four students from the class of 2029 at Tetr.

Healthcare app which provides free diagnosis and connects patients with specialised doctors, with over 150 empanelled doctors on the platform. The company is also developing a kiosk, which will be used for diagnosis in underserved communities in India and abroad.The kiosks will combine AI-assisted health screening, non-invasive diagnostics, conversational healthcare guidance, and digital health records. $100K round. Boostrapped till date, with the founders having invested $500K themselves. Founded in June 2023, Faridabad based. Founders: Professor Debjit Patra is Founder & Chairman, co-founder Umesh is ex-Capgemini, Devendar is ex-OYO, Flipkart and Shopclues.

Global wealth management platform for tech professionals who own company equity in the form of RSUs and ESOP, especially those owning equity in US companies. They can transfer and manage their holdings, and diversify them beyond just the company their work in. The platform currently tracks $60M in RSUs's and equity, from employees across 300 companies. It aims to address challenges like cross-border friction, high forex and remittance costs, tax complexities, limited access to US brokerage infrastructure and concentrated exposure to a single employer. It is an SEC registered investment advisor. For those who don't own RSU's, they can still use the platform to invest globally and get cross-border tax advise. $1M pre-seed round led by Antler, along with CDM Ventures, AC Ventures and Operators Studio. Founded in Dec 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Shivang (IIT Bombay '14) started out at J.P. Morgan, was an investor at hedge fund Makrana Capital, and led strategy and fundraising at Zolve; CPO Arnav (IIT Bombay '15) was a management consultant at Thoucentric, was a PM at Zolve and was Head of Product at Vance (YC W22, money transfer).