Connected mobility platform turning vehicle data into actionable intelligence for OEMS, mobility providers and fleet operators. Used, for example, by an OEM to predictively act on quality issues across 500K vehicles and 4 models; and by a global heavy vehicles manufacturer to identify road defects and accident zones for vehicles used in mining operations. ₹2CR round. Founded in Feb 2022. Founder & CEO Vikas was an MD at Accenture (12 years) in the UK. He worked in a contracted role as Deputy COO of Toyota Connected Europe (a tech outpost which uses vehicle data science to deliver mobility solutions for Toyota group companies).

Fabless semiconductor startup developing an advanced biosensing System on Chip (SoC) for wearable and digital-health devices. SOCs act a a mini device on a chip - integrating sensing, processing, memory and wireless connectivity onto thechip. A biosensing SoC, naturally, reads biological signals - ECG, PPG, respiration, temperature - with very low energy consumption. $2MM seed round. Founded in Jan 2022. Founders: Manish was an engineer at Synopsys and Qualcomm; Jatin was a Director of Sales Strategy & Planning at Dell.

Agentic AI credit intelligence platform to help US based lenders to automate the underwriting decision for small business loans. Agents undertake business verification, cash flow analysis and asset valuation analysis. This reduces lender costs and hastens decision making. $3.8M seed round. Other investors in the round: Karman Ventures, Pythia Ventures, Coughdrop Capital and a host of angels. Founded in Jan 2024. Founders: Utsav spent a decade at Uber and Cruise in the US; Shivi worked on risk analytics at Uber, Amex and Varo Bank also in the US.

B2B platform enabling the fashion supply chain - customers work with the company to manage the coordination of design, sourcing, prototyping and manufacturing. This reduces factory lead times from 180 days to 30-60 days, and enables the creation of 3K designs every month, for 12 clients which include Tata Trent, US Polo Association, Snitch and The Souled Store. $1.4M bridge round. Other investors in the round: Venture Catalysts and We Founder Circle. Founded in Aug 2022. Founders: Piyush (IIT Kanpur) was VP Operations at Newton School; Rishav (IIT Delhi) led the launch of Uber Shuttle in India; and was at AVP Operations at Shuttl.

Unified data platform with lake-first observability for enterprises - i.e. raw logs/traces/metrics are stored directly to avoid heavy upfront indexing. Aiming at 50 customers in India and the US, across logistics, fintech, eCommerce and SaaS. $2.5M seed round. Other investors in the round: Campus Fund, Point One Capital. Founded in Nov 2022. Founders: CEO Adarsh (IIT Kanpur) is a blockchain dev who co-founded ZKLabs (DevSecOps for decentralised infrastructure); CTO Balasubramanian graduated from IIT Bombay in 2024.

A full stack, customer to customer attempt at cracking India's secondhand products ("pre-owned") market, which remains undisrupted beyond OLX (inaccurate listings, payment and pickup coordination issues etc.) and used mobile phone sites. This is an ~$18B market with 70M Indians (buyers + sellers) who engage in transactions monthly. Launched in Bangalore in Aug 2025 with a focus on electronics, home appliances and household goods (including furniture). How is this attempt different? A full stack approach means a three day money back gaurantee and doorstep logistics. AI is used to verify listings, catalog-match, grade the condition of products and provide a guidance on price. One hard to solve problem for such sites - second hand UGC product photos just don't look great. ₹3.4CR pre-seed round, led by Titan with the participation of Raveen Sastry (Multiply Ventures). Founded in Apr 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Ankit held product roles at Juniper and Bitclass; Chirag was an Associate Director of Product at Swvl (private bus ride hailing in the UAE).

Conversational AI for the healthcare industry (the second such deal this week) which is clinical grade compliant - this one is for pharma companies in the US to call physicians and patients. Big pharma spends $30B a year to engage doctors and patients, most of which is done manual. Doctors are flooded with too much information, while on the other hand patients don't receive consistent support which leads to an up to 50% drop-off rate in treatment for long term illnesses. $5M seed round. Part of the YC Spring 2025 Cohort - YC is also part of this round. Founded in Dec 2024, SF based. Founders: CEO Supreet was at ZS, McKinsey and JPMorgan in New York; CPO Sahitya is a data scientist, most recently at Audible; Co-Founder Rajashekar is also a data scientist, most recently at AWS.

Network of dark stores that deliver construction and interior materials to homeowners, contractors and architects within 60 minutes in Bangalore, using an all-electric fleet. Currently at ₹35CR annualised GMV, aiming at ₹50CR by Jan 2026. ₹9CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Suraj Nalin (PlaySimple), Raj Sheth and Gautam Shewakramanil (Inuka Capital). Founded in Jun 2024. Founder Pukhraj (IIT Roorkee) was Co-Founder & COO at both Project Hero (marketplace of construction workers) and at Tornado (a general contractor).

Precision manufacturing in the aerospace parts industry - across precision machining, fabrication, tubing and structural sub-assemblies. Building out the complete supply chain to deliver on predictable lead times for global customers. India's aerospace parts industry was $13.6B in 2023, expected to reach $21B by 2030. $3.5M seed round. Angels in the round: Ashish Gupta (Helion), PVS Raju (AIG Hospitals). Founded in Sep 2025. The founders played key roles at Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL). CEO Nishant (IIM Bangalore) was at TASL for eight years, most recently heading the Aerospace Manufacturing Business (Metallics & Composites); CBO Neeraj was there for 15 years, most recently as Head of Sales - Aerostructures and Aero-Engines; CCO Piyush was also there for 15 years, heading Corporate Supply Chain Management.

Conversational agents for the healthcare industry - deal 1 of 2 in this space this week. This one automates major patient interactions at hospitals (India for now, the US later) such as appointment booking, follow-ups, treatment preparation guidance. Claims to be active in "several Indian healthcare facilities", aiming at 50 hospitals and clinic chains by mid 2026. Quoting the CTO: ""Our vision is to build the AI nurse for every hospital, not to replace people, but to enable care teams to focus on critical patients while AI manages the routine coordination." $1.2M pre-seed round. Founded in Jun 2024. Founders: CEO Dhruv was a technical principal at Meta; CTO Ashish was a data scientist at LinkedIn and SAP.