AI-native software suite for interior design studios (as well as architects, contractors and manufacturers in the supply chain). Its full suite (which includes a CRM, design management tool, site tracking, financial management and more) addresses project delays and margin leakages caused by fragmented tools, manual workflows and a lack of real-time visibility. It has 150 interior design firms in India as clients, with pilots in the UAE and the US. Funding of an undisclosed amount, led by Modulor Capital. Other investors in the round include We Founder Circle, EvolveX, Thapar Innovate. Founded in May 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Nikhil (SRM IST Chennai '14) was most recently VP of Business Development at 91Squarefeet and AVP at Express Stores, prior to which he co-founded startups Bistro Restaurants and MyGroceryBag.in; CPO Abhishek (BITS Pilani '21) was also at 91Squarefeet (product lead) and Express Stores (PM).

Social networking platform for real-time conversations with strangers to discuss common interests, such as music, fitness, gaming and travel. Offers 1-1 video chat and verified profiles. It launched in the US and India two months ago. ₹2CR seed round from a corporate/family office. Founded in Dec 2024, Hyderabad based. Founder & CEO Anurag (Master's from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor '16) is the Founder of Cinephile Pictures, and a business partner at a restaurant chain in Hyderabad, Telangana Spice Kitchen.

Microdrama platform focused on Bhojpuri. It has 100K downloads and 30K paying subs till date, with ₹3CR in annualised revenue today and ₹6CR targeted by March 2025. India had 50M Bhojpuri speakers at the time of our 2011 Census. The company will add five regional languages in the next two years. ₹2.4CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Sandip Gupta and Rajdip Gupta (Route Mobile) via SanRaj Family Ventures. Founded in Dec 2023 (altthe app launched six months ago), Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Brijesh (DDU Gorakhpur Univ. '07) was co-founder of MOBtexting for eight years (enterprise messaging); Co-Founder Om Prakash was Head of Growth at STAGE; the founder of Vokal Internet (hyperlocal news platform); and the founder of V3mobi, which was a regional language OTT from 2013-2018.

Institutional grade, AI-native, equity research platform for retail investors in India. It has 10K users, ₹5K CR of connected portfolios and ₹10 lakhs in annualised revenue. ₹1.4CR pre-seed round. ₹65 lakhs raised prior to this from friends and family. Founded in Nov 2023 (the beta launch was in mid 2025), Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Aaditya (IIT Kanpur '18) was at AmEx for three years and GS for two.

Skincare brand with anti-aging solutions, which launched with its initial product in May 2025 and now has 25K customers. ₹6CR seed round. ₹2CR raised at the time of launch from Titan along with Aditya Agarwal (P-TAL). Founded in May 2025, Delhi based. Founder Hemangi was previously the founder of BOTNAL, another skincare brand.

OSSO = One Stop Solution for Orthopedics. Omnichannel orthopedics platform, with its first centre in Gurgaon. ₹4CR seed round. Angels in the round: Sahil Jindal (DS Jindal Group), Aakashdeep Goyal, Parijat Sharma, Viraj Patel. Follows on a ₹2.3CR pre-seed round led by Blume Founders Fund in Mar 2025, in which Umesh Agarwal (Haldirams) also participated. Founded in Jun 2024, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Kunal (Carnegie Mellon Master's in BioTech & Management '12) was at Fresenius Kabi for three years, was the Co-Founder & CEO of Navia Life Care (healthcare SaaS, $1M from Anicut etc.) for seven years, followed by stints as a Venture Advisor to Blume, and the Head of Condition Management at Dr Reddy's; Avani (MSc in Molecular Biology '12 and PhD in Molecular Neuroscience '16 from Max Planck) built Warriors Connect (community for those with mental health conditions) and led Medical Content for THB (healthcare SaaS). Comps: Stance Health (General Catalyst, Antler, DeVC), (GSF/IvyCap/Flipkart Ventures); Nivaan Care (Endiya).

Building a network of nano satellites for enterprises to run compute in lower earth orbit, using its flagship product OrbitLab. Their test satellite was launched on ISRO's PSLV in December 2024, with their first functional satellite launching this month. Funding will be used to expand to six satellites and deepen presence in India, US, Australia. $5M seed round led by Chiratae, along with Unicorn India Ventures and Artha, as well as Seafund which led the ₹5.5CR pre-seed round (with Blume, Artha and AC Ventures) in Feb 2025. Founded in Jan 2024, Hyderabad based. Founder Ronak (College of Engineering & Tech, Bhubaneswar '08), a software engineer, spent 12 years as co-founder of Reliance acquired NowFloats.

Menstrual hygiene brand. Revenue/customer scale undisclosed. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Aug 2020, Calcutta based. No background information available on founder Dipesh (Univ. of Calcutta '09).

Tech services firm which works with startups and enterprises to implement AI heavy projects. It has over 80 customers in under a year and has productized accelerators across voice, data and AI/ML workloads. The company offers strategy consulting, customized AI solutions and managed AI operations under one roof. Revenue scale undisclosed. $4.6M seed round led by Sorin with participation from Bessemer. Founded in Feb 2025, Coimbatore and Bengaluru based. The four ounders are from AWS. CEO and Tech Head Kousik (PSG '06) was at AWS for 5 years, was the Co-Founder & CEO of Healtho5 (healthcare CRM), and built Sphata (IT consulting) over a decade; Co-Founder (Growth Ops) Praveen (Coimbatore Institute of Tech. '05 and NIT Rituchirappali '09) was at AWS for a decade, as well as Quest Software and VMware (all BD roles); Co-Founder (Delivery) Ashwin (Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering & Tech. '16) was at AWS for eight years (leading growth stage startup relationships); CRO Aadarsh was at AWS for 5 years (account manager), and at Oracle and Akamai.

Voice AI startup, with agents that engage in long, complex sales conversations on behalf of financial institutions (Bank of Baroda, Aditya Birla, Insurance Dekho etc.). Agents can handle an unlimited number of calls, undertake live actions on call (send payment links, pull data real time), with calls that can cross over 15 minutes. In the pilot stage with customers in India and South East Asia. $3M seed round. Angels in the round: founders and execs from CRED, M2P, Turtlemint, Kissht. Founded in Oct 2022, Bengaluru based. Founders: CEO Devyani (Wharton '17) was an Antler Founder in Residence in 2022 and was at BCG for three years; CTO Vengadanathan (Coimbatore Institute of Technology '14) was a software engineer with Amazon India (7 years) followed by stints of 9-18 months at Airbnb, Uber and Rippling - all in Bengaluru.