Enterprise blockchain infrastructure company serving government, financial institution and enterprise workflows. The company has delivered over a 1,000 blockchain projects over the last decades, particularly for BFSI and governments globally. $3M round, the first institutional round after a decade of being boot strapped. Founded in Jan 2005, Chandigarh based. Founders: CEO Vikram (Kurukshetra University '01) and COO Shashi (SLIET '06) were co-founders of ASB Academy (blockchain education).

Network of neighbourhood micro-pharmacies. Operational in Mumbai (four stores in Bandra, Altamount Road, Babulnath) and Delhi (Asian Games Village, opening soon in GKII). Scaling up to 25 stores. AOVs stand at ₹1,000. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, which went into the company in mid 2025 and has now been announced. Founded in Apr 2025, Munbai based. Founders: Adrit (IIT Delhi '22) is ex-Nomura equity research; Yatin (IIT Bombay '21) led BD at Flipspaces.

Multi-channel notification system that enables businesses to manage communications through a single API. As expected, this drives up engagement and purchases by end-customers. Serves customers across industries, including Crazy Games, Chargebee, Siemens, HeyReach. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, from Chiratae's Sonic DeepTech program. The program offers up to $2M in funding. The company raised its first round of $1M in Sep 2022 led by BoldCap along with Titan, FortyTwo.VC, All In Capital. Founded in Jan 2022, SF and Bangalore based. Founders: Nikita (IIT Delhi '13) was Product Lead at Aasaanjobs for six years, including after the acquisition by OLX; Gaurav (IIT Bombay '02-'07 - dropped out in the last year) was CTO at RocketApp (jobs portal for front-line and blue collar workers) for seven years.

AI avatars that replace static chatbots with audio-visual, product-aware conversational agents trained on sales and marketing content. An agent lives on your website as a human-like avatar. The moment a visitor lands on your site, it starts a conversation, answering questions and showcasing the product through an interactive experience, as if they were actually using it. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, from Chiratae's Sonic DeepTech program. The program offers up to $2M in seed funding. Founded in Aug 2024, SF based. Founders: CEO Suyash (IIT Kharagpur ‘21) had brief stints as a PM (WizCommerce) and engineer (Barclays Wealth Management); CTO Utsav (IIT Delhi ‘22) was an engineer at EightFold (upskilling platform); CRO Sudhir is a former accounts exec from Fractal, Whatfix and 6sense.

API-driven telephony infrastructure for voice AI agents. The platform offers Direct Inward Dialing provisioning (i.e. activating virtual phone numbers) low-latency SIP (i.e. voice over internet calls) trunking, real-time streaming, noise cancellation, and compliance automation, enabling developers to integrate voice AI quickly. $1M seed round. Founded in Jul 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Suman (Osmania '02; IT-Universitetet i København '05) was Founder & CEO of Finin (neobank) which was acquired by Open, where he then headed Strategy & New Initiatives; CTO Vikash (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) '15) was a software architect at Bandwidth Inc. and SDE at Plivo.

Hyperlocal jobs platform for blue-collar and skilled workers, with multilingual, multimodal Voice AI. The goal is to enable hiring in as little as 30 minutes, over time, in a "quick commerce for jobs" model. Popular roles include delivery riders, in-store promoters, electricians, carpenters, and data collection roles. $250K pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Alok Bansal (Policybazaar), Anshoo Sharma (Magicpin), Amit Jain and Rajesh Batra (Taggd), Manoj Sinsinwar (Hecttor.ai), Pankaj Bansal (Caret Capital). Founded in Aug 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Shrey (SMU '23) founded Eraah (platform for NGO donations); CPO Shubham (SMU '20; IIM-A '26) built biotech startup Purivo for a year, prior to which he was AVP at GIC in Singapore, working as a Quantitative Strategist in the Systematic Equities team. Comps: Apna.

Developer of Aerios, an operating system for airports, which integrates real-time terminal operations and airside operations into a unified platform. This covers a whole lot including flight scheduling, the management of gates, counters and baggage belts, lost and found, billing, maintenance audits, DGCA compliance. The company's first deployment is with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at Chennai International Airport, with its Airside Management software reducing runway occupancy time by 22% during a 20 day study across 3,500 flights. While Chennai is a major airport, smaller regional airports often operate with manual processes, while mid-sized airports operate with fragmented systems. $1M seed round. Founded in Nov 2018, Chennai based. Founders: CEO Suseendar (Aeronautical Engineering '12 from Hindustan University; Electromechanical Engineering '15 from Tamkang University) worked as a Systems Architect at Intlosol Works (hardware + software solutions for cold supply chain); COO Cherukuru (Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Bharathiar Univ.) was Solutions Architect Aviation at Esteem E Technologies, Technical Director at MindVTelecom (wireless tech for government and defence organisations) and Technical Architect at Techroutes Network (also telecom).

Robotics company building PARAM, a robot dog, and humanoid robots. The company debuted PARAM at a DeepTech showcase at National Startup Day in January 2026, suggesting it would be used to protect important people and public spaces, patrol borders, support logistics and help first responders during fires and natural disasters. ₹32CR (c. $3.3M) seed round which closed in February (and is now announced), from existing investors Elevation and India Quotient, along with Blue Asva Varenya Fund, FBC Venture Partners, Spearhead Capital. The company's co-founders Farid Ahsan and Bhanu Pratap Singh, along with GIVA's co-founder Ishendra Agarwal, also participated. The company closed a ₹25CR pre-seed round from Elevation and IQ in 2023. Founded in May 2023, Bangalore based. Founders Farid and Bhanu (both IIT Kanpur ‘14) built ShareChat over a decade.

Personal AI Twin that connects all the apps of a user (think Spotify, Netflix, Zomato), helping them make better everyday decisions, ranging from what to eat and watch to where to go, what to buy, and how to plan experiences. 200K twins have been created on the platform. $1M pre-seed round led by Campus Fund, with participation from Avalanche. Founded in Jun 2024, Dubai based. Founders: CEO Mehdi was Co-Founder of Blocklogica Labs (web3 accelerator); CBO Suraj (PVPIT Budhgaon '15) was a BD lead at Polygon ID (Polygon Labs); CTO Aditya (Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology '03) was Co-Founder & CTO of ReputeX (web3 analytics).

Trading app for Indian users to trade US stocks and commodities and enable them to take leveraged positions with up to 20x leverage, for example on Apple, Tesla, gold or the S&P 500. No US brokerage account is needed. "Non-US traders make up the largest retail derivates market in the world". Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Part of YC's Spring 2026 batch. Founded in April 2026, NYC/Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Utkarsh (IIT Kharagpur '20, Columbia '22) built crypto wallet Martian (acquired by Lightspeed-backed Pontem); CPO Chetan (IIT Guwahati) was Director of Product Management at Sprinklr, briefly worked with Utkarsh as a founding designer at Martian, and built Meadow (synthetic user testing platform); CTO Parth (IIT Guwahati '20) is an engineer from Navi and Adobe.