Consumer apps startup. Building digital consumer products for a global audience, with the first product launching in beta in a few months. Set up by former Founder of Koo. $4M raised in this round. Raised $250K angel round from Phanindra Sama (ex-RedBus), Ankit Bhati (ex-Ola), Raveen Sastry (ex-Myntra), Piyush Shah (inMobi).

Helps retail store managers streamline operations. Real-time store audits for compliance, employee training, SOP management, improved visual merchandising and asset management. $1.2M raised in this round.

Payment solutions provider within WhatsApp, processing transactions for Delhi Metro, Indraprastha Gas, insurance providers. Currently at 3M monthly transactions. Comps: Yellow.ai, Gupshup. Raised $2M in this round, having raised $1M earlier from Future Monk Investments and others.

Uses nanorobots in dentistry to solve for tooth decay. Has developed two devices, for use by dentists (B2B) as well as a toothbrush-like device to be available over the counter (B2C). Funds to be used towards a manufacturing facility and aiming at clinical trials in 2025. Raised $1.2M in this seed round at a valuation of $7.1M. Incubated at IISC.

Bangalore-based rapid food-delivery startup, expanding eventually to other Tier 1 cities. Cloud kitchens deliver within 10 mins in a 1.5-2.0KM radius. $2M raised in this seed round.

Dermatology and hair transplant services, with 15 centres in India and the UAE. ₹15CR raised in this seed round.

Airbound's goal is to build the world's most efficient delivery drones, starting with medical deliveries and aiming at food and grocery. Comps: Red Wing, Tech Eagle in India; Wing, Zipline globally. $1.7M raised in this seed round which was likely closed some time ago (company has just come out of stealth).

Real time operations and audit automation to drive quality and reduce costs for Tier 1 and 2 suppliers in the Indian automotive industry. $250K raised in this round.

Collaborative AI development platform to help LLM developers prototype, experiment, evaluate and monitor production-grade AI pipelines. $3M raised in this round. Pre-seed funding from GSF and Flourish Ventures. Also part of YC W23.

AI assistant for Financial Advisors to stream workflows: meeting prep, note-taking, follow-up emails, creating and assigning tasks, and updating CRMs. New York based, primarily targeting the US as well as India. Boutique firms with 10-20 advisors are the target customer. $3M raised in this round.