Corporate gifting platform for enterprises, with over 800 clients including Amazon, LinkedIn, Wipro, Coursera and PhonePe. Businesses can design branded merchandise, manage inventory, automate gifting workflows and ship worldwide. The company operates warehouses in Delhi and Bangalore, and is setting up printing in-house. It integrates into HMRS tools to track birthdays and anniversaries. ₹5.4CR follow-on/bridge round. Angels include the founders of OnGrid, HROne. The company raised a ₹7CR seed round in Dec 2022 from Info Edge, Anicut's angel fund and Huddle Ventures. Founded in Mar 2021, Gurgaon based. Founders: Sameer (IMT Ghaziabad '12) was India Lead for Supply Growth at Uber (three years) and is ex-Airtel; Sneh (Amity Engineering '08) was a business analyst at Cognizant for seven years, before spending three years at Uber on product ops.

Last covered by us in Week 18, 2025. High-resolution thermal imaging through a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Applications across agriculture, environmental conservation, urban planning and defence. "Beyond economics, thermal EO can help cut 2 Gigaton of GHG emissions annually and drive nature-positive action". In agriculture, for example, thermal imaging optimizes irrigation practices and prevents crop failure. The company has developed its first thermal payload, TAPAS-1, and is prepping for satellite integration. It has also started pilots to monitor heat and air pollution in Ahmedabad and Tumkur (KN). Its pipeline has $42M in LOIs. $2.2M seed round led by Unicorn India Ventures along with existing investors Merak, Java, IIMA-CIIE. The company raised a $3.3M pre-seed round in April 2025 led by Merak, along with Huddle (as well as GVFL, Java, IIMA, PointOne). Shravan (CEPT Univ '11; IIM Calcutta '15) and Urmil (Sahajanand College '96) are from Amnex Infotechnologies, heading business development for satellite solutions. Ranendu was a scientist at ISRO for 26 years.

Autonomy startup for commercial vehicles, which enables them to operate in confined environs (seaports, mining sites, airports, industrial yards) with a combination of retrofit hardware and an AI-powered fleet software. This allows industries to upgrade to autonomous fleets without investing in new vehicles or infra. It reports 100,000+ km of testing with zero safety incidents. It has partnerships with Tier 1 OEMs. ₹22CR (~2.36M) un-labeled round (seed or Pre-A?), following on a $1.71M seed round. Founded by Roshy and Rajaram.

AI-native platform for businesses to automate customer engagement across WhatsApp, voice, web, Instagram and email. The company has onboarded 20 B2C and D2C brands in India and the UK, including Sanfe, InstaAstro, Apps for Bharat. It is now targeting the US. ₹2CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Uday Sodhi (Founders Room Capital, a syndicate), Tarun Billa (JPMorganChase), Mayank Singh Tomar. Founded in Oct 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Arpit was a software engineer at Jaguar Land Rover, Anuj was a PM at Privado (compliance AI), Rishabh was an interaction designer at D.E. Shaw. The founders are all IIT Bombay. Arpit and Anuj are siblings.

AI-native platform for accounting firms. AI tools automate workflows across accounting and admin workflows, with a human-in-the-loop approach. i.e., AI assists accountants so they can save up to 30 hours a week and focus on high value tasks. The company targets independent accounting firms ($1-10M revenue scale) particularly in North America, where there is shortage of skilled professionals. Current scale unknown. Founded in Sep 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Arpit (IIT Delhi '07; IIMA '15) was VP at Stellaris Venture Partners (six years), Jagmal (IIT Delhi '06) was CTO at Paisabazaar and Janio Asia (Singapore based logistics platform).

Hyperlocal logistics network for D2C brands. Currently operational in NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore and Calcutta. It also operates in Lucknow, which is serving as its pilot to launch 25 new dark stores in Tier II/III cities. It fulfills "thousands of daily orders” and is targeting 500K monthly orders. $138K pre-seed round. Founded in Jan 2024, Gurgaon based. Founder: Chandan Singh Ghugtyal (Delhi Univ. ‘12; Sikkim Manipal Univ. MBA ‘15) has worked on ops, strategy and growth across logistics companies Warehousity, ANS Commerce and Pickrr. He managed warehousing operations at Limeroad for six years.

A new air conditioner brand building smaller, cost-effective air-conditioners. "Cooling is shifting from a luxury to a basic necessity". The founders have partnered with their alma mater IIT Kanpur to research low cost cooling solutions, using app-based controls. Its first product targets spaces up to 100 sq ft and can run on a 1 kW solar panel. It is priced at ₹16,990 for a 2700W (i.e. 0.75-0.8 ton) AC, with shipments beginning later this April 2026. $2M seed round. Founded in 2025. Founded by IIT Kanpur alum Ashish and Aman.

Kids accessories brand whose first product, HugBag, targets children aged 2-8. Products are built around Filli, an Indian ginger cat character. ₹1.5CR pre-seed round (including equity and debt). Founded in Jan 2025, Delhi based. Founders: Shikha (SRCC ' 04; XLRI Jamshedpur '06) was CEO at Pinnacle Retail (white label home furnishing products) and was an HR Manager at HUL; Vishal (SRCC '03; Narsee Monjee '05) was at GE for 12 years across corporate treasury roles.

EV ride-hailing platform operating in Delhi NCR with premium vehicles (BYD, MG). It operates over 100 vehicles and has completed 45,000 rides. ₹3.65CR angel round funding by its "existing users". Founded in Jan 2024, Delhi based. Founder Naveen (Kurukshetra University '08, Nyenrode Business University '10) for VP and Country Head for India at Zoomcar and National Sales Head at CARS24 for about a year each, and is ex-Swiggy (3 years) and redBus (4.5 years).

Intelligent decision layer for enterprise cyber risk. Its platform integrates with existing security tools to reduce alert noise and translate fragmented data into actionable business risk insights. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount, with an announced $4M cap. Founded in Jun 2025, Ahmedabad based. Founders: Rutvij was Partner and Director-Business at Teachmint, was Co-Founder and CTO of MyClassCampus, which he co-founded with his current co-founder Hitaishu (who was COO Of MyClassCampus).