Gamified employee engagement platform that gives access to a library of 180 digital activities to drive culture, learning and wellbeing amongst employees. Currently serves 150K employees across industries - e.g. Motilal Oswal, E&Y, Cipla and Nexus Malls. $500K seed round. Founded in 2011. Founder Pooja (Narsee Monjee, Warwick Business School) was a consumer engagement supervisor at Philip Morris.

Premium managed hospitality provider, with 650 beds in Pune across Tribe Student Accommodation (student hostels), Tribe Commune (co-living for office workers) and Tribe Suites (executive apartments). Launching 1,000 new beds this FY with a goal to get to 25K beds across Tier 1 cities eventually. $2.8M seed round. Angels in the round include Kunal Khanna (Vivaldis), Krishna Jain (unknown). Founded in Apr 2018. Founder Yogesh was the Co-Founder & CEO of YOLO Life (fully furnished smart homes) and of Better Homes Pune. Comps: YourSpace, Stanza Living.

Rocket propulsion startup developing Harpy 1, a liquid rocket engine to support small satellite launch vehicles. AI enters the rocket "space" - AI based failure detection will bring down development time and cost. ₹4CR pre-seed round. Founded in Nov 2022, operates from IIT Delhi's R&I Park. The three founders, Aditya, Divyam and Rajat, are from Chandigarh University's B.Tech in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering program - Trishul started out as their college project.

Full stack platform for gig workers to find verified jobs, as well as provide them with company or partner operated housing, meals and healthcare, along with access to phones and bikes. Paying guest (PG) housing hubs are located within 1km of major worksites - near logistics, warehousing and manufacturing clusters. This integrated model aims to reduce employee churn. Currently serves 3,000 workers across 50 cities, 150 of whom use Nia operated PGs. Works with companies like Flipkart, Zomato and Bigbasket. $2.4M seed round. Founded in Aug 2024. Founders: CEO Sachin was with Unilever for 14 years till 2010, following which he built Peel Works (Chiratae, Unilever Ventures), SaaS for kirana stores and blue collar workers; COO Lt Col Pushkar Raj was with the Indian Army for 21 years before joining Peel Works as Co-Founder & COO.

EV charging infrastructure provider which operates 150 points in Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat and Kerala. Provides charging stations along with the full software (load management system plus payment system). Aims to deploy 5,000 UPI-enabled charging stations in Maharashtra and Gujarat. ₹1.1CR pre-seed round. Founded in Apr 2022, the company name is Ayka Control Systems.

Wedding planning company that aggregates wedding services through a package-based model to simplify planning for users in India and abroad. There is growing demand amongst Indians overseas to plan destination focused celebrations in India. $250K angel round. Founded in Jan 2021. Founder Rohit started out as a project manager at The Park Hotel in Hyderabad.

Experience booking platform, with a thousand bookings per month in Bangalore and Hyderabad. The platform conceptualizes and creates its own experiences, in partnership with hosts, across adventure, food, art, wellness and culture. ₹6CR round. Founded in Jan 2023. Founder Vivek is a software engineer who led Entrepreneur First in India, prior to which he was Co-Founder & CTO of Excubator (platform to connect startups and investors).

Litigation focused legal-tech SaaS platform which uses AI to make legal documentation, translations and filings 10x faster as well as more accurate. The goal is to lower the time and cost of litigations in India. The system partners with advocates to be humans in the loop to verify AI driven work (in drafting written arguments, appeals, writs, petitions) and deliver accurate legal services within hours. $2M seed round. Other investors in the round include Force Ventures and angels including Nishchay Ag (Jar). Founded in Jan 2024. Comps: Lucio (raised this Oct 2025 - DeVC) is a legal-tech startup focused on document review and research (not litigation).

Artisanal spirits brand from Goa with a vodka and rum offering, and plans to grow its portfolio across categories - whisky, gin, agave-based spirits, as well as its own mixers and non-alcoholic functional drinks. Offers "world-class products that don't alienate the Indian consumer on the price front". The fundraise is towards expanding this portfolio as well as its distribution in South and West India. Seed round of an undisclosed round from Ah Ventures' First Gear platform and angels including Mukesh Singh (Robo Capital), Probir Roy (Alize Capital). Founded in Jan 2023. Founder John was the South India operations head for Kaama Breweries (owner of Witlinger Craft Beer). He started out as a McDonald's branch operations manager.

Premium haircare brand designed for Indian hair types and weather conditions. Partners with 1,500 stylists across 300 premium salons in Tier 1 cities for its professional product range, along with a D2C line of shampoos and conditioners for home use. ₹6.5CR pre-seed round. Founded in Sep 2023, &Done is the brand name, Ionic Professional is the company name. Founders: Atit (BITS Pilani) was the Co-Founder & COO Of Bulbul (live commerce; Peak XV, InfoEdge; acquired by Good Glamm), and Co-Founder & CEO of Pluss (acquired by Netmeds) - he was also an AVP at Elevation; Saumya (IIT-D, Stanford GSB) was the Co-Founder & CEO of Udayy (live classes for English and Maths; Norwest, InfoEdge).