Agricultural drones startup with a DGCA-certified autonomous spraying drone, Bumblebee, which works across farms and plantations. Its AI-powered unmanned drones navigate low-altitude, obstacle-filled and GPS-degraded environments. It has completed 3,000+ autonomous missions for 200+ clients. It is also developing WASP, an autonomous aerial platform for industrial monitoring, security, surveillance and defence applications. $2.2M/₹20.5CR seed round led by Transition VC. Founded in Jan 2020, Bangalore based. Founders Kunal and Kevin are ETH Zurich alum ('18/'19). Kunal (IIT Roorkee '13) was a Research Assistant in the Robotics and Perception Group at ETH, after completing his Master's there. He is ex-Rio Tinto. Kevin (ETH Bachelor's '16; Master's 19) was also a Research Engineer in Robotics at ETH and is ex-Yellow Drones (Zurich based).

Hair beauty and styling brand offering hair makeup, scalp-first care and texture-specific products such as root touch-up mascara, a curly styler and a flyaway wand. ₹5.4CR seed round led by IPV. Founded in Feb 2024, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Saumya (Maharshi Dayanand University '06; XLRI Jamshedpur '10) was Co-Founder & CEO of NYNM Organics (eCommerce platform for haircare) from 2018-25. She is ex-IBM and HCL. Shailesh (Delhi Univ. '07; XLRI Jamshedpur) co-founded NYNM, and also currently serves as Regional Leader & VP - APAC at Cielo Talent.

Quick-commerce platform for building materials, delivering plywood, paint, electrical, lighting, hardware and plumbing supplies across 2,000 SKUs in 30 minutes. The platform, which targets contractors, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, interior designers and homeowners, launches commercially in September 2026 in Bangalore. $5.5M seed round from Accel, Fireside and Lightspeed. Founded in July 2026, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Shezan (architect from BMS College of Engineering '06; Columbia MBA '19) was the Co-Founder & CEO of interior design and renovations startup DesignCafe, which raised ~80M between 2012-24 and was acquired by HomeLane in 2024. Shezan stepped back from HomeLane this June 2026. Co-Founder Sachith (Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science '04; SPJIMR MBA '11) was SVP of Supply Chain & Business Operations at Zepto and Director - First Mile & Last Mile Design at Flipkart, amongst other roles. He was with Cummins India for eight years.

Indigenous sensors, navigation systems and control technologies for mobile robots, aerospace and underwater vehicles. Its portfolio includes SynCore, navigation controllers for autonomous robotic platforms and YDX, high precision inertial sensors (inertial sensors detect motion). The company is also developing navigation systems and a hardware agnostic platform for space. ₹15CR seed round led by Piper Serica. Founded in Apr 2023 out of IISc, formally incorporated in Feb 2025. Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Vamshi (M.S. Ramaiah '21) was Preventure Lead at ARTPARK (the AI & Robotics Technology Park at IISc) and was an Embedded Engineer at FAYAT Group; COO Vyshak (M.S. Ramaiah '21) was an Engineer at ARTPARK and was a Product Engineer at TCS; CTO Vijay (Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Periyanahalli '17) was a Junior Engineer at ARTPARK and a Project Engineer at IISc; Co-Founder Aravind (Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology '10; IIMA MBA '15; NLS LLM '27) was Co-Founder & COO of FarmServ Innovations and is ex-Syngenta Foundation India.

Formerly known as Unilodgers before a restructuring, this is a student-accommodation marketplace with over 2.5 million verified rooms across 25 countries. It offers online booking and housing network management, and plans to expand into student support services. $2M seed round, in a combination of equity and debt. Co-led by Saltwater Sutra and Nirmitsu Inspirational Ventures, with participation from angels Gautam Verlekar, Glen Fernandes, Richard McCallum, Ali Moosa, and existing investor Unilodgers. Founded in Jan 2011, SF based. Founder & CEO Vaibhav (Middlesex Univ. '07; Nottingham University Business School '08) first founded Aspire Overseas Education, providing college placements in the UK for Indian students, in 2009.

AI-led insurtech platform automating underwriting, claims, audits and document workflows for insurers. Its insurance platform, InsureMind, automates underwriting and claims by analysing policy documents. Its FieldSense platform uses computer vision feeds via drones, CCTV and sensor data to identify safety risks at industrial sites. ₹2.35CR seed round led by IPV. Founded in April 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Manoj (Ramaiah '11; Universität des Saarlandes '16) was Director of AI at Foundation AI (seven years, AI for law firms and claims departments) and is ex-Practo; CTO Shreyas (Global Academy of Technology '12) was Senior Technical Architect at Foundation AI (seven years) and is ex-Practo and Infosys; CPO Vidvath (Muffakham Jah College Of Engineering and Technology '17) was a Solutions Architect at Foundation AI (seven years).

Extracurricular learning platform (for musical instruments, dance and fitness) combining expert-led offline classes with its AI Practice Companion. Classes are held at home, in societies and schools. ₹1.6CR pre-seed round led by PedalStart. Founded in Jul 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Tejasvi (IIT Kharagpur '09; ISB '16) was CBO at Brick & Bolt (tech enabled construction company) and is ex-HealthPlix, Byju's and Aditya Birla Fashion, first starting out at Schlumberger (five years); ; Varun (IIT Kharagpur '08; IIMA '18) ie ex-Capillary Technologies, WhiteHat Jr and OYO, after starting out at Schlumberger (nine years); Kritika (ICAI '15; DAVV University '21) is ex-Kimirica Hunter International (manufacturer of luxury amenities for hotels) and HealthPlix.

Developer of indigenous electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft, with 5–400 kg payloads for defence, disaster response, medical logistics and remote connectivity. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount from Finvolve, India Accelerator, Rukam Capital, ACIC-VGU (Atal Community Innovation Centre at Vivekananda Global University) and MIETY. Founded in Oct 2022, Jaipur based. Founder: CEO Ritvik (Rajasthan Technical Univ. '21; BITS Pilani '24) spent a year at Yokohama-ATG (commercial tires) on demand and supply planning; Shayandeep (York Univ.; University of Oxford) was a Data and Research Analyst at Toronto Grace Health Centre.

Climate-focused agribusiness startup which supplies agricultural biomass from over 50,000 farmers to compressed biogas (CBG) plants and other bioenergy facilities. Operates 15 biomass aggregation hubs across six states. ₹32.5CR (~$3.36M) seed round co-led by IAN and Rainmatter. Founded in Feb 2023, Delhi based. Founders: Co-Founder & CEO Kumar (IIMA) was a Director at Lehmann-UMT (bio-extruders) and Rika Biofuels; Co-Founder & Head of Strategy Priya (Kendriya Vidyalaya '92) was at Solidaridad Network (civil society org for small farmers) for 12 years; Co-Founder & Head of Projects Sachin (Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur '19; PhD in Agribusiness from Rabindranath Tagore Univ. '24) was with non-profit Transform Rural India (five years).

Causal decision intelligence platform which uses AI to help enterprises track their KPIs in real time and analyze root causes as metrics change. Clients include IRCTC, Plum, Dana Choga, Living Liquidz, Government e-Marketplace, and Noise. ₹2.5CR round from SucSEED, which last invested ₹1CR in Jan 2026. Prior to that the company had raised ₹5.2CR between July 2025 (an undisclosed amount) and Oct 2025 (₹4CR) from IPV and Venture Catalysts. Founded in Dec 2023, Mumbai based. Founder & CEO Vipul (SRM '14) was at BharatPe, most recently as zonal head for Mumbai, Goa and Gujarat, followed by Tijoree, a neobank where he led sales.