Vernacular mental health platform which offers online consultations with consultant psychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and sexual therapists. Sessions are prices at ₹1,000-1,500. Has delivered 20K therapy sessions to Malayalis across 40 countries, revenue traction undisclosed. ₹1.5CR seed round. Founded in July 2023, Kozhikode based. The three founders are from Kasaragod, Kerala. CEO Ebrahim was founder of Vibe Technology (a creative agency); little information on CGO Abdulla (Visvesvaraya Technological University '17); COO Mubashira (Wadihuda Institute of Research and Advanced Studies '20) was a project manager at SISS RECARE, also a mental health startup.

AI-native management platform for preschools and daycare centres, which automates a large share of their administrative tasks. The full stack platform covers academics (as a teaching assistant), attendance, health logs, billing, admissions and parent comms. Voice AI is a key part of the offering, with teachers recording voice debriefs which get converted into structured academic updates, record keeping or parent facing communication. GTM across India and Southeast Asia (where it works with 130 schools), expanding to the GCC and US. Aiming at 1,000 schools in the next 12-18 months. $1.8M pre-seed round. Founded in Jan 2023, Calcutta based. Founders: CEO Ankur (IIT Kharagpur '17) was the founder of pre-school Arth Early Learning Spaces; CTO Manav (IIT Kharagpur '16; University of Illinois '17) was at Instagram for seven years till this Dec 2025, most recently as Senior Staff Software Engineer; COO Adithya (Symby '12; Harvard Kennedy School '18) is ex-Teach for India and was most recently Co-Founder & CPO at Hushl.ai (custom chatbots for enterprise).

Agentic AI platform for large scale enterprise code migrations and software overhauls, using its proprietary SLMs which are purpose built for migration from legacy systems. Time and costs can come down by up to 80%. Revenue traction undisclosed, works with BFSI and SaaS enterprises in India and the US. This is a $23B market today, expected to reach $51B by 2031. $1.7M seed round. Founded in Jan 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Aravind (Cochin Univ. of Science & Technology '16; IIT Delhi '19) was a data scientist at Meesho and Flipkart; CTO Vinay (IIT Kanpur '15; IIT Delhi '19) was a data scientist at AiDash (intelligence for electric utilities) and SigTuple (healthcare diagnostics); co-founder Prathosh (Indian Institute of Science '15) was Co-Founder at CogniAble (autism detection) and Assistant Professor at both IISc and IIT Delhi.

Biotech startup working on cell free biomanufacturing for beauty and personal care ingredients. The focus is on the global Hyaluronic Acid market, where the company has developed its own portfolio named NeuHyal, which serves as an alternative to conventional sources of Hyaluronic Acid. The company is also building an AI driven biofoundry that enables partner brands to submit target molecules for design, testing and production. ₹6CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Jashan Bhumkar, Gayathri Kuppendra Reddy. Founded in Dec 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Nisa is an MBA from IIM Tiruchirappalli (no other information on her background); CTO Hitesh (Christ College Rajkot '07; MSc in Genetic Engineering from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya '09; PhD in Protein Folding & Dynamics from National Centre for Biological Sciences '18) was a scientist at Perfect Day (animal free whey protein startup in the US) and Novozymes (created from the demerger of Novo Nordisk).

AI-enabled platform making materials engineering more predictable. AI and ML are combined with physics based simulations to design and validate new materials, which can significantly reduce R&D timelines and lower costs. The company works with sectors such as specialty chemicals, polymers, paints, coatings, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and composite materials. ₹4.15CR pre-seed round led by Theia Ventures. Incubated at ICT NICE, the innovation hub of the Institute of Chemical Technology. Founded in Aug 2025, Mumbai based. Co-Founder & CEO Ajaz (Institute Of Chemical Technology '25) started out of college; no information available on his co-founder Ayesha.

AI-native and pre-emptive cybersecurity startup. KnightGuard, the company's platform, helps enterprises continuously identify, validate, and reduce the most critical security gaps before attackers exploit them. A mesh of AI agents cover core cybersecurity functions, with agents acting as a Customer Specific CTI Analyst, a SOC Analyst, Red and Blue Teams and on ITOps. Customers and revenue traction undisclosed. $3.4M seed round led by Expeditions (European cybersecurity investor) along with the VC arm of Bitfender. Founded in Feb 2024, Amsterdam based. Founders: CEO Anuj (Delhi Univ '01; FORE '04; MSc in Cyber Security from Leiden University '18) is a technology architect from FireEye (cybersecurity), Accenture and Netherlands based OCLC (six years); CRO Manuj was a director of the enterprise business at RSA Security, Symantec and Dell EMC.

Clean label beverage brand with natural sparkling drinks which are vegan and chemical free. Sold via quick commerce, retail channels, vending machines and HoReCa (chains like Chalu Chinese with 200 outlets). Revenue traction undisclosed, scaling production capacity from 250 litres to 2,000 litres (40K cans) per day. ₹2CR seed round, raised on Zee TV's entrepreneurship show Ideabaaz from Sooraj Singh (Unibots) and Shaili Chopra (SheThePeople). Founded in Oct 2019, Bangalore based. Founders Vrinda and Deepender started Swizzle straight out of Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology in Jhansi.

Analog watch brand which will launch in January 2026 with five collections. Each model will be limited and numbered. It will open its first experience store in Delhi. $3M seed round. Other investors in the round: 100 Unicorns, Tanmay Bhat, and over 30 founders including Varun Alagh (Mamaearth), Gaurav Khatri (Noise), Siddharth Dungarwal (Snitch), Nitin Jain (OfBusiness), Vishesh Khurana (Shiprocket), Chirag Taneja (GoKwik), Akash Gupta (Zypp), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures). Founded in Apr 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: Aakash (University of Wolverhampton '09; Northumbria MBA '10) was the founder of perfume brand BellaVita; Prerna (LSR '10; IE Business School '15) was the co-founder of luxury candle brand À La Folie; Anant was the co-founder of free beverages company Drink Free Advertising Media; the fourth founder, Kunal Kapania (Amity '19; Narsee Monjee '22), not linked here, was also co-founder at Drink Free Advertising Media.

Industrial automation startup developing India's longest Track Based Linear Motor System for port automation. In English, it is developing an automated movement system where containers can travels along a fixed track using electromagnetic force. This round will be used towards setting up in house manufacturing and an advanced testing facility. $750K pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: AIC-Pinnacle, IIMA Ventures. Part of the MaXcel hardware accelerator run by Capital-A and SanchiConnect. Founded in Apr 2021, Pune based.The four founders are from MIT (Maharashtra Institute of Technology) Pune '21 where they were founding members of college incubated Vegapod Hyperloop (one of two successful hyperloop teams in India which has setup sub-scale prototypes and continues to operate). They founded Quintrans straight out of MIT Pune.

New consumer appliances brand launching with its first product, Luma, an air frier priced at ₹9,999. Building a portfolio of consumer appliances across kitchen, home and personal care. Launching first in India. the company will expand to the GCC and the US over time. $1.4M pre-seed round, led by Sauce VC (this deal being its largest pre-revenue cheque). Also received Peak XV’s Spark Grant. Angels in the round include founders/execs from Caratlane, Noise, Urban Company, Mokobara, Ultrahuman, Servify, Vahdam, Dixon Technologies, Cyient, Reckitt. Founded in Mar 2025, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Naiyya (NLS, Bangalore '07; HBS '12) was the founder of parenting platform BabyChakra, which merged with Good Glamm Group in 2021 where she became co-founder; CDO Vyasateja (Visvesvaraya Technological University '03; North Carolina State '08) is an industrial designer, and most recently founder of design studio Analogy.