A full stack, customer to customer attempt at cracking India's secondhand products ("pre-owned") market, which remains undisrupted beyond OLX (inaccurate listings, payment and pickup coordination issues etc.) and used mobile phone sites. This is an ~$18B market with 70M Indians (buyers + sellers) who engage in transactions monthly. Launched in Bangalore in Aug 2025 with a focus on electronics, home appliances and household goods (including furniture). How is this attempt different? A full stack approach means a three day money back gaurantee and doorstep logistics. AI is used to verify listings, catalog-match, grade the condition of products and provide a guidance on price. One hard to solve problem for such sites - second hand UGC product photos just don't look great. ₹3.4CR pre-seed round, led by Titan with the participation of Raveen Sastry (Multiply Ventures). Founded in Apr 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Ankit held product roles at Juniper and Bitclass; Chirag was an Associate Director of Product at Swvl (private bus ride hailing in the UAE).

Conversational AI for the healthcare industry (the second such deal this week) which is clinical grade compliant - this one is for pharma companies in the US to call physicians and patients. Big pharma spends $30B a year to engage doctors and patients, most of which is done manual. Doctors are flooded with too much information, while on the other hand patients don't receive consistent support which leads to an up to 50% drop-off rate in treatment for long term illnesses. $5M seed round. Part of the YC Spring 2025 Cohort - YC is also part of this round. Founded in Dec 2024, SF based. Founders: CEO Supreet was at ZS, McKinsey and JPMorgan in New York; CPO Sahitya is a data scientist, most recently at Audible; Co-Founder Rajashekar is also a data scientist, most recently at AWS.

Network of dark stores that deliver construction and interior materials to homeowners, contractors and architects within 60 minutes in Bangalore, using an all-electric fleet. Currently at ₹35CR annualised GMV, aiming at ₹50CR by Jan 2026. ₹9CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Suraj Nalin (PlaySimple), Raj Sheth and Gautam Shewakramanil (Inuka Capital). Founded in Jun 2024. Founder Pukhraj (IIT Roorkee) was Co-Founder & COO at both Project Hero (marketplace of construction workers) and at Tornado (a general contractor).

Precision manufacturing in the aerospace parts industry - across precision machining, fabrication, tubing and structural sub-assemblies. Building out the complete supply chain to deliver on predictable lead times for global customers. India's aerospace parts industry was $13.6B in 2023, expected to reach $21B by 2030. $3.5M seed round. Angels in the round: Ashish Gupta (Helion), PVS Raju (AIG Hospitals). Founded in Sep 2025. The founders played key roles at Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL). CEO Nishant (IIM Bangalore) was at TASL for eight years, most recently heading the Aerospace Manufacturing Business (Metallics & Composites); CBO Neeraj was there for 15 years, most recently as Head of Sales - Aerostructures and Aero-Engines; CCO Piyush was also there for 15 years, heading Corporate Supply Chain Management.

Conversational agents for the healthcare industry - deal 1 of 2 in this space this week. This one automates major patient interactions at hospitals (India for now, the US later) such as appointment booking, follow-ups, treatment preparation guidance. Claims to be active in "several Indian healthcare facilities", aiming at 50 hospitals and clinic chains by mid 2026. Quoting the CTO: ""Our vision is to build the AI nurse for every hospital, not to replace people, but to enable care teams to focus on critical patients while AI manages the routine coordination." $1.2M pre-seed round. Founded in Jun 2024. Founders: CEO Dhruv was a technical principal at Meta; CTO Ashish was a data scientist at LinkedIn and SAP.

Wellness platform that connects customers with certified coaches, nutritionists and fitness experts globally. 98K users, no information on MAU/transacting users. $1.1M seed round from a group of Texas based investors. Formerly known as Health Click Away. Founded in Jan 2019. Founders: CEO Ruchika is a school teacher by background; COO Gaurav is from Google (product manager) and Deloitte.

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.