Chain of surgical cancer hospitals in Western India (Maharashtra, Gujarat). Focused on affordability, the company is pioneering organ-specific surgical teams to manage complex cases, with 5 centres and 20 surgeons who have performed 20K procedures so far. $2.8M seed round funded by Everhope Oncology, which is a platform incubated and seed funded with $10M by Narayana Health, W Health Ventures and 2070 Health. Founded in Dec 2019, Mumbai based. Founder Dr. Sanket Mehta has been a senior oncologist at Saifee Hospital for 14 years.

Exclusively announced here: AI co-pilot for risk and compliance teams in financial institutions, using Graph AI and Agentic AI for fraud detection, better underwriting and automated due diligence. Launched with payments, wealth management and market listing platforms in India, POCs in the UAE. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Angels in the round: Sidd Gandhi (Venture Builders Collective). Grant from WTFund earlier this year. Founded in Jan 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Sunit (IIT Kanpur '21) spent three years at Marcus by Goldman Sachs (its consumer banking brand), building ML capabilities for fraud detection for Apple Card; COO Somesh was at KPMG as Assistant Manager (in the financial crimes practice) and at the NSE as Deputy Manager.

Korean quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain, which appears to have four outlets (soon, five) in Bangalore. K-everything is a theme across India - beauty/music/dramas/food. ₹4CR seed round. Founder Hasan (Ramaiah '16; UBC Sauder '18) worked in Canada in accounts/BD roles (in a recycling company for food processors, for example) before returning to India to start Koriken in May 2022

Skincare brand. 30 products across acne care, sunscreen, cleansers and serums. It has 2.5M customers till date (up from 1M since Sep 2024) and is CM3 profitable - no data on current revenue. $1.8M (₹15CR) bridge round, it last raised ₹12CR from Atomic in Sep 2024. Founded In July 2020, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Robin spent three years as BD Manager at Yumchek (HORECA cashback platform); COO Prakher was at Schindler (sales) and PropTiger (marketing).

Orthopedic recovery and rehabilitation products, i.e. wrist braces, ankle walkers and lumbar support belts. Sold online and via orthopedic specialists at hospital chains. Used for post surgical care, pain management and long term mobility support. No information on current sales. $1.2M (₹10CR) seed round. Other investors in the round: SIDBI and angels including Ashish Gupta, Saket Narang (Steinberg India), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures). Founded in Sep 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: Saumaric (IIT Kharagpur '16, HBS '23) is from Bain/LEK/EY Parthenon; Ankit (also IIT Kharagpur '16) was at Dezerv for two years, with earlier stints at Brookfield/Steinberg (a hedge fund), JP Morgan.

P2P cross-border payments platform powered by regulated stablecoins. Offers better rates than mid-market exchange rates, with near instant settlement in key corridors (starting with US-India). ₹9.5CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Abhiraj Singh Bhal, Varun Khaitan, Raghav Chandra (Urban Company); Pradeep Parameswaran (Uber); Kunal Shah (CRED), Rishabh Goel (Credgenics). Founded in Jan 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: Aditya (IIT Bombay '08, INSEAD '13) was at Urban Company for five years prior to this (including as Country Head for the US), at Uber and at EY Parthenon; Himanshu (IIMA '13) was SVP at TravelPlus, Co-Founder at CurioED (science learning programs) and VP at Urban Company; Nikhil (IIM Lucknow '13) was at Urban Company for seven years prior to this (VP of Business Development) and at HCL.

AI platform for customer support teams to manage customer interactions; driving activation, retention, expansion opportunities and complete lifecycle personalization by ingesting signals from multiple enterprise systems. The product is yet to publicly launch beyond initial pilots with Coinbase, Adobe and Amazon. Legacy (i.e. SaaS!) account management systems constitute a $14-16B market in the US. Less than 5% of current customer interactions get reviewed, whereas Redapto will audit 100% of them. $500K round, part of the YC Fall 2025 cohort. Founded in July 2025, SF based. Founders: CEO Anirudh is BITS Pilani '24 and spent a year as an engineer at Coinbase (working remotely); CTO Cheril is Pune Institute of Computer Technology '24 and UC San Diego '25.

Coaching company which partners with schools and local sports bodies to run and enhance their sports facilities, as well as the programs in these facilities. Anyone can book a slot at these venues using the TIDA app. It has organised more than 100 tournaments and helped develop players who represent their states as well as country. It operates in Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand, across 150 coaching academies. ₹3CR seed round. Founded in March 2023. Founders: Adit (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology) was the founder of OakTree International (a school in Chandigarh); Priyansh (also from Thapar Institute) was an operations manager at DotPe; no information available on third co-founder Sumeet; the fourth co-founder Sanchit (not linked here) was MD at Krissha Textiles (trading company).

Apparel brand for all day clothing - think polos, shorts and jackets from ₹2-10K. This is longer duration wear, distinct from fast fashion and trend-led brands. India's functional clothing market is c. $9B a year, growing 5% annually. Design direction advised by Josh Hiney who led product innovation at Under Amour and Lululemon. Brand identity by Afternoon, a creative/branding agency. ₹6.8CR ($750K) first round. Other investors in the round: DeVC and angels including Shantanu Deshpande (Bombay Shaving Co.), Revant Bhate (Mosaic Wellness), Ashish Goel (OctoLife), Sangeet Agarwal and Navin Parwal (Mokobara), Nikhil Bhandarkar (Panthera Peak), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures). Founded in May 2025. Founder & CEO Rushabh founded The Stiff Collar, a shirts brand (2010-2012); following which he was Chief Merchandising Officer at Urban Ladder; had a brief stint as Director for Private Labels at Flipkart (in furniture and home); and then moved to Melbourne to join BROSA (a leading online furniture retailer in Australia) as Chief Commercial Officer for close to five years. He moved back to India in early 2025.

A new hospital operator which plans to open 100 hospitals with 5000 beds by 2030. It has opened its first facility in Koramangala, Bangalore - the first of 10 hospitals planned in the city. Offers outpatient and inpatient services across specialities. It has a VIP pass for families of up to four for unlimited doctor consultations and tests. It operates without taking commissions from its doctors. Funding round of an undisclosed round, likely its second seed round (or a Pre-Series A) following an initial seed round in May 2025 led by Sparrow Capital. Founded in July 2024. Founder & CEO Varun was CRO at Apollo Hospitals, prior to which he was CMO at Ola Electric, Group - Digital at Ola and VP Marketing & Head of Monetisation at Practo.