Tracking pre-seed and seed rounds that close in India every week
Links out to the the websites of the startup and its investors, along with LinkedIn profiles of the founders and fundraising news.
Full-stack AI app builder that turns natural-language prompts into production-grade software with backend infrastructure and code ownership. The platform has a deterministic orchestration layer. When a user describes their app, the platform maps intent into a structured intermediate builder state, and generates backend code. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Jun 2023, Noida based. Founders: CEO Akshay (IEC College '17) set up IT services firm NovoStack in 2016; CTO Akshansh (also IEC College '17) was a senior engineer at NovoStack for seven years.
Digital lending marketplace. Users can compare loans across multiple lenders, with backend integration into banks and NBFCs for faster decision making. Revenue and user scale undisclosed, targetting 10M users in the next 18-24 months. $2.4M (₹22.5CR) seed round led by the Mankind Pharma Promoter’s family office, along with Vi-John Group, Sanjay Singhvi, Bavadeep Reddy, Malani Ventures (Sanjay Shah Family office), Gurshant Singh Bhatia, Sunny Bhatia, Upkaran Singh Chawla, Harbir Dhingra. Founded in Oct 2023, Mumbai based. Founders: Pradeep (Panjab Univ. '02) was Business Head for the Mortage Group at YES Bank; Vijay (Univ. of Mumbai; Narsee Monjee) was Senior President at YES Bank and CIO at Tata Capital; Mohit (Vikram Univ. '05) was President at YES Bank (in roles heading inorganic business, business process and controls, and busines intelligence).
Eldercare startup with 'senior engagement centres' offering preventive health check-ins, cognitive activities, movement, and community for older adults. The startup operates its first centre in Gurgaon, and is developing its Aamra CARE protocol, a framework aimed at assessing and tracking physical stability, cognitive engagement and social connectedness among seniors. $150K (₹1.2CR) pre-seed round. Founded in Jul 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: Sripriya (IIT Roorkee '09; IIM Ahmedabad '12) was a Director at InsuranceDekho and is ex-Camp K12, Pocket Aces, Star TV; Akanksha (MBBS from Manipal Academy of Higher Education '10) is an ENT Surgeon who set up her own practice, ENT360 by Dr. Akanksha Saxena, in 2020.
Personal care brand starting with a clear deodorant stick (an alternative to roll-ons and aerosols) designed for Indian weather conditions. ₹9.1CR (~ $970K) pre-seed round. Angels in the round include Arjun Purkayastha (Reckitt), Manish Taneja (Purplle), Kunal Bahl (Snapdeal), Aneesh Sheth (Dr. Sheth’s Skincare). Founded in Sep 2025, Mumbai based. Founder Nirja (Columbia '20; Harvard MBA '24) started out at Dalberg, and was Co-Founder of Recove (B2B recycled raw materials) for a year after her MBA.
Travel platform for verified, quality-assured homestays and cottages in India's lesser-known destinations. The platform currently lists 1,800 hand picked properties across 180 destinations in Sikkim, West Bengal and Odisha. Travellers get an authentic experience, and homestay owners receive another source of income. ₹80 lakhs pre-seed round. Founded in Nov 2019, Kolkota based. Founders: Sourav (Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology '09) was Business Head at Breeze (field sales SaaS), AVP at Bookingjini (hotel management SaaS) and Zonal Manager at CARS24; Siddharth (CTU '03: XIM Bhubaneswar '08) is also ex-CARS24 (launch head for Saudi Arabia) and was AVP for Special Projects at Source.One (industrial materials marketplace).
Men’s grooming brand with products for intimate care, body care and hygiene. The company is at $1.5M in annualised revenue. $294K seed round. Other investors in the round: Growth Sense, Growth91, and angels including Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures), Arush Chopra, Megha Sabhlok, Gaurav Kumar. Founded in Oct 2024, Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Pritam (IMT Nagpur) held product marketing roles at Tally and Yubi, and founded The Y Chromsome (men’s focused content).
Robotic neuro-rehab device manufacturer. Its flagship Mobi-L system uses robotics, VR and AI for physiotherapy across 20 exercises designed to enable complete recovery. The company has 425 devices installed across 354 clinical customers including AIIMS, Apollo and Manipal Hospitals. The system has supported over 7,500 patients with up to 25% faster recovery times. This is an alternative to trained therapists (of which there is a shortage) and other high cost robotic systems. ₹10CR seed round. Founded in Aug 2018, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Chirag started Rymo after graduating from KJ Somaiya College of Engineering ('18), along with co-founder Abhishek.
Deep-tech photonics company developing optical fiber platforms, high-performance fiber lasers and integrated photonics systems for use in telecom, healthcare and manufacturing. ₹6CR seed round. The company was incubated at FITT, IIT Delhi. Founded in Jan 2025, Delhi based. Founders: Deepak (IIT Kanpur '11: PhD in Optical Fibres from the Optoelectronics Research Center, University of Southampton '15) was Co-Founder at BrahmaSens and at Specphotonics (advanced optical fibers that enable the customization of laser beam shapes); Mansi (Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology '26) started DeepLase during her Master's degree.
Conversational AI for residential real estate operators (particularly student housing operators), across voice, chat, text and email. It helps property owners manage leasing, ops and resident engagement, with each agent trained for a specific function, in over 200 languages. For example, agents qualify leads, answer queries, schedule viewings, automate follow-ups, handle maintenance requests and update records. Present in the UK, Europe and more recently in the US. It powers 200K units globally, with 30K units added a month, across operators such as Homes for Students (HFS), Moda Living, Fusion Students, Housing Hand, Downing and 40 other customers. $7M seed round. Other investors in the round: Old College Capital. $2.5M pre-seed in Dec 2024 from the Downing Family. Founded in Jul 2024, London and Delhi based. Founders: CEO Sayantan (IIT Roorkee) built out university student focused platforms UniAcco (connecting students and property managers); UniCreds (student financing) and UniScholars (study abroad counselling from 2019-2024; CTO Abhishek (also IIT Roorkee, '13) was an Engineering Manager at Vymo; COO VP Singh (IIT Roorkee '15) was Head of Client Operations at Lavanda (flexible rentals platform) and was Co-Founder & COO of Fella Homes, which was acquired by ZiffyHomes; CBO Dan (Loughborough University) was Co-Founder of Good Management Group (ESG consultancy) and Chief Partnerships Officer at Dorms.com (hostel booking). He served as Managing Director of student housing chain Nido.
Neurotech company with non-invasive wearable headsets, designed to improve focus, mood and stress regulation. The 100 gram headset delivers low intensity electrical stimulation in 20 minute sessions to regions of the brain associated with attention and emotional regulation. The technical name for this is transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Its companion app lets users log sessions and track sessions. 500 beta users self reported mood improvement of 77%, with 75% of them saying it reduced stress by 50%. Available on pre-order in the US and India. $2.1M (~₹18CR) seed round. Other investors in the round: Stanford Angels, Aureolis Ventures, and angels including Juhi Bhatnagar (Forj Capital), Raymond Russell (Boom Supersonic), and the founders of Groww. Founded in Sep 2023, SF and Bangalore based. The three founders are BITS Pilani '20. CEO Dhawal was Co-Founder & CEO of DYBO (3D and AR web infra for eCommerce); CTO Aman was Co-Founder & CEO at DYBO; co-founder Jai held sales roles at Newton School and Airmeet.