Rooftop solar for homes. The company has developed its own solar hardware, smart inverters and energy monitoring software. The company manages the complete process for homeowners - from design and approvals to installation and servicing. It will soon launch its first experience stores. India has 637 GW of residential rooftop solar potential, of which 8 GW has been installed so far. Adoption is at <1.5%. $2M seed round. Founded in May 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Manish (Univ. of Madras '00, IIM Bangalore '04) was CXO and Head of Ops at Myntra (six years) and CBO at BetterPlace; Kaustabh (IIM Lucknow '06) is ex-Dunzo, Urban Ladder and was Senior Vice President of Ops at Wakefit.

Bathroom water filtration solutions, i.e. a tap and shower filter designed for better haircare and skincare. At ₹5CR in annualised revenue across 6K homes, five months since launch. ₹1.5CR pre-seed round. Founded in Sep 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Duhita (IIT Kharagpur '23) is ex-Accenture; (also Kharagpur '23) is a software engineer from Pine Labs.

Fabless semiconductor company building integrated edge-AI silicon for industrial IoT, automative and medical device applications. ₹25CR seed round. Other investors in the round: MyAsiaVC, Whitepine Investments, Jain Oncor, REAN Foundation, Niraj Shah, Deepak Khanna. Founded in Jul 2018, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Vijay was an eingineer at NEC Australia, LSI Corporation and was Co-Founder & VP of Systems Engineering at Asarva Chips and Technologies; Namit (IIT Bombay '02) is an engineer from Texas Instruments, Intel, and Achronix where he spent 14 years.

Workforce management software for blue collar and contract workers. It connects enterprises, labour contractors and workers on a single platform which manages their attendance, payroll, contracts, compliance and payouts. It works with 300K labour cobtractors and has onboarded over 600K workers, primarily in Delhi NCR. A neobanking layer works with Yes Bank, ICICI, IDFC and NBFCs to offer banking, insurance, credit and insurance products using verified worker data from its platform. ₹10CR seed round. Founded in May 2021, Noida based. Founders: CEO was Business Head at NiYO (travel focused fintech), CTO Vishall is ex-Career Launcher and was the founder of After Office, an ERP solutions provider for schools and universities.

CleanTech hardware startup building semiconductor-powered embedded systems and power electronics solutions for smart grids, renewable energy infrastructure and battery storage. It operates two segments: smart grid systems; and analyzers and energy storage infrastructure. $5.1M seed round. Angels in the round: founders and operators from Zetwerk, Livspace, Unacademy, Urban Vault, Panthera Peak. Founded in Sep 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Abhay comes from sales at L&T, Adani Energy Solutions,Sterlite Power and was VP & Business Head of Zetwerk for five years; Anupam was in an ops role at Zetwrk and headed the industrial goods division at MJunction (an export focused marketplace).

Marketplace for factory outlets products, focused on branded excess inventory. This allows brand a separate channel for clearing out unsold stock without affecting pricing on their primary sales channels. By definition, the marketplace will have limited stock per SKU. ₹3.2CR pre-seed round. Founded in July 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: Anurag (IIT Delhi) worked at Spring Marketing Capital and at Clovia (founders office); Mohit graduated from Seneca Polytechnic in Dec 2024.

Lifestyle management platform offering guidance on nutrition, exercise, daily habits, sleep and stress. The platform delivers bite-sized video courses and an AI companion to help users build daily habits. Courses are priced between ₹99-250. 70% of its paying users come from Tier 2 cities and beyond. $2M seed round. Founded in June 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Manavdeep Gurjot (both IIM Lucknow) worked at Meesho and PocketFM.

DeepTech startup building systems capable of producing 10–12 inch solar-grade silicon ingots (i.e. the material used for manufacturing high-efficiency solar wafers for solar panels), with a longer term roadmap to produce semiconductor-grade wafers. For the last decade the company has worked on CZ-based crystal growth equipment (i.e. equipment used to produce silicon) and single-crystal materials. It has a ₹12CR order book for FY26, from government departments and national laborotories. $3M seed round. Other investors in the round: PointOne Capital, CIIE Initiatives (IIMA Ventures), Garimella Laxminarayana.

Mobile app for gynaecological care, using an AI chatbot as well as consultations and prescriptions through qualified gynaecologists. It has had 350K users till date covering 320 symptoms and conditions, and has had 40K paying customers so far. This round will help establish physical clinics and expand a range of nutritional supplements. $1M pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Subramanian (former TCS CEO) and Mala Ramadorai, Ajay Nair, Shreyas Srinivasan (Paytm Insider/OML). Founded in Jan 2022, Mumbai based. Founders: Divya (Yale '14, Wharton '21) was at The Bridegspan Group, Akanksha (Clarskon Univ.) is a software engineer who co-founded Fited, A Netherlands based manufacturer of 3D printed prosthetics.

Self-serve voice AI platform that allows enterprises to deploy and manage voice agents without long implementation cycles or specialised AI teams. Its first commercial deployment was in May 2025, now handling 200K calls per day across 1,050 paying customers. Sectors covered including BFSI, eCommerce, logistics, recruitment and education companies in India, with more than 10 Indian languages supported. $6.3M seed round. Other investors in the round: Orange Collective, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Capital, Eight Capital, along with angels Aarthi Ramamurthy, Arpan Sheth, Sriwatsan Krishnan, Ravi Iyer, Taro Fukuyama. Founded in Nov 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Maitreya (IIT Delhi '20) is ex-Bain and was an EIR at Probo; Prateek (IIT Delhi '14) is a software engineer from Atlassian and BrowserStack.