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.
Tech services firm which works with startups and enterprises to implement AI heavy projects. It has over 80 customers in under a year and has productized accelerators across voice, data and AI/ML workloads. The company offers strategy consulting, customized AI solutions and managed AI operations under one roof. Revenue scale undisclosed. $4.6M seed round led by Sorin with participation from Bessemer. Founded in Feb 2025, Coimbatore and Bengaluru based. The four ounders are from AWS. CEO and Tech Head Kousik (PSG '06) was at AWS for 5 years, was the Co-Founder & CEO of Healtho5 (healthcare CRM), and built Sphata (IT consulting) over a decade; Co-Founder (Growth Ops) Praveen (Coimbatore Institute of Tech. '05 and NIT Rituchirappali '09) was at AWS for a decade, as well as Quest Software and VMware (all BD roles); Co-Founder (Delivery) Ashwin (Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering & Tech. '16) was at AWS for eight years (leading growth stage startup relationships); CRO Aadarsh was at AWS for 5 years (account manager), and at Oracle and Akamai.
Voice AI startup, with agents that engage in long, complex sales conversations on behalf of financial institutions (Bank of Baroda, Aditya Birla, Insurance Dekho etc.). Agents can handle an unlimited number of calls, undertake live actions on call (send payment links, pull data real time), with calls that can cross over 15 minutes. In the pilot stage with customers in India and South East Asia. $3M seed round. Angels in the round: founders and execs from CRED, M2P, Turtlemint, Kissht. Founded in Oct 2022, Bengaluru based. Founders: CEO Devyani (Wharton '17) was an Antler Founder in Residence in 2022 and was at BCG for three years; CTO Vengadanathan (Coimbatore Institute of Technology '14) was a software engineer with Amazon India (7 years) followed by stints of 9-18 months at Airbnb, Uber and Rippling - all in Bengaluru.
Beauty brand with high performance multifunctional beauty and personal care products that simplify daily routines for working women in India. Its initial product lineup includes a dry shampoo, an all-in-one hair cream and a lip treatment. ₹1-3K price points. ₹28CR seed round. Founded in Oct 2023, Delhi based. Founder & CEO Aparna (Binghamton University undergrad '16 and Masters '17) was a Partner at Good Capital (five years).
Breakfast-focused brand selling high protein oats, formerly known as GoOAT. No refined sugar, preservatives or artificial flavours. Has scaled from ₹10 lakhs to ₹65 lakhs in monthly revenue in "recent months". 70% of sales are D2C. ₹1.6CR pre-seed round, in addition to the ₹1.1CR in pre-seed funding already raised. Raised from D2C insider Super Angels Vikram Ahuja (HomeGuru), Akash Gupta (Zypp), Dhruv Kohli (Boba Bhai) who were in the last round; Consumer Collective by Atrium; with incoming angels Rashi Agarwal (Zypp), Akhil Kansal and Aayushi Khandelwal (Anveshan), Venus Dhuria (Phot.AI), Karan Kishorepuria (Regaal Resources) and others. Founded in Aug 2023, Gurgaon based. Founder Yash (Univ. of Mumbai '20) was the founder of WisEgg (beverage brand) briefly before starting GOAT Life.
Gaming studio for PC and console games. Its first PC game, Ghatika, is about the survivors of ancient city that is destroyed, following which they rebuild their lives and avenge those they lost. It is yet to launch. ₹2.3CR seed round. Founded in Mar 2025, Bangalore based. Founder Raunaq (Karnatka State Law Univ. '14) was an Operational Risk and Compliance Specialist at Cognizant for almost a decade.
Tax management for individuals as well as enterprises. The platform provides expert advice and automates ITR filings, tax deductions and compliance for salaried users and businesses. individuals can get on a free tax consultation call with to start with, followed by annual plans priced between ₹3000-8000 a year. Video consultations and filing assitance throughout the year are key to the offering. The company also has a wealth advisory arm under its Elite plan. $4M seed round led by Jungle Ventures. Other investors in the round: Panthera Peak. $1.55M pre-seed round led by Gokul Rajaram in Jun 2024. Founded in Mar 2022, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Manas (National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Ranchi '15) is a former engineer from Kyt (social network for kids), xto10x (startup scaling tools), Jumbotail; CTO Dev (IIT Allahabad '16) is also an engineer from xto10x, and WalmartLabs. Comps: Cleartax, TaxBuddy and your local CA.
Startup developing electric vehicles for high-utilization city transport, i.e. ride-hailing operators and fleet logistics. A modular EV platform is built with a battery swapping model into its design, to address the charging delays by vehicles that are typically operated 16-20 hours a day. The company has a prototype vehicle and is beginning pilots. You can see the vehicle design here - https://www.blinqmobility.com/technology . ₹4.3CR pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Pharos Ventures, Operators Studio, and angel investors including Neil Shroff (Solana Foundation), Arun Kumar Mahala (Stockwell Solar Services), Sarita Ahlawat (Vayudh). Founded in Jun 2024, New Delhi based. The company has five founders: CEO Nikesh (IIT Delhi '16) was Team Captain at AXLR8R Formula Racing, the electric formula race car team by undergrads at IIT Delhi, and was Co-Founder and CTO of Vecmocon Technologies (EV intelligence stack, $18M Series A this June). Sushmita (COO), Ankit (CTO Mechnical), Abhilasha Marmat (CTO Electric) and Yashdeep Singh (CPO) are also IIT Delhi ('23/24) where they were all part of the AXLR8R team.
EdTech platform for professionals to improve their English communication combining AI with live 1-1 tutors. 10% of its users are from outside India, which will become a focus area. 75% of tutors are women who can earn up to ₹65K working from home. At ₹5CR annualised revenue, up from ₹2.3 the prior year, with 100K registered users. Their online community has 75K YouTube and 32K Instagram followers. ₹1CR round. Founded in Mar 2021, Gurgaon based. The three founders - Vikas (CEO), Piyush (CMO) and Sandeep (CFO) - are engineering students from the Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology ('23), during which time they started EnglishYaari.
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).