Screen free device for kids aged 3-10, with educational content from content studios and publishers, and a parent-friendly app for real time monitoring. Pre-launch. $300K pre-seed round. Also part of the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First in India. Founders: Chandramouli, an Antler EIR, is an engineer from Capillary Technologies, Redbus and Amazon; Venkat founded Sellerworx (SaaS for online sellers), acquired by Capillary Technologies, and was Chief Growth Officer at Zest Money. Founded in Jun 2024.

Pet food brand, present in 20 outlets in Bangalore with plans to expand to Mysore, Hyderabad, Goa and Kochi. Sells biscuits and jerky packets priced at ₹700-800. Works with vets and nutritionists to ensure taste and nutritional value. $425K seed round by undisclosed investors. No background available on the founder, Smriti.

Premium kidswear brand, with 100% cotton everyday essentials for children up to 10 years of age. Available D2C and on Myntra, FirstCry and Nykaa Fashion. No information on traction. ₹4CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Saurabh Jain (Livspace), Srivatsan Chari (Cleartax), Kunal Mahipal (Onsitego), Meghana Agarwal (Indiqube), Sunil Khaitan (Goldman Sachs). Founders: Tarun (IIT Delhi) comes from a BD background (ClearTax, Simpl, Onsitego, Mailmodo); Payal is from marketing (Unacademy, GamesKraft, K12); Bharath (SRCC) was at EY before starting Drako Apparels, an apparel manufacturing company. Founded in Mar 2022.

Sneaker brand, with its first collection launched D2C on their website - expansion via multi-brand stores and pop ups. $500K pre-seed round. Undisclosed angels from Zomato, Urban Company, Tata 1mg, Shyft, HexaHealth, ChrysCapital, BCG. Founders: Varun (SRCC, ISB) is ex Parthenon Group, Zomato (Dubai launch), 1mg (seven years across verticals); Manas is ex HP, Lookup, 1mg (also seven years).

Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider that lowers upfront EV battery purchase costs for fleet operators, with a pay per use model. 1,500 batteries in operation today, aiming at 20K batteries deployed and ₹2.5CR in monthly revenue in over 15 cities in India by the end of FY27. ₹2.2CR pre-seed round. Founders: Siddhartha (IIT Bombay, IIMA) is from Ola (Product), Myntra (logistics) and Ola Electric (sales, charging infra); Bikesh (also IIT Bombay) is from SunEdison and energy storage companies Livguard and Enphase Energy; Vikash (NIT, HEC) is ex Bharat Petroleum (eight years), Treebo, Quick Ride and Ola. Founded in Dec 2023.

AI native data security platform. A unified intelligent anticipates and stops threats before they escalating, by combining data security posture management, insider risk detection, data exfiltration defense, and data loss prevention. Integrates with major enterprise systems - Zoho, Snowflake, Salesforce. $6.25M seed round. Other investors in the round: Carya Venture Partners. Founders: CEO Keshava is ex VMWare, Intuit, Observe AI and was the Co-Founder & CEO Of Optiq.AI (devsecops); CTO Harsh is ex Rivigo, Observe AI and was very briefly Co-Founder & CTO of Fairywren, a platform to connect with skincare experts and shop recommended products. Founded in Mar 2024.

AI-led SaaS for life sciences companies to automate their regulatory compliance. The platform instantly detects compliance gaps and provides actionable next steps. $125K from Antler towards their pre-seed round, which is open till they raise up to $1M. Singapore HQ, tech and product in India, focused on the US and Europe. Comps: Entvin AI (YC funded this April). Founded in Mar 2025. Founders: Marc is from the pharma industry - he was Regional Manager for Asia Pacific & Africa at trading firm for Advanced Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Tharak was a software engineer at YC-backed Jeeves, and Open, and co-founded Craydo (ad campaign manager);

Social networking platform for users to share what they are doing in the moment and discover local activities. No information on traction or engagement. $1M round. Founder Mitesh was the founder of Hashtechy (dev firm) for four years, and Head of Marketing from Frendy (new age convenience stores). Founded in Aug 2023.

Casual mobile puzzle games studio which uses AI to drive game personalisation and dynamic content generation. Game titles Tap Hexa and Hexa Dreams have 300K installs, with a focus on Europe and the US. $2.75M seed round. Founders Naga (IIT-BHU) and Pruthvi (BITS) are IIM Calcutta batchmates who worked at Gameberry Labs together (on product and growth). Naga is from Tencent and PlaySimple, while Pruthvi is from Swiggy - also product roles. Founded in Apr 2024.

Drone startup founded in 2020 by a 15 year old who was inspired by Zipline, the on-demand drone delivery company. Uses a tail-sitter design (the drone launches upright) with a goal to deliver parcels at 1/20th the cost of typical deliveries. Deliveries cost ₹24 per delivery today, with an aim to get below ₹5 by end 2026. Pilot program with Bangalore's Narayana Health, through which it will undertake medical logistics for three months. Also looking at quick commerce and food delivery. $8.65M seed round led by Lachy Groom, following last year's round by Lightspeed. Founder Naman, now 20 years old, started Airbound as a side project during high school in Mumbai when he was 15. Founded in 2020, formally in Mar 2023.