Full-stack Edge AI hardware platform - the company builds modular Edge AI computing platforms that integrate compute, connectivity and storage on a single board - with 5000 shipped to date. This hardware is deployed in industrial gateways, humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, drones and defence systems. Competes against boards provided by global players: Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson, Google Coral, Qualcomm. ₹1.39CR seed round. Founders: CEO Prabhu is from EMC, Siemens and Affiliatics; Savitri was a director at WaterBot Online Solutions for a decade (IoT systems). Founded in Jan 2025.

Sustainable packaging for fresh produce. The packaging is in the form of plant-based films, that extend shelf life of fruits and vegetables by up to 3x. It is both biodegradable and compostable, with R&D as well as production in Visakhapatnam. Naturally (pun intended), this is a B2B business, working with farmers, exporters and retailers. It has two products, for bulk shipments and for retail. Building both sales and compliance functions in the US and India. Current revenue scale not provided. $1M seed round. Founders Taraka and Venkata built out SBioTech, an aquaculture startup that specializes in probiotics for fish, for seven years. That overlapped with them building MicGene Lab, a state of the art research laboratory in Visakhapatnam. Founded in Aug 2020.

Kids lifestyle brand - blankets, towels, school gear. Currently at ₹12CR annualised revenue, growing at 40% QoQ. The focus is on scaling collectible-driven seasonal drops. ₹4CR seed round. Angels In the round: Shivali Vij (Michelin), Deepank Kumar (ESR India), Pratik Mathurkar (Honest Chocolat), Uday Sodhi (Kurate Digital Consulting), Stoffer Norden (former CEO, Booking.com). Founders Ritvik and Karishma are from NIT Tiruchirappallii. They founded XOOG, a safe social network for kids. Founded in Feb 2023.

Consumer food brand with products from the Mithila region which lies in Bihar as well as Jharkhand. This is a clean label brand which covers Indian superfoods, "heritage staples" (e.g., Katarni rice, a unique short grain rice only grown in this region) and a healthier variety of snacks. Five months since launch, its currently at ₹3CR annualised revenue, 20 SKUs and 25K customers in aggregate. ₹1.5CR seed round. Founders Shubham and Ankit are IIT Bombay, Anshu is from Ramaiah College. CEO Shubham co-founded a marketing agency; Protego, a car accessories brand; and BreadnPulp, a hyperlocal breakfast delivery platform in Mumbai. Ankit is from Timemytask (on demand home services), Anshu is from Thokbaazar (hyperlocal B2B platform). Founded in Dec 2024.

Consumer food and beverage brand, with fun, nostalgic products - flavoured sodas, cotton candy and tapioca crips for example. The goal is to scale distribution across typical channels (Q-Com) as well as food service outlets and abroad. No data on scale. ₹1.5CR seed round. Co-Founder and CEO Rahul Johar was Executive Director at iResearch Services for 17 years, while also building national distribution for his family owned firm JOHARS Group, a wholesaler/importer. Founded in Jan 2023.

Formerly HealthPresso. $300K angel round from undisclosed investors that closed in July. Founders: Daleep was Senior VP & Country Head of McCann Health for 12 years; Manuj, ex Sapient and Accenture, was Director of Client Services at Essence Software Solutions for close to a decade. The fourth co-founder, Dr Swadeep Srivastava, is not linked here. Founded in May 2023.

Marketing automation system called MAGI (Marketing AGI) that brings together the intelligence and orchestration layer. $1.9M pre-seed round. Founders: Deepesh and Shrestha are both IIT Kharagpur. Deepesh was the Co-Founder of Drivebarn (SaaS for car dealers in the US) and a PM at energyX Solutions and Sonatype; Shrestha was a Team Lead at Meta in the UK, prior to which he was a software engineer at Swiggy and Clip. Founded in Oct 2024.

Defence-tech company building quantum-encrypted laser communications and directed energy weapon (DEW) systems. With five years of R&D and field deployments, its communication system aims to send infrared laser beams using a constellation of satellites, enabling ultra-fast and secure data links; while its DEW system is developing weapons for use in anti-drone, anti-UAV and anti-satellite defence. The communication system will require a network of satellites to function across Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) along with geostationary satellites (GEO). $3M seed round.

IoT startup with a RF-mesh communication stack for use in smart meters (for use across water, gas and electricity utilities) and smart-city projects (for example, street lighting). An RF-mesh communication stack is the architecture that enables wireless communication between multiple devices on a local area network using radio frequency signals. RF-mesh systems have lower downtime and maintenance costs versus telecom-based systems. The Indian government has a Smart Meter National Programme in place to replace 250M conventional meters with smart meters. $2M seed round. Founders: Amarjeet was the Founder & CEO of Shrama Technologies (consulting firm for IoT rollouts); Vikas was with Secure Meters for close to twenty years (large scale Indian manufacturer of metering systems). Founded in Apr 2022.

AI native infrastructure to automate software integrations at enterprises. AI agents plan, build and maintain integrations across the tech stack. In current use cases, agents have automated reconciliation in finance workflows; unified inventory and ordering systems; built real-time ERP-to-CRM data syncs. Currently at 30 paying enterprise clients, 1500 active users and a seven figure ARR. Typically, integration hurdles have stalled enterprise sales for 95% of SaaS vendors. $6.5M seed round. Other investors in the round: Ahead VC, Karman Ventures, Z21. Founders Jugal (IIT Kharagpur) and Abhishek (IIT Roorkee) were co-founders of JustDoc, a remote digital health platform to connect with doctors which was acquired by NetMeds. Jugal was then Head of Strategy, BD & New Products and Abhishek was Head of Product at Netmeds - before and after Netmeds' acquisition by Reliance. Founded in Jan 2023, based in San Mateo and Bengaluru.