Fandom-driven storytelling platform enabling users to create and consume alternative storylines based on their favourite movies, shows, anime, games and books. It brings together fanfiction, comics, videos and discussions into a single space. Content is hosted across more than 250 fandoms, including Harry Potter, Marvel, The Lion King, with 150K users globally. Its users spend 20 minutes a day and are largely Gen Z, based in the US, Canada, UK and Europe. It has partnered with Arka Media Works to build fan content around Baahubali characters. $1M pre-seed round led by Kalaari Capital and Gruhas. Founded in Feb 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Jatin (NIT Karnataka '18) was an Associate at Kalaari and a Decision Science Analyst at Jumbotail; Nesar (Ramaiah Institute of Technology '18) was also an Associate at Kalaari and was with Gilda VC (a fundraising platform); CTO Arvindmani (NIT Tiruchirappalli '18) was a software engineer at Fidelity Investments.

AI powered engineering intelligence software to help manufacturers improve decision making across design, production and costing. The company enables automated drawing reviews, cost estimation and real-time production monitoring. It works with 20 customers (including pilots and commercial deployments), with auto component makers and industrial suppliers. The company will expand beyond India to MENA and North America. Seed round of an undisclosed amount from undisclosed investors. Founded in Apr 2025, Chennai based. Founders: CEO Raghu (IIT Madras '91, IIM Ahmedabad '93) founded Buddhi Clinic (neuropsychiatric care center) and was Business Head for Paints, E-Drives and Small Agricultural Machines at Simpson & Co. (diesel engine manufacturer); CRO Arvindh (IIT Madras '91, University of Minnesota '93) was at Oracle in the US for over 15 years; CPO Srihari (Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology '09) was Founder & CEO of Factri (tech services for manufacturing) and of Stigmergy Solutions (manufacturing process improvement); no information available on COO Suneel Aiyer.

AI-native fraud intelligence and risk infrastructure platform for financial institutions and digital marketplaces. It works with over 20 banks, fintechs and marketplaces, and focuses on real-time fraud detection and risk scoring. $1.5M (~₹14.2CR) round. Angels in the round: Rajesh Sawhney (GSF), Dinesh Agarwal (ndiaMart), Anup Agarwal (Kiwi), Vinay Bagri (Niyo). Founded in Jul 2021, Gurgaon based. Founders: Co-Founder & CEO Arvinder (IIT Delhi '12) was a product manager at Zupee; Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist was a data scientist at Zupee, Goldman Sachs and Flipkart.

Income-linked financing platform for Indian students pursuing global higher education, replacing traditional loans with a pay-after-employment model. Students repay their loans only after crossing a defined income threshold, with no collateral or co-signer needed. The focus is on Indian startups pursuing master's degrees in the US, UK and Europe, with funding for both tuition and living expenses in the $5,000-20,000 ticket size. Distribution is via 4,500 college counsellors across India. ₹5.5CR pre-seed round. Founded in Jan 2025, SF based. Founders: CEO Sreemaan and COO Deborah started Skillsvest while at UC Berkeley (UC Berkeley + ESSEC joint degree). They were part of the LUANCH pre-accelerator program (by Jason Calacanis) and the Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator program.

Quick-commerce platform operating a 'try and buy' model for consumer electronics, with 60-minute delivery and at-home product demos before purchase. It has partnered with 60+ brands (Philips, Samsung, Apple, Dyson, Dell) and scaled nearly 20x since launching in Bengaluru in October 2025. $1M pre-seed round led by InfoEdge Ventures. Angels in the round: Raghu Pavan T S (CIO, Canarys Automations), Anirudh Prasad (AVP, Gokaldas Exports), Bhaskar Raju K (Kalyani Developers family office), Deepak K Gowda (Ascent Capital), Venus Dhuria (Appyhigh), Srinivasan Namala (Porus Laboratories), Vaibhav Vashisht (Acadly), Sanil Bhatia (Wellopia), Akash Jain (D.R. Textiles), Vineet Jain (AVP, Air India Cargos), Mahek Mody (Upliance), Vedang Patel (The Souled Store), Kushal Sanghvi (Board Member of Adtech India), Panshul Garg (senior developer, Flexport), Vaibhav Longani (Simon-Kucher & Partners), Chandrashekhar D H (Independent Consultant). Founded in Mar 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Gotama (Christ University) was Co-Founder & CEO of Openapp (smart locks); CMO Varun (BITS Pilani '16) was Co-Founder & Business Head of The Teaser Company (marketing company for D2C brands); COO Harsha (Griffith University '10) was Co-Founder & COO for VivaVilla (MBO for smart home products) and a Portfolio Management Consultant at Capco (a Wipro company).

AI-native digital lending infrastructure for banks and NBFCs. Clients can configure, launch, and manage complex lending products independently, without change requests, IT dependencies, or implementation delays. The company process ₹2 lakh crore in AUM across multiple financial institutions, and will now enter MENA and North America. $3M seed round. Founded in Sep 2020, Chennai based. Chairman, Hari (IIT Kanpur '75; IIM Calcutta '77) is Chairman and Co-Founder of Indus OS. He was Deputy MD for 3i Infotech and the founder of UAE based ERP platform INSYST Technologies.

B2B apparel sourcing platform connecting independent retailers and manufacturers. The company is addressing inefficiencies in the apparel sourcing supply chain, which still largely happens via Whatsapp/phone calls. This leads to poor demand forecasting, inefficient procurement and inventory pile-up. Currently at ₹4CR annualised revenue with a 60% repeat rate, and 40 manufacturers on the platform. ₹1.5CR pre-seed round.Founded in Aug 2023, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Vivek (BITS Pilani - Goa '15) is from FabHotels (leading supply for TravelPlus), NestAway and CarDekho; CTO Paras (IIT Roorkee '18) joined in 2025 after ~7 years as a software dev at Microsoft.

Breath-based cancer detection platform combining canine olfaction (sense of smell), robotics and AI. Dogs possess up to 300 million scent receptors compared to five million in humans. Part of the Atoms X LeapTech cohort, with matching investments from Accel and Prosus. Amount undisclosed. Founded in Jul 2022, Bangalore based. Founders: Akash (Berkeley '22) started out of college; co-founder Itamar was Head of Operations at Dog-Prognose in Israel before joining.

The company’s name is Aroleap, Ferra is its home strength-training system (a machine) which uses adaptive resistance to help older adults preserve mobility and muscle function. Users get the machine on a subscription model. Workouts take just five minutes a day and are priced at ₹1,500 per person, ₹2,000 for two people, or ₹3,000 per family per month. Caters to two age groups: 36-55 (middle aged) and 56+ (seniors). Part of the Atoms X LeapTech cohort, with matching investments from Accel and Prosus. Amount undisclosed. Founded Aroleap in Feb 2020, Bangalore based. Founders: Rohit (IIT Delhi '18) was a Mechanical Design Engineer at Nymble (Now Posha, robotic chef); Anurag is IIT Delhi '18.

Optical ground-station and laser communication infrastructure for satellite links, for 100x faster transfer between satellites and earth than radio frequency (RF). RF ground station operators charge $3-17 per GB, QOSMIC will be priced at $1 per GB. Moreover, RF requires spectrum licenses, whereas optical operates in an unregulated spectrum. Part of the Atoms X LeapTech cohort, with matching investments from Accel and Prosus. Amount undisclosed. Founded in Oct 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Shreyaans (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign '23) started out as a researcher at IISc shortly before founding QOSMIC; CTO Rohit (Cochin University of Science and Technology '09; IISc PhD '23) completed his PhD in High Dimensional Quantum Information Technology (HD-QIT) and his postdoc before joining QOSMIC; Professor Aloke Kumar (IIT Kanpur '05; Purdue PhD '10) teaches at IISc.