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.
Motors and controllers for two-wheeler EVs and industrial applications. Replacing motors which are largely imported at present. Undisclosed seed round, which also included other angel investors such as Himanshu Aggarwal (Aspiring Minds), Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm), Aloke Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar (Ixigo).
Decarbonisation platform for the manufacturing industry, focused on reducing Scope 3 emissions (i.e. indirect emissions produced from a company's supply chain). Fitsol has two service lines: an online platform helps manufacturers measure, report and benchmark emissions, while a marketplace provides green logistics, sustainable packaging, waste management and carbon offsetting services. $1M raised in this seed round.
Digital transformation solution tailored for non-tech-savvy businesses. Chatbot drives sales, loyalty, and customer satisfaction, automating business across Whatsapp, social media channels and Google listings. Claims to serve over 10,000 customers in India and abroad. ₹2.72CR raised in this round, with participation from Velocity and Klub (presumably in the form of revenue based financing).
AI agents to reduce administrative tasks faced by healthcare providers in the US, a lot of which continue to be manual processes faced by both the providers as well as their patients. Confido part automates tasks such as appointments, payments and pre and post operative engagement. $3M raised in this seed round.
Climate risk and sustainability technology platform, Resilience360, with end-to-end climate risk management solutions for private and public enterprises. Helps companies proactively build climate resistance and prepare for extreme weather events, combining machine learning and deep climate analytics. $1M raised in this seed round.
Neo bank providing a high yield savings bank account (partner: Yes Bank), on the back of fixed income mutual funds (partner: ICICI Prudential). Aims to provide >2x the typical savings account interest rate. Customers can spend from their account using UPI. $1.2M raised in this seed round.
Quantum computing startup. The company aims to develop a general purpose quantum computer in the next five to six years based on photonic quantum technology (i.e. using photons as data units). There are half a dozen startups (at least) developing a photonic quantum computer globally, based in the UK, Canada and the US. $2M seed round.
Quick commerce app for consumers, leveraging local kiranas and supermarkets. Runs off ONDC and empowers local businesses to compete with Zepto/BlinkIt/Swiggy. Partner stores pay per lead or a daily rate. Other investors in this pre-seed round (amount undisclosed) include TurboStart, Yatish Talvadia (Founder, MilkBasket) and Vikas Taneja (BCG).
AI-driven meetings and follow-up assistant for financial advisors in wealth management firms. Currently focused on teams of all sizes in the US, from individual to large RIAs ( registered investment advisors) and asset management firms. Other investors in this $2M seed round include Better Capital, SFMG Wealth Advisors and Gregg Fisher (Founder, Quent Capital).
Third party logistics using EVs. Targeting underserved Tier 2 cities. Aims to deploy 2,500 vehicles. Company was formerly known as EV91Technologies. ₹5CR raised in this seed round.