Home fragrances brand, with toxin free natural wax. No information on traction. "We are designing with innovation, safety, and sustainability at the core, building an ecosystem of products for this new Indian customer who seeks both design and trust in their everyday choices."Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Other investors in the round: Growth Sense Venture Fund, Growth91.

AI native platform for lawyers, working with 200 organizations globally including large law firms, boutique firms and in-house legal teams. It currently helps 3000 lawyers in 9 jurisdictions with drafting, reviewing documents, DD, legal research and translation. This saves lawyers 30 hours per month on average. "We are building Lucio to disappear into legal workflows, to meet lawyers where they already are and elevate the quality of their output.” $5M seed round.

SaaS platform with forensics and manipulation detection AI, offering real-time, multimodal analysis across video, images, audio and test to detect deepfakes. The intent is to identify and mitigate misinformation, fraud and brand impersonation. Currently at the pilot stage with customers in the US and EU - marketplaces, media, finance, and digital platforms. $1M pre-seed round.

Civic tech platform for citizens to navigate welfare schemes and public services through a multilingual interface. This covers every conceivable service - from getting number plates, to farmer ID cards, to state specific welfare schemes, and dozens more. It collaborates directly with state and central government authorities. ₹1.5CR pre-seed round.

All encompassing SaaS tool to manage F&B venues and offline experiences – to manage deals and rewards, reservations and table management, feedback mechanisms, along with customer retention tools. The goal is to reduce dependence on booking apps, third party promoters and excel sheets. 50K bookings at a value of ₹80CR managed so far, saving ₹2CR of revenue leakage. Manages 150 venues in 20 cities, will expand to the Middle East and South East Asia. ₹2.75CR seed round.

AI powered digital health companion to assist users with understanding symptoms, interpreting medical reports and managing ongoing treatment. AI driven insights feed into a network of doctors and partner hospitals. The loop runs both ways - users can upload their medical documents to receive detailed analysis, bridging the gap between patients and healthcare providers. Currently serves 3.5M active users and 100K doctors globally. The website has a detailed comparison vs. just googling your problems. $3M round.

Manufacturer of modular, stackable fuel-cell systems for power generation. These range from sub-kilowatt modules for defence equipment to multi MW blocks for grid-scale, longer duration storage. Customers can integrate batteries with hydrogen and solar assets in a plug-and-play fashion. The company ultimately wants to build a gigawatt-scale factory, but is starting with field trials with anchor customers in telecom, construction and defence. The long term goal is to make the "diesel generator obsolete". $850K seed round.

SpaceTech company, designing and manufacturing advanced rocket engine systems. Developing ANYA, a liquid rocket engine platform. Currently at the design and testing phase. The startup plans to set up an integrated rocket facility that will bring together design, manufacturing, and testing under one roof. ₹7CR seed round.

Pre-launch platform for brands (D2C, F&B and retail) to enhance customer engagement and loyalty. The platform embeds rewards into brand sites or at checkout, plugs into their CRM and POS, provides analytics, provides a unified wallet to users (across brands) and runs personalised offers to drive retention. Focused on India and the Middle East, targeting 100 brands and a 100K users in the next three months. Pricing: free for the next 3 months during their pilot. Seed round of an undisclosed amount.

Platform that provides access for patients from the UK to high quality medical treatment in India, along with support across travel, concierge services and rehab, and will operate its own "aftercare" centers. The arbitrage/math is painfully (pun intended) obvious - a single hip replacement costs £17K in the UK, £5K with this company; an IVF cycle costs £9K in the UK, £4.5K over here. The goal is to expand to the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. $4.5M seed round. Other investors include 1947 Rise Fund; Peercheque; international cricketers Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, KL Rahul, through their athlete-led investment group 4CAST; along with Sriharsha Majety (Swiggy), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Ritesh Malik (Innov8), Manish Vij (Smile Group), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures).