Quick commerce for home construction/renovation materials. Materials sourced from manufacturers or authorised dealers include paint, electrical and plumbing items, bathroom fittings and hardware, which are delivered within 60 minutes within Gurgaon to homeowners, contractors or service professionals. Ops launched in Sep 2025, now closing in on ₹1CR in annualised gross revenue (i.e. GMV). ₹2CR pre-seed round. Gurgaon based, founded in Aug 2025. Founders: Abhishek (IIT Delhi '21) was at Zomato for two years prior to this (generalist roles across Dining, District, CX) and is ex-Bain; Shaurya Goel (IIT Delhi dual degree '22) was a quant at high frequency trader Graviton Research Capital for close to four years; Shaurya Jindal (IIT Delhi '21) was at IQVIA (clinic research services) for a similar period.

AI-led personalised learning and skilling courses. With certified programs, the platform covers 200 in-demand skills including cybersecurity, HR, project management and AI roles. Users have seen placements into companies like Google, PhonePe, Novartis, Reliance Retail and Jio. Revenue scale undisclosed. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Formerly known as CareerNinja. Founded in May 2020, Mumbai based. Founders: Shronit (Veermata Jijibai Technological Institute '14) led sales and innovation for the real estate vertical at construction firm Bucon Engineers and Infrastructure for four years; Gargi (SPJIMR '16) was head of Product & Marketing at Sweet Dreams (a clothing brand) for five years.

Perfume brand, with a range of clean products free of toxins and additives. "India's 1st Clean Perfume". Products are priced between ₹1,000-5,000. Revenue scale undisclosed, 100K customers so far. $2.5M seed round, along with $0.5M towards exiting angels. Had previously raised $898K in funding led by IPV. Founded in Jan 2022, Mumbai based. Founders: Ankita was an architect for a decade prior to this; Akash started out as an advisor and joined full time in Oct 2024, prior to which he was VP Strategy & BD at Pharmeasy; actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu joined as co-founder and face of the brand in 2024 (she has 38M IG followers). The origins of the brand go back 35 years to Sumi Thadani, Ankita's mother, who began making aromatherapy products in 1996, sold as 24 Carat Remedies.

Cross border supply chain enablement platform. $4M seed round. Other investors in the round: Rohan Bajaj's Syndicate, Nandan Capital (Nandan Growth Fund), angel investors including Saurabh Deep Singla (ex UpGrad), Sumit Jalan (UBS), Amit Tyagi (iServeU), Nitin Sethi. Delhi based, founded in Feb 2024. Founders: CEO Dibyanshu (Calcutta Univ. '12) was at Ecom Express for seven years (National Sales Manager); COO Utkarsh (Delhi Univ. '14) is the founder of Morpheus Services (industry unknown), and was at Sky Ocean Logistics for six years (National Operations Manager for a freight forwarder);Chief Customs Officer Vineet built Sapphire Exim Services over 20 years; the fourth founder who is not linked here, Shobhit Singh (IIT Roorkee '12, ISB '20), manages Product and Tech, and was Co-Founder & CPTO of uniQin.ai (ad optimization). He is ex MMT, Amazon and Quikr.

Manufacturer of flight-critical aerospace components that continue to be largely imported into India. These are components which feed directly into aircraft flight management and control systems (actuators, vibration isolation systems and more). Its customers include HAL's helicopter division, GMR and GE. Revenue scale undisclosed. ₹18CR seed round. Part of MaXcel, the hardware and industrial technology accelerator run by Capital-A and SanchiConnect. Bangalore based, founded in June 2022. Founders: CEO Rama (IISc Master's in 2000, PhD in Additive Manufacturing '20) and COO Murali (National Institute of Technology Karnataka '04) were engineers at Honeywell for 19 years and 15 years respectively, in their aerospace division which is a key centre for Honeywell avionics solutions worldwide.

AI-native software suite for interior design studios (as well as architects, contractors and manufacturers in the supply chain). Its full suite (which includes a CRM, design management tool, site tracking, financial management and more) addresses project delays and margin leakages caused by fragmented tools, manual workflows and a lack of real-time visibility. It has 150 interior design firms in India as clients, with pilots in the UAE and the US. Funding of an undisclosed amount, led by Modulor Capital. Other investors in the round include We Founder Circle, EvolveX, Thapar Innovate. Founded in May 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Nikhil (SRM IST Chennai '14) was most recently VP of Business Development at 91Squarefeet and AVP at Express Stores, prior to which he co-founded startups Bistro Restaurants and MyGroceryBag.in; CPO Abhishek (BITS Pilani '21) was also at 91Squarefeet (product lead) and Express Stores (PM).

Social networking platform for real-time conversations with strangers to discuss common interests, such as music, fitness, gaming and travel. Offers 1-1 video chat and verified profiles. It launched in the US and India two months ago. ₹2CR seed round from a corporate/family office. Founded in Dec 2024, Hyderabad based. Founder & CEO Anurag (Master's from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor '16) is the Founder of Cinephile Pictures, and a business partner at a restaurant chain in Hyderabad, Telangana Spice Kitchen.

Microdrama platform focused on Bhojpuri. It has 100K downloads and 30K paying subs till date, with ₹3CR in annualised revenue today and ₹6CR targeted by March 2025. India had 50M Bhojpuri speakers at the time of our 2011 Census. The company will add five regional languages in the next two years. ₹2.4CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Sandip Gupta and Rajdip Gupta (Route Mobile) via SanRaj Family Ventures. Founded in Dec 2023 (altthe app launched six months ago), Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Brijesh (DDU Gorakhpur Univ. '07) was co-founder of MOBtexting for eight years (enterprise messaging); Co-Founder Om Prakash was Head of Growth at STAGE; the founder of Vokal Internet (hyperlocal news platform); and the founder of V3mobi, which was a regional language OTT from 2013-2018.

Institutional grade, AI-native, equity research platform for retail investors in India. It has 10K users, ₹5K CR of connected portfolios and ₹10 lakhs in annualised revenue. ₹1.4CR pre-seed round. ₹65 lakhs raised prior to this from friends and family. Founded in Nov 2023 (the beta launch was in mid 2025), Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Aaditya (IIT Kanpur '18) was at AmEx for three years and GS for two.

Skincare brand with anti-aging solutions, which launched with its initial product in May 2025 and now has 25K customers. ₹6CR seed round. ₹2CR raised at the time of launch from Titan along with Aditya Agarwal (P-TAL). Founded in May 2025, Delhi based. Founder Hemangi was previously the founder of BOTNAL, another skincare brand.