AI-led SaaS tool for consumer research, which crawls conversations across comments, reviews and posts on social media. The company has 40 customers include WPP, GroupM, Britannia, Foxtale and Godrej. $1.3M seed round. Angels in the round: Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Mekin Maheshwari (Flipkart), Bhavik Dholakia (Swatantra Wealth), Harsh Shah (Fynd), Arnav Kumar (Leap Finance), Shiv Kapoor (Titan Capital), Biswa Kalyan Rath (Comedian). Founder Abilash started Consuma soon after graduating from PES University. Founded in Jan 2021. Comps: thelighbulb AI (Chiratae, Anthill).

US-focused mental health platform that works with providers - psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists - to offer an integrated approach to patients, including clinical infrastructure (equipment and specialised staff); an AI platform to identify eligible patients and assist with prior authorizations; and an operational management platform (treatment delivery, billing, compliance). Launched three months ago, the company has contracted 75 mental health providers in the US. $7M seed round. Incubated by 2070 Health, a venture studio which was itself set up by W Health Ventures. Founders: CEO Ben is ex DaVita and was Chief Strategy Officer at Strive Health; Daniel was Head of US Ventures at 2070 Health and VP of Portfolio at Fractal Software, a SaaS venture studio; Ginger was VP of Clinical Operations at Mindful Health Solutions (behavioural healthcare). Founded in Apr 2025.

Ethical AI platform for enterprises to test, validate and deploy Ai systems that are unbiased and transparent. No information on traction. Round of an undisclosed amount. Founder Neelima was the founder of Tarah AI (tech and business consulting) for 15 years.

Screen free device for kids aged 3-10, with educational content from content studios and publishers, and a parent-friendly app for real time monitoring. Pre-launch. $300K pre-seed round. Also part of the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First in India. Founders: Chandramouli, an Antler EIR, is an engineer from Capillary Technologies, Redbus and Amazon; Venkat founded Sellerworx (SaaS for online sellers), acquired by Capillary Technologies, and was Chief Growth Officer at Zest Money. Founded in Jun 2024.

Pet food brand, present in 20 outlets in Bangalore with plans to expand to Mysore, Hyderabad, Goa and Kochi. Sells biscuits and jerky packets priced at ₹700-800. Works with vets and nutritionists to ensure taste and nutritional value. $425K seed round by undisclosed investors. No background available on the founder, Smriti.

Premium kidswear brand, with 100% cotton everyday essentials for children up to 10 years of age. Available D2C and on Myntra, FirstCry and Nykaa Fashion. No information on traction. ₹4CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Saurabh Jain (Livspace), Srivatsan Chari (Cleartax), Kunal Mahipal (Onsitego), Meghana Agarwal (Indiqube), Sunil Khaitan (Goldman Sachs). Founders: Tarun (IIT Delhi) comes from a BD background (ClearTax, Simpl, Onsitego, Mailmodo); Payal is from marketing (Unacademy, GamesKraft, K12); Bharath (SRCC) was at EY before starting Drako Apparels, an apparel manufacturing company. Founded in Mar 2022.

Sneaker brand, with its first collection launched D2C on their website - expansion via multi-brand stores and pop ups. $500K pre-seed round. Undisclosed angels from Zomato, Urban Company, Tata 1mg, Shyft, HexaHealth, ChrysCapital, BCG. Founders: Varun (SRCC, ISB) is ex Parthenon Group, Zomato (Dubai launch), 1mg (seven years across verticals); Manas is ex HP, Lookup, 1mg (also seven years).

Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider that lowers upfront EV battery purchase costs for fleet operators, with a pay per use model. 1,500 batteries in operation today, aiming at 20K batteries deployed and ₹2.5CR in monthly revenue in over 15 cities in India by the end of FY27. ₹2.2CR pre-seed round. Founders: Siddhartha (IIT Bombay, IIMA) is from Ola (Product), Myntra (logistics) and Ola Electric (sales, charging infra); Bikesh (also IIT Bombay) is from SunEdison and energy storage companies Livguard and Enphase Energy; Vikash (NIT, HEC) is ex Bharat Petroleum (eight years), Treebo, Quick Ride and Ola. Founded in Dec 2023.

AI native data security platform. A unified intelligent anticipates and stops threats before they escalating, by combining data security posture management, insider risk detection, data exfiltration defense, and data loss prevention. Integrates with major enterprise systems - Zoho, Snowflake, Salesforce. $6.25M seed round. Other investors in the round: Carya Venture Partners. Founders: CEO Keshava is ex VMWare, Intuit, Observe AI and was the Co-Founder & CEO Of Optiq.AI (devsecops); CTO Harsh is ex Rivigo, Observe AI and was very briefly Co-Founder & CTO of Fairywren, a platform to connect with skincare experts and shop recommended products. Founded in Mar 2024.

AI-led SaaS for life sciences companies to automate their regulatory compliance. The platform instantly detects compliance gaps and provides actionable next steps. $125K from Antler towards their pre-seed round, which is open till they raise up to $1M. Singapore HQ, tech and product in India, focused on the US and Europe. Comps: Entvin AI (YC funded this April). Founded in Mar 2025. Founders: Marc is from the pharma industry - he was Regional Manager for Asia Pacific & Africa at trading firm for Advanced Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Tharak was a software engineer at YC-backed Jeeves, and Open, and co-founded Craydo (ad campaign manager);