Proprietary AI platform for enterprises, which operates seamlessly across cloud, on-prem and fully offline environments without external APIs, to ensure data privacy at factories, defence facilities, healthcare companies. The company is banking on a cost advantage, integrating its AI platform into businesses at 15x lower cost vs. global players. $150K pre-seed round from undisclosed investors. Founder Anurita co-founded Tella in the US (a multi-channel customer support platform). Genovation was founded in Dec 2020.

AI agents for the asset management industry at large. Agents analyze financial data, extracts insights and automate deep research, for institutional investors across PE, hedge funds, investment banks and public market investors. Enterprise grade security ensures all data is connected, analyzed and audited for compliance, while staying private. According to Deloitte, leveraging AI can save 45 working days a year for analysts, before accounting for the cost of missed insights from human analysis. $3.1M seed round. Other investors in the round: Antler and angels including Akash Prakash (Amansa Capital), Vikas Jain (Generation IM), Thomas Yao (RDM). Founders Vibhav and Mithun are IIT Kharagpur. Vibhav was Chief Product & Innovation Officer at MPL, after three year stints at AWS and Kalaari. Mithun was Director of Product Management at Sharechat and subsequently joined Apna as Head of Product - Candidate Engagement. He started his career at Barclays Capital.

Full stack original design manufacturer (ODM) for consumer tech products. ODMs design and manufacture products for other brands, using their own IP or by designing client-specific products. i-Do's portfolio of products includes those integrated with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) + WiFi (routers, phones, speakers), with plans to cover GPS and GSM tech. The company has a team of 100 engineers in India and China to $4M seed round. Founders: Shalabh was VP-Sales at electronics manufacturing services (EMS) firm Celestica for seven years. He subsequently built his own EMS ventures, one of which formed a JV with Zetwerk to build EMS company ZetTown; co-founder Ashita started her career at KPMG and is also ex-ZetTown, Zetwerk. Founded in Feb 2025.

AI driven astrology app with guidance from human astrologers. A subscription model is supplemented with paid consultations. ₹7.5CR pre-seed round. Three of the founders, Nitesh (IIT Bombay), Devaang and Gaurav (IIT Bhubaneswar), are from Gameskraft - respectively as VP Business & Strategy, Chief of Staff and Director, Business & Revenue. Nitesh founded Pocket52 which was acquired by Gameskraft. The fourth founder and CTO, Piyush Nagle (also IIT Bombay) is ex engineering at PhonePe, Razorpay and Pagarbook. Comps: AskMyGuru (Lumikai), AstroTalk (Left Lane, Elev8), Vaya (Accel, Arkam), AstroSure (angels).

AI tools for schools and EdTech companies. Three core functions are covered: evaluation (for example, of handwritten exam notes or oral presentation skills), personalised learning experiences (a knowledge graph for each learner resulting in personalised action plans for teachers) and content generation (lesson plans, exam practice materials). No customers listed yet. Round of an undisclosed round from Startup India. Incubated at IIT Mandi. Founder Rahul (IIT Delhi) was with Pratham (the education sector nonprofit), founded Unlearn Kids (platform for math lessons) and headed product at Tripoto and CollegeDekho. Founded in Apr 2024.

Battery recycling startup with a full stack solution for end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. The platform provides collection as well as segregation for repurposing and high-purity material recovery. The process they follow recovers 99% of metals - lithium, nickel and copper. The company has currently completed pilot projects with its partners, no clients are mentioned. ₹12CR seed round. Founders: Vijay was with HCL, Animall (strategy and ops) and very briefly at Batx (GM for supply chain); Aditya (BITS Pilani '22) was at Pepper Content for almost five years, most recently as Senior Program Manager for North America. Founded in Apr 2024.

Clean label food brand producing homemade chemical-free pickles and condiments. The company works with 2,000 rural women entrepreneurs. Part of Shark Tank Season 3, the company is at ₹18CR annualized revenue with 30,000 monthly orders. It claims to be the number one pickle brand on Amazon with 4 products featuring in Amazon's top 10 bestsellers. ₹7CR seed round. Other investors in the round: IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, angel investors from IIM Calcutta and Symbiosis. Founders: Manjari (IIM Calcutta '16) was with Infosys and Wipro, and at Kearney after her MBA; Anukrit (IIM Calcutta '17) was with Maruti Suzuki and was Head of Projects for India at TotalEnergies; Asmita (Simby '10) was with IBM for close to 15 years. Founded in Nov 2020.

Cultivated meat brand, replicating the taste and texture of conventional meat with 400 consumer trials so far. Cultivated meat is integrated with food-safe ingredients to improve affordability and scalability vs. a pure cell grown process. The plan is to distribute directly to consumers as well as manufacturers, retailers and restaurants. Future avenues include cultivated seafood and petfood. ₹2CR pre-seed round. Founders: Kamalnayan (Institute of Chemical Technology, '23) worked briefly at Abryl Laboratories (manufacturer of liquid vials) and has been President of nonprofit The Mumbai Smart Protein Project. Founded in Jul 2023. Comps are global: GOOD Meat, Upside Foods.

BioTech startup developing non-microplastic sustainable biopolymers, as an alternative to specialty polymers and ingredients. Agricultural waste is converted into biopolymers for use across home care, beauty, nutraceutical and pharma products. This round is towards setting up pilot production facilities and establishing a GTM. ₹18CR (~$2M) seed round. Founders: Shruti (Fergusson College '15) was a research associate in molecular biology for 5 years at NTU Singapore; Pranav (Fergusson College '17) has been researching biopolymers at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) in Pune since 2018. Founded in Feb 2024.

AI driven stock discovery and analysis platform - not a trading platform but a tool to help analyze stock fundmentals, technical indicators and sector trends. Operates on a freemium model, no numbers around usage or revenue scale. ₹2.4CR pre-seed round from undisclosed investors. Founders: Girish, the CEO, was most recently President & CTO of YES Bank Securities; Soundar was with TCS for 12 years and Siemens for 11 years prior to founding financial advisor 4S Planners. Founded in Nov 2023.