Electronics manufacturer with its own brand of mini-UPS and multi-device chargers. The company has a 41% share of the mini-UPS market. ₹5CR round by Ramesh Kannan, founder of Kaynes Technology India Limited (electronics manufacturing services, $5B market cap). The CEO made interesting points on raising for hardware companies in India, over here: https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/cuzor-bags-rs5-cr-seed-funding-from-kaynes-longer/496571. Founders: Sachin was SVP of Product Engineering at Ottomate International and managed product development at Lava; Saurabh co-founded Fydl (smart collars for pets) and is also from Lava. Founded in Nov 2020.

AI co-pilot for brands to manage growth marketing and related functions for their quick commerce operations. Helps with hyperlocal inventory management, improving brand visibility, optimizing pricing and ad campaign targeting. The differentiation is real-time analytics and automation. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founders: Satwik (NSIT) is from Walmart (engineer working on omnichannel solutions); Ritvik (NSIT) is from Microsoft (engineer) - after which they co-founded SuperCrew, an agency which helped D2C brands with growth marketing and tech. Founded in Oct 2024.

Kitchenware brand that launched this year with a range of enamel cast iron products - pots and pans, tawas and kitchen tools. This is a premium brand, priced at ₹4,999 for a small pan. 7,000 customers till date. The product portfolio will expand to 80+ products by year end. $1.5M seed round. Founders: Niharika (ISB) was the Head of B2B Growth for Workplace at Meta and VP for B2B Sales at Noise; Udit (also ISB) is from Monitor Deloitte, EY-Parthenon, Zomato (Head of Growth and Partnerships) and Mastercard (Director - Growth). Comps: incumbents Le Creuset and KitchenAid.

Petcare services at home, in Mumbai. Currently provides grooming services, with 3,000 clients so far, at a ₹1,500-2,000 price point. It employs cat groomers, an under-addressed segment in the pet care market. $200K angel round with investors undisclosed. Founders: Aditi was with P&G for close to seven years; Anshika spent twelve years between P&G and Mondolez. Comps: IncrediPets (GSF), Sploot (InfoEdge).

D2C grocery brand with freshly processed kitchen staples (cold-pressed flours, wood-pressed oils, spices, dry fruits). Distribution is via its own omnichannel model with a store in Gurgaon and 90 minute delivery. Plans to open 10 outlets in Delhi NCR. $1.1M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Indigram Labs Foundation. Founders: Yatish (Manipal Tech.) was the Founder & CEO of Milkbasket for close to nine years; Shailendra founded Veggie India which was acquired by Milkbasket, which he then joined for six years. Founded in Sep 2024. Comps: India's market for staples is dominated by legacy brands - Aashirvaad, Fortune, Pillsbury.

Enterprise data governance solutions. Provides companies with a model-agnostic platform to implement AI solutions across their operations with complete control over data governance. $230K pre-seed round. Founders Ashwani and Amarsh are both IIT Kanpur as well as co-founders of Transerve (location intelligence) for 14 years, till its acquisition by Precisely (data integrity co. with 12K customers).

Supplier of certified organic food products to a global customer base of private labels. Provides a full range of products from staples, oils and spices to dry fruits and super foods. ₹1.5CR seed round from undisclosed investors. Founder Sushant started Samasta in 2021, prior to which he ran a marketing firm for eight years; his co-founder Prateek is a software developer by background.

Mass premium jewellery brand focused on 'celebration' wear. 400 SKUs are sold D2C and through marketplaces, with ₹1-30K price points. Currently at ₹1CR (~$100K) annualised revenue. ₹2.5CR (~$290K) pre-seed round. Founders: Ankur (IIT Roorkee, IIM Bangalore) is from Mastercard, McKinsey and Fashinza (three years including the founder's office); Manali is from category roles at Healthkart, Limeroad, Bulbul as well as Fashinza (three years including as Director of Revenue). Founded in Aug 2024.

Quick commerce for baby care products delivered within 60 minutes. Currently live from one dark store covering 10 pin codes in Bengaluru. $3.2M seed round. Angels in the round: Maninder Gulati (OYO), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Nitin Gupta (Uni), Arjun Vaidya (V3). Founders: Chetan (IIT Kharagpur), ex Deutsche Bank, was a VP at Leap Finance; Vivek (IIT Kharagpur) is also from Deutsche Bank as well as BCG, followed by OYO (close to six years); Abhijit (IIT-BHU) was the Co-Founder of MojoStay followed by engineering roles at Leap and Skydo. Founded in Aug 2025. Comps: FirstCry now offers same day delivery in 40 cities.

AI research startup that brings alignment and steering to models, to ensure they offer reliable and accurate domain-specific output in enterprise deployments. Pre-seed round by Antler from their inaugural AI Disrupt program, with $1M funded in capital and in kind (GPU perks). Founders: CEO Aakash has a PhD in Computational Mathematics from École des Mines (Paris) with postdoctoral research at Stanford; COO & CMO Mrunmayee was the co-founder of CourtEasy (AI for legal professionals) for c. two years. Founded in Feb 2025.