Defence-tech company building quantum-encrypted laser communications and directed energy weapon (DEW) systems. With five years of R&D and field deployments, its communication system aims to send infrared laser beams using a constellation of satellites, enabling ultra-fast and secure data links; while its DEW system is developing weapons for use in anti-drone, anti-UAV and anti-satellite defence. The communication system will require a network of satellites to function across Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) along with geostationary satellites (GEO). $3M seed round.

IoT startup with a RF-mesh communication stack for use in smart meters (for use across water, gas and electricity utilities) and smart-city projects (for example, street lighting). An RF-mesh communication stack is the architecture that enables wireless communication between multiple devices on a local area network using radio frequency signals. RF-mesh systems have lower downtime and maintenance costs versus telecom-based systems. The Indian government has a Smart Meter National Programme in place to replace 250M conventional meters with smart meters. $2M seed round. Founders: Amarjeet was the Founder & CEO of Shrama Technologies (consulting firm for IoT rollouts); Vikas was with Secure Meters for close to twenty years (large scale Indian manufacturer of metering systems). Founded in Apr 2022.

AI native infrastructure to automate software integrations at enterprises. AI agents plan, build and maintain integrations across the tech stack. In current use cases, agents have automated reconciliation in finance workflows; unified inventory and ordering systems; built real-time ERP-to-CRM data syncs. Currently at 30 paying enterprise clients, 1500 active users and a seven figure ARR. Typically, integration hurdles have stalled enterprise sales for 95% of SaaS vendors. $6.5M seed round. Other investors in the round: Ahead VC, Karman Ventures, Z21. Founders Jugal (IIT Kharagpur) and Abhishek (IIT Roorkee) were co-founders of JustDoc, a remote digital health platform to connect with doctors which was acquired by NetMeds. Jugal was then Head of Strategy, BD & New Products and Abhishek was Head of Product at Netmeds - before and after Netmeds' acquisition by Reliance. Founded in Jan 2023, based in San Mateo and Bengaluru.

Manufacturer of automated patient repositioning systems (placed on top of patients beds), for use in hospitals, rehabilitation centres and for home care. Funding will be used towards the manufacturing setup for its first product, Eturnal. ₹1.66CR seed round. Founder Asish (IIT Kanpur) was a Biodesign Fellow at the School of International Biodesign (AIIMS x IIT) and a Design Fellow at IIT Kanpur. Founded in Dec 2019.

Curated retail displays/outlets for D2C brands, located in hotels, co-working hubs, gyms and campuses. Has partnered with 150 D2C brands to offer their locations, including Awfis, Smartworks, The Lodhi Hotel (Delhi). Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founders: Tanmay was Chief of Staff at Sleepy Owl Coffee; Gurpreet worked at IndoSup, a B2B procurement platform. Founded in Jan 2024.

Trading platform with a de-cluttered UX for a younger audience, with trades executed without jumping across screens along with personalised stock reports and portfolio breakdowns. Recently received a brokerage license from SEBI. Acted as a sub-broker for three years, with 150K registered users and 6K daily trades so far. $1M seed round. Other investors in the round: Paras Defence. Founders Vedant (Christ University drop out), Aryan (Jai Hind College) and Siddharth (Narsee Monjee) started Trackk out of college. Founded in May 2021.

Agentic AI to make off-road vehicles autonomous. Called NeuralPilot, AI agents combine data from cameras, LiDAR, and GPS sensors to equip off-road vehicles with navigation, mission planning and real time monitoring. Works with Neuralbox, its hardware device which can be retrofitted on to any vehicle. $2.4M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Saka Ventures, Appreciate Capital, Astir Ventures, IIMA Ventures, SIDBI, Heston Castelino. Founders Mohan and Aditya were respectively Co-Founder & CTO and Head of Robotics and AI Engineering at Flo Mobility (robots for moving materials at construction sites, warehouses and mining operations). Founded in Dec 2023.

Skilling and placement platform for nursing students and professionals. Uses gen-AI for personalised training and simulates real-world clinical scenarios. It also supports nursing professionals with mock interviews, resume building and automated assessment tools for job readiness. It claims to "reach 2M learners monthly". It also partners with hospitals and other healthcare service providers for placements. Now building out in regional languages for Tier 2/3 cities. Undisclosed seed round. Other investors in the round: Aayush Phumbhra, along with other angels and family offices. Founders: three of the founders, Prince, Utkarsh and Gourav, studied their Bachelors in Medicine from AIIMS Jodhpur before starting NPrep. The fourth founder, Shrey Gupta, is not linked here. Founded in Jul 2023.

AI-native radio frequency satellite infrastructure, through a network of nanosatellites. The goal is to provide clients in industries across maritime, aviation, defence, oil and gas, and weather forecasting low-latency, high precision insights with 6x more data value per dollar, by capturing the entire radio spectrum compared to legacy satellites which are optical only (i.e. only capture images). Space trials are planned by end 2025, using ISRO's launch vehicle, with pilot customers next year. "Images cannot track moving assets like ships or aircraft. Today, companies take four to four-and-a-half hours to reach a decision. We bring that down to under ten minutes". $2.5M pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: Eaglewings Ventures. Founders: Ankit (Kurekshetra Univ.) and Raghav (NIT Jalandhar) started Xovian Research Tech in 2014, a space-tech consulting firm and ecosystem enabler in 2014. They started Xovian Aerospace in 2018.

BioTech startup focused on personalised cell-based regenerative therapies. Funding towards accelerating clinical trials for its diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) therapy and advance preclinical development of its osteoarthritis treatment platform. Anywhere between 5-25% of diabetes patients develop DFU, depending on the study. ₹3CR seed round. Founders: Senthill was a Research Fellow at John Hopkins, an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Human Virology (Univ. of Maryland) and is also the co-founder of Biomac Life Sciences, which continues to operate; Sanjoy (IIM-A) was the co-founder of Solace Care (sustainable alternatives for fuel-based chemicals). Founded in Jan 2021.