Operates a platform for EV fleets, which connects drivers, fleet owners and ride-hailing companies to provide them vehicle access, charging and fleet management. AI helps drive charging recommendations and predictive maintenance alerts, while its driver app has helped increase incomes by 20%, with payment collections and earnings tracking. 1M rides enabled on the platform since launch. $2.4M seed round, led by Caret Capital, with the participation of Antler, Alteria Capital, IAN, Climate Angels and Aureolis Capital. Founded in Sep 2024, Gurgaon based. Founders: Monil (NIT Surat) was Head of Global Expansion at BluSmart and is ex-Invest India; while Vishal (VIT) was Head of Growth & Ops at BluSmart and is also ex-Invest India, and Clinton Health Access Initiative.

Provider of maritime intelligence for defence, national security, ports and commercial maritime operations, through two solutions/platforms. Its commercial maritime solution provides operational intelligence for ports, fleets, shipyards and fisheries through real-time visibility, regulatory compliance and performance optimisation. Its AI solution supports threat detection, adversary monitoring and persistent cross-domain situational awareness. Works with the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, Bharat Electronics, DRDO laboratories, Mumbai Port Authority, Dubai Maritime City and The Nature Conservancy. $2.2M round led by Pravega and Shastra VC. Angels in the round include Suraj Nalin (PlaySimple) and Yashwanth Madhusudhan (Fyle). Founded in Oct 2020, Bangalore based. CEO Roshan and Avinash (doctorate in artificial intelligence from Imperial College London) are IIT Madras alumni (BTech + MTech degrees). Roshan was a product engineer at Siemens Electric for under a year, while Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Avinash spent six months with Elaitra in the UK.

Develops Physical-AI foundation models to train industrial robot arms to learn tasks through operator demonstrations. This is already being deployed in production environments, including an undisclosed automotive company, and high precision assembly applications across automotive and consumer electronics. $3M pre-seed round led by Version One Ventures, with participation from All In Capital, Unisol, iSeed. Angel investors include Soumith Chintala (Thinking Machines), Adarsh Kulkarni (Foundry Robotics), Ashish Kulkarni (GrayMatter), Vaibhav Domkundwar (Better Capital). Founded in June 2019, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Puru (IIT Guwahati, Carnegie Mellon MS specialising in robotics '17) was a robotics engineer at Near Earth Autonomy (navigation systems for aerial drones), CBO Adityanag (RV College of Engineering '01) was most recently VP of Hardware Product Engineering at Sensara Technologies, Safar (IIT Madras) was a manager at Tata Steel for a year before joining Mowito as a robotics engineer in 2021.

Platform providing AI agents for customer research - automating interviews, surveys and analysis while adding human researcher oversight. Its AI can conduct interviews with hundreds of customers simultaneously and generate reports along with video clips and customer quotes, in a matter of hours. $300K/₹2.5CR pre-seed round led by AJVC. Founded in Jan 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Sreenadh (Anna University Chennai '10; University of Rochester - Simon Business School '16) and CTO Dhara (IIT Madras) are Entrepreneur First EIRs who first founded Friendly Brands Club, a network of digital-first consumer brands that work together to unlock new sales for the entire ecosystem.

Rewards platform that aims to democratize access by giving users extra rewards on spends for partner brands, via its app, website or browser extension. Onpoints are earned via affiliate and gift voucher purchases across 400+ brands and are received in addition to credit card points, as well as on Cash-on-Delivery and UPI payments. Onpoints can be redeemed for travel loyalty programs or gift cards at a value of 1 Onpoint = ₹1or higher. They have partnered with Air India's Maharaja Club and IndiGo's BluChip loyalty programs along with four international airlines. ₹5CR first round co-led by First Cheque (IndiaQuotient) and Whiteboard Capital. Founded in Sep 2025, Delhi based. Founders: CEO Nakul (Kellogg MBA '18) worked on Strategy and Investments at Stride Ventures (~three years) and is ex-Meta and Uber. He founded Instago in 2015, which was the Kayak for intra-city transportation. CTO Anurag (DTU '13)) was a technical lead at WhatsApp and is ex-Facebook and Media.net.

Combines EV fleets, fulfilment centers and fleet-management software for sustainable last-mile delivery. Their five-year goal is to deploy 20K Evs, set up 75 fulfillment centers and partner with over 1,000 brands across 15 cities. It has completed over 1.2M deliveries so far. ₹9CR seed round led by XB Group (which operates K-Indev Logistics), with participation from Navyug Global Ventures and Nivetha Muralidharan (who advises brands on their Amazon advertising strategy). Founded in Feb 2021, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Dhairyasheel founded the company while at IIT Madras, along with co-founder Hidayathulla.

Positioned as an AI-native consumer brands platform, with an initial focus on launching nutrition and wellness products. Brands will be built with an operating platform working across three proprietary AI engines. "Resonance" focuses on audience building and consumer insights; "Nucleus" analyzes audience demand signals around products; "Meridian" is focused on marketing, across creative testing, media buying, budget allocation and optimizing ROAS. The company is actively seeking experts/ practitioners in the wellness space who bring clinical experience and will partner with them to build their online content engine and audience, launch products with them, and drive sales. ₹42CR seed round. Founded in Apr 2025, Mumbai based. Founders: Kashyap (BIT, Mesra; IIM Calcutta) was CMO at Pepperfry for a decade, prior to which he was with eBay India for ~five years, including as CMO. Ravi (Andhra Univ. '03; BIM Tiruchirapalli '06) was Co-Founder at Doubtnut (2020-23) at CBO at Vedantu. Ravi is also ex eBay India (leading digital marketing, and fashion and lifestyle). Anubhav (VESIT; University of Maryland Baltimore County) was MD at Dentsu APAC, and was Co-Founder & CEO of Merkle Sokrati for 14 years, which was acquired by Dentsu. He is a former software engineer from Amazon.

R&D led startup developing proprietary specialty chemicals and advanced materials for industrial applications with a focus on sustainability. The company upcycles plastic waste into high-value binders for paints, coatings, inks and adhesives. AI is used across chemical simulation, validation, and R&D workflows to shorten development timelines. ₹10CR seed round. Founded in Aug 2024, Mumbai based. Founders: Asesh Sarkar, Dr. Rabindranath Mandal and Harsh Bhatt. No prior information available on Asesh and Dr. Rabindranath. Harsh (Thadomal Shahani Engineering College '08) was GM for Industrial Chemicals at ZETWERK. He was Head of BD for Speciality Chemicals Distribution in West Asia at Omya (a distributor of speciality chemicals) and worked on BD at Atul Ltd (in the crop protection division).

Preventive pain-management and wellness products, particularly medical-grade heat therapy devices. A portfolio of 10 heat therapy products under its hCore banner, including back heating pads, period pain heating pads and heated backrests for office chairs, are designed for pain relief and recovery. Sold through offline retail and online (eCommerce, quick commerce). The company has a 12,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Noida. Revenue scale undisclosed. ₹1.8CR seed round. Founded in Mar 2025, Noida based. Founder & CEO Hargun (DCE '19) was SDE 2 at Amazon, where he spent ~six years.

Soon to launch Gen Z fragrance brand, with plans to enter the broader lifestyle segments. Its debut collection, The World of Antonyms, features products such as IM-Perfect, DIS-Loyal, MIS-Placed, and MIS-Aligned. $450K pre-seed round co-led by All In and Huddle Ventures. Founded in Oct 2025, Delhi based. Founders Kunal, Amish and Afsal were executives at NEWME for about three years each. CEO Kunal (Jain (Deemed-to-be University) '20) was Founder & CEO of Foodeo (B2B food service platform) before joining NEWME in the founders office. CRO Amish (NIFT Bhubaneswar '2022) was Social Media Manager at MLeAP, and Merchandising Manager at NEWME; Afsal (Calicut Univ. 20; ACCA CA certification '20) was Senior Finance Manager at NEWME.