Omnichannel multi-brand sports retailer which will sell products athleisure, footwear, fitness equipment, recovery products and nutrition. The company plans to launch 150 stores in the next five years and will work with 100 global and homegrown brands. It will first launch a 15,000 square foot flagship in Bangalore, followed by destination stores in Mumbai and Delhi NCR, along with its eCommerce platform. $2.7M seed round co-led by Centre Court Capital and MIXI Global, with the participation of WEH Ventures. Founded in May 2026, Ahmedabad based. Founders: Satyam (H.A. College of Commerce '01; Indian School of Business Management '12) headed Adani Sportsline for 12 years, and was CEO of GMR Sports for ~two years. Jayam (D J Sanghvi College of Engineering '12) was co-founder of fitness and health marketplace Fitternity for close to a decade; followed by heading Gold's Gym and building the cultpass marketplace at Cult.fit.

AI-led credit infrastructure startup enabling financial institutions to launch asset-backed credit cards and credit lines. Asset backing is against FDs, mutual funds and equities. The company has partnered with seven banks including of India's largest public sector banks. The platform powers 200K active cards, with 40K new cards issued every month, now accounting for 8% of India's monthly credit card issuance. "“India does not have a shortage of assets. It has a shortage of infrastructure that can convert those assets into usable credit". $2.8M seed round led by Arkam, with participation from GrowthCap Ventures (which led the $1.8M pre-seed round in Jun 2025), Razorpay Ventures and Atrium Angels. Angels include Kunal Shah and Madhusudhan E. (KreditBee). Founded in Oct 2022, Bangalore based. Founders: Pawan Kumar. Founders: CEO Pawan (VTU '12) was former head of Applied Science at Uber India and was Data Science Manager at LinkedIn. CTO Srinivas (Army Institute of Technology ' 05; IIM Lucknow '13) was former Technical Lead at BNP Paribas, and is ex AMP (wealth management and banking in Australia) and Wipro.

AI-native coordination platform that maps organisational knowledge across tools like Slack, email, docs, meeting records, and code repositories like GitHub. The platform reduces dependence on individual employees for access to company information. Users can ask questions in natural language and receive responses which link to underlying sources. $525K pre-seed round at a $7.5M valuation. Founded in Dec 2025, Gurgaon based. The founders are students, Arhan, 18, is studying AI at U Penn and Sarthak, 19, is studying computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

AI data infrastructure startup which builds licensed, provenance-backed datasets for AI foundation models, embodied AI, robotics and autonomous systems. The company partners with content owners, production houses, studios, archives, institutions, and contributor networks to source, license, and structure real world data for AI training. Focused on India, SE Asia and other markets in the Global South. $500K pre-seed round led by Venture Catalysts' angel network. Founded in Jun 2025, Singapore based. Founders: Sunil, Sabari, Dushyant, Anil. Sunil (Savitribai Phule Pune University B.S. '93; Master's '96) was MD - APAC at Firework (shoppable video solutions for brands) and COO at ALTBalaji's OTT; Sabari (Coimbatore Institute of Technology '01; IISc '04) is a researcher on vision-language models at ANU in Canberra; Dushyant (D.U. '96; Welingkar Institute of Management '99) was Co-Founder at SmartViz (visual inspection automation); Amit (University of Tasmania '03; Haas School of Business '08) was Deputy Director Manufacturing of Wearable Health Solutions for Space Medicine at ANU.

Voice-first AI tutoring platform for school and competitive exam prep. Akin to a teacher with a whiteboard, the platform offers real-time audio conversations and a live interactive sketchpad, allowing the AI tutor to draw diagrams and work through problems while explaining concepts aloud. While this is K-12, this is particularly used by students in classes 9-12, who undertake board exam prep along with their prep for JEE, NEET and CUET. The platform works in 22 languages including Hindi and Hinglish, with AI avatar versions of real school teachers for partner institutions. 200K users till date, across app and web. $500K/₹4.3CR pre-seed round at a $5M valuation, co-led by DataAlpha.ai and White Swan Global. Founded in Jan 2025, Noida based. Founder & CEO Kirti (IIT BHU '07) was AVP and Head of CET at PhysicsWallah; prior to which he founded real-time doubt-solving platform, Puchoto (i.e., "just ask").

D2C eyewear brand targeting Gen Z and millennial buyers. A range of 800 products are sold through its website, its frames and sunglasses are typically in the ₹1,000-2,000 range. 50,000 customers till date, with a 40% repeat rate. The company also operates an experience stores in Andheri West in Mumbai. Funding of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Jul 2022, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Shahid (K J Somaiya '06; Univ. of Mumbai MBA '08) set up media agency and production house RVCJ Digital Media in 2010 along with CCO Ankit (Aurora Business School '14). Co-Founder Affan (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University '15) was a digital marketing consultant at Enterprise Monkey, NewsCred and SquareBase, and joined RVCJ in 2021.

Clean-label nutrition startup selling hydration, protein and functional wellness products. Its products include electrolytes, whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, and plant protein. Free of gums, emulsifiers, anti-caking agents, artificial sweeteners, and proprietary blends. Revenue scale undisclosed. $1.5M seed round from angels, including Nisaba Godrej, Anand Piramal, Abhishek Nayar (cricketer), Bhakti Modi (Tira Beauty), Harsh Parekh (Pharmeasy), Sahil Vora (Sila Group). Founded in May 2025, Mumbai based. Founders: Sohrab Khushrushahi (HR College '01) is a celebrity fitness trainer who founded SOHFIT by Sohrab Khushrushahi a decade ago; Sahil Kukreja has been a Director at Omprakash Packaging for a decade, and has won 3 Ranji trophies; Daneesh Davar (Carleton College '06) co-founded SOHFIT in 2017.

B2C platform with two verticals: The Plug, a community driven sneaker and streetwear platform, and The Capitalist Concierge, a concierge for HNIs looking to access exclusive collectibles. The company positions these together as "full stack access infrastructure" for India's growing HNI audience. ₹10CR seed round from M Sriram and other angels. Founded in Jan 2024, Hyderabad based. Founder Satyaram Nadimpalli (Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur '22) founded The Plug in 2024 and The Capitalist in 2025.

Intelligent commerce platform that provides AI powered conversational infrastructure for businesses to convert customer interactions into automated, measurable business operations. This works across industries - healthcare (e.g. patient bookings, rescheduling and reminders), retail (e.g. browsing catalogs and delivery confirmations), automotive, logistics and education. Building for India and Africa. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Feb 2026, Delhi based. Founders: CEO Hanumant (B.Tech '92 and MBA '97 from IIT Kharagpur) spent 13 years at Idea Cellular, was VP of Sales at Airtel Zambia, and then founded Mamastops (cashless fuel purchases) in Zambia (~three years). CPO Ritu Raj (Annamalai University '14; ML at Royal Holloway, University of London '18) was Co-Founder & Head of Product at Urban Vyapari and senior PM at Bots 'N Brains. VP of Engineering Yogesh (Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University) '26) has been a part time software dev at Zambia based Mount Meru Group while completing his undergrad.

AI-native shopping assistant for consumers to discover products, compare prices, and make purchase decisions across eCommerce platforms. Integrates with Amazon, Flipkart, and more than 5,000 brand websites. It has crossed 500K app installs, with 50,000 DAU and the facilitation of over ₹15CR in monthly transactions. Plans to serve global markets. ₹4.7CR round. Founded in Jul 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Hiren (Univ. of Mumbai '20) worked on enterprise growth at Plum (insurance), and spent three years as co-founder across ventures Leapflo (marketplace to connect verified manufacturers with D2C brands) and Tiepograph (marketplace for freelancers); CTO Ravi (Punjab Technical Univ. '19) was Co-Founder & CTO at Leapflo and was more recently an engineer at Fynd.