Tracking pre-seed and seed rounds that close in India every week
Links out to the the websites of the startup and its investors, along with LinkedIn profiles of the founders and fundraising news.
Software development company for the gaming industry, which uses AI to improve player experiences by enhancing realism; creating dynamic, personalized and infinite content; and accelerating development cycles through automated testing. Some of the work they do includes creating AI-driven NPCs that demonstrate lifelike behaviour, procedural generation of expansive worlds and intelligent matchmaking. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Based in Palakkad, Kerala. No background on the founders.
Freight management SaaS platform with tools for freight scheduling and execution, carrier management, contract transport and freight service network optimization. Customers include Daydean, Exide Energy, Alpex, DICABS. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Apr 2023, Ahmedabad based. Founders: CEO Farhan (GTU '16) founded Hypertech Logistics and Artyverse (film production); Pala (L.D. College of Engineering '04) was at Sabarmati Gas Limited for eighteen years; Ashwin (also L.D. College '05) is a former software engineer (Infostretch, KPIT).
Integrates AI into company workflows with enterprise-grade agents. Has 25 enterprise clients across BFSI, retail, travel and hospitality. $1M seed round from Bhavesh Gupta (former Paytm COO). Founderd in Jul 2025, Gurgaon based. Founder & CEO Akshat (Dhirubhai Ambani Univ. '05; MDI '07) was a sales manager at Oracle and IBM before founding ePaylater (SME inventory financing).
Provider of optical fiber equipment. It imports fiber strippers, cleavers, visual fault locators, power meters and splicing machines, and sells them through a network of over 450 resellers, as well as to directly to end customers, across India. This round will go towards establishing manufacturing facilities in India. $1M round. No background information available on the founder, Priyanka Ojha.
Market intelligence platform which uses AI agents and workflows to turn unstructured market and consumer data into ready-to-use insights that strategy and business teams can use to make decisions. For example, AI agents track competitor pricing across thousands of SKUs in e-commerce and quick commerce, and map expansion opportunities and footfall patterns across offline retail locations. Clients include Nestle, Apollo Pharmacies, Plaza. ₹1.5CR pre-seed round. Founded in May 2024, Gurgaon based. Founders: Kritish (DTU '19; IIMA '24) was a software engineer at Citi; Saurabh (IIT Roorkee '19; IIMA '24) an AVP at HSBC.
New zero-sugar beverage brands, starting with carbonated and non-carbonated lemon and mango flavoured drinks. Drinks are sweetened with stevia and monk fruit extract.Priced at ₹30 for a 160ml pack. ₹1CR pre-seed round from angels including Shobhit Gupta (One8 Commune Restaurants), Varun Sachdeva (BoAT), Eiti Singhal (Eiti Ventures). Founder in Jan 2025, Gurgaon based. Founder Priyank led product marketing at Samsung and was a marketing and brand lead at Motorola Mobility.
Cloud PC platform for enterprises to stream applications and desktops on any device using a web browser. This is a cloud-native alternative to traditional virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), i.e. without requiring on-device installation. Clients include Tally, Porter, Alliance Broadband, Primebook. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Mar 2021, Bangalore based. Founders: Ram (Vignan's Institute of Information Technology) is a software engineer from AJIO, Technicolor, Thermo Fisher and Accenture; Lakshman (IIT Kharagpur '13) was Co-Founder & CTO of Chutney (YC W20) and is software engineer from GiveIndia, Planetworx and Turannt.
Preventive healthcare startup focused on wellness and longevity. The company provides personalised health services through in-house clinics, combining molecular diagnostics, high-resolution imaging and non-invasive testing. The first clinic opened in Bengaluru in Mar 2025, with a second one opening in Feb this year. It caters to two types of customers : those improving their overall health and performance; and those managing chronic or complex problems. "We’re at a rare moment in time - where advances in molecular science, AI, and diagnostic precision now make it possible to understand the body like never before and take highly customised, timely actions to maximise your healthspan". $2.7M follow-on round (seed extension or Pre-A) led by NKSquared. $3.5M seed round led by Accel's Prashanth Prakash in June 2025, along with Claypond Capital and NKSquared. NKSquared had also invested $1.4M in the company in the prior year, in 2024. Founded in May 2024. Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Rishi was the CEO of United Breweries for 3 years, was a VP at Avery Dennison (manufacturer of adhesive labels and other branding solutions for apparel retailers) for 9 years and was with Unilever for over 13 years. CTO Shiva has been the Chairman of Connect Ventures for 20 years, which "operates as a collaborative network of companies dedicated to advancing Health, Performance and Sustainability Initiatives".
Indigenous LEO (low earth orbit) based NAV-COM constellation of satellites to power precision navigation and secure communication. In other words, it is developing an indigenous PNT (Positoning, Navigation and Timing) system, which is what GPS does. Round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Nov 2025, Hyderabad based. Founders: CEO Raghav (Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology '14; Masters' Union '23) was at ISRO for 12 years followed by close to three years at Deloitte as a Space Tech Consultant; CTO Akhileshwar (IIT Madras '12) was at ISRO for 13 years all the way from college to co-founding Sanyark.
AI-led unified intelligence platform for the renewable energy industry, to replace work traditionally done by energy consultants/advisory firms. It helps commercial/industrial enterprises, independent power producers and energy advisors to plan, procure and manage renewable energy assets. It does so by bringing together techno-economic modelling, regulatory data and real-time simulations to improve forecasts before capital is committed to projects. Its simulations have helped with bidding for over 200MW of solar and wind projects. $1M pre-seed round. Founded in Oct 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Rajat (IIT Madras '19) is from Log9Materials (founders office) and CleanMax; Mehul (also IIT-M '19) was Co-Founder & CTO of EdTech company Novatr (earlier known as Oneistox; YC S21) prior to which he was at CureFit.