Blockchain based labelling system that helps create immutable digital records for branded products across the supply chain. This ensures brand authenticity and protects against counterfeits. Early days, with $10K of revenue and 4 POCs till date. Falls into supply chain/logistics SaaS. ₹1.23CR pre-seed round. Founded in May 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Sumit (NIT Tiruchirappalli; IIMA '19) was at US PE Shop Global Growth Holdings; Duke (Uttarakhand Technical Univ. '13) is also from Global Growth Holdings; Rackspace Technology; Talentedge and Aon.

AI-powered procurement platform which helps electronics manufacturers reduce procurements cost by 5-10% (against current Bill of Materials), source more intelligently and liquidate excess inventory. It offers three integrated verticals in this regard: 1Data (cost reduction + intelligence layer); 1Source (sourcing platform); 1xcess (marketplace for liquidation). ₹32.5CR seed round. Other investors in the round: FJ Labs (from the US). Founded around Apr 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Nitin (IIT Delhi '08) was Co-Founder & CBO of OfBusiness (10 years) and Co-Founder of its lending arm Oxyzo; Visham (MDI '02) was the Founder of IHO (Indian Health Organisation) acquired by Aetna Inc. in the US, and the Founder of Goals101, a big data platform acquired by M2P; Pradeep (BITS Pilani) was CPTO at TBO.com and RapidShyp, and CTO of Religare Broking.

Semiconductor startup working on a high performance GPU alongside full-stack software (compilers, libraries, system software, AI frameworks) for data centre workloads. $8M seed round. Founded in Dec 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Dheemanth (NIT Karnataka '98; Purdue '00) was at HP and Intel for 22 years; Chief Architect Ashok (UCLA '05) was at Intel for 18 years; Chief Technologist Sri (IIT Madras '96; Clemson '98) was at Intel for 26 years; Chief Performance Architect Rajesh (IISc) was at AMD and Intel for 19 years. Vinod Dham, "Father of the Pentium Chip", is a founding advisor.

Clean supplements focused on sleep and gut health, using clinically studied global ingredients to deliver real outcomes instead of playing on passing fads. ₹5.5CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round include Mohit Kumar (Ultrahuman) and likely also Puneet Kumar (Mirae) who has been advising the founders. Founded in Jan 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: Shreya (Narsee Monjee '13) built Byju's UNO, an experimental learning platform for kids with learning difficulties and is the founder of Reservoir, a consultancy firm helping companies with workplace inclusion for neurodivergent hires; Kshitij (also NM '13) was Co-Founder at Flo Mattress and Founder of AdHog Interactives (ad agency).

AI native film studio which support directors and production houses working on VFX-heavy filmmaking through AI-driven production pipelines. Not to be confused with Take-Two Interactive, the US video gaming company. This company blends AI-produced material with live action, with outputs designed to flow into standard grading and editing workflows. Part of YC's AI Startup School. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Aug 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Rudresh (University of Wisconsin-Madison '24) built a healthcare logistics startup in Mumbai before engineering stints at InOrbit.AI (a year) and Wayfair (six months); CTO Raghav (UT Austin '25) was an EIR at Entrepeneurs First (EF).

Developer of AVATAAR, autonomous amphibious drones which can seamlessly transition between aerial flight and underwater operation for surveillance and search; and NEXOR, underwater autonomous vehicles for subsea infrastructure inspections, ship hull and tank inspections, and construction and dredging support. Both are for defence and high-value commercial use cases. Its amphibious platform is at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6. Still in the trial stage. ₹12.5CR seed round. Other investors in the round: India Accelerator. Founded in Jul 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Gouthami (Nitte Menakshi Institute of Technology '21; Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology '22) and CTO Jitendra (also Nitte '21) earlier founded Aerogo India (model aircraft and drones for student and professionals) while completing their BE in Aeronautical Engineering.

DeepTech startup developing electric motors that deliver BLDC-level efficiency at the fraction of the cost without using rare-earth materials. The company will supply leading HVAC and appliance OEMS in India. The company's proprietary Slip Synchronous Permanent Magnet (SSPM) motors achieve 90% efficiency, matching premium BLDC motors, while being 40-50% cheaper and 100% locally sourced. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in Aug 2023, Ahmedabad based. Founders Suyash (IIT Bombay) and Gajendra were founders of Naxatra Labs.

Energy storage startup building iron-air long duration energy storage (LDES) systems. Its batteries are designed for 16-24 hours of storage, supporting round-the-clock renewable energy storage. An iron-air battery uses inexpensive and abundant iron as the anode and oxygen as the cathode. It is still in a pilot phase around the world. The company operates from a 5,000 square foot facility in Chennai, which will be used for pilot production. $750K pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: gradCapital, AIC-AU Incubation Foundation. Founded in Mar 2022, Chennai based. Founders: Priyansh worked in his family-run fruit exports business; Stuti is ex-BCG and was an Antler India EIR.

Enables the circular economy for the silica industry. Through a proprietary chemical process, the company produces sustainable silica from rice husk ash, a residue left by power plants which process rice husk generated as agricultural waste. Operates a facility with a capacity of 400 tonnes per month, will scale to 3-5K tonnes per month. Silica is traditionally produced by using high quantities of river sand and quartz, which causes high greenhouse emissions. ₹3CR pre-seed round. Founded in Aug 2016, Vadodara based. Founder Tanmay (IIT BHU '09) founded Bridgedots (2011-16), a research startup for clients in CleanTech and waste.

Wellness spa in Mumbai, founded by the actress Mira Kapoor. Offers one-off treatments and week long programs, with sessions running from ₹3K to over ₹20K. It brings together traditional Indian practices (e.g. Ayurveda and sound healing) and modern longevity science (e.g. cryotherapy and infrared sauna). This round will go towards expanding to Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. $4M round. Angels in the round: Arushi Aayush Agrawal, Ash Lilani, Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Sanjay Kapoor.