A new airconditioner brand which launches this February, with in-house engineering and manufacturing capabilities. It is developing India's most energy efficient ACs which can operates in 50 degrees. Priced at ₹45-62K for 1 to 2 ton ACs. $12M seed round. Founded in Feb 2024, Delhi based. Founders: Ashish is the former Co-Founder & CEO of Urban Ladder; Pranav (IIT Madras '06; Cambridge '08) was the founder of Crimson Healthcare (medical equipment manufacturer).

Kitchen and bathroom fittings, including smart bidets, kitchen faucets, stainless steel and quartz sinks, and modilar accessories. ₹5CR seed round. Founded in Apr 2024, Delhi based. Founders: Jatin is ex-Swiggy, Ola Electric and more recently was Head of Marketing at The Man Company; Saurabh is the founder of Sunrise Steel Industries, a manufacturer of stainless steel pipes in JV with Jindal Stainless.

Embedded lending platform, which enables embedded credit for MSMEs within digital merchant platforms, for example Pet Pooja and GoKwik. Platforms benefit from making additional income in the form of origination fees, and can integrate easily into Intellend with real time analytics. Merchants get easier access to short term working capital, with low documentation requirements, transparent pricing and flexible payment terms. $1.2M seed round. Founded in May 2025, Mumbai based.

Rooftop solar for homes. The company has developed its own solar hardware, smart inverters and energy monitoring software. The company manages the complete process for homeowners - from design and approvals to installation and servicing. It will soon launch its first experience stores. India has 637 GW of residential rooftop solar potential, of which 8 GW has been installed so far. Adoption is at <1.5%. $2M seed round. Founded in May 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Manish (Univ. of Madras '00, IIM Bangalore '04) was CXO and Head of Ops at Myntra (six years) and CBO at BetterPlace; Kaustabh (IIM Lucknow '06) is ex-Dunzo, Urban Ladder and was Senior Vice President of Ops at Wakefit.

Bathroom water filtration solutions, i.e. a tap and shower filter designed for better haircare and skincare. At ₹5CR in annualised revenue across 6K homes, five months since launch. ₹1.5CR pre-seed round. Founded in Sep 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Duhita (IIT Kharagpur '23) is ex-Accenture; (also Kharagpur '23) is a software engineer from Pine Labs.

Fabless semiconductor company building integrated edge-AI silicon for industrial IoT, automative and medical device applications. ₹25CR seed round. Other investors in the round: MyAsiaVC, Whitepine Investments, Jain Oncor, REAN Foundation, Niraj Shah, Deepak Khanna. Founded in Jul 2018, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Vijay was an eingineer at NEC Australia, LSI Corporation and was Co-Founder & VP of Systems Engineering at Asarva Chips and Technologies; Namit (IIT Bombay '02) is an engineer from Texas Instruments, Intel, and Achronix where he spent 14 years.

Workforce management software for blue collar and contract workers. It connects enterprises, labour contractors and workers on a single platform which manages their attendance, payroll, contracts, compliance and payouts. It works with 300K labour cobtractors and has onboarded over 600K workers, primarily in Delhi NCR. A neobanking layer works with Yes Bank, ICICI, IDFC and NBFCs to offer banking, insurance, credit and insurance products using verified worker data from its platform. ₹10CR seed round. Founded in May 2021, Noida based. Founders: CEO was Business Head at NiYO (travel focused fintech), CTO Vishall is ex-Career Launcher and was the founder of After Office, an ERP solutions provider for schools and universities.

CleanTech hardware startup building semiconductor-powered embedded systems and power electronics solutions for smart grids, renewable energy infrastructure and battery storage. It operates two segments: smart grid systems; and analyzers and energy storage infrastructure. $5.1M seed round. Angels in the round: founders and operators from Zetwerk, Livspace, Unacademy, Urban Vault, Panthera Peak. Founded in Sep 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Abhay comes from sales at L&T, Adani Energy Solutions,Sterlite Power and was VP & Business Head of Zetwerk for five years; Anupam was in an ops role at Zetwrk and headed the industrial goods division at MJunction (an export focused marketplace).

Marketplace for factory outlets products, focused on branded excess inventory. This allows brand a separate channel for clearing out unsold stock without affecting pricing on their primary sales channels. By definition, the marketplace will have limited stock per SKU. ₹3.2CR pre-seed round. Founded in July 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: Anurag (IIT Delhi) worked at Spring Marketing Capital and at Clovia (founders office); Mohit graduated from Seneca Polytechnic in Dec 2024.

Lifestyle management platform offering guidance on nutrition, exercise, daily habits, sleep and stress. The platform delivers bite-sized video courses and an AI companion to help users build daily habits. Courses are priced between ₹99-250. 70% of its paying users come from Tier 2 cities and beyond. $2M seed round. Founded in June 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Manavdeep Gurjot (both IIM Lucknow) worked at Meesho and PocketFM.