Quick-commerce platform for building materials, delivering plywood, paint, electrical, lighting, hardware and plumbing supplies across 2,000 SKUs in 30 minutes. The platform, which targets contractors, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, interior designers and homeowners, launches commercially in September 2026 in Bangalore. $5.5M seed round from Accel, Fireside and Lightspeed. Founded in July 2026, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Shezan (architect from BMS College of Engineering '06; Columbia MBA '19) was the Co-Founder & CEO of interior design and renovations startup DesignCafe, which raised ~80M between 2012-24 and was acquired by HomeLane in 2024. Shezan stepped back from HomeLane this June 2026. Co-Founder Sachith (Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science '04; SPJIMR MBA '11) was SVP of Supply Chain & Business Operations at Zepto and Director - First Mile & Last Mile Design at Flipkart, amongst other roles. He was with Cummins India for eight years.

Indigenous sensors, navigation systems and control technologies for mobile robots, aerospace and underwater vehicles. Its portfolio includes SynCore, navigation controllers for autonomous robotic platforms and YDX, high precision inertial sensors (inertial sensors detect motion). The company is also developing navigation systems and a hardware agnostic platform for space. ₹15CR seed round led by Piper Serica. Founded in Apr 2023 out of IISc, formally incorporated in Feb 2025. Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Vamshi (M.S. Ramaiah '21) was Preventure Lead at ARTPARK (the AI & Robotics Technology Park at IISc) and was an Embedded Engineer at FAYAT Group; COO Vyshak (M.S. Ramaiah '21) was an Engineer at ARTPARK and was a Product Engineer at TCS; CTO Vijay (Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Periyanahalli '17) was a Junior Engineer at ARTPARK and a Project Engineer at IISc; Co-Founder Aravind (Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology '10; IIMA MBA '15; NLS LLM '27) was Co-Founder & COO of FarmServ Innovations and is ex-Syngenta Foundation India.

Climate-focused agribusiness startup which supplies agricultural biomass from over 50,000 farmers to compressed biogas (CBG) plants and other bioenergy facilities. Operates 15 biomass aggregation hubs across six states. ₹32.5CR (~$3.36M) seed round co-led by IAN and Rainmatter. Founded in Feb 2023, Delhi based. Founders: Co-Founder & CEO Kumar (IIMA) was a Director at Lehmann-UMT (bio-extruders) and Rika Biofuels; Co-Founder & Head of Strategy Priya (Kendriya Vidyalaya '92) was at Solidaridad Network (civil society org for small farmers) for 12 years; Co-Founder & Head of Projects Sachin (Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur '19; PhD in Agribusiness from Rabindranath Tagore Univ. '24) was with non-profit Transform Rural India (five years).

Career-growth platform that measures professional development and makes records portable across employers. Behavioural, psychometric, and personal data will form an evidence based record of development, which can travel with professionals through their career. For companies, the platform offers visibility on whether investments into professional development are working. ₹7.5CR pre-seed round from undisclosed family offices and industry professionals. Founded in Apr 2026, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Aakash (National Law Institute University, Bhopal '04) was a Partner at Khaitan & Co (over 20 years); CSO Mansee (IIT Bombay '05; Columbia MBA '14) was Head - Omni at More Retail (five years) and is ex-Fractal Analytics; CTO Jay (IIT Bombay '13) was Senior Principle Software Engineer at Pictory, WhiteHat Jr. and Broker Network, and was Tech Engineering & Founder at TradeA1.

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.

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.

AI-powered B2B tender marketplace, which helps businesses manage the entire procurement lifecycle digitally from floating tenders and onboarding verified vendors to receiving sealed competitive bids, executing digital contracts, and releasing escrow-backed payments. Businesses today continue to rely on phone calls, WhatsApp, spreadsheets, and personal vendor networks to source products and services. The platform has onboarded over 50 businesses and 200 verified suppliers so far, driving 10-15% in savings and up to 3x faster procurement cycles. ₹1.3CR pre-seed round. Founded in Apr 2026, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Rankit (D.B.S. College '22; Symbiosis '25) worked on Strategic Alliance & Partnerships at AyushPay (for over a year) and on BD at MediCtrl (also a little over a year); COO Sanyam (Narsee Monjee '23; Symbiosis '25) also worked at MediCtrl along with family business Arihant Offset; Anshul is a board member at BharatTender, founded ClaimTherapist (to ease the mediclaim process) in 2019, and was a Senior Director at Delhivery (2013-19).

DeepTech enablement network which connects DeepTech startups with investors, companies, universities and government bodies. It has enabled over ₹400CR in funding for startups and operates its SanchiAPP platform, which helps accelerators, incubators and governments track startup applications, manage their programs, as well as their reporting. It additionally operates a DeepTech hub in Noida. The SanchiConnect ecosystem now has 5,000 members including 800 VC funds, family offices, syndicates and companies. Bridge round of an undisclosed amount led by Auxano, along with Seafund and 8X Ventures. Other investors in the round: Arctic Invent and Shashikant Chaudhary (ex GlobalLogic). The round prior to this was a ₹5.6CR seed round, in Oct 2024. Founded in Apr 2022, Noida based. Founders: CEO Sunil (Bachelor of Dental Surgeries from GDC Kolkota '10; Symbiosis '15) founded Identify Oral Care (2013-16) before joining NASSCOM (2016-2022) to lead startup ecosystem initiatives. CTO Baltej (Punjab Technical University '10) was CEO and CTO of dev firm Sparkidea Interactive Softwares (2013-24).

Creator management platform that brings growth, learning, monetisation, discovery, verification, and collaboration management into a single platform. 500K creators onboarded. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount. Founded in June 2022, Udaipur based. Founders: CEO & CMO Sankalp, CTO Tushar and COO Shivani were co-founders of social media and influencer marketing agency GrowShal.

OEM which manufactures and rents out EV two and three wheelers. Cites a 5,000-vehicle order pipeline, with global ambitions. A mobile app can be used by riders to rent their EVs. EV rentals with battery swap are priced at ₹1,650 per week. Partners with eCommerce and quick commerce majors. Seed round of an undisclosed amount. Hyderabad based, founded in Mar 2022. Founder & CEO Anand (Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Bidar '95) was National Sales Head at Suzuki Motorcycles and AVP - Sales at Piaggio.