Hyperlocal jobs platform for blue-collar and skilled workers, with multilingual, multimodal Voice AI. The goal is to enable hiring in as little as 30 minutes, over time, in a "quick commerce for jobs" model. Popular roles include delivery riders, in-store promoters, electricians, carpenters, and data collection roles. $250K pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Alok Bansal (Policybazaar), Anshoo Sharma (Magicpin), Amit Jain and Rajesh Batra (Taggd), Manoj Sinsinwar (Hecttor.ai), Pankaj Bansal (Caret Capital). Founded in Aug 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Shrey (SMU '23) founded Eraah (platform for NGO donations); CPO Shubham (SMU '20; IIM-A '26) built biotech startup Purivo for a year, prior to which he was AVP at GIC in Singapore, working as a Quantitative Strategist in the Systematic Equities team. Comps: Apna.

“You’re in safe hands”. Provides fully automated high-security private safety deposit lockers for residential gated communities, corporate campuses and bank branches. There is a shortage of bank lockers, which is being addressed by a "vault-at-your-doorstep". ₹42CR seed round co-led by Earth Fund and Sattva. Earth Fund is a PropTech-focused fund anchored by Brigade Group and Gruhas Founders, giving founders access to real estate developers in addition to capital. Founded in Jun 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Vijay (National Defense Academy '98; ISB '11) founded MyGate in 2016 and continues as Chairman; Co-Founder & Head of Growth Suraj (Dayananda Sagar College Of Engineering '17) was with MyGate for six years (most recently as GM of New Initiatives); Co-Founder & Head of Tech Pratap built MyGate's core infra/data tech stack.

Cross-border jobs platform to connect blue and grey collar workers with overseas roles across healthcare, hospitality, construction and logistics. The platform supports job seekers through the full cycle of job discovery, verification, upskilling, financing, placement and post-placement support. It targets the UK, Europe and Middle East which face an increasing worker shortage across these sectors. 225K Indians gained OECD nationality in 2023 as they built their careers abroad. $250K pre-seed round. Founded in Apr 2026, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Birbartan (NIT Rourkela; IIMA) was Head of Customer Success at Jify and is ex-Ola Electric, RIVIGO and Airtel; COO Swayamjeet (Centurion University of Technology '13; IIM Kozhikode '22) was AVP & Head of Partnerships at Jify and is ex-Jio, BetterPlace Safety Solutions and Federal Informatics.

Specialty coffee roaster and machine manufacturer selling easy-brew premium Arabica coffee (in capsules, beans, drip coffee bags, cups and cold brew bottles). It controls sourcing, roasting and packaging in-house. It is present D2C, in retail chains (Nature's Basket, Le Marche), and through B2B partnerships. It manufactures machines for use in F&B and in offices, with clients including Grant Thornton, Gartner, SBI, DS Group. ₹5CR seed rund led by IPV. Founded in Apr 2018, Delhi based. Founders: Kanika (SRCC '07; LSE '08) was Director - Foundational Research and Consumer Insights at The Centre for Science & Behaviour Change, and is ex-Dalberg and Cambridge Economic Policy Associates; Paritosh (SRCC '07; Tuck MBA '13) was VP, Strategy & Business Head, Online at Lenskart and is ex-LEK and Unilever (brand head for BrookeBond).

Corporate gifting platform for enterprises, with over 800 clients including Amazon, LinkedIn, Wipro, Coursera and PhonePe. Businesses can design branded merchandise, manage inventory, automate gifting workflows and ship worldwide. The company operates warehouses in Delhi and Bangalore, and is setting up printing in-house. It integrates into HMRS tools to track birthdays and anniversaries. ₹5.4CR follow-on/bridge round. Angels include the founders of OnGrid, HROne. The company raised a ₹7CR seed round in Dec 2022 from Info Edge, Anicut's angel fund and Huddle Ventures. Founded in Mar 2021, Gurgaon based. Founders: Sameer (IMT Ghaziabad '12) was India Lead for Supply Growth at Uber (three years) and is ex-Airtel; Sneh (Amity Engineering '08) was a business analyst at Cognizant for seven years, before spending three years at Uber on product ops.

Hyperlocal logistics network for D2C brands. Currently operational in NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore and Calcutta. It also operates in Lucknow, which is serving as its pilot to launch 25 new dark stores in Tier II/III cities. It fulfills "thousands of daily orders” and is targeting 500K monthly orders. $138K pre-seed round. Founded in Jan 2024, Gurgaon based. Founder: Chandan Singh Ghugtyal (Delhi Univ. ‘12; Sikkim Manipal Univ. MBA ‘15) has worked on ops, strategy and growth across logistics companies Warehousity, ANS Commerce and Pickrr. He managed warehousing operations at Limeroad for six years.

Seafood brand which delivers fresh, chemical-free seafood which are naturally grown in dams (as the name might suggest!). The company has a "Demand-to-Harvest" system, where demand is predicted down to pin codes, with harvesting aligned with real consumption. The company has 5K household customers in Delhi, and B2B partnerships with companies like Hyperpure. It has its own supply-chain and processing infrastructure. ₹30CR "strategic round" from unknown investors, which qualifies as a seed or Pre-A round. Founded in Apr 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: Shobhit (Delhi Univ.'06; Sydenham '08) is ex-Madison World where he was Business Head and Head of Digital Investment; Shailesh (Gujarat Univ '02; Assumption Univ. '04) was with Base Bio Life Solutions and BBL Energy for most of his career.

B2B apparel sourcing platform connecting independent retailers and manufacturers. The company is addressing inefficiencies in the apparel sourcing supply chain, which still largely happens via Whatsapp/phone calls. This leads to poor demand forecasting, inefficient procurement and inventory pile-up. Currently at ₹4CR annualised revenue with a 60% repeat rate, and 40 manufacturers on the platform. ₹1.5CR pre-seed round.Founded in Aug 2023, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Vivek (BITS Pilani - Goa '15) is from FabHotels (leading supply for TravelPlus), NestAway and CarDekho; CTO Paras (IIT Roorkee '18) joined in 2025 after ~7 years as a software dev at Microsoft.

Connected factory platform providing an intelligence layer across manufacturing systems, by connecting data across ERP, MES (manufacturing execution system), machines and shopfloor workflows. Target sectors include automotive, electronics, industrial machinery, and consumer goods. Revenue scale and clients undisclosed. ₹6.2CR seed round. Angels in the round include Bhavik Dholakia, Vishal Shah, Varun Patel, Viraj Lavingia, and Bhavin Sodavadiya. Founded in Apr 2021, Hyderabad based. Founders: Abhinav (CVR College of Engineering) started out of college; Rohan (IIT Ropar '19) joined after two years each as a dev at Captain Fresh and JioSaavn.

Private label produce (grains, pulses, spices, seeds and dry fruits) for small and medium kirana stores, which enables them to have their own private labels and compliant packaging, backed up by an efficient supply chain, logistics and intelligence. The company sources produce from the best farms, processes its at reputed factories, then undertakes QC, cleaning and sorting, packaging, labelling (for the brand or store) and delivery in 24 hours. $1.6M seed round. Founded in Sep 2022, Mumbai based. Founders: Bhavin (Podar College of Commerce and Economics; Welingkar Institute of Management) is a third generation wholesaler from Mumbai (Prasaar Foods and Shri Jayraj Foods), and a Partner at Wholescale (tech-enabled distributor for retail stores); co-founder Umang's family own a grocery store in Mumbai. Mentored by Hemendra Mathur (Bharat Innovation Fund/ThinkAg).