Quick commerce for home construction/renovation materials. Materials sourced from manufacturers or authorised dealers include paint, electrical and plumbing items, bathroom fittings and hardware, which are delivered within 60 minutes within Gurgaon to homeowners, contractors or service professionals. Ops launched in Sep 2025, now closing in on ₹1CR in annualised gross revenue (i.e. GMV). ₹2CR pre-seed round. Gurgaon based, founded in Aug 2025. Founders: Abhishek (IIT Delhi '21) was at Zomato for two years prior to this (generalist roles across Dining, District, CX) and is ex-Bain; Shaurya Goel (IIT Delhi dual degree '22) was a quant at high frequency trader Graviton Research Capital for close to four years; Shaurya Jindal (IIT Delhi '21) was at IQVIA (clinic research services) for a similar period.

Biotech startup working on cell free biomanufacturing for beauty and personal care ingredients. The focus is on the global Hyaluronic Acid market, where the company has developed its own portfolio named NeuHyal, which serves as an alternative to conventional sources of Hyaluronic Acid. The company is also building an AI driven biofoundry that enables partner brands to submit target molecules for design, testing and production. ₹6CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Jashan Bhumkar, Gayathri Kuppendra Reddy. Founded in Dec 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Nisa is an MBA from IIM Tiruchirappalli (no other information on her background); CTO Hitesh (Christ College Rajkot '07; MSc in Genetic Engineering from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya '09; PhD in Protein Folding & Dynamics from National Centre for Biological Sciences '18) was a scientist at Perfect Day (animal free whey protein startup in the US) and Novozymes (created from the demerger of Novo Nordisk).

Industrial automation startup developing India's longest Track Based Linear Motor System for port automation. In English, it is developing an automated movement system where containers can travels along a fixed track using electromagnetic force. This round will be used towards setting up in house manufacturing and an advanced testing facility. $750K pre-seed round. Other investors in the round: AIC-Pinnacle, IIMA Ventures. Part of the MaXcel hardware accelerator run by Capital-A and SanchiConnect. Founded in Apr 2021, Pune based.The four founders are from MIT (Maharashtra Institute of Technology) Pune '21 where they were founding members of college incubated Vegapod Hyperloop (one of two successful hyperloop teams in India which has setup sub-scale prototypes and continues to operate). They founded Quintrans straight out of MIT Pune.

Legal-tech startup which is focused on the mobility sector. It has two offerings - LOTS247, which is a roadside legal assistance platform with a network lawyers available on call or at the accident site 24/7; and ChallanPay, a unified platform to find, resolve, and track traffic challans across all states/enforcement authorities. Revenue numbers undisclosed. The company has helped 600K vehicles and 800 businesses remain compliant. It will expand into other sectors - finance, real estate, healthcare. ₹8.5CR round, raised on Zee TV's entrepreneurship show Ideabaaz from Pawan Jaggi (Peakzi), Sandeep Sharda (Miracle Systems), Priyanka Salot (The Sleep Company), Arjun Vaidya (V3 Ventures). Founded in May 2018, Gurgaon based. Founder & CEO Himanshu (Punjab Engineering College '99; IIM Calcutta '15) is a software engineer by background who was at LexisNexis India (the global content and tech provider focused on legal research) for 10 years, most recently as Associate Director of Online Solutions.

Coaching company which partners with schools and local sports bodies to run and enhance their sports facilities, as well as the programs in these facilities. Anyone can book a slot at these venues using the TIDA app. It has organised more than 100 tournaments and helped develop players who represent their states as well as country. It operates in Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand, across 150 coaching academies. ₹3CR seed round. Founded in March 2023. Founders: Adit (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology) was the founder of OakTree International (a school in Chandigarh); Priyansh (also from Thapar Institute) was an operations manager at DotPe; no information available on third co-founder Sumeet; the fourth co-founder Sanchit (not linked here) was MD at Krissha Textiles (trading company).

AI-native B2B procurement platform. Procurement processes have remained largely manual - this platform has onboarded more than 100K vendors, with automated workflows for supplier discovery, RFP creation and multi-round negotiations. This helps customers procure faster as well as save up to 15%. It has 100 enterprise clients globally, including Bacardi India and Benetton. This is a Dubai based company with Russian founders. Why is it being covered here? India seems to be their primary focus. $8M seed round. Founded in 2022. Founders: Anton built Eapteka, Russia's largest online medicine delivery platform, with 20M monthly visitors, and 1 hour delivery in 100 cities; Andry built Bidzaar, a B2B procurement platform in Russia which got to $7B in GMV and $11M in ARR. Anton was on the board of this business.

B2B platform enabling the fashion supply chain - customers work with the company to manage the coordination of design, sourcing, prototyping and manufacturing. This reduces factory lead times from 180 days to 30-60 days, and enables the creation of 3K designs every month, for 12 clients which include Tata Trent, US Polo Association, Snitch and The Souled Store. $1.4M bridge round. Other investors in the round: Venture Catalysts and We Founder Circle. Founded in Aug 2022. Founders: Piyush (IIT Kanpur) was VP Operations at Newton School; Rishav (IIT Delhi) led the launch of Uber Shuttle in India; and was at AVP Operations at Shuttl.

Network of dark stores that deliver construction and interior materials to homeowners, contractors and architects within 60 minutes in Bangalore, using an all-electric fleet. Currently at ₹35CR annualised GMV, aiming at ₹50CR by Jan 2026. ₹9CR seed round. Other investors in the round: Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com), Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn), Suraj Nalin (PlaySimple), Raj Sheth and Gautam Shewakramanil (Inuka Capital). Founded in Jun 2024. Founder Pukhraj (IIT Roorkee) was Co-Founder & COO at both Project Hero (marketplace of construction workers) and at Tornado (a general contractor).

Full stack platform for gig workers to find verified jobs, as well as provide them with company or partner operated housing, meals and healthcare, along with access to phones and bikes. Paying guest (PG) housing hubs are located within 1km of major worksites - near logistics, warehousing and manufacturing clusters. This integrated model aims to reduce employee churn. Currently serves 3,000 workers across 50 cities, 150 of whom use Nia operated PGs. Works with companies like Flipkart, Zomato and Bigbasket. $2.4M seed round. Founded in Aug 2024. Founders: CEO Sachin was with Unilever for 14 years till 2010, following which he built Peel Works (Chiratae, Unilever Ventures), SaaS for kirana stores and blue collar workers; COO Lt Col Pushkar Raj was with the Indian Army for 21 years before joining Peel Works as Co-Founder & COO.

Rural distribution platform that helps FMCG brands expand into rural and semi-urban markets through a network of tech-enabled dark stores. Currently operates 10 dark stores which serve 5K retailers across Western UP, working with brands like Bikano, Yellow Diamond and Kingfisher. Aiming at 25 dark stores to serve 25K retailers within the next year. ₹4.5CR pre-seed round. Angels in the round include Kunwar Asheesh Saxena (RedDoorz). Founded in Dec 2022. Founders: Jitendra was a growth partner at 1K Kirana Bazaar (another offline distribution network), a cluster manager at Udaan and the founder of Dhaanika, an organic produce brand; Nishant managed growth and expansion at 1K Kirana and led offline sales for RedDoorz (similar to OYO) in Vietnam, and Treebo back home.