Tech-enabled capsule hotels offering affordable stays, check in at flexible hours and payment for the duration of the stay. It operates 132 pods across Noida, Amritsar and Katra (Vaishno Devi), has hosted over 10,000 guests and reports occupancy of up to 80% at mature properties. It will combine company-owned properties with co-invested franchise properties as it grows. ₹8CR seed round led by IPV. Founded in Oct 2023, Noida based. Founders: Nitin (Symby MBA '03) was Founder & CEO of 247around, a tech-enabled home appliance customer experience platform acquired by Servify (nine years), prior to led Semiconductor Sales & BD for North and West India at Texas Instruments (seven years). Himanshu (Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, Lucknow '01) was a Client Excellence Manager at Chaayos (seven years).

AI-native discovery and ticketing platform for live entertainment, across concerts, comedy, sports and more. Its conversational agent, Shadow, work with curators of experiences to help fans discover events through natural conversation vs. search. $3.75M pre-seed round, from Bollywood musicians Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Badshah, alongside VSS Investco (Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s investment vehicle), Madhur Deora (Paytm), Shray Chandra (Capitalmind), VG Jairam (Hyperlink Brand Solutions). Founded in June 2026, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Varun is Paytm Insider’s former COO (five years). Shreyas (VTU '04) was Paytm Insider's CEO (10 years) and worked as CPO of Consumer Products at Paytm following Insider's acquisition. Prior to this he founded Only Much Louder. Alaap has been a Partner at Tarsame Mittal Talent Management since 2013.

Rewards platform that aims to democratize access by giving users extra rewards on spends for partner brands, via its app, website or browser extension. Onpoints are earned via affiliate and gift voucher purchases across 400+ brands and are received in addition to credit card points, as well as on Cash-on-Delivery and UPI payments. Onpoints can be redeemed for travel loyalty programs or gift cards at a value of 1 Onpoint = ₹1or higher. They have partnered with Air India's Maharaja Club and IndiGo's BluChip loyalty programs along with four international airlines. ₹5CR first round co-led by First Cheque (IndiaQuotient) and Whiteboard Capital. Founded in Sep 2025, Delhi based. Founders: CEO Nakul (Kellogg MBA '18) worked on Strategy and Investments at Stride Ventures (~three years) and is ex-Meta and Uber. He founded Instago in 2015, which was the Kayak for intra-city transportation. CTO Anurag (DTU '13)) was a technical lead at WhatsApp and is ex-Facebook and Media.net.

Positioned as an AI-native consumer brands platform, with an initial focus on launching nutrition and wellness products. Brands will be built with an operating platform working across three proprietary AI engines. "Resonance" focuses on audience building and consumer insights; "Nucleus" analyzes audience demand signals around products; "Meridian" is focused on marketing, across creative testing, media buying, budget allocation and optimizing ROAS. The company is actively seeking experts/ practitioners in the wellness space who bring clinical experience and will partner with them to build their online content engine and audience, launch products with them, and drive sales. ₹42CR seed round. Founded in Apr 2025, Mumbai based. Founders: Kashyap (BIT, Mesra; IIM Calcutta) was CMO at Pepperfry for a decade, prior to which he was with eBay India for ~five years, including as CMO. Ravi (Andhra Univ. '03; BIM Tiruchirapalli '06) was Co-Founder at Doubtnut (2020-23) at CBO at Vedantu. Ravi is also ex eBay India (leading digital marketing, and fashion and lifestyle). Anubhav (VESIT; University of Maryland Baltimore County) was MD at Dentsu APAC, and was Co-Founder & CEO of Merkle Sokrati for 14 years, which was acquired by Dentsu. He is a former software engineer from Amazon.

Omnichannel multi-brand sports retailer which will sell products athleisure, footwear, fitness equipment, recovery products and nutrition. The company plans to launch 150 stores in the next five years and will work with 100 global and homegrown brands. It will first launch a 15,000 square foot flagship in Bangalore, followed by destination stores in Mumbai and Delhi NCR, along with its eCommerce platform. $2.7M seed round co-led by Centre Court Capital and MIXI Global, with the participation of WEH Ventures. Founded in May 2026, Ahmedabad based. Founders: Satyam (H.A. College of Commerce '01; Indian School of Business Management '12) headed Adani Sportsline for 12 years, and was CEO of GMR Sports for ~two years. Jayam (D J Sanghvi College of Engineering '12) was co-founder of fitness and health marketplace Fitternity for close to a decade; followed by heading Gold's Gym and building the cultpass marketplace at Cult.fit.

B2C platform with two verticals: The Plug, a community driven sneaker and streetwear platform, and The Capitalist Concierge, a concierge for HNIs looking to access exclusive collectibles. The company positions these together as "full stack access infrastructure" for India's growing HNI audience. ₹10CR seed round from M Sriram and other angels. Founded in Jan 2024, Hyderabad based. Founder Satyaram Nadimpalli (Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur '22) founded The Plug in 2024 and The Capitalist in 2025.

AI-native shopping assistant for consumers to discover products, compare prices, and make purchase decisions across eCommerce platforms. Integrates with Amazon, Flipkart, and more than 5,000 brand websites. It has crossed 500K app installs, with 50,000 DAU and the facilitation of over ₹15CR in monthly transactions. Plans to serve global markets. ₹4.7CR round. Founded in Jul 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Hiren (Univ. of Mumbai '20) worked on enterprise growth at Plum (insurance), and spent three years as co-founder across ventures Leapflo (marketplace to connect verified manufacturers with D2C brands) and Tiepograph (marketplace for freelancers); CTO Ravi (Punjab Technical Univ. '19) was Co-Founder & CTO at Leapflo and was more recently an engineer at Fynd.

Consumer AI companion building an emotionally intelligent voice AI interface for Indian language users who prefer speaking in their local language (English, Hindu, Telegu), over text. Users can shop, make travel bookings, find jobs, find properties, access government services, and run their business using voice on the Maya AI app. The app has been downloaded over 3M times in India, MENA and SE Asia. $1.9M seed round led by South Park Commons. Founded in Mar 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Dheemanth (SRM IST '23; NYU '24) started soon after his Master's degree, along with CTO Bharath (SASTRA, Thanjavur '23; NYU '25) who was Member of Technical Staff at Oracle for a year.

Managed marketplace for used two-wheelers. It offers instant valuation, doorstep inspection, paperwork handling, instant online payments, and direct connection with the right buyers. It plans to integrate AI across its value chain, including vehicle sourcing, assessment, price discovery, and sales operations. Works with 200 dealer partners across Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune, and has partnered with two-wheeler EV manufacturers for exchange programs. Crossed ₹30CR GMV and 4,000 vehicles sold in the last year, growing 5x in that time. ₹10CR seed round. Founded in Oct 2024, Pune based. Founders: CEO Sagar (AMII MBA) was VP of Sales at CredR (two-wheeler marketplace) and RentoMojo (four years each), starting out in sales roles at Spencer's, Reliance Comm., Sify, and IndiaProperty.com. COO Ajit (Savitribai Phule Pune Univ. '11) is also ex-CredR and RentoMojo (four years each) and started out at Sakal Media Group and Radio Mirchi.

EV ride-hailing platform, with airport transfers, city rides and hourly rentals across Delhi NCR. 5,000 bookings to date, with plans to add 500 vehicles this FY27. Currently adding 25 vehicles a month, including the MG Windsor, MG ZS EV, Kia Carens Clavis EV, BYD e6. $1M round. Other investors in the round: Rohit Qamra, RMRN Ventures, BP Jain Holdings, Bipin Preet Singh, Aakash Goyal, Aakash Anand, Aditya Singh. Gurgaon based, founded in Jun 2025. Founders: CEO Mishu (Delhi Univ. '99) founded Torq Rides (motorcycle rentals, tour operator) and was Chief of Staff at Novatr; COO Rishi (Amity Univ. '09) set up motorcycle dealership Super Suzuki and also set up organic mushroom farm, Veggie Basket.